America El Salvador The UN and Amnesty International expressed their concerns toward’s the country’s current State of Emergency caused by its violence, mentioning alleged inhumane treatment authorities are giving to detained criminals
America El Salvador The country has temporarily suspended taxes on gas; gas stations that still charge taxes to their customers have started to be heavily fined by authorities for non respecting the decree
America El Salvador The government cut down gas taxes, increased gas subsidies and temporarily prohibited the price increase of public transportation in order to alleviate the economic situation
America El Salvador The current conflict between Russia and Ukraine is causing increasing worries in El Salvador’s farmers, expecting their crops to heavily suffer, as the two nations are the country’s biggest fertilizer and pesticide suppliers
America El Salvador The Ministry of Tourism declared that ever since Bitcoin became a legal tender, tourism has grown by approximately 30%
America El Salvador A woman in El Salvador was condemned 30 years of prison after having a pregnancy miscarriage since it was ruled as a homicide; she was recently released after being in prison for 10 years, this being a big step forward for abortion laws in the country
America El Salvador The IMF reports that ever since Bitcoin became a legal tender less than a year ago, it has approximately cost 1% of GDP for the country
America El Salvador Delays in shipment and logistics processes have caused a 45% price increase in dairy products
America El Salvador This week the country celebrates 30 years since the Implementation of the Peace Accords that put an end to the civil war, which left over 75.000 dead in the span of 12 years
America El Salvador As an attempt to reinvent state business, the country will draft about 20 bills for congress in order to create a legal structure for the issuing of bitcoin bonds
America El Salvador The legislative assembly passed a law that prohibits the privatisation of water and recognizes the resource as a human right
America El Salvador 2021 has been the year with less registered murders in the country’s history; authorities have described it as “the safest year” El Salvador has ever had
America El Salvador As a way to modernise the next elections, the National Electoral Council implemented a new technological voting process and a digital system with biometric identification through fingerprints