Mar 27 El Salvador declares state of emergency amid killings By Associated Press Fourteen people were killed Friday and 62 people died Saturday, a scale of violence that has not been seen for years. By comparison, there were 79 homicides in the entire month of February. Continue reading
Jan 28 IMF urges El Salvador to scale back its push for Bitcoin as legal tender By Claudia Torrens, Associated Press The International Monetary Fund says that El Salvador should dissolve the $150 million trust fund it created when it made the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender and return any of those unused funds to its treasury. Continue reading
Dec 25 El Salvador frees three women convicted of abortions By Associated Press Morena Herrera of the Citizen's Group for the Depenalization of Abortion said late Friday that the group was told one woman would be set free at presidential order, but when they went to the prison to greet her, three were… Continue reading
Sep 15 Thousands protest against Bukele government in El Salvador By Marcos Aleman, Associated Press The demonstration Wednesday centered on fears Bukele may try for re-election in 2024. Protests also voiced concern about the president's concentration of power and the controversial decision to make the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender. Continue reading
Jun 09 El Salvador makes Bitcoin legal tender By Marcos Aleman, Associated Press The digital currency will be able to be used in any transaction and any business will have to accept payment in Bitcoin, with the exception of those lacking the technology to do so. Continue reading
Apr 28 El Salvador leader fights crime and virus, drawing criticism By Marcos Aleman, Christopher Sherman, Associated Press As his first year in power comes to a close, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele is fighting both the coronavirus and the country's powerful street gangs with tactics that some say are putting the young democracy at risk. Continue reading
Feb 05 Watch 5:27 News Wrap: Buttigieg maintains Iowa lead in latest caucus results In our news wrap Wednesday, delayed results from Monday’s Democratic presidential caucuses in Iowa are still trickling in -- and Pete Buttigieg appears to be keeping his lead. With 75 percent of precincts reporting, the former mayor of South Bend,… Continue watching
Feb 05 At least 138 deported to El Salvador were later killed, human rights group says By Ben Fox, Associated Press The group says a majority of those deportees were killed within a year and some within days of returning to a country with the highest homicide rate in the Western Hemisphere. Continue reading
Sep 25 U.S. signs asylum agreement with Honduras By Colleen Long, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The U.S. has now signed agreements with all three countries in the area known as the Northern Triangle: Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch 6:31 News Wrap: Trump appears to downplay chance of U.S. strike on Iran In our news wrap Friday, President Trump appeared to downplay the chance of a military strike on Iran. U.S. and Saudi officials have pointed to Iran as the culprit in last weekend's attacks on Saudi oil facilities, but Trump said… Continue watching