El Zonte, described as a surfer’s paradise, became a symbol of Bukele’s ambitious bid to integrate cryptocurrency into the Salvadoran economy. However, the enthusiasm seems to be fading under the weight of economic realities and international pressure. In...
El Salvador and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are playing he-said/she-said over whether the country continues to purchase BTC tokens for its digital asset ‘treasury.’ On May 27, the IMF issued a statement detailing the global lender reaching a “Staff-Level...
In the current political moment, Democrats for El Salvador are about as common as coal miners for green energy. But there’s at least one: Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, a Blue Dog Democrat and ally to the Central American country’s strongman leader and MAGA darling,...
At eleven o’clock on the night of Sunday, May 18, Salvadoran Police officers arrived at the home of lawyer Ruth Eleonora López. They knocked on the door on the pretext that her vehicle had been involved in a traffic accident and asked to see the documents. Ruth...
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources classified for seven years information regarding studies conducted on the water of the San Sebastián River, as well as measures the ministry reportedly took to comply with the recommendations of the Environmental Court...
The public education system in El Salvador continues to face multiple challenges, exacerbated by unfulfilled government promises regarding school infrastructure, Francisco Zelada, representative of the Sindicato de Maestras y Maestros de la Educación Pública de El...