Senior officials signed documents assuring the IMF that the country’s BTC stock is not increasing. The transactions exist, but they appear to be asset reallocation rather than outright purchases. El Salvador’s much-publicized plan to buy “one bitcoin a day” looks...
The flyers circulated on social media for at least four hours after noon on May 2, 2025. They were documents designed to look like police files, all bearing the logo of the División Especial contra el Crimen Organizado (Special Division against Organized Crime, DECO)...
For decades, journalism has shaped El Salvador’s history, providing the public with information that guides everyday choices and the nation’s broader course. Today, however, reporters face harassment, stigmatization, and even criminalization—hazards that have...
Electoral expert Malcolm Cartagena, renowned for his role in the Centro de Monitoreo Político of Acción Ciudadana (Political Monitoring Center of Citizen Action), announced on Friday his forced departure from El Salvador, driven by deteriorating health and escalating...
The basic food basket (CBA) climbed by more than $4 in both rural and urban areas last June, according to the latest update from the National Office of Statistics and Censuses (Onec). The agency’s data show that the urban CBA surged from $248.22 in May to...
Two financiers of the UCN, a Guatemalan political party tied to the Sinaloa Cartel according to the United States Department of Justice, secured contracts from the Salvadoran government under President Nayib Bukele, as detailed in an investigative piece by journalist...
