El Salvador

Nayib Bukele is under fire among Bitcoiners and prominent figures in the crypto industry after he insisted that El Salvador will not halt its strategic Bitcoin reserve even if the IMF's funding deal clearly states that the country is prohibited from buying $BTC throughout the funding program's duration.

From Mexico's most ruthless drug cartels to Central America's most notorious street gang, these are the eight drug trafficking groups being designated terrorist organizations by US President Donald Trump's administration.

A total of eight criminal groups rooted in Latin America are expected to be designated as foreign terrorist organizations by Secretary of State Marco Rubio as early as this week

Bukele offered to house violent U.S. and migrant criminals in his prison system, in "extraordinary" gesture. But experts doubt the move would hold up in court.

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, who has carried out a sweeping crackdown on crime, offered the use of a maximum-security prison, Latin America's largest, when he met Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday.

Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele said his administration is willing to take in "only convicted criminals" in exchange for a fee

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that the deal includes an offer from Bukele to house dangerous criminals who are American citizens or legal residents, within Salvadoran prisons.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is planning on discussing the matter during his visit to the country in the coming days

Located 110 kilometers (68 miles) east of the capital San Salvador, Berlin has emerged as a rival to El Zonte, the surf town nicknamed "Bitcoin Beach."

Built to house El Salvador's most dangerous gangsters, conditions at the maximum-security "Terrorism Confinement Center" (CECOT) are slammed by rights groups as inhumane.

Donald Trump is pushing his "America First" ideology on foreign policy, making some Latin American countries open to striking deals on immigration.

Such deportations are key for the Trump administration plans as many migrants targeted hail from countries who have shown reluctance to receive them

Leading El Salvador from 2009 to 2014, Funes was a bespectacled former TV journalist who modeled himself on moderate leftist leaders, despite heading a party of former Marxist rebels.

The Biden administration cited the "severe humanitarian emergency" taking place in Venezuela as a motive to extend TPS status

Texas authorities rescued two young migrant girls who were abandoned by smugglers at the southern border carrying only a note with an address and phone number.

El Salvador had to concede to some of the IMF's conditions to reach an agreement with the UN financial agency for a massive loan that could help boost its ailing economy, but it clarified Sunday that it will not give up on its Bitcoin strategic reserve.

The announcement came after the Central American nation's government reached a $1.4 billion loan deal with the International Monetary Fund that addressed its controversial embrace of bitcoin.

The transition team has reached out to the country through back channels. It is unclear whether the Bukele government will be open to the possibility

El Salvador was the first country in the world to ban the mining of metals in 2017, warning of the harmful effects of the chemicals used in mining, like cyanide and mercury.

Ecuador's homicide rate increased from 6.7 per 100,000 in 2019 to 45 per 100,000 in 2023; only Jamaica (49) has a higher rate in the Americas

Nayib Bukele is just one of the many Bitcoiners who feel vindicated after Bitcoin hit new all-time highs, but the El Salvadoran leader's case is particularly special, as he refused to bend to skeptics who questioned his $BTC strategy.

Images released by the government showed soldiers massing for the operation and heavily armed police patrolling the neighborhood and checking identity documents.

The lottery was launched on Tuesday offering up to 55,000 diversity visas, yet countries like Venezuela, Honduras and Mexico are excluded

Argentina's vice president welcomed El Salvador's Nayib Bukele to the Senate Tuesday, expressing her interest in Bitcoin and asking the pro-Bitcoin leader to discuss the nation's volcano bonds.

Gaetz, chair of the Congressional El Salvador Caucus, called the allegations "baseless" and criticized the local organization, CISPES

The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador published a document criticizing the group, saying it seeks to "boost the image of Bukele" and drive his agenda in the country

Mauricio Arriaza Chicas died near the country's border with Honduras. President Bukele said the crash could not be investigated a mere "accident"

El Salvador is often dubbed the "Bitcoin country," given its various initiatives to drive adoption – how has adoption progressed since the nation became first in the world in adopting BTC as legal tender?

Nancy Mace, a Republican from South Carolina, is the newest member of the U.S. El Salvador Caucus

El Salvador continues to educate its people about Bitcoin, and students are now on a higher level of learning as they are being taught about ASICs – critical components of the crypto mining industry.