El Salvador

Migrants describe beatings, isolation, and humiliation at CECOT after being deported under a US deal with President Bukele.

More U.S. Lawmakers Blocked in El Salvador While Seeking Deportee’s Release | Trump Under Fire

A group of Democratic lawmakers traveled to El Salvador to push for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a U.S. resident wrongly deported despite a federal court order. Reps. Yassamin Ansari, Robert Garcia, Maxwell Frost, and Maxine Dexter were denied access to Garcia by Salvadoran authorities. The Trump administration, which deported Garcia citing an "administrative error," now claims he’s a gang member. The Supreme Court has ordered his return, but El Salvador’s President Bukele refuses to cooperate. Lawmakers are calling the case a constitutional crisis that threatens due process for all.

Trump, El Salvador’s Bukele cement deportation alliance, reject return of wrongfully deported man

El Salvador’s President Bukele refused to repatriate a wrongly deported man despite a U.S. Supreme Court order, aligning with Trump on deportations and prison deals amid growing human rights concerns.

Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, man U.S. must bring back from a Salvadoran Prison?

The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to retrieve Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador after his mistaken deportation, despite no criminal charges and credible fear of persecution.

'We will hunt you down': Kristi Noem warns criminal immigrants during El Salvador prison visit

Kristi Noem visited El Salvador’s high-security prison, warning criminal immigrants to leave the U.S. or face deportation. Her visit highlights the Trump administration’s crackdown amid legal and human rights concerns over detainees’ treatment.

El Salvador to accept US deportees of any nationality and violent American criminals; Musk calls it 'great idea'

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was visiting El Salvador on Monday to press a friendly government to do more to meet Trump administration demands for a major crackdown on immigration.

El Salvador president proposes bill to overturn metals mining ban

In 2017, El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban forms of metals mining.

El Salvador votes in presidential election that the ''world's coolest dictator'' has clear path to win

While his administration is accused of committing widespread human rights abuses, violence has also plummeted, in a country known just a few years ago as one of the most dangerous in the world.

US extends protected status to mid-2024 for six nationalities

The other countries are Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras, and Nepal, according to a document filed Thursday by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The action means their temporary protected status (TPS) will no longer expire on Dec. 31, 2022 as previously scheduled.

El Salvador was the 1st nation to make Bitcoin legal tender. It was a spectacular failure

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele's government spent more than $100 million on buying bitcoins which are now worth less than $50 million.

Panama’s President vetoes Bill to regulate crypto assets

Says, the project conflicts with the country’s existing laws; won’t sign the bill without additional anti-money laundering rules

In pics | A look at the design of the world's first Bitcoin City in El Salvador

The world’s first Bitcoin City is coming along beautifully. Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador, the smallest country in Central America, took to social media to share the design of the first Bitcoin city.

Bitcoin price: What the crypto crash means for investors

The cryptocurrency is a poor substitute for cash in an inflationary environment

Cryptocurrency Prices Today on March 23: Bitcoin, Ethereum gain, cryptocurrency market trades in green

In the rupee terms, Bitcoin jumped 2.84 percent to trade at Rs 33,18,780 while Ethereum rose 3.08 percent to Rs 2,34.506.5

This country has opened a pet hospital fully funded by Bitcoin gains

Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele inaugurated a veterinary hospital that, he says, was financed with the profits obtained after the establishment of bitcoin as legal currency in the country.

Top Cryptocurrency News Today: The biggest moves in NFTs, Bitcoin, crypto rules and more

A daily round-up of the most interesting articles on cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether to help you jump-start the day

Top Cryptocurrency News Today: The biggest moves in NFTs, Bitcoin, crypto rules and more

A daily round-up of the most interesting articles on cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether to help you jump-start the day

IMF urges El Salvador to drop Bitcoin as legal tender

The global lender’s board “urged the authorities to narrow the scope of the Bitcoin law by removing Bitcoin’s legal tender status,” the IMF said in a statement Tuesday.

Cryptocurrency Prices Today : Bitcoin gains 1%, markets recover slightly after weekend crash

Cardano rose 0.59 percent to Rs 88.71 and Avalanche surged 2.09 percent to Rs 5,105. Polkadot fell 2.64 percent to Rs 1,475.01 and Litecoin rose 1.28 percent to Rs 8,942.81 over the last 24 hours. Tether rose 0.13 percent to Rs 82.51.

Cryptocurrency Prices Today: Market dips marginally even as Bitcoin, Ethereum dip

While decentralised finance (DeFi) accounted for 16.08 percent of the trading volume at $9.92 billion, stablecoins made up 78.10 percent at $48.16 billion. Bitcoin's market dominance dipped 0.06 percent to 39.55 percent and it was trading at $42,990.42 today morning.

Hero MotoCorp expands operations in El Salvador

The company has a distribution network of over 200 touchpoints, including five company-owned showrooms, 15 dealerships, 85 retail and 26 spare part outlets and service centres across 14 cities in El Salvador, Hero MotoCorp said in a regulatory filing.

El Salvadore President lost $12 million of public funds in Bitcoin

Given that bitcoin saw a brutal start to 2022, touching new lows and registering an overall decline of 17.5 percent over the last few weeks, the present total value of the bitcoins held by the Salvadorean government would be worth $59 million.

Journalists in El Salvador Targeted With Spyware Intended for Criminals

According to the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Access Now, two cybersecurity watchdogs that analyzed the phones of El Faro’s employees, the spyware had been installed on the phones of 22 reporters, editors and other employees between July 2020 and November 2021.

El Salvador frees three women convicted of abortions

The three are among at least 17 Salvadoran women activists consider unjustly convicted and imprisoned following obstetric emergencies and who have been at the center of a campaign against El Salvador's absolute law against abortions.