Nayib Bukele

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, in his sixth annual address, defended his harsh security policies, dismissing criticism of authoritarianism. He said peace for Salvadorans is his top priority, even as NGOs and U.S. lawmakers raise human rights concerns.

Bukele offers to swap 252 deported Venezuelans for Maduro’s political prisoners

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele offered to return 252 deported Venezuelans in exchange for the release of an equal number of political prisoners held by President Nicolás Maduro’s government in Venezuela.

Bukele Refuses to Return Mistakenly Deported Man Amid MS-13 Claims | N18G

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says he won't return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man the U.S. mistakenly deported despite a court order protecting him. During a meeting with Donald Trump, Bukele echoed unproven claims that Garcia is linked to MS-13, though his lawyers deny any gang ties. Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi insisted it's up to El Salvador whether to return him, citing the Supreme Court. The deportee is now held in a high-security prison amid growing criticism of Bukele's crackdown on gangs and alleged human rights abuses.

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.

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.

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.

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.

El Salvador buys 150 more bitcoins, President Nayib Bukele says

"We just bought dip," Nayib Bukele tweeted late on Sunday, referring to a recent slump in bitcoin prices.

In Pics I The defiant, populist leader of El Salvador who legalised cryptocurrency bitcoin

Bukele's presidency so far is the story of one of Latin America's newest populist autocracies in the making: spending big to hand out goodies, branding opponents as enemies, raising the profile of the military.

El Salvador to make bitcoin legal tender: All you need to know

"In the short term this will generate jobs and help provide financial inclusion to thousands outside the formal economy," Bukele said in a video shown at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami.