El Salvador’s Bukele looks set to cruise to controversial presidential reelection -poll
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele holds a large lead ahead of his bid next month to win reelection as president, a poll showed on Tuesday, as…
El Salvador’s Bukele shows strong lead for 2024 vote -opinion poll
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele could comfortably win the 2024 elections with 68.4% of the votes, according to an opinion poll released on Monday, despite debate over his…
S&P says El Salvador’s debt exchange constituted default
(Reuters) – Ratings agency S&P on Tuesday said a pension debt exchange by El Salvador in April constituted a default event, but added that the new terms of the exchange also cured…
Activists urge human rights court to condemn El Salvador’s abortion ban
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Women’s rights activists on Monday called for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to condemn El Salvador in a case brought a decade ago by a woman who…
IMF says El Salvador’s bitcoin risks have not materialized but ‘should be addressed’
By Brendan O’Boyle (Reuters) – Risks over El Salvador’s embrace of bitcoin “have not materialized,” but use of the cryptocurrency still requires transparency and attention, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Friday…
U.S. sanctions officials close to El Salvador’s Bukele for alleged corruption
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – The United States sanctioned several Central American officials it accused of possible corruption in their respective countries on Friday, including two politicians close to El Salvador’s President Nayib…
El Salvador’s Bukele scales up anti-gang push with new deployments
By Gerardo Arbaiza SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele promised on Wednesday to tighten security around major cities, the latest escalation of an eight-month-old war against gang violence which human…
Tumbling bitcoin overshadows El Salvador’s crypto conference
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s long-awaited bitcoin conference, which was in the limelight in 2021 after the small nation became the world’s first to adopt the cryptocurrency as…
El Salvador’s credibility would benefit from IMF deal – Moody’s
By Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON – El Salvador lacks credibility in managing its finances and would benefit from a program with the International Monetary Fund, an official at ratings agency Moody’s said…
In El Salvador’s gang crackdown, quotas drive ‘arbitrary’ arrests of innocents
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR – Dozens of innocent people have been apprehended in El Salvador in recent months amid President Nayib Bukele’s “war on gangs,” after superiors forced officers to meet…
El Salvador’s Bukele tells bitcoin-wary U.S. senators to stay out of internal affairs
By Nelson Renteria MEXICO CITY – President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday asked U.S. senators to stay out of El Salvador’s “internal affairs” after they called for an investigation into the economic risks…
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