El Salvador

El Salvador offers free passports to boost economy through Bitcoin

El Salvador, known for its adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender, has unveiled a new… Read More

‘Big chunk’ of bitcoin to be transferred to physical vault

El Salvador will transfer "a big chunk" of its bitcoin assets to an offline device… Read More

Magnitude 6.0 quake strikes in Guatemala, El Salvador

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit the southern Pacific coast of Guatemala late on Friday, the… Read More

Nine dead in El Salvador stadium stampede at soccer match: police

Nine people were killed Saturday in a stampede at an El Salvador stadium where soccer… Read More

Thounds of gang members moved to newly opened “mega prison”

El Salvador's government moved thousands of suspected gang members to a newly opened "mega prison"… Read More

El Salvador plans first ‘Bitcoin City’, backed by bitcoin bonds

MIZATA: El Salvador plans to build the world's first "Bitcoin City", funded initially by bitcoin-backed… Read More

El Salvador’s bitcoin use grows but headaches persist

A growing number of El Salvador citizens have experimented with bitcoin since the country became… Read More

El Salvador buys 150 more bitcoins

El Salvador has bought 150 more bitcoins, President Nayib Bukele announced, taking the Central American… Read More

Bitcoin bruised after chaotic debut as legal tender in El Salvador

Bitcoin licked its wounds on Wednesday, a day after its heaviest losses in 2-1/2 months… Read More

El Salvador leads the world into cryptocurrency: bitcoin legal tender

El Salvador on Tuesday became the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as… Read More

El Salvador holds 400 bitcoin, price jumps

El Salvador holds 400 bitcoins, President Nayib Bukele said on Monday, one day before the… Read More

‘House of Horrors’ killings shock El Salvador

CHALCHUAPA: Neighbors knew something was wrong in that squat green house when a young woman's… Read More

El Salvador’s bitcoin push: What does it mean for cryptocurrency?

El Salvador has become the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal… Read More

El Salvador approves first law for bitcoin as legal tender

A majority of lawmakers voted in favor of the initiative to create a law that… Read More

‘Just a second, please’: El Salvador president’s UN selfie eclipses speech

“Believe me, many more people will see this selfie than will hear this speech,” Bukele… Read More

Trump denies ‘shithole countries’ remark

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump tweeted a denial on Friday after he was quoted as… Read More

Tsunami alert after 7.2 quake shakes El Salvador, Nicaragua

SAN SALVADOR: A Pacific Ocean earthquake with a 7.2 magnitude shook El Salvador and Nicaragua on… Read More

USA, Costa Rica, Mexico seeded in 2015 Gold Cup

MIAMI: Holders the United States, Costa Rica and Mexico were installed Tuesday as the top… Read More

7.4 magnitute earthquake off El Salvador coast: USGS

SAN SALVADOR: A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck in the Pacific off El Salvador… Read More