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Trump administration deports Venezuelans despite court order, says judge has no authority
The Trump administration has deported alleged members of a Venezuelan gang from the U.S. despite a court order forbidding it from doing so, saying in an extraordinary statement that a…
Salvador’s Bukele declares victory in presidential poll
By Nelson Renteria and Sarah Kinosian SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) - President Nayib Bukele on Sunday declared himself winner of El Salvador's national…
Short on cash, El Salvador doubles down on Bitcoin dream
By Sarah Kinosian and Nelson Renteria BERLIN, El Salvador (Reuters) - James and Nicki Malcolm moved to El Salvador from New Zealand…
El Salvador offers citizenship to foreign bitcoin investors
By Gerardo Arbaiza SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) - El Salvador's Congress has approved a migration law granting expedited citizenship to foreigners who make…
El Salvador arrests more than 100 Colombians in financial scheme
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) - Salvadoran police arrested more than a hundred Colombians for their alleged involvement in operating a…
A year on, El Salvador’s bitcoin experiment is stumbling
CONCHAGUA, El Salvador, (Reuters) - A year after El Salvador adopted bitcoin as legal tender, the area where the world's first cryptocurrency…
El Salvador plans first ‘Bitcoin City’, backed by bitcoin bonds
El Salvador plans to build the world's first "Bitcoin City", funded initially by bitcoin-backed bonds, President Nayib Bukele said in the weekend,…
One month on, El Salvador’s bitcoin use grows but headaches persist
A growing number of El Salvadorans have experimented with bitcoin since the country became the first to adopt it as legal tender…
El Salvador buys 150 more bitcoins, president says
El Salvador has bought 150 more bitcoins, President Nayib Bukele announced, taking the Central American country's holdings of the volatile cryptocurrency to…
A glimpse under the hood of El Salvador’s bitcoin experiment
El Salvador on Tuesday rolled out cryptocurrency bitcoin as legal tender, an unprecedented move that faced some technical hiccups on its first…