SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador said on Tuesday it hoped its economy would get a lift from China after it broke diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of Beijing, reducing the dwindling group of ...

(Bloomberg) -- The gang members who used to prey on the coffee growers of the Balsamo mountain range are all gone — jailed, shot dead, or on the run under the security crackdown that made El ...

Nayib Bukele is favored to win El Salvador's presidency when voters head to the polls on Sunday, as the country grapples with violence, corruption, poverty and an exodus of migrants seeking to reach ...

The Bitcoin Circular Economy Summit just took place in El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach, and what an event it was. The invite-only summit saw two days of presentations from communities from across the ...

A recently brokered deal between the United States and El Salvador contains illuminating language about the textile circular economy. The Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART), signed by the two ...

SAN SALVADOR, Dec 23 (Reuters) - El Salvador's legislature overturned a seven-year-old ban on metals mining on Monday, a move that President Nayib Bukele had pushed for to boost economic growth, but ...

El Salvador will stage the world’s first state-sponsored Bitcoin conference, Bitcoin Histórico, on November 12–13, 2025, in the historic center of San Salvador. The event, hosted by the National ...

In 2025, El Salvador's government is making decisions that are generating intense debates within the country. From reforming the financing of political campaigns to the reactivation of mining and ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is looking to restrict Bitcoin purchases by El Salvador as part of an extended $1.4 billion funding arrangement with the country. On March 3, the IMF issued a new ...

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced a review of a controversial bill to ban open-pit mining. Congress approved the bill in July after debating balancing environmental protection with ...

After winning a second term as president of El Salvador in 2024, Nayib Bukele pledged to translate security gains into prosperity for the country. Achieving this seemed reasonable. After all, for ...