RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Volaris, a leading Mexican airline, on Tuesday became the second airline to operate under the flag of El Salvador and "the first in the world" that will accept bitcoins on Tuesday in the Central American country. The low-cost airline's operations under the Salvadoran flag were ...

As cryptocurrency enters global finance, an experiment in El Salvador could offer clues on whether it will bring a more libertarian economy or greater government control.

En los últimos meses, habremos escuchado sobre el boom de las criptomonedas y es que países cercanos a nosotros, como El Salvador, están dando sus primeros pasos para establecer políticas públicas de esta materia. Sin embargo, más allá de entrar en lo que las criptomonedas implicarían para el ...

La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) dijo que pidió a las autoridades de El Salvador proteger a una abogada crítica del presidente Nayib Bukele por ser objeto de acoso, incluso por parte de agentes estatales.

Bankers and crypto-enthusiasts watch on as central American nation embarks on monetary experiment

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Former CIA systems administrator Edward Snowden, who became famous for disclosing details of the NSA's surveillance system, used social media to comment on the adoption of bitcoin in El Salvador. According to him, other countries should follow the same path. Answering journalist Aaron van Wirdum, ...

SAN SALVADOR: Salvadorans queued Wednesday at some of the dozens of bitcoin teller machines erected around the country that has made history by adopting a cryptocurrency as legal tender.

Digital currency’s price falls during closely watched rollout of Central American country’s new legal tender

The country bought 400 bitcoins ahead of the rollout, with a market value of about $20 million at current prices.

Adopting cryptocurrency as legal tender risks economic stability and personal finances

Latin American nation will on Tuesday become first country to accept digital currency as legal tender

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The government of El Salvador asked the Legislative Assembly to approve the use of more than 200 million dollars to implement the use of bitcoin as legal currency, according to information consulted Wednesday by Efe. In its Tuesday session, the legislative body approved an initiative ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Central American airport is set to follow in the footsteps of Panama City's Tocumen International Airport, using its strategic geographic location to attract cargo and passenger airlines. San Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez International Airport (AIES), located in the Salvadoran capital, aims to attract ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Salvadoran vice-president Félix Ulloa said that the document will soon be presented to foreign diplomatic legations and NGOs, before emphasizing that a total of 215 amendments have been made to the Magna Carta of the Central American country ruled by Nayib Bukele. "You can no ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The adoption of bitcoin as a legal tender in El Salvador is seen as a poor or unwise decision by 77.5% of the population, according to a university survey released this Thursday. The Centro de Estudios Ciudadanos (CEC) survey of the Universidad Francisco Gavidia (UFG) ...

Este pequeño poblado pesquero, ubicado en la costa del país centroamericano, es considerado desde hace días como el epicentro mundial del uso de este medio digital de intercambio

Some observers wonder whether a bigger movement is afoot: replacing a conventional currency on a national scale and then beyond.

La posibilidad de usar bitcóin para el intercambio comercial, comprar medicinas o pagar cuentas en El Salvador, es vista por algunos como una ocasión incluso para obtener ganancias. Otros, sin embargo, temen perder su dinero en una operación.