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.

El Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) advirtió que la decisión de El Salvador de adoptar el bitcóin como moneda de curso legal puede generar riesgos y desafíos regulatorios.

Analysts sceptical of move hailed by crypto entrepreneurs and country’s authoritarian president

A lei aprovada estabelece que a taxa de câmbio entre a bitcoin e o dólar será fixada "livremente pelo mercado" e não será sujeita a impostos sobre ganhos de capital".

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Organization of American States (OAS) said today that it “deeply regrets” the rupture, by the government of El Salvador, of the agreement that governed the work of the International Commission against corruption in the country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador justified ...

El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, anunció que la próxima semana presentará ante el Congreso una propuesta de ley con la que busca que el bitcoin tenga curso legal en el país.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, approved the reforms of 23 decrees approved by the Legislative Assembly to remove the main business association of the country, the National Association of Private Enterprise (ANEP), from the boards of directors of an equal number of smaller, ...

El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, anunció que la próxima semana presentará ante el Congreso una propuesta de ley con la que busca que el bitcoin tenga curso legal en el país.

El próximo 11 de septiembre de 2021 se conmemorará el vigésimo aniversario de la adopción de la Carta Democrática Interamericana (CDI). Dada la situación delicada en materia de gobernanza democrática que actualmente atraviesan algunos países del hemisferio, incluyendo Venezuela, Perú, Colombia, El Salvador y Nicaragua, se hace necesario reflexionar sobre ...

By Hugo Sánchez RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (EFE) The number of reports of disappearances between January and April 2021 shot up by approximately 112% compared to the same period in 2020, according to figures from the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) provided to Efe. The FGR data, obtained through the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approved this Tuesday two trusts for US$1.2 billion for the “rescue” of the agricultural and coffee sector with loans. The Legislative body, with a large majority of the ruling party, approved with the votes of 73 legislators -out of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Costa Rican authorities extradited Juan Guzmán, father-in-law of former Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes (2009-2014), to El Salvador on Wednesday to face criminal proceedings for money laundering. “Today we bring to justice the father-in-law of Mauricio Funes, the former president who was at the forefront of ...

The buried bodies of seven women and three children were discovered on the property of a former police officer in El Salvador. Hugo Osorio Chavez Osorio, 51, is being investigated on suspicion of sex crimes and 13 murders, the country’s attorney general’s office said. He was originally arrested last Saturday ...

La Federación de Cámaras de Comercio del Istmo Centroamericano, que agrupa a seis cámaras de comercio de la región, lamentó y condenó los acontecimientos registrados el fin de semana en El Salvador.