Scenes El Salvador: Collective of young artists eyes "cultural revolution" "From limitation comes the creative explosion." 31/01/2022
Money IMF urges El Salvador to drop Bitcoin as legal tender El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, but the International Monetary Fund is not a fan. 26/01/2022
Money El Salvador reveals plans to build the world's first 'Bitcoin City' Billed as 'fully ecological' powered by geothermal energy from a volcano, El Salvador's "Bitcoin City" is the country's latest commitment to crypto. 21/11/2021
Money Bitcoin is being mined in El Salvador with green volcanic energy Of the 107 megawatts generated by the plant, five are used for the operation and mining of Bitcoin and the rest for the country's power grid. 29/10/2021
no comment Traders evacuate burning market in El Salvador Traders are evacuated and emergency services work at the scene as a huge fire burns at San Salvador's San Miguelito market. 23/09/2021
Money Thousands protest against El Salvador's president and Bitcoin law Protesters marched against moves by President Nayib Bukele to centralise power, attacking Bitcoin ATMs installed by the government. 16/09/2021
Money El Salvador's Bitcoin rollout hit by digital wallet glitches For a fourth day in a row on Friday, technical glitches marred attempts by Salvadorans to download and use the country's new digital wallet. 11/09/2021
Money El Salvador officially adopts Bitcoin as currency - with a few hiccups Skepticism around Bitcoin was not dispelled when Salvadorans couldn't access the country's new digital wallet - or when its price slid. 07/09/2021
Money El Salvador approves €127 million Bitcoin adoption fund The country's Congress approved the funding as it prepares to adopt Bitcoin as an official currency on September 7. 01/09/2021
Money Anti-Bitcoin protests in El Salvador as official adoption draws closer Other countries are keen to see whether the historic decision to make Bitcoin legal tender pays off. El Salvadorans are less convinced. 28/08/2021
Money Why is Bitcoin booming in Latin America? El Salvador’s decision to make Bitcoin an official currency is a watershed for crypto - and it’s setting off a chain reaction in Latin America. 12/06/2021
Money El Salvador has made Bitcoin legal tender. What does it mean? El Salvador president Nayib Bukele said history had been made with Bitcoin now due to become legal tender within 90 days. 06/06/2021
Travel News Dogs in El Salvador can sniff out COVID-19 El Salvador is a nose ahead of the rest in the battle against COVID-19 - with sniffer dogs. 30/04/2021
no comment El Salvador goes ahead with clown day despîte coronavirus pandemic The country is nearing a total of 40,000 coronavirus cases, with more than 1,000 deaths. 03/12/2020
no comment El Salvador: Traditional fireball festival in the streets of Nejapa The town of Nejapa, El Salvador celebrated its annual fireball festival on Saturday (August 31) with participants pelting each other with rags drenched in gasoline that have been rolled into tight flaming balls. 02/09/2019
El Salvador Abortion law: Court acquits woman accused of killing stillborn child In retrial, El Salvador acquits woman accused of killing her stillborn child 19/08/2019
El Salvador Move over, Trump? Meet the president taking Twitter use to new levels Twitter has been central in getting underdog candidate Nayib Buele elected President of El Salvador. Now, the leader is taking some of his first actions in office via Twitter, including letting officials go. 07/06/2019
El Salvador El Salvador: A 'millenial' mayor the favourite to win elections It's the first time since the 1992 peace accords that dominating political parties could lose the elections against a young candidate with no political ideology. 01/02/2019
El Salvador U.S. gives El Salvador nationals 18 month deadline The Trump administration has given El Salvador nationals 18 months to find a legal way to stay, or leave the country. The ruling will affect over 200,000 people from the Central American country. 09/01/2018
no comment El Salvador’s annual fireball festival Hundreds of participants threw rags drenched in gasoline at each other at the yearly event. 01/09/2017
El Salvador El Salvador's beloved national hippo is beaten to death The country has reacted with shock and horror after Gustavito was beaten to death in his pen at the national zoo. 28/02/2017
no comment El Salvador: fireballs battle with the devil Locals in the town of Nejapa in El Salvador have gathered, to hurl fireballs at one another in honour of a huge volcanic eruption in 1922 which forced all of the residents to abandon the… 02/09/2016
El Salvador Police raid offices of Mossack Fonseca in El Salvador Police in El Salvador have raided the local offices of Mossack Fonseca, the company exposed in the Panama Papers leaks. Officials said they were 09/04/2016
El Salvador Former El Salvador President Flores dies facing corruption charges El Salvador’s former President Francisco Flores has died after suffering a stroke while awaiting trial on corruption charges. He was accused of 31/01/2016