Tag: El Salvador

Crossing the Rubicon: U.S. Government Cash for Human Rights Violations (Sarah Elaine Harrison – Lawfare)

Although U.S. presidents have often made controversial—and sometimes arguably unlawful—decisions about which countries and security forces to give security assistance to, they typically have...

The Dirty Deal with El Salvador (Brian Finucane – Just Security)

On March 15th, the Trump administration sent three planes carrying 238 Venezuelan migrants (as well as 23 Salvadorans) to El Salvador to be indefinitely...

Geostrategic magazine (19 April 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye Today’s about: Belarus-Russia-Ukraine-US; China; Egypt-Middle East; Europe;...

IMF urges El Salvador to strip Bitcoin’s legal tender status (Eric Martin, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

The International Monetary Fund’s board urged El Salvador to strip Bitcoin of its status as legal currency due to its large risks, highlighting a...

Pegasus used to target El Salvador activists, journalists: Report (Al Jazeera)

The mobile phones of dozens of journalists and activists in El Salvador have been hacked since at least early 2020 and implanted with Israeli-made Pegasus...

Lawyer says Salvadoran gov’t quashed probe of gang pact: Reuters (Al Jazeera)

A former senior Salvadoran anti-corruption prosecutor said President Nayib Bukele’s government shut down his unit’s investigation into its alleged negotiations with violent street gangs to help expand...

El Salvador: Critics Blocked on Social Media (HRW)

The El Salvador authorities, including President Nayib Bukele, are blocking people on social media who criticize the government, Human Rights Watch said today. This violates their...

El Salvador to build first ‘Bitcoin City’ backed by BTC bonds (Al Jazeera)

El Salvador plans to build the world’s first “Bitcoin City”, funded initially by Bitcoin-backed bonds, President Nayib Bukele says, doubling down on his bet...

Thousands protest in El Salvador against Bukele government (Al Jazeera)

Thousands of protesters have marched in El Salvador’s capital San Salvador against the actions of President Nayib Bukele’s government, including the move to make...

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Folly (Jeffrey Frankel, Project-Syndicate)

Many aspects of cryptocurrencies are baffling, not least the success of a joke like Dogecoin. But El Salvador’s recent adoption of Bitcoin as legal...

El Salvador. New Laws Threaten Judicial Independence (HRW)

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele delivers his annual address to the nation before Congress, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, June 1. © 2021 AP Photo/Salvador...

El Salvador – El Salvador seizes opposition party assets in corruption probe (Al Jazeera)

The attorney general’s office in El Salvador has seized some assets of the conservative opposition party in what it said was an attempt to...

(El Salvador) Allies of El Salvador’s Bukele win absolute majority in Congress (Al Jazeera)

El Salvador’s populist leader extends power, becoming the first president in nearly three decades to have a majority in Congress. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/20/allies-of-el-salvadors-bukele-win-absolute-majority-in-congress