El Salvador’s Congress has ratified a constitutional reform that will make it easier and faster to make constitutional changes in the future, a change critics say will allow President Nayib Bukele and his party to further consolidate power.

San Salvador, El Salvador - January 30, 2025 The Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele, promoted the elimination of public financing of political parties, which requires a constitutional reform, at a time when his popularity has been eroded by the decision to reverse the ban on metal mining,

The IMF was not ready to extend a loan to El Salvador without concessions on the country’s ongoing Bitcoin adoption efforts.

El Salvador's Congress on Wednesday swiftly approved a bill sent just minutes earlier by President Nayib Bukele to amend its bitcoin law to comply with a deal with a key international lender to make acceptance of the cryptocurrency voluntary.

Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s iconic Bitcoin-loving president, just fired shots at former US Senator Bob Menendez, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Jan. 29 after investigators found gold bars and half a million in cash hidden in his house.

The Trump administration is in talks with El Salvador to accept citizens from other countries, including Venezuelan gang members from Tren de Aragua.

President Nayib Bukele mocked Bitcoin critic & former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison for bribery.

The archbishop did not mention any politicians by name—much less El Salvador’s popular president, Nayib Bukele, who pillories critics on social media and lets few slights go unchallenged. But he voiced deep opposition to a proposal being pushed through the National Assembly that day to roll back a ban on mining in the Central American country.

The arrangement, known as a "Safe Third Country" agreement, would empower U.S. immigration officials to deport non-Salvadoran migrants to El Salvador.

Built to house El Salvador's most dangerous gangsters, conditions at the maximum-security "Terrorism Confinement Center" (CECOT) are slammed by rights groups as inhumane.

Trump to discuss crypto adoption with El Salvador’s Bukele, signaling rising global interest in Bitcoin and blockchain technology.

El Salvador’s dollar bonds rose the most in emerging markets Thursday after lawmakers approved changes to the nation’s Bitcoin law that were needed to secure an International Monetary Fund loan.Most R