What is Tren de Aragua? How the Venezuelan gang started − and why US policies may only make it stronger
According to investigative journalists and a handful of academic studies, Tren de Aragua was initially founded by Hector “El Niño” Guerrero and two other men in 2014. The three men were imprisoned in ...
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🔒 The Economist: El Salvador’s wild crypto experiment ends in failure
For much of the time since Nayib Bukele became president in 2019, El Salvador has teetered on the brink of default.
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El Salvador’s wild crypto experiment ends in failure
Then there was his crypto fixation. In 2021 El Salvador became the first country to make bitcoin legal tender, alongside the ...
The Forgotten Apocalypse Of A.D. 536—A Biologist’s Take On The ‘Worst Year To Be Alive’
The A.D. 536 eruption of an Arctic volcano was so massive that civilizations fell and undying myths took shape. But that's ...
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El Salvador criminal law reforms said to violate children’s rights
Recent criminal law reforms in El Salvador that expand punitive measures against minors violate children's rights, Amnesty International said Thursday. The amendment, approved February 12, permits ...
El Salvador's Bitcoin Law Changes To Secure IMF Funding
El Salvador' Law changes helped the country to secure up to $3.5 billion, despite some criticism among Bitcoin advocates.
Irish in El Salvador: A ‘jaw-dropping’ adjustment
Peter Flanagan lives in England and writes that he finds “the Irish attitude towards Britain isn’t one of static resentment.
Haiti not ready for peacekeeping mission, UN chief says, offers alternative to fight gangs
In a letter to the U.N. Security Council dated Monday, Guterres recommends that the rules of engagement — which govern the ...
OnlyFans actress reveals bold plan to bed a man from every country — here’s the best nation so far
The kinky Canuk, who is putting the “lust” in wanderlust, says Brazilians are the best nation she’s sampled in the sack thus far, while Germans are the worst.
Recent rains test revamped flood-prone El Rio intersection
For decades, rain pooled into a lake at Stroube and Balboa streets in El Rio during storms. A county project seems to have eased the flooding.
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El Salvador’s Bitcoin Revolution: What Locals Really Think
El Salvador added Bitcoin as their second official currency. No tax? Fully legal? Decentralized? What's not to love! The only ...
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Dictators, Democrats, and In-Betweeners
On February 23, Mary Anastasia O’Grady, the Wall Street Journal columnist who concentrates on the Americas, wrote that El Salvador has “become one of the least free countries in the region.” A ...