SAN SALVADOR—At least 12 people died and an unspecified number were injured in a stampede at a soccer stadium in El Salvador on Saturday, the Central American country’s government said. Alianza FC and Club Deportivo FAS were playing the second leg of their playoff quarter-final game at the Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador, the country’s…
El Salvador President Criticizes Trump Indictment Saying It Undermines US Foreign Policy
El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, criticized the indictment of former President Donald Trump, arguing that it would be hypocritical for the United States to promote democracy abroad at this time. “Think what you want about former President Trump and the reasons he’s being indicted,” Bukele said in a Tuesday tweet. “But just imagine if this…
El Salvador Opens 40,000-Person Prison as Arrests Soar in Gang Crackdown
SAN SALVADOR—Authorities in El Salvador have opened one of Latin America’s largest prisons, more than doubling the country’s incarceration capacity, as a government crackdown on criminal gangs is causing the prison population to soar. The 40,000-capacity Terrorism Confinement Center was inaugurated on Tuesday to help relieve some of the overpopulation in the country’s prison system….
Volcano Begins to Erupt in Eastern El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador—Authorities in El Salvador on Monday warned residents near the Chaparrastique volcano in the country’s east to be alert after it began to erupt. The Environmental Ministry’s observatory reported explosions in the central crater of the volcano located about 83 miles (135 kilometers) east of the capital. It said the eruption’s intensity…
7 Killed in Landslides in El Salvador After Days of Rain
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador—At least seven people have been killed in landslides in El Salvador following four days of heavy rains across the country, Civil Defense authorities said Thursday. Two people died in Panchimalco about 11 miles (18 kilometers) south of the capital and a family of five perished in the municipality of Huizucar, also…
4 Places to Discover the Mayan World in Mexico and Central America
By Valentin Fuentes From TravelPulse Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras are celebrating three decades of founding the Mayan World Organization (Organización Mundo Maya), which focuses on improving the quality of life of the region’s residents through sustainable tourism policies. The group of countries is seeking to bring back the tourist activity they saw…
Morris’s Stoppage-Time Goal Gives US 1–1 Draw at El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador—Entering in the 80th minute on a rain-soaked field that looked like a torn-up recreational park, Jordan Morris thought back to youth soccer in Seattle. Morris went on to score in the first minute of second-half stoppage time, offsetting Alexander Larín’s 35th-minute goal past poorly positioned Ethan Horvath and giving the United…
El Salvador Declares State of Emergency Amid Killings
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador—El Salvador’s congress granted President Nayib Bukele’s request to declare a state of emergency early Sunday amid a wave of gang-related killings over the weekend. Fourteen people were killed Friday and 62 people died Saturday, a scale of violence that has not been seen for years. By comparison, there were 79 homicides…
El Salvador Postpones Bitcoin Bond Issue, Expects Better Conditions
SAN SALVADOR—El Salvador postponed an unprecedented issue of a bitcoin-backed bond planned for last week, as the government decided to wait for favorable conditions in the financial market, Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya said on Tuesday. The Central American government had scheduled the launch of the $1 billion bond between 15–20 March, but the war between…
IMF Urges El Salvador to Drop Bitcoin as Official Currency
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged El Salvador to drop the status of Bitcoin as the country’s legal tender, citing a series of risks, including to financial stability. The IMF’s cautionary remarks about the Central American country using Bitcoin as its official currency alongside the U.S. dollar came in a review note following a…
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