MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Tag: Nayib Bukele
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Monday, March 28th 2022 - 09:41 UTC
El Salvador under “State of Emergency” due to gang violence
The Parliament of El Salvador Sunday agreed to validate a State of Emergency nationwide after 62 people died Saturday in clashes between gangs, it was announced.
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Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:39 UTC
Bukele needs to eliminate bitcoin as legal tender, IMF says
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele to drop the use of bitcoin as legal tender in the country, on the grounds that there are “great risks associated” with this practice. Bukele officially adopted bitcoin last September.
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Friday, November 12th 2021 - 09:11 UTC
Armed forces summoned as violent killings increase in El Salvador
The recent murders of 46 people in the last 72 hours all across El Salvador have led President Nayib Bukele to summon the army to assist the national police in patrolling the most violent areas.
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Thursday, June 10th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador, first country ever
The Parliament of El Salvador has passed with 62 out of 84 votes a bill submitted by President Nayib Bukele to classify Bitcoin as legal tender, thus becoming the first country in the world to adopt a cryptocurrency. Its use as legal tender will go into law in 90 days.
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Wednesday, December 4th 2019 - 09:48 UTC
Beijing's gift to El Salvador for Taiwan cut off: Stadium, library, water plants
China has agreed to pay for a new national stadium and library in El Salvador as part of an infrastructure package promised to the country after it switched allegiance from Taiwan to Beijing.
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Monday, November 4th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
El Salvador and Venezuela: reciprocal expulsion of diplomats
Venezuela ordered El Salvador's diplomats to leave the country in reprisal for President Nayib Bukele's expulsion of officials representing the government in Caracas. El Salvador does not recognize Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as legitimate and said on Saturday it would receive a new diplomatic corps representing opposition leader, Juan Guaido.
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Saturday, September 28th 2019 - 09:42 UTC
El Salvador president asks for a second at the UN, so he could take a selfie
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, whose social media savvy helped win him power earlier this year, took a selfie before his maiden speech at the UN General Assembly, which he called “obsolete” and suggested scrapping.
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Tuesday, July 2nd 2019 - 09:03 UTC
El Salvador president admits his country's responsibility for the migration wave and the drowning of a father and toddler
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said his country bears responsibility for the recent drowning deaths of a father and his toddler daughter who had been attempting to cross into the United States, saying that security and economic hardships he inherited are driving people to make the perilous journey.
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Monday, July 1st 2019 - 09:29 UTC
El Salvador confirms its relations with Beijing, and dropping Taiwan
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele ratified his country's diplomatic relations with China, almost a year after breaking ties with Taiwan.
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Tuesday, June 4th 2019 - 09:43 UTC
Beijing reaffirms diplomatic ties with the new government of El Salvador: “correct decision”
El Salvador’s decision to establish ties with China was correct and the two countries have bright prospects, a Chinese envoy told El Salvador’s maverick new president, who has been critical of Beijing.
