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The technocratic turn: How El Salvador’s Bukele is pioneering ‘millenial authoritarianism’
Latin America Reports
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August 8, 2025
El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly, filled with supporters of President Nayib Bukele, recently approved constitutional reforms that would abolish presidential term limits. The move would allow Bukele to run for re-election an indefinite number of...
Rep Rashida Tlaib Say The USA Under Trump Is Becoming Fascist Just Like Venezuela and El Salvador
TFPP Wire
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August 8, 2025
Rashida Tlaib recently likened the United States under Donald Trump to countries like Venezuela and El Salvador, warning of “fascism” and collapsing rights. Her comments came during a conversation with political commentator Hasan Piker, where she...
El Salvador’s Latest Regression Met With Silence From Watchdog
Foreign Policy
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Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: El Salvador scraps presidential term limits, Ecuador hosts the women’s Copa América, and housing issues at COP30 put pressure on Brazil. Trump Grants Bukele Carte...
El Salvador has announced in a post on X plans to introduce Bitcoin banks in the Bitcoin country
Cryptopolitan
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August 8, 2025
El Salvador announced today in a post on X that it plans to introduce Bitcoin banking into its economy. The announcement builds on President Nayib Bukele’s Bitcoin-driven economic strategy. The plan remains unclear, and there are no details as of...
El Salvador Advances in Customs and Logistics Development Institute with IDB Support.
El Salvador in English
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August 8, 2025
The Government of President Nayib Bukele, through the General Directorate of Customs (DGA), is moving forward with the creation of the Institute for Customs and Logistics Development, a key initiative to strengthen El Salvador’s foreign trade...
Investment Funds in El Salvador Rise 18.2% Year-on-Year to $1.59B.
El Salvador in English
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August 8, 2025
El Salvador’s investment fund industry continues its rapid expansion, with total assets under management—across both open-end and closed-end funds—reaching $1.59 billion as of June 2025. This represents an 18.2% increase from the $1.345 billion...
Church in El Salvador criticizes constitutional reform allowing unlimited presidential terms
Catholic News Agency
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August 7, 2025
ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 7, 2025 / 15:36 pm On Aug. 6, the day El Salvador celebrates the solemnity of the Divine Savior (Salvador) of the World and this year the 500th anniversary of the founding of the city of San Salvador, the Catholic Church...
Geothermal and Solar Power Help Drive El Salvador’s Green Energy Growth.
El Salvador in English
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August 7, 2025
El Salvador sourced 65.01% of its electricity demand from renewable energy in June, according to the latest market report from the Unidad de Transacciones (UT). The country consumed a total of 588.65 gigawatt hours (GWh) during the month, with the...
India under ‘tariff fire’: How Indian apparel manufacturers can stay in the game
Apparel Resources
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August 8, 2025
In a move that could significantly alter the dynamics of global apparel trade, the United States under the Trump administration has imposed 50% tariff on Indian apparel exports –25% standard + 25% penalty for India’s continued purchase of Russian...
Illegal mining scars 5 hectares along Iponan River in Misamis Oriental
Rappler
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August 8, 2025
Opol, Misamis Oriental Mayor Jay Bago says those involved in the large-scale mining operations are from nearby Cagayan de Oro, where the Nangcaon mining site is accessible CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Nearly five hectares near a major river in...
El Salvador’s Tourism Industry Sees Strong Start to Holiday Week with US Visitors Leading.
El Salvador in English
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August 5, 2025
El Salvador is experiencing a strong start to its August holiday season, with 41,000 international tourists entering the country in just the first two days, according to the Ministry of Tourism (MITUR). “We’re doing really well. Our goal was...
El Salvador’s Coffee Industry Rebounds with Highest Prices in Recent History.
El Salvador in English
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August 5, 2025
El Salvador’s coffee sector reached a historic milestone in June 2025, exporting its coffee at a record average price of $320.4 per quintal, according to data from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). This marks a significant rebound for the country’s...
Constitutional Reform in El Salvador and Also in Cuba
14ymedio
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August 6, 2025
The scant information in Cuba about the authorization of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s indefinite reelection is very eloquent in itself. The first year of Bukele’s second consecutive term is considered unconstitutional. / EFE 14ymedio, René...
Biogas to Wipe Out Poultry Industry Pollution in El Salvador – VIDEO
Inter Press Service
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August 5, 2025
Energy, Environment, Headlines, Latin America & the Caribbean, Multimedia, Natural Resources, TerraViva United Nations, Video Energy SAN SALVADOR, Aug 5 2025 (IPS) - El Granjero, the second-largest egg producer in El Salvador, invested US$2.5...
Panama Canal May Offer Bitcoin Toll Discounts as Mayor Backs Proposal
Blockonomi
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August 8, 2025
TLDR Panama City mayor supports proposal for Bitcoin toll payments on the Panama Canal. The plan could offer reduced fees to ships paying in Bitcoin. Max Keiser says it could help Panama build a strategic Bitcoin reserve. The Panama Canal...
Post-Maduro Venezuela Will Look a Lot Like Peru or El Salvador
Caracas Chronicles
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August 5, 2025
Let’s imagine for a second that the ruling PSUV party is no longer in power. How that could happen doesn’t matter for the sake of this exercise. Let’s just assume that both the high command and the Supreme Court also step down, and their...
El Salvador’s leader is autocrat to some, godsend to others
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Homicides have dropped from several thousand a year to just over 100, according to the government — a rate lower than Canada’s. So when lawmakers in Bukele’s party abolished presidential term limits late last week, Salvadorans were far from...
ALAS Student of the Year shares how teachers helped her succeed
SmartBrief
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August 8, 2025
Dafnee Marquez Padilla is a rising senior who attends the English Learner Institute at the Arlington Career Center in Arlington Public Schools in Virginia. Originally from El Salvador, she arrived in the US less than three years ago and quickly...
El Salvador Receives World Bank Loan for Fiscal and Climate Stability.
El Salvador in English
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August 4, 2025
The World Bank has approved a new loan to support El Salvador’s fiscal sustainability and its capacity to respond to natural disasters and climate change, according to an official announcement released a few days. Structured around two central...
Las redadas de inmigración aún no han llegado al condado de Monterey, pero el temor de que puedan ocurrir está cambiando la vida de las personas
KMVU FOX26 - Oregon
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This article was originally published on Aug. 7 in English. Read it here. Al PRINCIPIO DEL VERANO, LOS REPORTES DE REDADAS CONTRA INMIGRANTES EN LOS ÁNGELES SE ESPARCIERON RÁPIDAMENTE y continuaron con imágenes de manifestantes enfrentándose a...