(Natural News) The country of El Salvador continued its downward cycle of corruption, poverty, violence and authoritarianism as its president announced new efforts to ‘crack down on gang violence’ by essentially stripping away civil liberties and protections for ordinary citizens. “It has been four weeks since the shoemaker vanished from his hometown, hauled away in handcuffs […]

(Natural News) El Salvador’s congress has approved emergency powers that suspend constitutional freedoms and ease arrest rules for 30 days to battle a record wave of gang-related killings that forced business closures and the postponement of public events. The measures, which were requested by President Nayib Bukele on Saturday, March 26, and passed by legislators the following […]

(Natural News) The 2021 iteration of the AmericasBarometer survey found that support for democracy is waning across the Americas. It also found that respondents from 18 out of 22 countries believe their government leaders are corrupt and cannot be trusted. More than 60,000 voting-age adults across North, Central and South America – including the Caribbean […]

(Natural News) It is being reported that hundreds of people in El Salvador are unable to access Bitcoin in their centralized, government-issued “Chivo” Wallets. The unconfirmed reports are circulating on Twitter, where numerous users say that their non-private wallets have been tampered with by government officials. “This is what happens when you let corrupt and greedy politicians […]

(Natural News) The Bank of Mexico plans to establish its own digital currency in circulation by 2024 to adopt the latest payments technology and incite financial formation in an economy that relies mostly on cash transactions. Mexico’s central bank under the administration of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador tweeted on Dec. 30 that it is important “to […]

(Natural News) The tiny Central American nation of El Salvador saw a rocky start on its first day of adopting the bitcoin cryptocurrency as legal tender. The country passed a law in June 2021 mandating its use as legal currency alongside the U.S. dollar. But the first day of the rollout on Sept. 7 hit […]

(Natural News) Sometimes it’s hard to tell if the powers that be are completely tone deaf to the desires of most Americans or if they do things purposely to thumb their noses at us, and this is one of those occasions where it could go either way. As readers are likely aware, POTUS Donald Trump […]

(Natural News) A court in El Salvador has recently sentenced a 19-year-old rape survivor to 30 years in prison after suffering a still birth due to pregnancy complications. The rape survivor, Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez Cruz, was charged with aggravated homicide under the country’s anti-abortion law. As per local reports, Hernandez Cruz was convicted on grounds of failing […]