El Salvador

Central America 09/07/21, 15:58

El Salvador officially adopted Bitcoin as legal tender this Tuesday, Sept. 7, and announced the purchase of 400 cryptocurrencies worth nearly $21 million as a reserve, New York Post reported. Salvadorans will be able to pay for goods and services and even taxes with Bitcoin. Bitcoin transactions will be exempt from ...

Central America 05/23/21, 17:15

Sexual violence has always been one of the leading causes of death for women in America. And El Salvador has become the focal point of this problem when authorities discovered a macabre and horrifying truth here on Friday, May 20. NY Post reported that a mass grave containing dozens of bodies ...

U.S. 09/21/19, 06:24

The United States and El Salvador on Friday, Sept. 20, signed an agreement to help make the Central American country a haven for migrants seeking asylum. Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan and El Salvador Foreign Minister Alexandra Hill Tinoco, signed the “cooperative asylum agreement” in a live-streamed press conference. ...

Central America 07/22/19, 10:54

As part of his visit to Latin America, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele met last Sunday at the Presidential House in San Salvador to discuss economic cooperation and measures needed to reduce illegal migration. According to a statement from the U.S. State Department, during the ...

U.S. 06/26/19, 22:04

The mother of a man who drowned alongside his 23-month-old daughter while trying to cross the Rio Grande into Texas says she finds a heartbreaking photograph of their bodies hard to look at but takes some comfort in knowing "they died in each other's arms." Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his ...

America 06/20/19, 19:55

íMexico and El Salvador signed a cooperation agreement Thursday that includes a $30 million Mexican donation for reforestation in the Central American nation, amid increased pressure from the United States to slow a surge of migrants toward the U.S. border. The project to reforest some 124,000 acres (50,000 hectares), with the ...

U.S. 06/18/19, 19:31

U.S. aid totaling $450 million, initially set aside for Central American countries, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala was officially cut off on June 17, as President Donald J. Trump had vowed to do. President Trump had told reporters back in March, “I’ve ended payments to Guatemala, to Honduras, and to El ...

Politics 06/17/19, 16:09

The Trump administration said Monday it is easing previously announced cuts in hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the Central American nations of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala but will not allow new funding until those countries do more to reduce migrant flows to the United States. The State ...

U.S. 05/22/19, 23:38

US officials had been caring for the unnamed child since March because she had a history of congenital heart defects

America 04/18/19, 23:34

When does the next caravan leave?" ''Can I go? I'm from Guatemala." ''What papers do I need for my kids?" The questions pile up on the phones of hundreds of Central Americans, all with the same goal: Get as many details as possible before leaving their country. Costly phone calls with relatives ...

Politics 04/10/19, 11:02

The Trump administration defended on Wednesday cuts in direct aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras amid a surge of migrants crossing into the U.S. the southern border. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted that U.S. aid to Central America has so far been ineffective. "The United states has spent hundreds ...

U.S. 04/09/19, 19:47

California masterfully markets its surfing culture and Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday he wants to share that expertise with El Salvador to help boost tourism and provide more economic opportunities for its impoverished citizens. "There's no doubt there's a lot we can do together in this space," Newsom said after a ...

U.S. 04/05/19, 01:19

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is traveling to El Salvador to learn firsthand what is prompting thousands of people to leave and seek new lives in the United States. Joining him is an aide whose father made the same journey to the U.S. nearly 40 years ago. Jesse Melgar is the lead ...

Politics 03/31/19, 10:11

Trump chief of staff Mulvaney cites Obama security official as agreeing about the 'crisis' on US southern border

Politics 03/30/19, 09:09

The Latest on Trump administration moves on immigration through U.S. border with Mexico (all times local): ___ 10 a.m. The Trump administration says it is cutting direct U.S. aid to three Central American countries. The State Department says in a statement that it will suspend 2017 and 2018 payments to El Salvador, Guatemala and ...

U.S. 03/28/19, 20:20

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he will travel to El Salvador in April to discuss the poverty and violence that's causing waves of migrants to seek asylum in the United States. It will be Newsom's first international trip as governor and his latest effort to position California — not the ...

Politics 03/28/19, 13:10

President Donald Trump on Thursday accused Mexican and Central American leaders of doing "nothing" to prevent illegal immigrants from coming to the United States — one day after his administration signed an agreement with some of those same leaders aimed at reducing the number of migrants streaming north. Trump's tweet risked ...

America 03/24/19, 23:35

It was 1982, the height of the civil war in El Salvador. Four Dutch TV journalists had linked up with leftist rebels near the town of El Paraiso, which has an army base on its outskirts.Planning to spend several days behind rebel lines, the newsmen hoisted rucksacks onto their backs ...

Asia & Pacific 03/13/19, 16:38

President-elect Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has not decided whether to keep relations with China but says the Asian nation is not being respectful to his country.In his first public remarks since winning election last month, the 37-year-old Bukele said Wednesday during a visit to Washington that China does not ...

Asia & Pacific 03/13/19, 16:17

President-elect Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has not decided whether to keep relations with China but says the Asian nation is not being respectful to his country.In his first public remarks since winning election last month, the 37-year-old Bukele said Tuesday during a visit to Washington that China does not ...