The announcement came after the Central American nation's government reached a $1.4 billion loan deal with the International Monetary Fund that addressed its controversial embrace of bitcoin.

The transition team has reached out to the country through back channels. It is unclear whether the Bukele government will be open to the possibility

El Salvador was the first country in the world to ban the mining of metals in 2017, warning of the harmful effects of the chemicals used in mining, like cyanide and mercury.

Ecuador's homicide rate increased from 6.7 per 100,000 in 2019 to 45 per 100,000 in 2023; only Jamaica (49) has a higher rate in the Americas

Nayib Bukele is just one of the many Bitcoiners who feel vindicated after Bitcoin hit new all-time highs, but the El Salvadoran leader's case is particularly special, as he refused to bend to skeptics who questioned his $BTC strategy.

Images released by the government showed soldiers massing for the operation and heavily armed police patrolling the neighborhood and checking identity documents.

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Argentina's vice president welcomed El Salvador's Nayib Bukele to the Senate Tuesday, expressing her interest in Bitcoin and asking the pro-Bitcoin leader to discuss the nation's volcano bonds.

Gaetz, chair of the Congressional El Salvador Caucus, called the allegations "baseless" and criticized the local organization, CISPES

The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador published a document criticizing the group, saying it seeks to "boost the image of Bukele" and drive his agenda in the country

Mauricio Arriaza Chicas died near the country's border with Honduras. President Bukele said the crash could not be investigated a mere "accident"

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El Salvador continues to educate its people about Bitcoin, and students are now on a higher level of learning as they are being taught about ASICs – critical components of the crypto mining industry.

In 2023, 878,500 new citizens were welcomed by USCIS, according to a report from the agency.

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Such remittances are now equivalent to a quarter of the combined economic output of the poverty-afflicted nations of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

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Their stark ideological differences have exceeded the personal realm and impacted the countries' diplomatic relations

El Salvador isn't allowing a week-long Bitcoin slump to discourage its Bitcoin treasury goals as it did, as proven by on-chain data, purchase one BTC daily in the past 11 days.

The festival involving red-dressed "talciguines" -- devilish men in the Nahuatl language -- takes place once a year in the farming town of Texistepeque.

Located 58 kilometers (36 miles) southwest of the capital San Salvador, El Zonte gained its nickname due to its widespread early use of the cryptocurrency for payments.

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"We've decided to transfer a big chunk of our bitcoin to a cold wallet, and store that cold wallet in a physical vault within our national territory," Bukele said on social media site X.

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The escalation comes as other countries in the region are also experiencing a deterioration of security conditions

El Salvador holds at least 2,860 bitcoins, based on President Bukele's official announcements

Bukele, 42, is wildly popular at home and across Latin America for his crackdown on gangsters, even as rights activists raise alarm over arbitrary arrests and inhumane prison conditions.

Ecuador and Haiti experienced some of the largest surges in violence, whereas El Salvador and Peru were among the countries where rates dropped the most