The country's top court ruled in 2021 that Nayib Bukele can run for 2024 elections.

Up until this edition, 28 was the age limit for all participants. The event will take place on November 18

Two years after El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as its currency, alongside the US dollar, "the goals that were pursued... have not been achieved, people hardly use it...," economist and former Reserve Bank governor Carlos Acevedo said.

Chile's President Gabriel Boric had criticized Bukele's strategy against crime, which has led to the arrest of at least 68,000 people so far.

El Salvador's Congress on Wednesday passed a new rule, allowing courts to try accused gang members in mass trials.

The legislative branch of El Salvador passed a law that would allow them to regulate digital assets and cryptocurrencies being created, as a way to attract more investors in the country.

As El Salvador's murder rates appear to go down significantly, the Honduras government appears to be following their example in tackling their war on extortion.

The nine-month anti-gang crackdown started by El Salvador President Nayib Bukele is proving to be popular with the general populace.

Despite international criticism regarding the alleged human rights violations, the El Salvadoran Congress voted to extend the emergency powers of President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday to continue gang crackdown.

As the anti-gang crackdown of the El Salvadoran government reaches its ninth month, many experts and analysts have criticized the crackdown as ineffective to the long-term safety of the country.

A human rights organization released a report on Wednesday accusing the El Salvador's government of committing human rights abuses in their nine-month anti-crime crackdown.

The El Salvador government and its police sealed off an entire city on Sunday as part of their massive nine-month crackdown on crime and gang activity.

El Salvador has approved a second buyback of the country's sovereign debt bonds, as many economists and analysts around the world worry about a potential default from the Latin American country.

El Salvador has announced the fifth phase of their ongoing anti-crime crackdown on Wednesday, saying that they will be sectioning off parts of cities in the country to make it easier to hunt down other gang members.

As El Salvador's Bitcoin investment collapses due to the closure and insolvency of a major crypto-exchange, the country on Tuesday signed a free trade deal with China.

El Salvador's top leader Nayib Bukele has announced plans to create a "Bitcoin City" at the base of the Conchagua volcano in the south-eastern region of La Unión, with its geothermal energy powering Bitcoin mining.

To date, Salvador has witnessed more than 2,100 confirmed cases of the virus and close to 40 deaths, as disclosed by the latest data from John Hopkins University. 

In March 2020, even before there had been a single case of coronavirus reported in El Salvador, Bukele closed down the country's border in an attempt to get ahead of the outbreak.

Soldiers in full battle gear supporting El Salvador President Nayib Bukele stormed El Salvador’s parliament building on Sunday, Feb. 10.