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El Salvador Secures Historic Honorable Mention at International AI Olympiad in Beijing.
El Salvador in English
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August 12, 2025
El Salvador has achieved a historic milestone in the field of technology and education, securing its first Honorable Mention at the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI) in Beijing, China. The national delegation, led by Josué...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Strategy Pivots to Institutional Banking
Blockhead
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August 12, 2025
El Salvador, three years after making Bitcoin legal tender and mandating merchants to accept bitcoin payments, before earlier this year reversing that rule to make acceptance optional, is reorienting its national cryptocurrency experiment. What...
Jinko ESS deploys SunGiga Energy Storage solutions in El Salvador to enhance industrial efficiency
ESS News
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August 12, 2025
Global Leading energy storage company, Jinko ESS, a subsidiary of Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. today announced the deployment of a 2.15MWh Commercial & Industrial (C&I) energy storage project in El Salvador, utilizing 10 of its advanced liquid-cooled...
Migrant sentenced to life for murdering Maryland mum in case invoked by Trump
BBC
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Jude SheerinBBC News, Washington ShareSave Rachel Morin was killed on a Maryland hiking trail in 2023 An illegal immigrant from El Salvador has been sentenced to life without parole for killing an American mother of five – in a case invoked by...
El Salvador Holiday Season Brings Record International Arrivals.
El Salvador in English
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August 11, 2025
El Salvador’s August holiday season closed with 91,000 international visitors, a 6% increase compared to 2024, according to Tourism Minister Morena Valdez in an interview with Radio Fuego 107.7 FM. “Visitors came mainly from the United States,...
El Salvador’s New Anti-Corruption Law Takes Effect to Strengthen Transparency.
El Salvador in English
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August 11, 2025
El Salvador’s recently approved Anti-Corruption Law officially came into force this Monday, aiming to prevent, detect, and sanction corruption within public service. The law applies to all public officials, employees, authorities, and even private...
El Salvador and Ecuador Collaborate on Sports Tourism to Attract International Visitors.
El Salvador in English
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August 11, 2025
On August 10, El Salvador joined Ecuador in commemorating the National Day of Ecuador, marking the anniversary of the First Cry of Independence. The Salvadoran government, led by President Nayib Bukele, celebrated this occasion as a moment to...
Iberia breaks its capacity record with Latin America in 2025: 5.5 million seats
Travel Daily News
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August 12, 2025
Iberia sets record with 5.5 million seats in 2025 on Latin America-Europe routes, boosting weekly flights and expanding key regional connections. In 2025, Iberia has surpassed its previous record for connectivity between Latin America and Europe,...
‘Buss head for corrupt officials’ – PM warns UNC against mixing with ‘crooked financiers’
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 12, 2025
News Sean Douglas 3 Hrs Ago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is led on stage by entertainer Swappie before she gives her speech at a UNC Monday Night Forum at Camden Hall, Couva, on August 11. - Photos by Innis Francis PRIME Minister Kamla...
Appeals Court Blocks Contempt Proceedings in El Salvador Disappearances Case
Truthout
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August 11, 2025
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. On August 8, in a two-to-one decision, a Trump-dominated federal appeals court blocked a district court’s criminal contempt...
‘Devastating’: Las Vegas faces ‘Trump slump’ as ICE raids drive tourists away
Raw Story
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August 12, 2025
Las Vegas is feeling the sting of a “Trump slump,” as workers and union leaders say President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration policies are scaring off international tourists and triggering job losses across the city’s vital hospitality...
Inside El Salvador’s Bitcoin banking law: loans, deposits, and what banks can now do
crypto.news
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August 11, 2025
Pro-Bitcoin El Salvador has taken another step toward fully integrating Bitcoin into its financial system, allowing banking institutions to offer Bitcoin and other crypto services. Summary El Salvador’s new Investment Banking Law enables banks to...
The President’s Police State
The Atlantic
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August 11, 2025
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. For years, prominent voices on the right argued...
Salvadoran fugitive sentenced in woman’s killing on MD hiking trail
The Daily Record - Maryland
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August 11, 2025
BEL AIR — A fugitive from El Salvador has been sentenced to life without parole in the 2023 killing of a Maryland woman who was attacked while exercising on a popular hiking trail northeast of Baltimore. Victor Martinez-Hernandez, 24, was found...
RBPF Officers complete Anti-Gang Course in El Salvador
Bahamas Press
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August 11, 2025
Team following successful completion. NASSAU| Five officers from the Royal Bahamas Police Force attended a week long Anti Gang course at the International Law Enforcement Academy in El Salvador. Participants also came from Ecuador, Guatemala,...
Trump’s immigration policies make Americans less safe
MSNBC
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August 12, 2025
The reconciliation bill President Donald Trump signed last month increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detention budget by more than 300%, making the immigration enforcement machine’s budget comparable to that of some foreign armed...
El Salvador banks can now hold Bitcoin
Dataconomy
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August 11, 2025
El Salvador has approved the Investment Banking Law, permitting investment banks to hold Bitcoin and other digital assets, offering crypto services to sophisticated investors, and fostering foreign investment in the nation. The Investment Banking...
President Donald Trump’s big bill is powering his mass deportations. Congress is starting to ask questions.
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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August 11, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan visited Capitol Hill just weeks after Inauguration Day, with other administration officials and a singular message: They needed money for the White House’s border security and mass...
Migrants returning to Venezuela face debt, harsh living conditions
WLRN - Florida
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August 11, 2025
MARACAIBO, Venezuela — The hands of Yosbelin Pérez have made tens of thousands of the aluminum round griddles that Venezuelan families heat every day to cook arepas. She takes deep pride in making the revered "budare," the common denominator among...
Central American beaches the most polluted in the Pacific by plastics
United Press International (UPI)
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Plastic waste accumulaties along the Coastal Strip at Panama City Bay, in Panama City, Panama, on August 5. The country has one of the highest annual per capita pollution rates for plastic in Latin America and the Caribbean. Photo by Carlos...