El Salvador’s Congress has ratified a constitutional reform that will make it easier and faster to make constitutional changes in the future, a change critics say will allow President Nayib Bukele and his party to further consolidate power.
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As part of President Nayib Bukele's ongoing crusade against gangs in El Salvador, the government opened the Counter-Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, which will soon mark its second anniversary.
El Salvador's Congress on Wednesday swiftly approved a bill sent just minutes earlier by President Nayib Bukele to amend its bitcoin law to comply with a deal with a key international lender to make acceptance of the cryptocurrency voluntary.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is planning on discussing the matter during his visit to the country in the coming days
El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, anunció la noche de este miércoles que envió una propuesta de ley a la Asamblea Legislativa, dominada por el oficialismo, para "erradicar" la corrupción en el país centroamericano, tal como lo hizo con las pandillas.
El Congreso de El Salvador ratificó una reforma constitucional que permitirá cambiar la Constitución y dejarla en el voto de una sola legislatura y no en dos.
La propuesta incluye la creación de una unidad especial para investigar casos de corrupción, protección a denunciantes y un endurecimiento de las sanciones para funcionarios corruptos.
The archbishop did not mention any politicians by name—much less El Salvador’s popular president, Nayib Bukele, who pillories critics on social media and lets few slights go unchallenged. But he voiced deep opposition to a proposal being pushed through the National Assembly that day to roll back a ban on mining in the Central American country.
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El Salvador has rushed to approve an amendment that will keep it compliant with the terms of its $1.4 billion IMF loan.
The arrangement, known as a "Safe Third Country" agreement, would empower U.S. immigration officials to deport non-Salvadoran migrants to El Salvador.