About: El Salvador
El Salvador leads the world into cryptocurrency, adopting bitcoin as legal tender
El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, a real-world experiment proponents say will lower commission costs for billions of dollars sent home from abroad but which critics warned may fuel money laundering.
Latin America lagging behind on women’s rights
Imprisoned for having an abortion, forced to keep a child born out of rape, pushed to commit suicide: women pay a heavy price in Latin America, where several countries’ legislation greatly restricts abortion. EURACTIV’s partner Euroefe reports.
Guatemalan foreign policy chief shares progress with EU
Guatemalan Foreign Minister Carlos Raúl Morales today (5 May) highlighted his country's progress in labour and security matters during a visit to Brussels. EURACTIV Spain reports.
America’s own refugee crisis prompts UN call to action
Europe isn’t the only region facing a refugee crisis. Rising levels of violence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras - the so-called ‘Northern Triangle’ – is causing displacement in Central and North America, said Renata Dubini, Director of the UN Refugee Agency’s Bureau for the Americas.