Jose Miguel Cruz /tags/jose-miguel-cruz Jose Miguel Cruz en-US WLRN Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:30:44 GMT Why El Salvador Is Embracing Bitcoin — And Why Skeptics Warn It Won't Work /news/2021-06-15/why-el-salvador-is-embracing-bitcoin-and-why-skeptics-warn-it-wont-work Last week El Salvador became the world's first country to make Bitcoin legal tender. But the cryptocurrency's complexity and volatility are big challenges. Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:30:44 GMT /news/2021-06-15/why-el-salvador-is-embracing-bitcoin-and-why-skeptics-warn-it-wont-work Tim Padgett That COVID-19 Story Of Hope About Latin America's Gangs? No Hope Of Happening /news/2020-04-23/that-covid-19-story-of-hope-about-latin-americas-gangs-no-hope-of-happening COMMENTARYCOVID-19 is producing a feel-good story across Latin America.According to this silver linings playbook, the pandemic is neutralizing the… Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:28:57 GMT /news/2020-04-23/that-covid-19-story-of-hope-about-latin-americas-gangs-no-hope-of-happening Tim Padgett 'It Is Our Fault.' After Tragic Border Drownings, South Florida Salvadorans See Hope /show/latin-america-report/2019-07-08/it-is-our-fault-after-tragic-border-drownings-south-florida-salvadorans-see-hope When Silvia Sarmiento saw the photo of drowned Salvadoran migrants Oscar Martínez and his toddler daughter Valeria, she gasped and recalled how close… Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:10:23 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2019-07-08/it-is-our-fault-after-tragic-border-drownings-south-florida-salvadorans-see-hope Tim Padgett First Civil, Now Gang Wars. Who Would Want To Be President of El Salvador? /politics/2014-03-18/first-civil-now-gang-wars-who-would-want-to-be-president-of-el-salvador Here’s something you probably didn’t know: Salvadorans are poised to pass Cubans as the third-largest Latino group in the United States, behind Mexicans… Tue, 18 Mar 2014 22:42:31 GMT /politics/2014-03-18/first-civil-now-gang-wars-who-would-want-to-be-president-of-el-salvador Tim Padgett