/tags/nayib-bukele Nayib Bukele en-US WLRN Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:41:57 GMT /americas/2024-04-18/el-salvadors-bukele-releases-father-of-soccer-player-from-prison El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has released the father of a Salvadoran soccer player from prison after the athlete published a plea for his release on social media. Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:41:57 GMT /americas/2024-04-18/el-salvadors-bukele-releases-father-of-soccer-player-from-prison The Associated Press /commentary/2023-04-06/rubio-harps-on-u-s-democracy-after-hugging-salvadoran-autocracy COMMENTARY Marco Rubio warns us the Trump indictment threatens U.S. democracy, but he's fine with praising Nayib Bukele — who's threatening democracy in El Salvador. Thu, 06 Apr 2023 11:00:00 GMT /commentary/2023-04-06/rubio-harps-on-u-s-democracy-after-hugging-salvadoran-autocracy Tim Padgett /podcast/latin-america-report/2022-05-24/bitcoin-boosters-see-latin-america-as-cryptopia-does-the-idea-have-any-currency El Salvador wants to build Bitcoin City; Cuba hopes to skirt the U.S. trade embargo. But so far Latin America looks like anything but a cryptocurrency utopia. Tue, 03 May 2022 13:59:02 GMT /podcast/latin-america-report/2022-05-24/bitcoin-boosters-see-latin-america-as-cryptopia-does-the-idea-have-any-currency Tim Padgett, Luis Hernandez /news/2022-05-03/bitcoin-boosters-see-latin-america-as-cryptopia-does-the-idea-have-any-currency El Salvador wants to build Bitcoin City; Cuba hopes to skirt the U.S. trade embargo. But so far Latin America looks like anything but a cryptocurrency utopia. Tue, 03 May 2022 10:00:00 GMT /news/2022-05-03/bitcoin-boosters-see-latin-america-as-cryptopia-does-the-idea-have-any-currency Tim Padgett, Luis Hernandez /commentary/2022-04-15/latin-america-can-no-longer-deny-the-awful-reality-of-gang-wing-government COMMENTARY The western hemisphere is saddled with a third category of government: the gang wing, countries controlled by violent criminal mafias. Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:00:00 GMT /commentary/2022-04-15/latin-america-can-no-longer-deny-the-awful-reality-of-gang-wing-government Tim Padgett /2022-04-06/el-salvadors-president-conducts-gang-crackdown-prompting-human-rights-concerns El Salvador's president has responded to gang violence with a sweeping campaign of arrests that raise questions about whether he's violating human rights. Wed, 06 Apr 2022 21:27:41 GMT /2022-04-06/el-salvadors-president-conducts-gang-crackdown-prompting-human-rights-concerns Carrie Kahn /commentary/2022-03-31/right-now-its-hard-to-root-against-but-harder-to-root-for-el-salvadors-bukele COMMENTARY El Salvador's crises of bloodshed and Bitcoin may be a turning point for Nayib Bukele and his millennial brand of Latin American authoritarianism. Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:00:00 GMT /commentary/2022-03-31/right-now-its-hard-to-root-against-but-harder-to-root-for-el-salvadors-bukele Tim Padgett /news/2021-12-28/protest-pandemic-haitian-tailspin-a-look-at-2021-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean The good news in Latin America and the Caribbean: much of the region turned vaccination tragedy into triumph. The bad news? Just about everything else. Tue, 28 Dec 2021 11:00:00 GMT /news/2021-12-28/protest-pandemic-haitian-tailspin-a-look-at-2021-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean Tim Padgett /news/2021-09-06/el-salvador-officially-adopts-bitcoin-sound-economics-or-populist-grandstanding This week El Salvador becomes the first country to accept Bitcoin as legal tender. President Nayib Bukele insists it'll be a boon; critics call it an authoritarian diversion. Mon, 06 Sep 2021 20:22:36 GMT /news/2021-09-06/el-salvador-officially-adopts-bitcoin-sound-economics-or-populist-grandstanding Tim Padgett /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