El Salvador is a Central American country that is found between Guatemala and Honduras, with mountains separating the country into the southern coastal belt.
El Salvador has adopted Bitcoin as the country's official currency. And now, its president, Nayib Bukele, is addressing concerns regarding Bitcoin's latest crash.
Traditional Salvadoran dishes are a mixture of Spanish cuisine and indigenous foods from native groups such as the Pipil, who migrated to El Salvador from Mexico.
El Salvador has extended the state of emergency in the country as voted by its Congress in the request of President Nayib Bukele to extend an anti-gang emergency decree for another 30 days.
Non-government organizations (NGOs) in El Salvador asked the judiciary to declare unconstitutional a new law that could allegedly criminalize media reporting on gangs.
El Salvador has deployed police and military forces in some areas to conduct a gang crackdown, but there have been reports on the use of "excessive" force by authorities.
El Salvador's parliament on Sunday declared a state of emergency in the country following the deaths of at least 62 individuals believed to be killed by gangs.
Women have marched in the streets of El Salvador's capital, clamoring for abortion rights and a better response against high femicide rates in the country.
Mexican authorities have intercepted more than 1,200 migrants bound for the U.S. in the past 24 hours, Mexico's National Migration Institute (INM) said.
The presidents of Brazil and El Salvador has expressed their support to American podcaster Joe Rogan on Wednesday after Rogan's rift with Spotify has come to light.
A joint operation between security forces of Colombia and U.S. resulted in the confiscation of more than 4,000 kilos of cocaine off the coast of El Salvador.
