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El Salvador Launches Sovereign AI Tutor Program to Revolutionize Public Education by 2026
El Salvador in English
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August 10, 2025
El Salvador is set to transform its public education system with the upcoming launch of the El Salvador AI Tutor Program, a pioneering initiative led by the National Agency for Artificial Intelligence (ANIA). This innovative program aims to...
El Salvador Pioneers Bitcoin Banking with New Investment Banking Law
El Salvador in English
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August 10, 2025
El Salvador has taken another bold step in its financial modernization strategy with the approval of the Investment Banking Law, a pioneering regulation that enables the creation of Bitcoin-focused banks and positions the country as a global hub...
Costa Rica plans El Salvador-style maximum-security prison to tackle gang violence
Malay Mail
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August 14, 2025
SAN JOSE, Aug 14 — Costa Rica will begin construction this year on a new maximum-security prison inspired by the El Salvador mega-prison at the center of that country’s crackdown on crime, Costa Rica’s Justice Minister Gerald Campos said on...
Costa Rica to Build Mega Prison Inspired by El Salvador’s Successful Anti-Gang CECOT Model
El Salvador in English
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August 14, 2025
Costa Rica will begin construction this year on a maximum-security prison modeled after El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), widely recognized for its role in significantly reducing gang-related violence, Justice Minister Gerald...
Costa Rica to start building massive El Salvador-inspired prison
AOL
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SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Costa Rica will begin construction this year on a new maximum-security prison inspired by the El Salvador mega-prison at the center of that country's crackdown on crime, Costa Rica's Justice Minister Gerald Campos said on...
'Water lettuce' chokes tourism, fishing at El Salvador lake
KULR 8 - Montana
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August 13, 2025
The waters of El Salvador's Lake Suchitlan are normally busy with fishermen and tourists -- but this year, you'd be forgiven for thinking it isn't a lake at all. The wetland, known for its biodiversity, has been overrun by a floating plant that...
El Salvador Emerges as a Startup Hub: San Salvador Climbs 405 Places in Global Index
El Salvador in English
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August 9, 2025
El Salvador’s capital has recorded one of the most significant leaps in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index (GSEI) 2025, advancing 405 positions from its 2024 ranking. San Salvador now holds the 300th place globally, compared to 705th last year,...
Bukele Delivers Landmark Bridges Connecting Long-Neglected Communities in Eastern El Salvador
El Salvador in English
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August 13, 2025
President Nayib Bukele has inaugurated two state-of-the-art cable-stayed bridges in the eastern department of San Miguel, marking a historic investment in infrastructure that directly connects long-neglected communities to economic and social...
Jinko ESS deploys SunGiga Energy Storage solutions in El Salvador to enhance industrial efficiency
ESS News
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August 12, 2025
Global Leading energy storage company, Jinko ESS, a subsidiary of Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. today announced the deployment of a 2.15MWh Commercial & Industrial (C&I) energy storage project in El Salvador, utilizing 10 of its advanced liquid-cooled...
El Salvador has announced in a post on X plans to introduce Bitcoin banks in the Bitcoin country
Cryptopolitan
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August 8, 2025
El Salvador announced today in a post on X that it plans to introduce Bitcoin banking into its economy. The announcement builds on President Nayib Bukele’s Bitcoin-driven economic strategy. The plan remains unclear, and there are no details as of...
El Salvador Advances in Customs and Logistics Development Institute with IDB Support.
El Salvador in English
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August 8, 2025
The Government of President Nayib Bukele, through the General Directorate of Customs (DGA), is moving forward with the creation of the Institute for Customs and Logistics Development, a key initiative to strengthen El Salvador’s foreign trade...
Bolivia and El Salvador Join Together in Crypto Memorandum – What Cryptos to Buy Now?
Bitcoinist
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August 11, 2025
Bolivia and Algeria are taking opposite paths on crypto. Bolivia, which lifted its decade-long ban in mid-2024, has seen digital asset transactions surge over 500% in just six months, reaching $294M by April. Now, it’s partnering with El Salvador...
A vicious cycle: African leaders and other people’s plans for Africa
Observer
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August 27, 2025
African and Japanese presidents at the conferenceWere we are. Again. Another round of African leaders embarrassing us on the world stage as if we don’t have enough struggles on our African plate. African leaders continue to play pretend about...
Best Crypto to Buy as El Salvador Welcomes Bitcoin Investment Banks
Bitcoinist
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August 10, 2025
El Salvador has passed a new Investment Banking Law allowing private investment banks to hold $BTC and other digital assets on their balance sheets. These firms can now offer crypto services to ‘sophisticated investors’ and even obtain a Digital...
Bitcoin Nears $120,000 Again As El Salvador Opens Bitcoin Banks
NewsBTC
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August 10, 2025
Bitcoin’s march to reclaim the $120,000 milestone again is gaining pace with a combination of tightening supply and interesting events around the world. Harvard University recently revealed its $116.6 million allocation to BlackRock’s IBIT Bitcoin...
Bitcoin investment banks coming to El Salvador — Gov regulator
Coin Telegraph
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August 9, 2025
Regulated Bitcoin (BTC) investment banks are coming to El Salvador, following Thursday’s approval of El Salvador’s Investment Banking Law, which classifies investment banks under different regulations than commercial banks. Investment banks will...
Roger Sosa Continues to Drive Tech Innovation in Banking at Banco Davivienda International
Hispanic Executive
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August 18, 2025
One PC was available for the entire loan department, and it was a big deal. Roger Sosa remembers installing that computer. It was the late eighties, and he got to install cutting-edge technology within his bank. The accumulated processing power of...
The technocratic turn: How El Salvador’s Bukele is pioneering ‘millenial authoritarianism’
Latin America Reports
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August 8, 2025
El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly, filled with supporters of President Nayib Bukele, recently approved constitutional reforms that would abolish presidential term limits. The move would allow Bukele to run for re-election an indefinite number of...
El Salvador’s leader is autocrat to some, godsend to others
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Homicides have dropped from several thousand a year to just over 100, according to the government — a rate lower than Canada’s. So when lawmakers in Bukele’s party abolished presidential term limits late last week, Salvadorans were far from...
This Flesh-Eating Fly Is Making a Comeback
AOL
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This Flesh-Eating Fly Is Making a ComebackIt starts with a wound. For most animals, that means a scab, a scar, and eventual healing. For the New World screwworm, it’s an open invitation. This parasitic fly sees raw flesh as the perfect place to...