El Salvador
Men Trump administration had sent to El Salvador’s CECOT prison exchanged in prisoner swap
Ten Americans freed from Venezuelan prision. Courtesy: U.S. Embassy The Venezuelan immigrants whom the Trump administration had sent to a notorious mega prison in El Salvador have been flown from there to Venezuela, according to El Salvador President Nayib Bukele. The move, Bukele said in a post on X, was part of a prisoner swap in which the […]
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Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in criminal contempt in deportation flights case
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a presentation of the Commander-in-Chief trophy to the U.S. Navy Midshipmen football team of the United States Naval Academy, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 15, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A federal judge found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for […]
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Trump ‘looking into’ legality of deporting U.S. citizens to foreign prisons, White House says
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 14: US President Donald Trump, during a meeting with Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, April 14, 2025. Al Drago | The Washington Post | Getty Images President Donald Trump is exploring whether he can legally deport U.S. […]
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DOJ misses judge’s deadline for revealing plan to return Abrego Garcia from El Salvador prison
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi looks on during her first press conference at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 12, 2025. Craig Hudson | Reuters The Department of Justice missed a Friday morning deadline set by a federal judge in Maryland to inform her of the Trump administration’s plan for securing the return […]
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Supreme Court upholds judge’s order that U.S. should facilitate return of man deported to El Salvador
Jennifer, center, whose husband Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported by ICE, is hugged by a staff member of CASA, at the CASA Multicultural Center during a press conference ahead of Garcia’s hearing. The Washington Post | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court order that the Trump administration “facilitate” the return […]
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Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on April 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty Images Chief Justice John Roberts agreed Monday to pause a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador. The temporary order comes hours after a Justice […]
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El Salvador’s bitcoin experiment: $60 million lost, $375 million spent, little to show so far
Salvadoran President, Nayib Bukele speaks during an event in May 2021. El Salvador become the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender in June. Camilo Freedman | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images It has been more than a year since El Salvador made history by becoming the first country to make bitcoin […]
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El Salvador’s $425 million bitcoin experiment isn’t saving the country’s finances
A bystander uses a Bitcoin ATM in San Salvador, El Salvador, on May 16, 2022. Alex Pena | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images El Salvador bet its economic salvation on bitcoin, but so far the gamble isn’t paying off like President Nayib Bukele hoped it would. The government’s crypto coffers have been cut in half, […]
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El Salvador buys the bitcoin dip, adding 500 coins to its balance sheet
President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, gestures during his speech at the closing ceremony of the Latin Bitcoin conference (LaBitConf) at Mizata Beach, El Salvador, where he announced “Bitcoin City”, on November 20, 2021. Marvin Recinos | AFP | Getty Images El Salvador just added another $15.5 million worth of bitcoin to its balance sheet, […]
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Bitcoin adopted as legal tender by African country — the second to do so after El Salvador
Bitcoin is a volatile asset, and has been known to swing more than 10% higher or lower in a single day. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Central African Republic has become the second country in the world to adopt bitcoin as official currency, after El Salvador took the same step last year. […]
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