The smallest country in Central America geographically, El Salvador has the fourth largest economy in the region. With the global recession, real GDP contracted in 2009 and economic growth has ...

El Salvador in 2025 faces key decisions: mining, political reforms, and security. At what cost will the country move forward?

In a controversial move to temper El Salvador’s Bitcoin enthusiasm, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has rolled out ...

On March 20, 2023, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with El Salvador.

Then there was his crypto fixation. In 2021 El Salvador became the first country to make bitcoin legal tender, alongside the ...

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele insists on continuing Bitcoin purchases despite IMF restrictions, signaling ongoing crypto strategy.

Bukele, who has long been an advocate of using tourism to boost the economy, saw surfing as a way to improve El Salvador’s image abroad. With a reputation historically shaped by high crime rates and ...

The crown jewel of El Salvador’s aggressive anti-crime strategy — a mega-prison where visitation, recreation and education ...

Construction has begun on a new international airport in El Salvador despite ongoing concerns that the project will lead to ...

For much of the time since Nayib Bukele became president in 2019, El Salvador has teetered on the brink of default.