SAN SALVADOR — Money sent home by Salvadorans living in the United States continues to rise even as the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement intensifies, a counterintuitive trend that economists attribute […]
Meta’s $17 Billion Reckoning Sets a New Global Standard for Child Safety Online
OAKLAND, Calif. — Meta has agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion to settle claims from 47 states that its Instagram and Facebook platforms were deliberately engineered to hook adolescent […]
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bet Is Losing Money — And Testing the IMF’s Patience
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bet Is Losing Money — And Testing the IMF’s Patience By Jose Navarro, MBA President Nayib Bukele’s government secured a $1.4 billion Extended Fund Facility from the […]
Beijing’s Stimulus Bet — And What It Means for American Wallets
By Jose Navarro, MBA On August 21, China’s Vice Finance Minister Liao Min addressed reporters in Beijing, revealing that the government is currently “studying and drafting new coordinated fiscal and […]
Press Freedom Index Ranks El Salvador Among Region’s Most Restrictive as Journalists Flee
The Inter American Press Association says 50 Salvadoran journalists went into exile amid what a local press association calls “escalating repression” under Bukele. A new hemispheric press freedom index has […]
Treasury Launches “Operation Economic Outcast” to Isolate Iran
Bessent unveils sweeping sanctions campaign targeting oil, gold, shipping and digital assets in what officials call an economic “D-Day.” WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday launched what it […]
Bukele y Trump: la alianza que redefine la posición de El Salvador en Washington
La relación entre Nayib Bukele y Donald Trump ha dejado de ser una simple coincidencia ideológica entre dos gobernantes que se autodenominan “duros contra el crimen” para convertirse en el […]
El Salvador’s Violence-Free Streak Meets Amnesty’s Crimes-Against-Humanity Warning
El Salvador closed out another stretch without a single homicide this month, the latest entry in a security record President Nayib Bukele has turned into a signature achievement of his […]
50% Tariffs on Canada Hit Home, From Wine Racks to the Rink
San Diego shoppers accustomed to watching tariff news as a story about the border to the south are now getting a lesson in how a trade fight with the country […]
Behind Closed Doors: Trump-Bukele Meeting Unfolds Against Backdrop of Amnesty’s Human Rights Findings
President Donald Trump hosted Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele at the White House for their second Oval Office meeting since April 2025, a closed-door session the administration described as focused on […]