Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/el-salvador-2/ Our Thing Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:20:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/el-salvador-2/ 144 144 El Salvador Becomes First Country to Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender https://remezcla.com/culture/el-salvador-adopt-bitcoin-as-legal-tender/ Tue, 07 Sep 2021 17:14:48 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=308322 The dollar is no longer the only currency Salvadorians can use to pay for their goods and services. On Monday, September 6, El Salvador president Nayib Bukele announced that they have become the first country to adopt bitcoin as a national currency. Bukele also said Monday the government has purchased 200 bitcoins, which were in

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]]> Nayib Bukele Attends Legislative Assembly For His Second Anniversary In Power Photo by Emerson Flores/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images 5 Rising Acts To Discover on Central American Independence Day https://remezcla.com/lists/music/5-rising-acts-discover-central-american-independence-day/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 18:07:43 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=286155 It’s a strange time to get in the fiestas patrias vibe, but many countries across Latin America are celebrating unconventional birthdays this week. In Mexico, valiant feminist collectives have hijacked the conversation surrounding ‘el grito’ (and the offices of Mexico City’s Human Rights Commission), demanding answers and solutions from government officials who remain unresponsive in

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]]> header-central-american-independence-bands Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla Las Notis: Millions of Students Withdraw From Their Studies at Latin American Universities https://remezcla.com/culture/las-notis-news-roundup-september-fourth/ Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:01:24 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=284322 Las Notis is a daily news column that gets you up to speed on the political, media + other going ons in Latin America and the diaspora—all in one quick digest.  Here’s your glimpse at what’s going on today:

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]]> University Admission Exam Taken in a Soccer Stadium Amid Coronavirus Pandemic A staff member stands guard among students who take their UNAM admission exam while following the preventive measuress to avoid Covid-19 at Olimpico Universitario Stadium on August 19, 2020 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images Las Notis: On Tropical Storm Isaias, the Census Deadline & More https://remezcla.com/culture/las-notis-news-roundup-august-4/ Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:02:52 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=283298 Las Notis is a daily news column that gets you up to speed on politics, media news + other going ons in Latin America and the diaspora—all in one quick digest.  Here’s your glimpse at what’s going on today.

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]]> header-tuesday Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla Nayib Bukele’s Spaceship Meme Marks Yet Another Day Of Nutty Presidents Doing Nutty Things https://remezcla.com/culture/nayib-bukele-spaceship-meme-nutty-presidents/ Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:58:06 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=279115 Alright, we all know that the coronavirus pandemic represents a confounding, completely uncertain time, but it’s precisely such unprecedented levels of confusion and anxiety that demand steady guidance from world leaders. Instead, we’ve been getting some behaviors that have left us scratching our heads and wondering if the heads of our governments are alright. El

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]]> Lopez Obrador Meets Nayib Bukele Amid Migration Crisis In the Mexico-Guatemala Border Mexico President Manuel Lopez Obrador and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele wave during a joint press conference launching the Planting Life initiative on June 20 in the Military Nursery of Tapachula in Chiapas, Mexico. Photo by Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images First-of-its-Kind Report Sheds Light on Grim Outcomes for Deported Salvadorans https://remezcla.com/culture/human-rights-watch-report-el-salvador-deportation-effects/ Thu, 06 Feb 2020 18:42:16 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=276153 A new report by Human Rights Watch looks into the many harmful effects deportation has on Salvadorans. It found that thousands go missing, dozens are subjected to sexual or otherwise physical violence and at least 138 people have been killed since 2013 after deportation from the United States. The preliminary report is the first of

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]]> Asylum Seekers Fill Tent Camps As Part Of U.S. “Remain In Mexico” Policy A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer checks immigration documents as a Honduran asylum seeker arrives to the international bridge from Mexico to the United States on December 09, 2019 next to the border town of Matamoros, Mexico. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images Herstory: 10 Salvadoran Women Who Changed the Course of History https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/herstory-salvadoran-women/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:19:33 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=275352 Latinas in the U.S. come from a long line of influential, barrier-breaking, rebel Latin American women. Through Remezcla’s Herstory series, we introduce readers to the women warriors and pioneers whose legacies we carry on. It’s difficult to be a woman in El Salvador. Despite its history of strong and liberated women, El Salvador has one

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]]> header-salvadoran Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla Free Download: Empresarios Cumbia Remix of Los Hermanos Flores https://remezcla.com/music/empresarios-cumbia-remix-los-hermanos-flores-la-secretaria/ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:28:04 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=47021 "La Secretaria" is a classic up-beat cumbia popularized by the Salvadoran orchestra Los Hermanos Flores at least three decades ago.

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]]> Latinos Are the Happiest People On Planet Earth Says Best Survey Ever https://remezcla.com/culture/latinos-are-the-happiest-people-on-planet-earth-says-best-survey-ever/ Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:19:06 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=45534 Apparently, 7 out of 10 of the world's most upbeat countries are in Latin America. PORQUE GOZAMOS LA VIDA!

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]]> Gift Guide: What to Get Your Altruistic Amigas https://remezcla.com/culture/gift-guide-sequence-jewelry-el-salvador/ Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:47:39 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=44589 A gift that keeps on giving for your do-gooder friends.

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