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El Salvador's President Bukele Uses Bitcoin for a Rebrand | Time - 0 views

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bitcoin El Salvador

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  • cole_reynolds on 19 Oct 21
     
    Many competing factors have led to El Salvador's decision to accept bitcoin, like the president want to portray a millennial persona, the bitcoin community hearing for a playground, and a sluggish economy desperate for revitalization. This article details the many threads. However, critics worry that a volatile currency like bitcoin is not a viable currency. But both sides are light on their specifics. How will it play out?
ershai

Journalists in El Salvador Targeted With Spyware Intended for Criminals - 0 views

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  • ershai on 13 Jan 22
     
    Journalists at El Salvador's leading news outlet, El Faro, claimed that a majority of their employees had been targeted by the spyware Pegasus. Interesting to see how journalists are targeted in different countries, as we heard yesterday with the journalist imprisoned in Myanmar.
  • kylany on 14 Jan 22
     
    I think this was really interesting to see how oppressive governments try to control their citizens. It will be interesting to see whether any policies can be put into place to ensure correct use of the spyware after selling.
samueld2022

Central banks of Honduras, Guatemala eye digital currencies as El Salvador launches bit... - 1 views

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  • Guatemala's central bank vice president Jose Alfredo Blanco said the bank was studying the possibility of a local digital currency that would be called iQuetzal.
  • samueld2022 on 01 Nov 21
     
    Guatemala is thinking of following in the footsteps of El Salvador and adopting cryptocurrency as the official currency. A bold and dangerous move
willbaxter

Political prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah will escalate hunger strike during Cop27 | Cop27 ... - 0 views

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    Alaa Abd El-Fattah is a prominent British Egyptian prisoner who recently saw his sentence increased for 5 years after a social media post about torture in prison being deemed "false news" by the Egyptian government. The British government is working extremely hard to free him however he has vowed to not eat or drink during Cop27 in an effort to promote change for the climate and human rights in Egypt.
Kay Bradley

Opinion | The Capitol Attack Shocks the World - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • Around the world, the shock of Wednesday’s assault on Capitol Hill brought into sharp focus a question that has been smoldering for four years among America’s allies and adversaries. “And again the doubt,” wrote Emma Riverola in El Periódico de Catalunya, a Barcelona, Spain, daily, in painfully graphic terms. “Is this just a final burst of pus? Or has the infection spread, now threatening to cause a sepsis of the entire system?”
cole_reynolds

The 'El Chapo' of Guatemala: Marixa Lemus Perez - 1 views

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Guatemala drugs

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  • cole_reynolds on 29 Oct 21
     
    A profile of a Guatemalan drug kingpin: Marixa Lemus Perez
Kay Bradley

Why It's Hard to Get Strongmen to Step Down - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • to avoid prosecution
  • maintain wealth gained through corruption
  • or in some cases avoid death at the hands of adversaries
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  • Charles G. Taylor, Liberia
  • he ended up standing trial in an international court for war crimes for his role in neighboring Sierra Leone’s decade-long civil war, charged with murder, sexual slavery and using child soldiers.
  • Mr. Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison. It was the first time since the Nuremberg trials that a former head of state was convicted by an international tribunal.
  • Hosni Mubarak, Egypt
  • Mr. Mubarak stepped down in February 2011.Just two months later, the military government to which he handed power arrested him.
  • He was put on trial for a series of charges, at times wheeled into the courtroom on a hospital bed.
  • he was freed this year and escorted by armed guard to his mansion in the Heliopolis neighborhood of Cairo.
  • Muammar el-Qaddafi, Libya
  • Mr. Qaddafi remained defiant even as it became clear he would not maintain his grip on the country, as rebels overran his fortresslike compound and seized full control of Tripoli in August 2011.Just months later in October 2011, Mr. Qaddafi died at the hands of rebel groups while trying to flee.
  • Joseph Kabila, Democratic Republic of Congo
  • was supposed to step down last December at the end of his second term, as constitutionally mandated. But he refused, s
  • his fears for his safety and his wealth.
  • Mr. Kabila first came to office in 2001, after his father, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, was assassinated.
  • he has been widely accused of amassing wealth at the expense of the state
  • Investigators and some government officials say that Mr. Kabila has looted millions of dollars in public assets
  • Elections have been pushed back to December 2018,
anays2023

Fear and excitement in El Salvador as Bitcoin becomes legal tender - BBC News - 0 views

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  • anays2023 on 07 Sep 21
     
    This is really important for the future of crypto currency especially in stabilizing the currency of foreign countries
samuelws

Kidnappers in Haiti Demand $17 Million to Free Missionary Group - 1 views

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  • samuelws on 21 Oct 21
     
    This is a demonstration of low capacity -- there's no governmental authority able to maintain order.
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  • anays2023 on 24 Oct 21
     
    yeah I read an article on this...totally an example of gov failure with an inability to end what should be a simple exchange
  • ershai on 25 Oct 21
     
    It seems like gang violence has become one of Haiti's greatest challenges among the natural disasters and political upheaval. Definitely agree it is a sign of a low-capacity country, that is unsurprising, however, given their president's assassination. Similar to Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, El Salvador, and Venezuela, who have all struggled with gang control of major portions of the country's territory. A common theme in this region of the world.
  • Kay Bradley on 26 Oct 21
     
    yup yup, thanks Sam, Anay and Ershai!
Kay Bradley

History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America; Review - IWN - 0 views

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  • Cost
  • In this year (just as an example), U.S. investments in Latin America earn $1.3 billion; while new investments total $302 million.
  • U.S.-supported military coup kills Allende and brings Augusto Pinochet Ugarte to power.
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  • terminates civil liberties, abolishes unions, extends the work week to 48 hours, and reverses Allende’s land reforms.
  • Carter cuts off aid to the Guatemalan military (or tries to; some slips through) and reduces aid to El Salvador.
  • Kay Bradley on 29 Oct 21
     
    "Cost"
Kay Bradley

UPRISING IN VENEZUELA: THE GOVERNMENT; VENEZUELA'S CHIEF FORCED TO RESIGN; CIVILIAN INS... - 0 views

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Venezuela coup Latin America new york times economy Less Developed World:

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  • Officials portrayed the ouster as a victory for democracy, even though Mr. Chávez was a legitimately elected president.
  • However, Latin American leaders at a summit meeting in Costa Rica criticized Mr. Chávez's ouster as an ''interruption of the constitutional order.''
  • Mr. Chávez presided over a stormy era when he seized control of the legislature, confronted the old-line political elite and steered the country into an alliance with Cuba.
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  • Mr. Chávez had ''presented his resignation.'' He spoke flanked by military officers who had rebelled against Mr. Chávez on Thursday night, the third day of a general strike called by his opponents.
  • opponents of the government took to the streets in the early morning hours, honking horns and waving the gold, blue and red of the Venezuelan flag. El Universal, a leading newspaper here, hailed the end with these words, ''It's over!''The interim government quickly moved to undo Mr. Chavez's policies, dissolving the National Assembly controlled by his supporters, firing members of the Supreme Court and changing the country's official name back to the Republic of Venezuela.
  • the huge state-owned oil company, which exports most of its oil to the United States.
  • Cuba called the change-over a coup and urged other countries to distance themselves from the new government. President Fidel Castro and Mr. Chávez had formed a close friendship.
  • American officials praised the Venezuelan military and the police for defying Mr. Chávez,
  • ''The goal for his successors is to effectively tackle the pressing socio-economic issues that brought Chávez to power with so much popular support,'' said Russell Crandall, a Latin America specialist at Davidson College in North Carolina. ''Chávez was right about the problems he saw in Venezuela. He was wrong about the solutions and the Venezuelan people made that very clear.''
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