Tag: el-salvador
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Supreme Court orders votes recount in El Salvador
A large proportion of the votes cast in the presidential and parliamentary elections in El Salvador must be recounted due to technical issues, the president of the Supreme Electoral Court said.
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JUST IN: El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as legal tender, first in the world
El Salvador has become the first country in the world to adopt the cryptocurrency Bitcoin as legal tender. The adoption came after after President Nayib Bukele’s proposals to embrace cryptocurrency were approved by congress. On Tuesday night, lawmakers voted in favour of the plan with 62 out of 84 possible votes. The country’s president made…