El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has defended a newly unveiled mega-prison. It is built to house thousands of alleged gang members. The so-called “Terrorism Containment Center” has been built outside Tecoluca, southeast of the capital, San Salvador. Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher reports. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #ElSalvador #NayibBukele #Prison #Gang #Tecoluca #Gangs #President
El Salvador’s government has extended sweeping emergency measures used to crack down on powerful street gangs for another month. The government defends the measure as helping to dismantle ‘terrorist structures.’ They were first announced in March, and have been criticised by rights groups but the public seems to have embraced them. Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #ElSalvador #Gang #Gangs #ElSalvador #Police #Arrests #Emergency
The media in El Salvador is being recruited into the government’s war on criminal gangs. A change in the law means gang-related messages in the media are illegal. Journalists say the crackdown targets freedom of expression. Al Jazeera’s Latin America Editor @Lucia Newman reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #ElSalvador #Medialaw
El Salvador’s parliament has approved a state of emergency after at least 62 murders in a single day on Saturday, the most violent 24-hours since the end of the civil war in 1992. Here’s a look at what’s going on. #AlJazeeraNewsfeed #AlJazeeraenglish
El Salvador is the first country to declare bitcoin legal tender. But the experiment raises big questions about what will happen next — for bitcoin and the country itself. Join CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal for the video edition of the Beyond The Valley podcast. 00:00 – Intro 03:27 – Bitcoin as an alternate legal tender 04:51 – How do multiple currency systems work? 05:53 – Volatility of bitcoin 08:00 – Digital divide in El Salvador 10:01 – Main motivations behind El Salvador’s decision 12:49 – Impact of El Salvador’s decision 14:47 – Countries considering bitcoin as legal tender 16:38 – Summary #CNBC #Podcast #TechPodcast #VideoPodcast —– Subscribe to us on YouTube: […]
