El Salvador’s President has threatened to increase punishments for hundreds of imprisoned gang members with gang violence surging. A state of emergency is in place and rights groups say President Nayib Bukele is fighting brutality with brutality. Al Jazeera’s 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/ #ElSalvador #NayibBukele #ElSalvadorGangCrackdown
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: […]
