W elcome home,” crowed President Nayib Bukele on X, a social network. On January 13th Tether, the world’s leading stablecoin firm, announced that it had chosen El Salvador

Former president of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, died in Nicaragua where he was living on Jan 21, 2025. He is seen here at the attorney general office in San Salvador February 3, 2016. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas/File Photo (Reuters) - Former Salvadoran president,

His last sentence came just last year in June. He was sentenced to eight years in prison for receiving an airplane as a kickback for awarding a construction contract for a bridge project. He was

Former El Salvador president Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, has died aged 65. Nicaragua’s Health Ministry said Mr Funes had died of a serious chronic illness.