El Salvador: Bitcoin “experiment” leaves digital poor on the sidelines
ANNA-CATHERINE BRIGIDA and ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on fears El Salvador’s poorest people and those who do not own smartphones or have digital literacy skills could be further marginalised by the country’s introduction of bitcoin…
Forcing Salvadorans out of US carries twin risks says Red Cross
Thomson Reuters Foundation Moves by the United States to expel 200,000 Salvadorans could rob families in El Salvador of vital overseas income and overwhelm the tiny country as people flood home in search of a new life, according to the Red Cross. The 200,000 Salvadorans have been living in the United States since 2001 but […]