On Sept. 7, 2021, El Salvador will become the first country to make bitcoin legal tender. The government even went a step further in promoting the cryptocurrency’s use by giving US$30 in free bitcoins to citizens who sign up for its national digital wallet, known as “Chivo,” or “cool” in English. Foreigners who invest three bitcoins in the country – currently about $140,000 … [Read more...] about Bitcoin will soon be ‘legal tender’ in El Salvador – here’s what that means
Assassinations and invasions – how the US and France shaped Haiti’s long history of political turmoil
The powerful earthquake that struck Haiti on Aug. 14, 2021, followed a long series of natural and human-caused disasters to rock the country. Unfortunately, if history offers any clues, earthquake relief efforts will be complicated by the nation’s recent political unrest. President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated less than six weeks earlier, on July 7. Many Haitians felt … [Read more...] about Assassinations and invasions – how the US and France shaped Haiti’s long history of political turmoil
