El Salvador
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 El Salvador    | |
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| Location | Central America |
| Type |  nation state |
| Interest of | Jim Steele |
| Member of | International Criminal Court, Organisation of American States, UN |
| A small Spanish-speaking nation state in Central America. Brutal CIA proxy war in the 1980s | |
El Salvador is a nation state in Central America. The name is Spanish for "The Saviour" in English.
History
Independence declared from Mexico in 1823.
Policies
In 2021 El Salvador became the first nation in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.[1] The IMF have urged them to reverse the policy.[2]
It had the world's second highest incarceration rate, after USA.[3]
Event
| Event |
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| El Mozote Massacre |
A citizen of El Salvador on Wikispooks
| Title | Born | Died | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Óscar Romero | 15 August 1917 | 24 March 1980 | Spoke out against poverty, social injustice, assassinations and torture. Assassinated while giving mass. |
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