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EL SALVADOR

Crime and Bitcoin are the two most powerful forces in El Salvador. The question is whether those forces will be centripetal and bring people together or whether they will be centrifugal and pull the country apart.

In March, a record number of gang killings occurred in the Central American country. In response to the bloodshed and breakdown in public safety, President Nayib Bukele declared a state of emergency and suspended citizens’ constitutional rights and civil liberties. Police proceeded to arrest more than 30,000 people as of this week, according to Agence France-Presse.

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