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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Moises Castillo/AP/Shutterstock (12786687d) Bitcoin sign is displayed on the window of a cell phone store in San Salvador, El Salvador, . The government of El Salvador on Monday rejected a recommendation by the International Monetary Fund to drop Bitcoin as legal tender in the Central American country Bitcoin, San Salvador, El Salvador - 02 Feb 2022

What will the crypto crash mean for 'bitcoin nation' El Salvador?

16 June 2022

El Salvador has invested heavily in bitcoin and related infrastructure in a bold plan to build its economy around the cryptocurrency, but now its value has plummeted
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Will bitcoin succeed in the Central African Republic? Probably not

9 May 2022

The Central African Republic has become the second country to adopt the cryptocurrency as legal tender, but experiences in El Salvador, the first nation to do so, point to a gloomy outlook
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The Amazon has descended into lawlessness in Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil

31 March 2022

A corruption scandal is the latest fallout from the Brazilian president's efforts to stifle institutions meant to protect the rainforest, fuelling a sharp increase in deforestation

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