Bitcoin, Bukele and democracy in El Salvador
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English - September 20, 2021 08:30 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 324 ratingsNews Society & Culture aj+ world journalism reporters al jazeera global news news podcasts international news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This September, El Salvador rolled out Bitcoin as official legal tender. Nayib Bukele, the youngest president in the history of the country, wanted to adopt cryptocurrency to improve the economy. But his critics say this might be a distraction from the measures Bukele has taken to dismantle democratic institutions and criticize the press.
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John Holman (@johnholman100), Al Jazeera Correspondent
Roman Olivier Gressier (@romangressier), Reporter for El Faro (@_elfaro_)
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