El Salvador: Bukele goes full dictator, Chivo theft, Bitcoin Towers
20th April 2022 - by David Gerard
Bitcoin is not the biggest problem in El Salvador right now — it’s Bukele using the gangs to go as full dictator as he thinks he can get away with. Bitcoin continues to be a problem as well, of course.
Cracking down
On Sunday 27 March, President Nayib Bukele demanded that the Legislative Assembly declare a thirty-day state of emergency over gang violence that led to 62 murders on Saturday 26 March.
Constitutional rights that were suspended include freedom of gathering and association, the right to legal defence, and the inviolability of correspondence and telecommunications. Suspects can be held for 15 days, up from 72 hours. [La Prensa Latina]
This is being enforced in Bukele’s standard style: flashy action for the cameras, and not so much attention to details.
More:
https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2022/04/20/el-salvador-bukele-goes-full-dictator-chivo-theft-bitcoin-towers/
