El Salvador’s Congress has ratified a constitutional reform that will make it easier and faster to make constitutional changes in the future, a change critics say will allow President Nayib Bukele and his party to further consolidate power.

El Salvador, once plagued by safety concerns, has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years, becoming one of the safest countries in Latin America. Against this backdrop of renewal, Kimberlly Ariella Dueñas, affectionately known as Kimmy, has embarked on a personal and professional journey that embodies resilience and vision.

El Salvador's Congress on Wednesday swiftly approved a bill sent just minutes earlier by President Nayib Bukele to amend its bitcoin law to comply with a deal with a key international lender to make acceptance of the cryptocurrency voluntary.

El Salvador has quickly passed a bill to amend its Bitcoin law, making it voluntary for businesses to accept the asset as payment, Reuters reported.

El Salvador scales back Bitcoin law, making BTC acceptance voluntary while securing an IMF deal, yet remains committed to crypto adoption.

As Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks expressed, while we cannot change the past, with memory we can make a better future.

The directive follows President Donald Trump’s executive order Monday pausing new obligations and disbursements of foreign aid pending review.

Donald Trump will become US president for the second time on Monday. Investors pile into a fund that spreads its assets equally across the S&P 500, as concerns about a tech bubble grow. A hostage and prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas is underway. Plus, how El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele became a model for the global far right.

In the latest air travel developments, the United Kingdom has made a significant change in its new requirement, effective this month, that all foreign arrivals must obtain an electronic travel authorization online before arrival;

Marco Rubio has chosen Panama as the destination of his first visit as US secretary of state. He will discuss the issue of the Panama Canal, which new US President Donald Trump wants back under Washington's control, Vedomosti notes.

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President Joe Biden’s last days in the White House were packed with a series of policy decisions aimed at cementing his legacy and, in some cases, blocking President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda.