Bitcoin as Tool for Financial Inclusion in El Salvador: The Perils of Authoritarian Governance

In 2021, El Salvador declared bitcoin legal tender. According to President Nayib Bukele, the measure was intended to expand access to financial services in a country with a high proportion of unbanked people and to cheapen and ease remittance flows for migrants and their families. In this article, w...

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Main Authors: Titus Meijering, Antulio Rosales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2025-08-01
Series:Journal of Politics in Latin America
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1866802X251316902
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