2 months in El Salvador. Bitcoin and the Future (Part 1).

Episode #142
Duration: 30:13 Mins
Release Date: 13/05/2024

Marc Verbenkov shares insights from his trip to El Salvador, focusing on its historical challenges and recent societal changes to setup a part 2 where current transformations will be looked at in detail.

About the Episode:

In this episode, Marc Verbenkov touches on his experiences during a month-long remote work trip in El Salvador, a country that has recently undergone significant transformations. Marc mainly explores El Salvador’s historical context, emphasizing its socioeconomic struggles and the long-lasting effects of the civil war. The episode also covers the drastic reduction in violence following aggressive measures against gangs, setting the stage for a deeper analysis in Part 2 of the series where he will discuss the country’s adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender and its impact.

Timecodes:

00:00:33 – Marc’s return from El Salvador
00:04:13 – El Salvador’s history and political stability
00:10:20 – gangs in El Salvador origin and growth factors
00:15:14 – gangs impact on business and economic growth
00:21:42 – El Salvador’s operation Rahim and homicide reduction
00:26:50 – El Salvador’s progress and future prospects
00:28:23 – Episode ends

Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/jan/10/how-the-us-helped-create-el-salvadors-bloody-gang-war#:~:text=Born%20out%20of%20the%20ecology,spread%20to%20other%20American%20cities .

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