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Glitches, protests as Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador

El Salvador is the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.

As the government grappled with technical problems, a small but growing group of people opposed to the new Bitcoin law turned out to protest it in the capital San Salvador on Tuesday [Photo courtesy of John Dennehy]

Ecuador weighs two very different economic visions in election

Voters in Ecuador are set to choose between Andres Arauz and Guillermo Lasso in Sunday’s run-off election.

Recent polls show a close race between Andres Arauz, who plans to increase the social safety net, and Guillermo Lasso, who would steer Ecuador towards a more free-market economy [John Dennehy/Al Jazeera]