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

Future Tech And Foresight

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.

Timestamps:

00:00:32 - 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://elsalvadorinenglish.com/2024/01/29/el-salvador-on-track-to-make-history-with-lowest-january-homicide-rate/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTUAwOqEdZY&t=1185s&ab_channel=NayibBukele

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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