What Next TBD: Will Bitcoin Ruin El Salvador?

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🗓️ 27 May 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Is El Salvador heading for default after going all in on crypto? Guest: Anna-Cat Brigida Host: Lizzie O'Leary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:25.4	Streaming June 20th, only on Disney Plus.
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0:29.1	Deas and Cs and Cs Apply.
0:33.8	How long did you live in El Salvador?
0:36.2	I started in 2018. I left during part of the pandemic, but was there most of 2018,
0:43.8	2019, and then 2020 and 2021 kind of back and forth.
0:50.9	Anna Kat Bridgeta is a reporter who covers Latin America. She lives in Honduras now,
0:56.0	but was based in El Salvador and has been reporting on the country for years. And she was there
1:02.0	when El Salvador became the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender last year. The day that it was
1:08.8	announced in June was very much a surprise.
1:13.6	That is why, next week, I will send to Congress a bill that will make Bitcoin
1:17.6	a legal tender in El Salvador.
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