The beach town of El Zonte on El Salvador’s Pacific coast is a laid back surfer’s haven with white beaches, palm trees, and a small population of 3,000 people. The low-income community has no banks ...
EL ZONTE, El Salvador, Sept 7 (Reuters) - In the El Salvadoran beach town of El Zonte, a surfing hotspot known as "Bitcoin Beach," tourists and some residents heralded the president's decision to make ...
The road to El Zonte was, quite literally, paved by Bitcoin. Just a few years ago, surfers sniffing out the region’s world-class waves would have to drag their boards down dirt roads to reach this ...
PLAYA EL ZONTE, June 14 (Reuters) - The El Salvadoran beach town of El Zonte is visibly poor, with dirt roads and a faulty drainage system. But in one way, it’s ahead of the rest of the country: It ...