AGP Executive Report
Last update: 18 minutes agoDeportations, Bukele-style: The U.S. nearly doubled deportations to El Salvador in early 2026, sending 5,033 Salvadorans back in the first three months versus 2,547 a year earlier—an AP report ties the surge to Bukele positioning himself as a deportation partner for the Trump agenda. Payments infrastructure: RS2 signed a five-year, multi-million-euro processing deal to expand acquiring and issuing across Ecuador, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Guatemala, betting on faster cross-border digital commerce. Crypto rails: Bitget Wallet launched an API portal to let developers plug into onchain trading (swaps, cross-chain moves, market data) with lower integration costs. US legal pressure: A federal judge ordered the return of a Colombian woman deported to the DR Congo, even after the country refused—another sign courts are pushing back on immigration policy. Regional context: Jamaica’s remittances rose 4.2% in the first two months of 2026, underscoring how migration-linked cash flows keep households steady.
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