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Cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, is popular with a lot of Latin American countries: they see the virtual money as a prosperous alternative to conventional finance. Last year El Salvador became the first country <\/a>to accept Bitcoin as legal tender. Last week Panama’s Congress authorized its use \u2014 and Brazil’s looks set to do so this month.<\/p>\n

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