It's quite interesting to see that. El Salvador was pushing a lot for Bitcoin, and seeing that they stopped it being their legal tender, makes you wonder what kinds  of talks they had with the IMF.

I think being in debt makes you dependent or a slave to the person or organization that you owe it to, and might make you do things you don't want to do.

El Salvador probably had a large debt with the IMF, and that's why the IMF was able to force El Salvador to play along.

Debt is slavery.