El Salvador could not get loans from the IMF, because Bukele at some point showed that he was not going to do everything that he was told for these loans, in this case it was about bitcoin bonds, when Bukele tried to convince him that this should not be done which is still too early. In the bear market, it’s not easy for everyone who deals with bitcoin, but of course, El Salvador didn’t have any ruins because of this.
Are you now talking about El Salvador's external debt, or about some individual loans? Because the external debt of El Salvador is much higher.
As for ATM's, El Salvador is doing well, despite the fact that they have not yet reached the indicators that they planned earlier, this trend still looks positive for them. While there are many countries where this indicator gets negative readings, when their amount is reduced, due to conflicts with regulators.
The IMF is sided with banks, thus it sees El Salvador's decision to adopt BTC as a threat to its very existence. All they want is to keep nations under their control with centralized Fiat currencies. Moving away from the system, would strip the IMF from that power. I think El Salvador will be able to carry on without the IMF's support if it manages to attract big BTC investments within the region. "The Bitcoin City" plan might work out in the long run. Imagine if BTC goes all the way to Mars. It will be a huge win for El Salvador!
People in the country may not be that familiar with BTC right now, but I'm certain that will change in the future. It's only been two years since BTC was made legal tender in El Salvador, so we should give it more time to see what happens. Maybe the country will turn into a developed one in the not-so-distant future? Just my thoughts