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El Salvador will get $115 million in funding from USAID to combat migration.

June 15, 2021

Samantha Power, head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), said on Monday that the United States will provide $115 million in collaboration...

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Bitcoin is now an official currency in El Salvador, alongside the US dollar.

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June 10, 2021

Will more countries follow suit and accept Bitcoin as legal tender? Due to its unpredictable price volatility, many have questioned whether Bitcoin is suited for...

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Woman jailed under El Salvador’s harsh abortion law walks free from prison

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September 23, 2020

A Salvadoran woman whom activists say was falsely accused of homicide after suffering a stillbirth has been freed from prison in a case that has...

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Salvador vet’s painstaking surgery helps mutilated bird fly again

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September 17, 2020

Veterinarians working for El Salvador's environment ministry hold a Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) after performing a feather transplant to enable it to fly again Marvin...

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‘Justice prevailed:’ Salvadoran ex-colonel gets 133 years for priest slayings

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September 12, 2020

Spain’s High Court sentenced a former army colonel from El Salvador on Friday to 133 years in prison for the murder of five Spanish Jesuit...

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Salvador government probed over ‘negotiations’ with crime gang

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September 9, 2020

Members of the "Mara 18" and "MS-13" gangs at El Salvador's Izalco maximum security prison in September 2020 Yuri CORTEZ AFP Prosecutors in El Salvador...

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El Salvador prosecutor says he will investigate allegations of government pacts with gangs

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September 5, 2020

El Salvador’s attorney general on Friday said he plans to investigate allegations that the government of President Nayib Bukele is negotiating with members of a...

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Why El Salvadoran sisters are attending online classes up a tree

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August 28, 2020

University students Matilde (L) and Marlene Pimentel climb a tree on top of a hill to get a strong internet signal in order to take...

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Politics scuppers El Salvador deal for $250 million IDB loan

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August 2, 2020

FILE PHOTO: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks at a news conference during a nationwide quarantine as El Salvador's government undertakes steadily stricter measures to...

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Ex-Salvadoran defense minister arrested for suspected role in gang truce

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July 24, 2020

FILE PHOTO - El Salvador's former Minister of Defense David Munguia Payes speaks during a news conference at the National Congress in San Salvador, El...

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El Salvador to postpone second phase of economic reopening, president says

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July 20, 2020

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks at a news conference during a nationwide quarantine as El Salvador's government undertakes steadily stricter measures to prevent the...

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El Salvador murder rate plummets; study says gangs may have informal pact with government

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July 8, 2020

Homicides in El Salvador fell over 50% in President Nayib Bukeleâ€™s first year in office, with officials citing tougher enforcement, while a study on Wednesday...

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El Salvador delays next steps in reopening economy as COVID-19 cases rise

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July 5, 2020July 5, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A municipality healthcare worker checks the temperature of a resident during a house-to-house medical campaign while conducting contact tracing amid the coronavirus disease...

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El Salvador’s president says economic re-opening to begin June 16

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June 14, 2020

FILE PHOTO: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks at a news conference during a nationwide quarantine as El Salvador's government undertakes steadily stricter measures to...

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Salvadoran president vetoes coronavirus law again – legal team

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June 7, 2020

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has for the second time vetoed emergency legislation passed to regulate the Central American country’s coronavirus policy and usher in a...

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Deadly Tropical Storm Amanda hits El Salvador, Guatemala

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June 1, 2020

3-4 minutes AFP / Marvin RECINOS At least 10 people were killed when Tropical Storm Amanda struck El Salvador, unleashing heavy rain across the country...

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Salvadoran leader says he takes drug touted by Trump for coronavirus

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May 27, 2020

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks at a news conference during a nationwide quarantine as El Salvador's government undertakes steadily stricter measures to prevent the...