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El Salvador receives 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccines donated by US

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The government of El Salvador on Sunday night received 1.5 million Covid-19 vaccines from the pharmaceutical company Moderna.
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Central American officials blacklisted by U.S. as part of corruption crackdown

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Central American presidential aides, top judges and former presidents were put on a U.S. State Department list on Thursday that names individuals the U.S....
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Salvadoran bitcoin users to get $30 from government: president

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Facing resistance from the World Bank, IMF and opposition parties to his move to make bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele...
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Former Latin American leaders condemn ‘breakdown in the rule of law’ in El Salvador

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The declaration comes after El Salvador’s new Legislative Assembly voted Saturday to dismiss top Supreme Court judges who opposed populist President Nayib Bukele.
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Political crisis in El Salvador as parliament ousts top judges

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El Salvador's new legislative assembly voted Saturday to dismiss top Supreme Court judges hostile to populist President Nayib Bukele, triggering a political storm as...
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El Salvador marks 20 years of dollarization with weak economic impulse

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El Salvador is celebrating 20 years of dollarization, a measure that sought stability.
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United States and El Salvador sign immigration agreement

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Trump declared in 2018 a "zero tolerance" policy on the border with Mexico in the face of the growing arrival of undocumented immigrants.
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Gang-weary Salvadorans elect Nayib Bukele as new president

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Bukele will have to juggle the need to raise taxes to cover an external debt of more than $9.5 billion while trying to maintain social programs in a country where the minimum wage of $300 a month is barely enough to buy food.
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Strong earthquake off El Salvador felt in Costa Rica

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A strong 7.2-magnitude earthquake with an epicenter off El Salvador's Pacific coast was felt in Costa Rica Thursday afternoon.
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US puts heads of El Salvador MS-13 gang on sanctions list

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The U.S. Treasury accused two top figures in the notorious gang of orchestrating assassinations against officials.
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Major Cocaine Seizure in Costa Rica’s South Highlights Ongoing Cartel Fight

Costa Rican police pulled off a big win against drug traffickers this Sunday, seizing over a ton of cocaine hidden in a tourism minibus...
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In Costa Rica, Rare White-Lipped Peccaries Still Survive

Today we meet the white-lipped peccary, a large animal that travels in large groups that has disappeared from a large part of its historical...
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Costa Rica National Parks to Measure Tourism Impact

Costa Rica will now be able to measure the impact of tourism in its national parks, thanks to innovative environmental technology from The NeverRest...
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Costa Rica’s Role in US Deportation Drama with Salvadoran Migrant

A Salvadoran man at the center of a heated US immigration battle could end up in Costa Rica if he accepts a guilty plea,...
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