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El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele delivers his annual address to the nation before Congress, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
El Salvador president wants Bitcoin as legal tender

Jun. 06, 2021 01:18 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2021, file photo, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele speaks before the start of vaccination of medical staff with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Atlacatl Medical Unit of the Salvadoran Social Security Institute in San Salvador, El Salvador. Allies of Bukele, including his Cabinet chief, have been included in a list of senior officials in Central America deemed corrupt by the U.S. State Department, according to a copy of a report obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)
US steers El Salvador funding away from government

By Marcos Aleman May. 21, 2021 06:25 PM EDT

In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, airport workers unload a container of Chinese-made Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines from The New England Patriots team plane at the airport in San Salvador, El Salvador, late Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (El Salvador's presidential press office via AP)
New England Pats give flight to China's vaccine diplomacy

By Joshua Goodman May. 21, 2021 12:08 PM EDT

Marely, 12, of El Salvador, waits to be processed by authorities after turning herself in upon crossing the U.S. - Mexico border Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in La Joya, Texas. Growing numbers of migrant families are making the heart-wrenching decision to separate from their children and send them into the U.S. alone. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
'There was no going back': Migrants send kids into US alone

By Adriana Gomez Licon May. 15, 2021 11:37 AM EDT

Health Ministry trucks transport doses of COVID-19 vaccines that El Salvador's government is donating and delivering to neighboring Honduras, as they depart San Salvador, El Salvador, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
El Salvador donates vaccine to desperate Honduras towns

By Marcos Aleman May. 13, 2021 05:24 PM EDT

El Salvador's Bukele says he'll donate vaccines to Honduras

May. 10, 2021 07:51 PM EDT
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said Monday he will donate coronavirus vaccines to seven towns in Honduras even though his...

Ex-Salvadoran legislator charged with dealing with gangs

May. 07, 2021 04:18 PM EDT
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A former legislator and presidential candidate apparently fled to Honduras Friday after he was charged with making a deal with...

Suecy Callejas, Vice President of the Congress, center, talks to an unidentified man during the first session in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday, May 1, 2021. For the first time in three decades the traditional conservative and leftist parties have been sidelined by a resounding electoral defeat, clearing the way for President Nayib Bukele's party to help him advance his agenda. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
El Salvador's new assembly votes to oust high chamber judges

May. 01, 2021 11:06 PM EDT

Davidson Jair, 7, answers questions from a U.S. Border Patrol agent at an intake site after he was smuggled on an inflatable raft across the Rio Grande river in Roma, Texas, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Davidson traveled from El Salvador in the hope of reaching relatives living in the U.S. The Biden administration says that it's working to address the increase in migrants coming to the border. On Wednesday, President Joe Biden tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the White House efforts at the U.S. southern border and work with Central American nations to address root causes of the migration. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
US envoy talks migration with El Salvador, VP calls Mexico

Apr. 07, 2021 04:17 PM EDT

President Nayib Bukele holds his ballots as he prepares to vote in local and legislative elections, at a polling station in San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. El Salvador went to the polls in legislative and mayoral elections that could break the congressional deadlock that has tied the hands of President Nayib Bukele. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
El Salvador awaits what president will do with new power

By Marcos Alemán Mar. 12, 2021 06:48 PM EST

A poll worker with a missing hand, grabs ballots during local and legislative elections, at a polling place in the Zona Rosa district of San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. Sunday's elections in El Salvador are seen as a referendum on whether to break the congressional deadlock that has tied the hands of upstart populist President Nayib Bukele. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
El Salvador vote could strengthen president's rule

By Marcos Alemán Feb. 28, 2021 10:53 AM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2021 file photo, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele speaks before the start of vaccination of medical staff with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Atlacatl Medical Unit of the Salvadoran Social Security Institute in San Salvador, El Salvador. Since Bukele was elected, the hold that the opposition maintains on congress has been a point of constant frustration for the young president, but that could change on Feb. 28, 2021, when voters go to the polls in local and legislative elections that observers and surveys suggest could remake the country’s political landscape. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)
El Salvador election could remake political landscape

By Marcos Aleman Feb. 25, 2021 08:47 AM EST

Remittances to El Salvador rebound after early pandemic drop

Jan. 18, 2021 07:18 PM EST
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The money sent home to El Salvador by migrants plunged 40% at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but then recovered to end...

A vendor hawks protective face masks as he walks along Gerardo Barrios Square in San Salvador, El Salvador, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. For months, the strictest measures confronting the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America seemed to keep infections in check in El Salvador, but a gradual reopening combined with a political stalemate has seen infections increase nearly fourfold. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
El Salvador to require negative COVID test to enter country

Sep. 12, 2020 04:40 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2020 file photo, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele delivers his speech to the newly inducted members of the armed forces at Gerardo Barrios square in front of the National Palace in San Salvador, El Salvador. A senior U.S. official quietly told El Salvador's government in a letter that anti-poverty assistance from Washington is at risk over Bukele's defiance of his country's supreme court and congress. With Congress considering whether to extend a Sept. 9 deadline for spending the U.S. aid, the criticism reflects growing concerns among mainly Democratic lawmakers that Bukele is taking his country down an authoritarian path, such as his use of troops to intimidate legislators and his rejection of high court ruling against tough pandemic restrictions. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)
US official warns El Salvador's president that aid at risk

By Joshua Goodman Sep. 03, 2020 02:27 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2020 file photo, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, accompanied by members of the armed forces, speaks to supporters outside Congress in San Salvador, El Salvador. Bukele has imposed some of the region's toughest measures against the new coronavirus and a growing number of human rights advocates at home and abroad complain the 38-year-old leader has used the emergency to seize near-dictatorial powers. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)
El Salvador hires, then fires, lobbyist booming under Trump

By Joshua Goodman Aug. 21, 2020 01:41 PM EDT

El Salvador waits for president, congress to act on pandemic

By Marcos Aleman Aug. 10, 2020 03:57 PM EDT
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — If El Salvador President Nayib Bukele and the country’s congress can’t reach an agreement in the next two weeks on how to...

An aerial view of freshly dug graves expand across a section of La Bermeja General Cemetery to meet the demands of the increase in deaths related to the new coronavirus, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. For months, the strictest measures confronting the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America seemed to keep infections in check in El Salvador, but a gradual reopening combined with a political stalemate has seen infections increase nearly fourfold. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
El Salvador political stalemate a drag on pandemic response

By Marcos Aleman Aug. 07, 2020 11:33 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2019, file photo, then senate second Vice President and now Bolivian Interim President Jeanine Anez arrives at Congress in La Paz, Bolivia. Interim President Anez has announced on Thursday, July 9, 2020, that she has tested positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
COVID hits dozens of Latin leaders, including presidents

By Michael Weissenstein And David Biller Jul. 10, 2020 03:30 PM EDT

Seafood vendors show off their products at La Tiendona Market on their second day back to work, three-months after a lockdown aimed at preventing the spread of the new coronavirus in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The Legislative Assembly passed legislation early Friday that would extend a state of emergency in the country for another two weeks, but eliminate the nearly universal mandatory stay-at-home order except for those who tested positive for COVID-19 and those returning from abroad. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
El Salvador loosens tightest pandemic restrictions in region

By Marcos Aleman Jun. 16, 2020 03:59 PM EDT