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Korean ER doctor trains El Salvador medical staff in emergency care
Korea Biomedical Review
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July 2, 2025
Soon Chung Hyang University Hospital Cheonan said Wednesday that Professor Lee Han-yu of the Department of Emergency Medicine recently provided medical workers from El Salvador with the latest knowledge of emergency medicine and various emergency...
US Tells Court It Can’t Locate Man Wrongly Sent to El Salvador
Yahoo Finance
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(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration told a federal appeals court it has been unable to locate a man wrongly deported to El Salvador a week after a three-judge panel ordered that he be returned to the US. Most Read from Bloomberg The 2nd US...
Nvidia B300 Chips Order Touted By Nayib Bukele's Bitcoin Office — Why Does El Salvador Want These Powerful AI Processors?
Benzinga
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El Salvador, under the presidency of Nayib Bukele, placed an order for Nvidia Corp.'s NVDA B300 chips, a powerful artificial intelligence processor that is not yet available to most of the world. What Happened: The deal was forged with Hydra Host,...
El Salvador Sees 75% Drop in Speed-Related Fatalities on Monseñor Romero Boulevard Thanks to Photo-Ticket System.
El Salvador in English
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July 1, 2025
VMT reports significant decrease in traffic deaths and accidents; system to expand to more locations across the country El Salvador’s Vice Ministry of Transportation (VMT) has reported a 75% reduction in traffic fatalities caused by excessive...
British Media and Tour Companies Explore El Salvador as a Rising Travel Destination.
El Salvador in English
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July 1, 2025
El Salvador is gaining growing attention on the global tourism map, thanks to the efforts of President Nayib Bukele’s administration to position the country as a top international destination. As part of this strategy, a group of tour operators...
First Quarter of 2025 Brings Over $322 Million in Foreign Investment to El Salvador.
El Salvador in English
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July 1, 2025
El Salvador recorded a remarkable 64.8% year-on-year increase in net foreign direct investment (FDI) during the first quarter of 2025, according to data released by the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). The country received $322.24 million in FDI from...
Argentina defeats El Salvador, strengthens its position in Group A
FIBA Basketball
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SANTIAGO (Chile) – Argentina (2-2) needed a win to secure its place in the next stage of the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2025, and it delivered by defeating El Salvador (0-3) 76-57. With the result, the South American team, which has now completed all...
UPR Report on El Salvador Adopted Amid Sharp Decline in Civic Space
CIVICUS
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Geneva 01 July 2025 Statement at the 59th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Adoption of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report of El Salvador Delivered by Olimjon Bakhtaliev, CIVICUS Mr President. CIVICUS welcomes the government of El...
El Salvador: Amnesty International declares Ruth Eleonora López, Alejandro Henríquez and José Ángel Pérez prisoners of conscience amid increasing repression
Amnesty International
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July 1, 2025
Throughout the beginning of Nayib Bukele’s second presidential term, El Salvador has experienced an alarming increase in the harassment, persecution and criminalization of human rights defenders, journalists, activists, critical voices and civil...
Venezuela denounces that El Salvador violates international law by kidnapping migrants
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 1, 2025
"In a famous fashion show in Paris, the designer dared to simulate the horrific images of Nayib Bukele's concentration camps in El Salvador," Maduro said. Caracas, July 1 (RHC)-- President Nicolás Maduro denounced this Monday that El Salvador...
Appeals court weighs deportation of Venezuelans to El Salvador prison
WCMU - Michigan
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July 1, 2025
Here & Now‘s host Robin Young speaks with Reuters legal affairs correspondent Jan Wolfe about a consequential immigration case an appeals court panel is now weighing, about President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan...
The Republic of El Salvador becomes the 162nd Contracting Party to the Harmonized System Convention
World Customs Organization
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On 28 June 2025, during the 145th/146th Council Sessions, the Republic of El Salvador deposited its instrument of accession to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System), with Mr. Ian...
El Salvador’s Coffee Exports Surge 54.4% in Early 2025, Reaching $93.4 Million.
El Salvador in English
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July 1, 2025
El Salvador’s coffee industry has shown remarkable growth in the first five months of 2025, exporting $93.4 million worth of coffee—a 54.4% increase compared to the same period in 2024, according to the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). This performance...
El Salvador detains students accused of gang activity
Inquirer
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July 1, 2025
Aerial view of the National Industrial Technical Institute, one of the educational institutions mentioned during a press conference held by the Security Cabinet to announce the arrest of high school students linked to various crimes in San...
Bloomberg: El Salvador Secures First Sovereign Quote for Nvidia Blackwell B300 AI Chips.
El Salvador in English
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July 1, 2025
El Salvador, under President Nayib Bukele, has become the first nation worldwide to secure a sovereign quote for Nvidia’s cutting-edge Blackwell Ultra B300 artificial intelligence chips, Bloomberg Línea reports. In a historic agreement with...
El Salvador Brings Free Wi-Fi to 73 Public Parks in Push for Digital Inclusion.
El Salvador in English
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June 30, 2025
El Salvador continues advancing its digital transformation with the expansion of free internet access to 73 public parks across the country, as part of the government’s connectivity strategy led by President Nayib Bukele. The Secretariat of...
El Salvador’s Fresh Market Revolution: A Year of Agromercados Changing Daily Life.
El Salvador in English
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June 30, 2025
On July 5, El Salvador celebrates one year since launching the agromercados, a government initiative providing fresh, affordable food directly from local producers to families—especially the most vulnerable—by cutting out intermediaries....
El Salvador’s president believes he’s at war
Latin American Bureau
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June 30, 2025
Prominent human rights defenders and journalists are being targeted, while individuals and organizations in receipt of foreign funding are being required to register and pay a 30 per cent tax on all funds received from abroad. Fear and...
Judge orders the release of Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara on bail
WISC Channel 3000 - Wisconsin
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(CNN) — An immigration judge in Georgia has ordered the release of the Spanish-language journalist and live-streamer Mario Guevara on bail while his immigration process continues, a relative of Guevara confirmed to CNN. Guevara, who came to the US...
New Program Trains Salvadoran Officials in Psychosocial Care for Returned Migrants.
El Salvador in English
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July 1, 2025
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, through the Directorate for the Protection of People in Mobility, in coordination with the “Dr. José Gustavo Guerrero” Diplomatic Institute (IDG) and with support from the International Organization...