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El Salvador seizes over 1.5 tons of cocaine in maritime operation
El Salvador authorities reported on Sunday (December 29) that they confiscated a haul containing more than 1.5 tons of ...
El Salvador closes 2024 with a record low number of homicides
El Salvador closed 2024 with a record low 114 homicides, continuing notable security gains under a second full year of a ...
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El Salvador Eyes $3 Trillion Gold Mine Beneath Its Soil
Seven years ago, El Salvador made global headlines as the first country in the world to ban all metal mining. The decision was hailed as a victory for environmental protection, celebrated by local ...
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El Salvador sitting on $3 trillion worth of unmined gold, president says
El Salvador, which became the first country in the world to ban metals mining, could be losing out economy-changing wealth due to its massive unearthed gold deposits, says its President Nayib Bukele.
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Court rules against El Salvador in controversial abortion case
American Court of Human Rights on Friday ruled against El Salvador for barring a woman from getting an abortion, despite her ...
El Salvador lawmakers overturn mining ban in win for president
El Salvador's legislature overturned a seven-year-old ban on metals mining on Monday, a move that President Nayib Bukele had ...
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President's Push To Scrap Gold Mining Ban Causes Outcry In El Salvador
El Salvador was the first country in the world to ban the mining of metals in 2017, warning of the harmful effects of the chemicals used in mining, like cyanide and mercury.