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El Salvador
[ el sal-vuh-dawr; Spanish el sahl-vah-thawr ]
noun
- a republic in NW Central America. 13,176 sq. mi. (34,125 sq. km). : San Salvador.
El Salvador
/ ɛl ˈsælvəˌdɔː /
noun
- a republic in Central America, on the Pacific: colonized by the Spanish from 1524; declared independence in 1841, becoming a republic in 1856. It consists of coastal lowlands rising to a central plateau. Coffee constitutes over a third of the total exports. Official language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: US dollar. Capital: San Salvador. Pop: 6 108 590 (2013 est). Area: 21 393 sq km (8236 sq miles)
El Salvador
- Republic on the Pacific coast of Central America , bordered to the west by Guatemala , to the north and east by Honduras , and to the south by the Pacific Ocean . San Salvador is its capital and largest city.
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Traveling through the mountains of Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico, I heard accounts of migrants suffering shortages of food and climate-driven despair that had forced them to move.
As vice president, she has worked to to address the root causes of migration from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador — work she took on at Biden’s request.
The six killed were from Egypt, El Salvador and Peru, the president said.
As vice-president, she has not directly shaped border policy but was put in charge of addressing the root causes of migration from the Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
She had been charged with trying to improve conditions in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to stop those nations’ residents from fleeing their homelands.
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