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Banners promoting the Miss Universe Pageant hang from a building in downtown San Salvador, El Salvador, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. El Salvador hosts the 72nd Miss Universe Beauty Pageant. The pageant is the latest spectacle touted by President Nayib Bukele in his efforts to change the reputation of his historically violence-torn nation. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

El Salvador’s Miss Universe pageant drawing attention at crucial moment for president

By Megan Janetsky - Associated Press

A soldier stands guard as workers complete the finishing touches at the newly remodeled Jorge 'El Magico' Gonzalez stadium, a day ahead of the Central America and Caribbean Games opening ceremony, in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 22, 2023. The largest international event here since President Nayib Bukele's government entered an all-out war against gangs, the games is drawing athletes from 35 countries across the region. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)

Amid criticism over his war on gangs, El Salvador’s President Bukele turns to sports

By Megan Janetsky - Associated Press

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. The Biden administration turned down a meeting request with El Salvador's president on an unannounced trip to Washington on the first week of Feb. 2021. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)

Sources: Biden officials snub Salvadoran leader in DC trip

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press