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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)

US official warns El Salvador’s president that aid at risk

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

El Salvador waits for president, congress to act on pandemic

By MARCOS ALEMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 16, 2020 file photo, vehicles circulate on Army Boulevard, on the second day of the reopening of the economy, three-months after a lockdown aimed at preventing the spread of the new coronavirus in Soyapango, El Salvador. 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 by August. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)

El Salvador political stalemate a drag on pandemic response

By MARCOS ALEMAN - Associated Press

A National Civil Police Special Forces officer patrols past a mural of Armando Bukele, father of El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, which was painted by supporters of the president outside a cultural center as a thank you gesture for creating the center when he was mayor, during the enforcement of the coronavirus-related quarantine, in the Iberia area of San Salvador, El Salvador, Thursday, April 23, 2020. When the coronavirus appeared, President Bukele closed the borders and airports and imposed a mandatory home quarantine for all except those working in the government, hospitals, pharmacies or other designated businesses. People were allowed out only to buy groceries, and violators were detained, with more than 2,000 being held for 30-day stints. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

El Salvador leader fights crime and virus, amid criticism

By MARCOS ALEMÁN and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, accompanied by members of the armed forces, speaks to his supporters outside Congress in San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. Bukele has called on supporters to converge around the country's parliament after legislators refused to gather to vote on a $109 million loan to better equip the country's security forces. Top commanders of the country's police and military have expressed allegiance to the president during the standoff, while positioning security forces around the legislative building. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

El Salvador reconciliation law vetoed over impunity fears

By MARCOS ALEMÁN - Associated Press

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, accompanied by members of the armed forces, speaks to his supporters outside Congress in San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. Bukele has called on supporters to converge around the country's parliament after legislators refused to gather to vote on a $109 million loan to better equip the country's security forces. Top commanders of the country's police and military have expressed allegiance to the president during the standoff, while positioning security forces around the legislative building. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

El Salvador’s Bukele says he’ll obey high court on military

By MARCOS ALEMÁN - Associated Press

Armed Special Forces soldiers of the Salvadoran Army, following orders of President Nayib Bukele, enter congress upon the arrival of lawmakers, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. Bukele has called on supporters to converge around the country's parliament after legislators refused to gather to vote on a $109 million loan to better equip the country's security forces. Top commanders of the country's police and military have expressed allegiance to the president during the standoff, while positioning security forces in and around the legislative building. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

Concern in El Salvador after militarized standoff over funds

By MARCOS ALEMÁN - Associated Press

Supporters of El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele gather outside Congress, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. Bukele is in the midst of a confrontation with congress as he attempts to force through legislation to approve a $109 million loan to implement the third phase of his national security plan. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

El Salvador standoff deepens over loan for security forces

By MARCOS ALEMAN - Associated Press

El Salvador orders expulsion of Venezuelan diplomats

By MARCOS ALEMÁN - Associated Press

Salvadoran President-elect Nayib Bukele, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. Bukele, a youthful former mayor of the capital, easily won El Salvador's presidency, getting more votes than his three rivals combined to usher out the two parties that dominated politics for a quarter century in the crime-plagued Central America nation. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

AP Interview: Salvador president-elect wants better US ties

By MARCOS ALEMAN - Associated Press

Presidential frontrunner Nayib Bukele, of the Grand National Alliance for Unity or GANA, is prepped for an interview, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. The young entrepreneur has his sights set on combating corruption and promises to create an anti-corruption commission similar to its Central American neighbors. Salvadorans go to the polls this Sunday. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

AP Interview: El Salvador’s leading candidate targets graft

By MARCOS ALEMAN - Associated Press