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Three arrested in El Salvador police officer's killing after siege 

Hong Kong Standard 27 May 2023
The killing on May 16 of officer Maximino Vasquez prompted Bukele to order 5,000 soldiers and 500 police officers to establish a "security cordon" around Nueva Concepcion, a town of around 30,000 people about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of the capital San Salvador. .
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Brazil’s Black travel movement embraces heritage and promotes Black entrepreneurship

The Grio 27 May 2023
A 2015 video produced to promote tourism in Salvador, Brazil’s blackest city, went viral that year for all the wrong reasons ... Nilzete Santos with a client in Salvador ... Afrotourism has become so important to Salvador that in 2022, that the city launched a campaign to position itself domestically and internationally — Salvador Capital Afro.
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El Salvador football officials held over stampede blamed on 'greed'

Urdu Point 25 May 2023
After all available tickets were sold out for Saturday's match at Cuscatlan Stadium in the capital San Salvador, organizers decided to illegally sell fake ones as well, the office charged on its Twitter account ... havoc" that erupted at the stadium in the capital San Salvador.
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El Salvador cuts short football championship after deadly stampedeThe competition had only reached the first ...

Deccan Herald 25 May 2023
El Salvador football authorities have cancelled the remainder of the national championship because of safety concerns, after a stampede at a game killed 12 ... It was thought to have begun when a gate fell at the stadium in the capital San Salvador ... El Salvador.
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El Salvador cancels remainder of football championship after stampede leaves 12 dead

Independent online (SA) 25 May 2023
San Salvador - El Salvador football authorities have cancelled the remainder of the national championship because of safety concerns, after a stampede at a game killed 12 ... It was thought to have begun when a gate fell at the stadium in the capital San Salvador.
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El Salvador side Alianza are handed a one-year stadium ban and fined £24,000 following a ...

The Daily Mail 23 May 2023
Alianza and Club Deportivo were playing the second leg of their play-off quarter-final game at the Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador, the country's capital, when play was suspended after a stampede broke out in the general section ... El Salvador football team Alianza FC have been ...
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El Salvador's Alianza handed one-year stadium ban after stampede kills 12

Reuters 23 May 2023
Alianza and Club Deportivo were playing the second leg of their playoff quarter-final game at the Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador, the country's capital, when play was suspended after a stampede broke out in the general section ... El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has said ...
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Vivendi Stock Drops After Vincent Bollore Sells Shares

Market Watch 23 May 2023
AlphaValue analyst Jean-Michel Salvador told Dow Jones Newswires that ... "But above all we must also remain cautious and not let ourselves get carried away by rumours surrounding a possible offer by Bollore for all of the capital in the short or medium term.
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El Salvador’s Alianza handed one-year stadium ban after stampede kills 12

The Philadelphia Inquirer 23 May 2023
... the Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador, the country's capital, when play was suspended after a stampede broke out in the general section.
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El Salvador soccer stadium stampede leaves 12 dead after fans rush entrance gate

Federal News Radio 22 May 2023
The stampede took place late Saturday during a quarterfinals match between clubs Alianza and Fas at Monumental Stadium in Cuscatlan in southern San Salvador, the nation’s capital ... Fas at Monumental Stadium in Cuscatlan in southern San Salvador, the nation’s capital.
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12 dead in El Salvador stadium stampede

Dawn 22 May 2023
SAN SALVADOR ... Authorities said initial reports pointed to a crush of fans who tried to enter Cuscatlan Stadium in the Central American country’s capital San Salvador to watch a local tournament match between teams Alianza and FAS ... have taken place in El Salvador,” Infantino said.
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Angry fans crash through gate at El Salvador soccer match in stampede that kills 12, ...

Democratic Underground 22 May 2023
Diego Armando, 14, said he went with this father to watch Saturday night’s quarterfinals match between clubs Alianza and Fas at Monumental Stadium in Cuscatlan in southern San Salvador, the nation’s capital.
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Stampeding soccer fans lead to crush, killing 12

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 22 May 2023
The stampede took place late Saturday during a quarterfinals match between clubs Alianza and Fas at Monumental Stadium in Cuscatlan in southern San Salvador, the nation's capital ... "El Salvador is in mourning," said a statement from the press office of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, which confirmed that at least 12 people had died.
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Stampede at El Salvador soccer match kills 12, injures dozens

Penn Live 22 May 2023
Diego Armando, 14, said he went with this father to watch Saturday night’s quarterfinals match between clubs Alianza and Fas at Monumental Stadium in Cuscatlan in southern San Salvador, the nation’s capital ... An injured fan in carried to the field of Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday, May 20, 2023.

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