El Salvador lower in grey after pushing primary limits

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El Salvador lower in grey after pushing primary limits

Oliver West
July 09, 2020 07:45 am
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06 May 2020, El Salvador, San Salvador: Heavily armed soldiers monitor the streets around the central market, which is closed to the spread of the coronavirus. Even before the first confirmed infection in the country, President Bukele declared a state of emergency. A strict curfew has been in force since 21 March. (to dpa "Twittering monarch: El Salvador's "cool" president polarized" from 28.05.2020) Photo: VÌctor PeÒa/dpa | VÌctor PeÒa/Víctor Peña/dpa

El Salvador, the highest yielding Latin American sovereign not to have already announced a debt restructuring, sold $1bn of 32 year bonds on Wednesday but at a hefty concession to its inverted curve.

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