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<li>El Salvador foreign agents law - key bit.</li>
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<p dir="auto"><a href="https://cpj.org/2025/05/salvadoran-congress-approves-foreign-agents-law-that-threatens-press-freedom/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://cpj.org/2025/05/salvadoran-congress-approves-foreign-agents-law-that-threatens-press-freedom/</a></p>
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<p dir="auto">the [new] law mandates that any person or organization receiving funds from abroad register with the Ministry of Interior as a foreign agent. Those designated must pay a 30% tax on all foreign income and submit to extensive oversight, including sworn declarations. Violations of the law carry fines ranging from US$1,000 to US$150,000.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Mere disclosure. For violators, mere fines &amp; taxes.</p>
<p dir="auto">Reasonable.</p>
<p dir="auto">I'm big on Free Speech, but, Free Speech to benefit local citizens. Not foreign powers.</p>
<p dir="auto">If El Salvador feels that CCP, CIA, EU &amp; Soros can still run influence ops in El Salvador, except disclose them please.... ok.</p>
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<li>EU lectures El Salvador.</li>
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<p dir="auto"><a href="https://x.com/eu_eeas/status/1931413894473372071" rel="nofollow ugc">https://x.com/eu_eeas/status/1931413894473372071</a></p>
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<p dir="auto">[hey, ] El Salvador: The EU regrets the adoption of the Foreign Agents Law, which risks restricting civil society and runs counter to international obligations. Recent arrests of human rights defenders raise further concerns.</p>
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<p dir="auto">HAHAHAhahahaha clowns</p>
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<li>El Salvador lectures back.</li>
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<p dir="auto"><a href="https://x.com/nayibbukele/status/1931467426790580472" rel="nofollow ugc">https://x.com/nayibbukele/status/1931467426790580472</a></p>
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<p dir="auto">[hey, ] EU: El Salvador regrets that a bloc which is aging, overregulated, energy-dependent, tech-lagging, and led by unelected bureaucrats still insists on lecturing the rest of the world.</p>
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