El Salvador supreme court rebukes president's decree to reopen economy


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  • Saturday, 08 Aug 2020

FILE PHOTO: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks at a news conference during a nationwide quarantine as El Salvador's government undertakes steadily stricter measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in San Salvador, El Salvador May 26, 2020. Picture taken May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - The constitutional chamber of El Salvador's Supreme Court of Justice on Friday declared an executive decree that would establish protocols for the gradual reopening of the economy as unconstitutional.

President Nayib Bukele and Congress have clashed over how to manage the pandemic and the country's gradual reopening.

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