El Salvador

- Costa Rica and El Salvador signed a new security agreement to combat organized crime. - El Salvador inaugurated a new four-lane bridge over the Paz River to Guatemala, improving border connectivity. - The International Monetary Fund projects El Salvador's economy to grow by 4.5% in 2026. - Spanish firm Cox signed an energy and water deal worth $2.9 billion with El Salvador for infrastructure development. - Costa Rica opened a new mega-prison modeled after El Salvador’s CECOT prison, designed to hold 5,100 inmates under maximum-security conditions.