El Salvador taps new DC lobbyist in pivot to Biden

MIAMI (AP) — El Salvador has awarded a $780,000 lobby contract to a Washington firm set up to promote investment as President Nayib Bukele seeks to pivot toward Joe Biden’s $4 billion development plan to stop the flow of migration from Central America. Invest El Salvador is the third to have registered as a foreign agent of Bukele’s government since August with contracts totaling more than $1.6 million. Bukele is popular at home but has faced criticism from U.S. lawmakers for a