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Record remittances provide lifeline in Central America

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Money sent home by migrants in the United States to Central America has risen to record levels, providing a lifeline for many of their relatives like Salvadoran mother of three Marta Alvarado. Such remittances are now equivalent to a quarter of the combined economic output of the poverty-afflicted nations of El Salvador,

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Record remittances provide lifeline in Central America

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Family remittances, lifesaving in Central America, reach record levels

Remittances from Central American immigrants in the United States to their relatives have reached record levels and account for a quarter of the combined GDP of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The Alvarado family, a 54-year-old Salvadoran woman who works as a secretary in a health clinic, survives thanks to the remittances sent by her three brothers from the north. "What my brothers send me monthly not only helps me, but also my…

22 days ago·Washington, United States

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