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  Nayib Bukele attributes El Salvador’s transformation to God and highlights the power of faith

  El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, said the transformation the country is experiencing has a spiritual foundation. In a message recently shared on his Instagram account, he said the nation’s change cannot be explained by political decisions alone, but by the action of God and the faith of the Salvadoran people.

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  Laura Fernández wins Costa Rica presidency after first-round victory, invokes faith in victory speech

  Laura Fernández Delgado of the Pueblo Soberano Party (PPSO) won Costa Rica’s presidential election Sunday with a first-round victory, surpassing the threshold needed to avoid a runoff and becoming the country’s next president.

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  Colombian president Petro sparks outrage by denying that Jesus is Christ and speculating about his private life

  During the reopening of a hospital in Bogotá, Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivered a speech that sent shock waves through the country’s religious community. In his remarks, Petro said he does not refer to Jesus as “Christ,” arguing that the term is a Greek name used to transform the figure of the Redeemer into a symbol of “power and kingship,” something he said Jesus never represented.

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  Evangelical lawmaker sworn in as president of Honduras’ Congress

  Congressman José Tomás Zambrano Molina of the National Party of Honduras has been elected and sworn in as president of the National Congress, becoming one of the leading figures of the new legislative cycle. An evangelical Christian, Zambrano’s personal story includes a prophetic word spoken more than two decades ago that his family now associates with the office he holds.

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  Pastor in Mexico jailed, expelled for refusing to participate in Catholic ritual

  Officials in a village in southern Mexico’s Oaxaca state detained for five days and then expelled a Protestant pastor for refusing to participate in Catholic church rituals, according to a U.K-based advocacy group.

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  Argentina creates national bioethics commission that includes faith leaders

  Argentina’s Ministry of Health has formed a National Advisory Commission on Bioethics that includes prominent Christian and other faith leaders, giving religious voices a formal role in advising on sensitive ethical issues in medicine and public health.

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  Churches among buildings destroyed by wildfire in southern Chile

  A dense cloud of smoke covered the sky over southern Chile yesterday, as thousands of families in the towns of Lirquén and Penco faced the aftermath of recent wildfires. The fires have killed at least 20 people and burned more than 34,000 hectares, affecting communities across the region, including faith-based groups.

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