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El Salvador Awards Initial Heavy Construction Contracts for Tax-Free Bitcoin City in La Unión

The Salvadoran public works ministry selected a group of international civil engineering firms to begin foundational infrastructure work in the eastern department of La Unión, moving the government's planned tax-free Bitcoin metropolis into the physical construction phase.
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