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El Salvador Ratifies Driver’s License Agreement With Italy

El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly ratified an agreement with Italy to mutually recognize and harmonize driver’s licenses, facilitating mobility, labor integration and commercial logistics for Salvadorans living in Europe.
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