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Writing by Sam Denby, Tristan Purdy, and Christine Benedetti
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![How the World’s Most Dangerous Country Solved Murder
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References
[1] http://diario1.com/nacionales/nuevo-cuscatlan-el-tercer-municipio-de-la-libertad-libre-de-analfabetismo/
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20150402151210/http://www.nayibbukele.com/nayib/biografia
[3] https://elsalvadorinfo.net/homicide-rate-in-el-salvador/
[4] https://insightcrime.org/news/analysis/insight-crime-homicide-round-up-2015-latin-america-caribbean/
[5] https://www.asamblea.gob.sv/sites/default/files/documents/decretos/171117_072857074_archivo_documento_legislativo.pdf
[6] https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/El_Salvador_2014.pdf?lang=en
[7] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/2/10/constitutional-crisis-in-el-salvador-over-bukeles-security-plan
[8] https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/El-Salvador-confirma-primer-caso-de-COVID-19-20200319-0018.html
[9] https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/Bukele-anunciara-condiciones-a-la-circulacion-y-resultados-de-102-pruebas-de-coronavirus 20200321-0011.html
[10] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/09/12/the-rise-of-nayib-bukele-el-salvadors-authoritarian-president
[11] https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-gangs-crackdown-anniversary-4d36f909f9f759d3a57edee47519e562 How the World’s Most Dangerous Country Solved Murder](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WtkI-QAgM6w/mqdefault.jpg)



![Boeings China Problem
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Select footage courtesy the AP Archive
China Eastern 737 Takeoff Video Courtesy PDX Aviation
References:
[1] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IS.AIR.PSGR?locations=CN
[2] https://www.iata.org/pressroom/pr/Documents/TopTenPaxMarkets_graph.pdf
[3] https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3024610/you-can-buy-russias-putin-pitches-su-57-stealth-jets
[4] https://skift.com/2019/01/08/boeing-edges-airbus-to-stay-worlds-biggest-commercial-aircraft-manufacturer/
[5] https://s2.q4cdn.com/661678649/files/doc_financials/annual/2019/Boeing-2018AR-Final.pdf
[6] https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/04/boeing-stock-all-time-high-on-china-demand-production-acceleration.html
[7] https://graphics.reuters.com/ETHIOPIA-AIRPLANE/010091341G7/index.html
[8] https://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/283437/what-routes-does-the-boeing-737-max-8-fly/
[9] https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/news/en/2018/09/airbus china-assembly-facility-marks-10-years-of-quality-manufa.html
[10] https://www.wsj.com/articles/boeing-and-its-737-max-jets-have-a-china-problem-11554904340
[11] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/business/china-boeing.html
[12] https://www.apnews.com/88d5235d2107400680d8b0870d30d218
[13] https://www.marketplace.org/2019/02/11/ceo-americas-biggest-exporter-manufacturing-america-doing-business/
[14] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-25/airbus-is-said-to-seal-long-awaited-aircraft-order-from-china
[15] https://www.mhi.com/news/story/190625.html
[16] https://ukranews.com/en/news/612803-antonov-planning-to-resume-production-of-an-148-an-158-and-an-178-planes-in-2019
[17] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/china-comac-919-new-plane-ryanair/ Boeings China Problem](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XjbYloKJX7c/mqdefault.jpg)


![The Logistics of Covid-19 Testing
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References:
[1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MN908947.2; https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.3.2000045#html_fulltext
[2] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/full-list-total-tests-for-covid-19?country=ECU~IND~IDN~ITA~SEN~ZAF~KOR~TUR~USA~NZL~ARG~BHR~BEL~BGR~COL~CUB~ETH~France%2C%20tests%20performed~GRC~ISL~ISR~JPN~KEN~LTU~MDV~MAR~NLD~NOR~PRY~POL~QAT~RWA~SRB~SVK~CHE~Thailand%2C%20people%20tested~GBR~URY~VNM~UKR~TGO~TWN~SVN~ESP~SGP~SAU~ROU~Poland%2C%20people%20tested~PER~PAK~MMR~MLT~LUX~KWT~Japan%2C%20tests%20performed~IRN~HKG~DEU~FJI~SLV~CZE~CRI~CAN~BOL~BGD~AUS~AUT~BLR~BRA~CHL~HRV~DNK~EST~FIN~GHA~HUN~India%2C%20people%20tested~IRL~Italy%2C%20people%20tested~KAZ~LVA~MEX~NPL~MYS~PAN~NGA~PHL~RUS~PRT~Singapore%2C%20samples%20tested~Sweden%2C%20people%20tested~THA~TUN~ARE~United%20States%2C%20tests%20performed%20(CDC)%20(incl.%20non-PCR)~ZWE
[3] https://newsroom.questdiagnostics.com/COVIDTestingUpdates
[4] https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/pharmaceuticals-and-medical-products/our-insights/covid-19-overcoming-supply-shortages-for-diagnostic-testing#
[5] https://www.nber.org/papers/w27457.pdf
[6] https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season.htm
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