2021 in El Salvador

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Events in the year 2021 in El Salvador.

Incumbents

• President: Nayib Bukele
• Vice President: Félix Ulloa

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador

• 14 January – Acting United States Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen announces terrorism charges against fourteen MS-13 leaders imprisoned in El Salvador.[1]
• 18 January – Authorities said that money sent home by migrants reached a high of USD$5.92 billion in 2020, 4.8% higher than in 2019. Such payments make up 23% of GDP, benefitting 360,000 households.[2]
• 31 January
  • Doctors Without Borders (MSF) suspends operations after an ambulance is attacked by an armed group in Reparto Las Canas east of San Salvador.[3]
  • Two people are killed, five are injured, and five are arrested when former members of the FMLN are attacked by security forces in San Salvador.[4]

Scheduled events

Elections

• 28 February – Scheduled date for the 2021 Salvadoran legislative election.[5]

Holidays

• 28 March–3 April — Holy Week[6]
• 10 May – Mother's Day[6]
• 17 June – Father's Day[6]
• 4–6 August — August Festivals, including Feast of San Salvador[6]
• 15 September – Independence Day, 206th anniversary of the Act of Independence of Central America.[6]
• 2 November – Day of the Dead[6]

Sports

• 29 May to 6 June – Scheduled date for the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games to take place in El Salvador.[7]
• 5 to 19 December – Scheduled date for the 2021 Central American Games, to be hosted in Santa Tecla, El Salvador.[8]
• TBA – 2020–21 Primera División de El Salvador

Deaths

• January 24 – Roberto Cañas López, 70, politician, guerrilla and academic, signant of Chapultepec Peace Accords.[9]
• February 4 – Antonio Azúcar Hernández, 44, diplomat, consul in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico; COVID-19.[10]

References

1. "US prosecutors: Jailed MS-13 bosses behind wave of violence". AP NEWS. 14 January 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
2. "Remittances to El Salvador rebound after early pandemic drop". AP NEWS. 19 January 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
3. "MSF suspends work in San Salvador area after ambulance attacked". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 31, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
4. "La Jornada - Ataque a caravana del FMLN en el centro de San Salvador; hay cinco detenidos". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. AP and AFP. February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
5. "Próximas elecciones serán el 28 de febrero de 2021". elsalvador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2021.
6. "National Holidays in El Salvador in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
7. "ISA Announces Postponement of World Surfing Games to May 2021". isasurf.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2021.
8. "Santa Tecla será la sede de los Juegos Centroamericanos 2021". laprensagrafica.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2021.
9. Fallece Roberto Cañas, firmante de los Acuerdos de Paz y destacado académico (in Spanish)
10. Henríquez, Elio (February 4, 2021). "Muere por Covid-19 cónsul de El Salvador en Tapachula". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved February 5, 2021.

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