2021 in El Salvador
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Events in the year 2021 in El Salvador.
Incumbents
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
- "US prosecutors: Jailed MS-13 bosses behind wave of violence". AP NEWS. 14 January 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- "Remittances to El Salvador rebound after early pandemic drop". AP NEWS. 19 January 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- "MSF suspends work in San Salvador area after ambulance attacked". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 31, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- "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.
- "Próximas elecciones serán el 28 de febrero de 2021". elsalvador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- "National Holidays in El Salvador in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- "ISA Announces Postponement of World Surfing Games to May 2021". isasurf.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- "Santa Tecla será la sede de los Juegos Centroamericanos 2021". laprensagrafica.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- Fallece Roberto Cañas, firmante de los Acuerdos de Paz y destacado académico (in Spanish)
- 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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