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Events in the year 2021 in El Salvador.

See also: 2021 in Central America

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]
  • 6 February – Robert Stryk and the Sonoran Policy Group continued working as a lobbyist in Washington for the Bukele government after the Bukele claimed he had annulled a $450,000 contract. [5]
  • 10 February – The opposition walks back a proposal to remove President Bukele from office weeks before the election. [6]
  • 28 February – 2021 Salvadoran legislative election: Preliminary results show Nayib Bukele ahead by a large margin. [7]
  • 8 March – 5,000 women march in San Salvador demanding decriminalization of abortion and an end to violence against women on International Women's Day. [8]
  • 29 March – President Nayib Bukele demands justice for Victoria Salazar, a Salvadoran immigrant murdered by police in Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico. [9]
  • 8 June – El Salvador becomes the first country in the world to adopt the Bitcoin as official currency. "The #BitcoinLaw has just been approved by a qualified majority" in the legislative assembly, President Nayib Bukele tweeted. "History!" The law took effect on 7 September. [10] [11]

Scheduled events

Holidays

Further information: El Salvador § Public holidays

Sports

Deaths

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. ^ "El Salvador kept paying DC lobbyist after claim he was fired". ABC News. February 6, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  6. ^ "El Salvador opposition reverses proposal to oust president". AP NEWS. 10 February 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  7. ^ "Bukele arrasa en comicios de El Salvador y gana mayoría en el Parlamento". msn.com. AFP. March 1, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  8. ^ "Movilización masiva en El Salvador en favor de despenalizar el aborto". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  9. ^ "Bukele pide justicia por muerte de ciudadana salvadoreña en Tulum, Quintana Roo". Aristegui Noticias (in Spanish). March 29, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  10. ^ "IMF warns of risks after El Salvador adopts bitcoin". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  11. ^ "Fear and excitement in El Salvador as Bitcoin becomes legal tender". BBC News. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  12. ^ a b c d e f "National Holidays in El Salvador in 2021". Office Holidays. January 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  13. ^ "ISA Announces Postponement of World Surfing Games to May 2021". isasurf.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Santa Tecla será la sede de los Juegos Centroamericanos 2021". laprensagrafica.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  15. ^ Fallece Roberto Cañas, firmante de los Acuerdos de Paz y destacado académico (in Spanish)
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "Top Salvadoran surfer Katherine Díaz Hernández is killed by lightning". NBC News. AP. March 22, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  18. ^ Fallece el futbolista salvadoreño Daniel Luna tras ahogarse en un río (in Spanish)
  19. ^ Edwin Aguilar, Animator and Assistant Director on 'The Simpsons,' Dies at 46

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