2021 in El Salvador

Events in the year 2021 in El Salvador.

See also: 2021 in Central America

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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. "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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