2024 in El Salvador
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Events in the year 2024 in El Salvador.
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- 6 January – Electronic voting for Salvadoran expatriates in the presidential and legislative elections begins.[1]
February[edit]
- 4 February – 2024 Salvadoran general election: Salvadorans elect their president, vice president and the Legislative Assembly.[2] Nayib Bukele is reelected as president.[3]
March[edit]
- 3 March – 2024 Salvadoran general election (local offices).[4]
- 24 March – President Nayib Bukele announces the beginning of a blockade of four municipalities in northern El Salvador, mobilizing 5,000 soldiers and 1,000 police officers to arrest suspected gang members.[5]
May[edit]
- 31 May – Authorities announce the discovery of a plot to detonate bombs across the country coinciding with President Bukele's inauguration on 1 June. Former FMLN congressman José Santos Melara is arrested on suspicion of involvement.[6]
June[edit]
- 1 June – Nayib Bukele is inaugurated as President for a second term.[7]
- 10 June – Two people are killed in a landslide caused by heavy rains in Meanguera del Golfo.[8]
- 17 June – Five people are killed in landslides in Tacuba.[9]
- 21 June – The death toll from torrential rains in El Salvador increases to 19 people, including at least two children.[10]
Holidays[edit]
- 1 January — New Year's Day
- 28 March – Maundy Thursday
- 29 March – Good Friday
- 30 March – Easter Saturday
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 10 May – Mother's Day
- 17 June – Father's Day
- 6 August – Feast of San Salvador
- 15 September – Independence Day
- 2 November – All Saints' Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
References[edit]
- ^ Crespín, Verónica (6 January 2024). "Arranca voto electrónico para 741,094 salvadoreños con DUI en el exterior". Diario El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Los 622 Funcionarios Públicos que Elegirán los Salvadoreños en 2024" [The 622 Public Workers that Salvadorans Will Elect in 2024]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 3 July 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ Crespín, Verónica (29 February 2024). "TSE Entrega Credenciales a Bukele y Ulloa para Período Presidencial 2024-2029" [The TSE Gives Credentials to Bukele and Ulloa for the 2024–2029 Presidential Term]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "El Salvador's former leftist strongholds contemplate party's demise". Associated Press. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Bukele anuncia capturas y cerco militar por homicidios en Chalatenango". Diario El Mundo (in Spanish). 24 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "El Salvador says it foiled a plot to plant bombs on the day of President Bukele's inauguration". Associated Press. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "El Salvador's 'all-powerful' gang-busting President Bukele sworn in for second term". France 24. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "2 teens are killed when a bedroom wall collapses after heavy rains on an island in El Salvador". Associated Press. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "7 people die in events related to heavy rains in El Salvador". Associated Press. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "El Salvador death toll rises to 19 as heavy rains continue". AP News. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "El Salvador Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "National Holidays in El Salvador in 2024". Office Holidays. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
External links[edit]
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