2024 in El Salvador

Events in the year 2024 in El Salvador.

Incumbents

• President: Nayib Bukele
• Vice President: Félix Ulloa

Events

January

• 6 January – Electronic voting for Salvadoran expatriates in the presidential and legislative elections begins.

February

• 4 February – 2024 Salvadoran general election: Salvadorans elect their president, vice president and the Legislative Assembly. Nayib Bukele is reelected as president.

March

• 3 March – 2024 Salvadoran general election (local offices).
• 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.

May

• 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.

June

• 1 June – Nayib Bukele is inaugurated as President for a second term.
• 10 June – Two people are killed in a landslide caused by heavy rains in Meanguera del Golfo.
• 17 June – Five people are killed in landslides in Tacuba.
• 21 June – The death toll from torrential rains in El Salvador increases to 19 people, including at least two children.

Holidays

Source:

• 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

External links

• Online calendar