2022 in El Salvador explained

See also: 2022 in Central America and 2022 in the Caribbean.

Events in the year 2022 in El Salvador.

Incumbents

• President: Nayib Bukele
• Vice President: Félix Ulloa

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador

• 27 March – El Salvador declares a state of emergency after 62 people were murdered in the country yesterday, making it the most violent 24-hour period since the end of the civil war in 1992.^[1]
• 16 April – President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele announces that 12,169 gang members have been arrested since the state of emergency began on March 27.^[2]
• 4 July – El Salvador suspends classes as Hurricane Bonnie passes through Central America. Deaths have been reported in Nicaragua and El Salvador.^[3]
• 15 September – Bukele announces that he intends to run for reelection in the 2024 Salvadoran general election.^[4]
• 22 September – Seven people are killed by landslides in El Salvador.^[5]

Scheduled events

Holidays

• 10 April – 16 April — Holy Week^[6]
• 10 May – Mother's Day
• 17 June – Father's Day
• 4–6 August — August Festivals, including Feast of San Salvador
• 15 September – Independence Day, anniversary of the Act of Independence of Central America.
• 2 November – Day of the Dead

Sports

• July - December: 2022–23 Primera División de El Salvador

Deaths

• 29 May – Yanci Urbina, 58, politician.^[7]
• 14 June – Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar, 84, Roman Catholic prelate.^[8]
• 21 July – Gustavo López Davidson, 60–61, politician.^[9]

Notes and References

1. News: 2022-03-27 . El Salvador: State of emergency after 62 gang killings in a day . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-09-12.
2. Web site: 2022-04-16 . Ya son más de 12.000 los pandilleros "terroristas" detenidos en El Salvador . 2022-09-12 . Europa Press.
3. Web site: de 2022 . 4 de Julio . Alerta climatológica en México, Centroamérica y el Caribe por el paso de la tormenta Bonnie . 2022-09-12 . infobae . 4 July 2022 . es-ES.
4. Web site: Despite Prohibition, El Salvador President Bukele Says he will Seek Re-Election. en. Reuters. 16 September 2022. 16 September 2022.
5. News: 2022-09-23 . At least seven dead after landslides in El Salvador . en . Reuters . 2022-09-24.
6. Web site: National Holidays in El Salvador in 2021 . January 15, 2021 . Office Holidays . January 2021 . en.
7. Web site: Fallece Yanci Urbina, exdiputada del FMLN Diario1 . 2022-09-12 . en-US.
8. Web site: Bishop Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar [Catholic-Hierarchy] ]. 2022-09-12 . www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
9. Web site: 2022-07-21 . Hallan muerto a empresario Gustavo López Davidson . 2022-09-12 . Diario El Mundo . es.