Events in the year 2022 in El Salvador.
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Incumbents
editEvents
editOngoing — 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
editHolidays
edit- 10 April – 16 April — Holy Week[6]
- 10 May – Mother's Day[6]
- 17 June – Father's Day[6]
- 4–6 August — August Festivals, including Feast of San Salvador[6]
- 15 September – Independence Day, anniversary of the Act of Independence of Central America.[6]
- 2 November – Day of the Dead[6]
Sports
edit- July - December: 2022–23 Primera División de El Salvador
Deaths
edit- 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]
References
edit- ^ "El Salvador: State of emergency after 62 gang killings in a day". BBC News. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Ya son más de 12.000 los pandilleros "terroristas" detenidos en El Salvador". Europa Press. 16 April 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ de 2022, 4 de Julio (4 July 2022). "Alerta climatológica en México, Centroamérica y el Caribe por el paso de la tormenta Bonnie". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Despite Prohibition, El Salvador President Bukele Says he will Seek Re-Election". Reuters. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "At least seven dead after landslides in El Salvador". Reuters. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "National Holidays in El Salvador in 2021". Office Holidays. January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Fallece Yanci Urbina, exdiputada del FMLN | Diario1". Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Bishop Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Hallan muerto a empresario Gustavo López Davidson". Diario El Mundo (in Spanish). 21 July 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.