2021 in Central America

The following lists events that happened during 2021 in Central America.

Incumbents

Belize

Chief of state: King Charles III (since 2022)The CIA World Fact Book: Belize Retrieved Feb 9, 2020 Represented by Governor-General Sir Colville Young (since 1993) Head of Government: Prime Minister Johnny Briceno (starting 2020)

Costa Rica

Chief of state and Head of Government: President Carlos Alvarado Quesada (since 2018)The CIA World Fact Book: Costa Rica Retrieved Feb 9, 2020 First Vice President Epsy Campbell Barr (since 2018) Second Vice President Marvin Rodríguez Cordero (since 2018)

El Salvador

Chief of state and Head of Government: President Nayib Bukele Ortez (since 2019)The CIA World Fact Book: El Salvador Retrieved Feb 9, 2020 Vice President Felix Augusto Antonio Ulloa Garay (since 2019)

Guatemala

Chief of state and Head of government: President Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla (since 2020)CIA Fact Book: Central America: Guatemala Retrieved Jan 9, 2020 Vice-president César Guillermo Castillo Reyes (since 2020)

Honduras

Chief of state and Head of Government: President Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado (since 2014)The CIA World Fact Book: Honduras Retrieved Feb 9, 2020 Vice Presidents: Ricardo Alvarez, Olga Alvarado, Maria Rivera (since 2018)

Nicaragua

Chief of state and Head of government: President Daniel Ortega (since 2007)The CIA World Fact Book: Nicaragua Retrieved Feb 9, 2020 Vice President Rosario Murillo Zambrana (since 2017)

Panama

Chief of state and Head of Government: President Laurentino "Nito" Cortizo Cohen (since 2019)The CIA World Fact Book: Panama Retrieved Feb 9, 2020 Vice President Jose Gabriel Carrizo Jaen (since 2019)

Monthly events January and February January 8 – Guatemalan military spokesman Ruben Tellez says that up to 4,000 soldiers will be deployed to reinforce its borders and stop migrants. General Tito Livio Moreno, Honduras' senior military officer, said earlier this week that soldiers would be deployed there to preemptively stop any migrant caravans. January 9 – Prosecutors in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York accuse former President Juan Orlando Hernández of taking bribes and protecting drug traffickers. January 11 – Authorities from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador meet in Corinto, Honduras to discuss coordination on migration. January 13 – Two hundred Honduran migrants march towards San Pedro Sula en route to Guatemala. Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei says he may declare a “state of prevention” along the border. Guatemala already requires a negative COVID-19 test and other travel documents. January 15 – Violence breaks out in El Florido, Copán Ruinas, along the Honduran-Guatemalan border as migrants try to enter Guatemala. 300 people who entered Guatemala illegally were intercepted west of the border. January 21 – The Mexican National Guard stops a truck with 130 Central American migrants in Veracruz. January 23 – United States President Joe Biden pledges $4 billion for development in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. February 4 – U.S. Border Patrol officials in Texas release hundreds of Central American families in Laredo and Brownsville after authorities in Tamaulipas, Mexico refuse to take them in because of overcrowding in camps. February 6 – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras to send asylum-seekers back to those countries are suspended. February 19 – The Group of Seven (G-7) promises an equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, although few details have been provided. February 23 – The World Food Programme urgently calls for US$47.3 million to help 2.6 million people in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua hit by famines caused by the economic crises related to COVID-19 and natural disasters. February 26 – Honduras and Guatemala each receive 5,000 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, donated by Israel. The vaccines will be destined for health workers. Honduras has had 167,000 infections and 4,000 deaths, while Guatemala has reported 173,000 cases and 6,334 deaths.

March to June March 2 – A boat with partially decomposed bodies of six migrants, one with a passport from Guinea, is found Cayo Las Palomas, Nicaragua. March 8 – 5,000 women march in San Salvador and 1,000 in Guatemala City demanding decriminalization of abortion and an end to violence against women on International Women's Day. June 11 – Eleven countries, private organizations, and international banks pledge US$110 billion to help Central American countries deal with the root causes of emigration. This is in addition to the US$300 billion already pledged by the U.S. government.

Programmed and scheduled events Elections

February 28 – 2021 Salvadoran legislative election March 3 – 2021 Belizean local elections Corozal Bay, House of Representatives by-election March 14 2021 Honduran general election, 2021 Honduran local elections 2021 Nicaraguan general election

Holidays January to March

January 1 – New Year's Day January 19 – Martyrs' Day (Panama) February 14–15 – Carnival, Public holidays in Panama February 16 – Ash Wednesday, Panama March 8 – National Heroes & Benefactors Day, Belize.

April to June

April 1 – Holy Thursday, Costa Rica April 2 – Good Friday April 3 – Holy Saturday April 5 – Easter Monday April 11 – Juan Santamaría Day, Costa Rica April 14 – Pan American Day, Honduras May 1 – Labour Day, International Workers' Day May 24 – Commonwealth Day, Belize June 30 – Army Day, Public holidays in Guatemala

July to September

July 19 – Sandinista Revolution Day, Public holidays in Nicaragua July 26 – Guanacaste Day, Costa Rica August 2 – Virgin of Los Angeles Day, Costa Rica August 6 – Fiesta of San Salvador, celebrated in El Salvador September 10 – Saint George's Caye Day, Belize September 14 – San Jacinto Day, Nicaragua September 15/20 – Act of Independence of Central America, independence from Spain in 1821; celebrated in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras Nicaragua September 21 – Independence Day, Belize

October to December

October 7 – Francisco Morazán′s Birthday, Honduras October 8 (probable) – Armed Forces of Honduras Day October 11 – Pan America Day, Belize October 20 – Guatemalan Revolution Day November 1 – All Saints' Day, celebrated in Guatemala November 3 – Separation Day (from Colombia, 1903), Panama November 4 – Flag of Panama Day November 5 – Colón Day, Panama November 10 – Los Santos Uprising Day, Panama November 19 – Garifuna Settlement Day, Belize November 29 – Independence Day, Panama December 8 – Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Nicaragua Panama December 25 – Christmas Day December 27 – Boxing Day, Belize

Sports March 18–30 – CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship rescheduled for in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Deaths January 1 – Elmira Minita Gordon, politician, Governor-General of Belize (1981–1993). January 24 – Roberto Cañas López, 70, Salvadoran politician, guerrilla and academic, signant of Chapultepec Peace Accords.Fallece Roberto Cañas, firmante de los Acuerdos de Paz y destacado académico February 4 – Antonio Azúcar Hernández, 44, Salvadoran diplomat, consul in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico; COVID-19. March 2 – Telma Barria Pinzón, 60, Panamanian diplomat; drowned during landslide in Colombia.Cónsul de Panamá en Colombia, su esposo y otra persona murieron por creciente de río en el Huila March 3 – Tomas Altamirano Duque, 93, Panamanian politician, Vice President of Panama (1994–1999).Falleció el exvicepresidente Tomás Gabriel Altamirano Duque

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