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March 24, 2024 – Salvadoran gang crackdown

Salvadoran 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. (El Mundo)

February 4, 2024 – 2024 Salvadoran general election

Salvadorans vote to elect the president, vice president, and Legislative Assembly. With over 80% of the popular vote, Nayib Bukele wins re-election in a first-round landslide. (BBC News) (Reuters)

January 6, 2024 – 2024 Salvadoran general election

Electronic voting for Salvadoran expatriates in the presidential and legislative elections begins. (El Mundo)

November 30, 2023 –

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is granted a leave of absence prior to the 2024 general election and is succeeded by his private secretary Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara as acting president. (La Prensa Gráfica)