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2020 in Central America

August 22, 2023

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The following lists events that happened during 2020 in Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Belize are historically the seven nations in Central America politically and geographically.
Central America geography
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The combined population of Central America is estimated at 44.53 million (2016).[1]

Incumbents

Belize

  Britain granted British Honduras self-government in 1964; on June 1, 1973, it was renamed Belize. Independence was achieved on September 21, 1981. The capital is Belmopan.[2]

Costa Rica

Main article: 2020 in Costa Rica

  Authorities declared the independence of Central America on September 15, 1821, becoming part of the First Mexican Empire. From 1823 to 1838 it was part of the Federal Republic of Central America; in 1838 it became the Free State of Costa Rica, which gave way to the Republic of Costa Rica in 1848. The capital is San José.[5]

El Salvador

  In 1821 El Salvador became part of the First Mexican Empire, which gave way to the Federal Republic of Central America in 1823. That lasted until 1841. El Salvador was independent until it joined the Greater Republic of Central America from 1896 to 1898 when it became independent once again. The capital of the Republic of El Salvador is San Salvador.[7]

Guatemala

Main article: 2020 in Guatemala

  The Captaincy General of Guatemala declared independence from Spain on September 15, 1821, when it was absorbed by the Mexican Empire. From 1823 to 1841it was part of the Federal Republic of Central America. On March 21, 1847, Guatemala declared itself an independent republic. The capital of the Republic of Guatemala is Guatemala City.[9]

Honduras

  Honduras gained independence from Spain in 1821 and was a part of the Mexican Empire until 1823, when it became part of the Federal Republic of Central America. The Republic of Honduras was established 1838. Its capital is Tegucigalpa.[11]

Nicaragua

  The Captaincy General of Guatemala was dissolved in September 1821, and Nicaragua became part of the First Mexican Empire. In 1823, Nicaragua joined the newly formed the United Provinces of Central America, (later the Federal Republic of Central America). Nicaragua finally became an independent republic in 1838. The capital of the Republic of Nicaragua is Managua.[13]

Panama

  The Independence of Panama from Spain was accomplished through a bloodless revolt between in November 1821 after which time it joined Gran Colombia. Panama separated from Colombia on November 3, 1903, and signed the a treaty establishing the Panama Canal Zone. The Canal Zone was abolished in 1979; the Panama Canal itself remained under joint U.S.–Panamanian control until 1999. Panama City is the capital of the Republic of Panama.[15]

Monthly events

January

  • January 1 – New Year's Day
  • January 7 – The Panama Canal watershed is at its fifth driest in 70 years, according to the Panama Canal Authority.[17]
  • January 9
    • Martyrs' Day (Panama)
    • Federal marshalls in Carson City, United States, arrest Salvadoran Rene Antonio “Scrapy” Hernandez-Mejia, whom they say was part of a terrorist organization. They intend to deport him back to El Salvador.[18]
  • January 14 – New President Alejandro Giammattei of Guatemala takes office after a five-hour delay due to protests. Outgoing president Morales is pelted with eggs.[19]
  • January 16
    • Guatemala breaks off diplomatic relations with Venezuela.[20]
    • Arrest warrants on corruption charges are issued for eight politicians in Guatemala; former congresswoman Aracely Chavarria and former mayor Angel Ren of Chiché, Guatemala, are arrested.[21]
  • January 18
  • January 20: Thousands of Honduran migrants and asylum-seekers battle with Mexican National Guard and try to force their way across the Suchiate River near Ayutla, San Marcos, Guatemala.[24]
    • The Guatemala government seizes two farms belonging to former Minister of Communications, Infrastructure, and Housing, Alejandro Sinibaldi.[25]
  • January 22 – Guatemala is seen as the fifth most corrupt country in the world.[26]
  • January 24 – Calm returns to the Mexico-Guatemala border after 800 Honduran immigrants were arrested on January 23.[27]
  • January 27: Guatemalan President Giammattei offers El Salvador an opportunity to build and operate a port in Guatemalan waters in the Atlantic.[28]
  • January 31
    • Eighty armed individuals attack the indigenous community of Mayagna Sauni, Nicaragua, located 400 kilometers from Managua, burning houses while leaving six dead and ten missing.[29]
    • Photographer Caroline Power discovers a "blanket" of plastic measuring 5 by 3 kilometres (3 by 2 mi) near Roatán Island, Honduras. It is believed to have been washed from the Motagua River during heavy rains in Guatemala.[30]

February

  • February 1 – The United States deported a record 4,171 Guatemalans (3,000 men, 692 women, 479 minors), a 2.27% increase over 2019, during the month of January, according to the Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración (Guatemalan Institute of Migration, IGM).[31]
  • February 2
  • February 3
  • February 4
  • February 5
    • Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo fires Security Minister Rolando Mirones and Government Minister Carlos Romero after the February 3 prison escape of Gilberto Ventura Ceballos.[38]
    • The government of El Salvador says it is not ready to accept asylum-seekers and will not accept them from the United States.[39]
  • February 6 – In a visit to the Mexican Senate, the President of Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei suggests the two countries construct ‘’Muros de Prosperidad’’ ("Prosperity Walls") in the form of an investment bank in the Mexican states of Chiapas and Tabasco and the Guatemalan departments of San Marcos, Quiché, and Huehuetenango in order to stem migration.[40]
  • February 7
  • February 8
  • February 9
    • Municipal elections in Costa Rica: Only 9 of 82 candidates for mayor are women, according to the ‘’Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres’’ (“National Institute of Women”), (INAMU).[47]
    • Legislators and the executive in El Salvador dispute a US$109 million loan earmarked for the police and military.[48]
    • The Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Panama (CCIAP) requests that foreigners be allowed to work in the country in order to promote economic development.[49]
  • February 11 – Nicaragua creates four new fuel companies in response to U.S. sanctions against the state-owned Albanisa because of alleged money laundering by members of the Daniel Ortega family.[50]
  • February 12 – Lawmakers in Guatemala pass a controversial law giving the president the authority to restrict non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that engage in "disruptive" activities.[51]
  • February 13 – A new metro line will go under the Panama Canal to reach western suburbs of Panama City at a cost of US$2.5 billion. It is part of a $4 billion infrastructure project including a bridge over the canal.[52]
  • February 14
    • Three police officers are killed in a shootout attempt to free MS-13 leader Alexander Mendoza "El Porky" in El Progreso, Yoro Department, Honduras. Mendoza escaped.[53]
    • Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele surrounds the Legislative Palace in San Salvador with followers, police, and army snipers after God tells him the legislature must approve a $109 million loan from the United States.[54]
  • February 15 – Authorities in Costa Rica seize a record five tons of cocaine worth $130 million in the port of Limón.[55]
  • February 18 – A campaign to reunite families separated by kidnapping and/or irregular adoption during the Guatemalan Civil War of 1960-96 has begun.[56]
  • February 24
    • Thelma Aldana, the former chief prosecutor known for fighting corruption, is granted asylum in the United States after being charged with embezzlement in Guatemala.[57]
    • New rules go into effect that make immigration to the United States more difficult.[58]
  • February 28 – El Salvador's president vetoes a reconciliation law that he says would allow criminals to get away with crimes against humanity during the Salvadoran Civil War[59]
  • February 29 – An appeals court in San Francisco rules against the U.S. government's "stay in Mexico" policy for asylum seekers, although the ruling is stayed until March 2.[60]

March

  • March 6 – The first case of COVID-19 in Central America is reported in Costa Rica.[61] On March 13 the number of confirmed cases in the country had risen to 26.[62]
  • March 8 – International Women's Day
  • March 9
    • Baron Bliss Day, Belize
    • 1,346,991 cases of dengue fever have been reported in Latin America in the last 13 months. The countries with the highest rates are Nicaragua (2,271 cases per 100,000 inhabitants), Belize (1,021), Honduras (995.5), and El Salvador (375).[63]
  • March 13
  • March 14 – Panama repatriates 1,504 Colombian tourists from the cruise ship Monarch. Since the port of Cartagena, Colombia is closed, the people have to fly from Colón, Panama. About 300 people are still waiting to buy tickets.[66]
  • March 15 – In a historic first, all Peace Corps volunteers worldwide are withdrawn from their host countries.[67]
  • March 16 – Mexican deputy health minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell denies a charge by El Salvador president Nayib Bukele that Mexico let a dozen people with COVID-19 board a plane bound to El Salvador International Airport.[68]
  • March 18 – Costa Rica registers its first death from COVID-19.[69]
  • March 26 – The United States sends ICE planes previously used to deport undocumented immigrants to evacuate North Americans stranded in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. 64 people were transported from Honduras on March 24.[70]
  • March 28 – Panama and Costa Rica fail in attempts to move thousands of migrants from Africa, Asia, and Haiti amassed in shelters as a precaution against COVID-19. Panama has 901 confirmed infections and 17 deaths while Costa Rica has 295 confirmed cases and two deaths.[71]

April

  • April 1 – U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he is stepping up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Trump sends anti-drug Navy ships and AWACS planes to the region near Venezuela in the largest military build-up in the region since the 1989 invasion of Panama to remove General Manuel Noriega from power.[72]
  • April 3
  • April 4
    • Belize closes its borders to all, including nationals. Nineteen Belizeans are confined at two facilities in Corozal Town.[75]
    • Nicaraguans ask where President Ortega is; he has not been seen in public since March 12.[76]
  • April 5–11: Holy Week
  • April 11
    • Juan Santamaría Day, Costa Rica
    • Honduras extends its red alert status for the coronavirus until April 19.[77]
  • April 12 – The U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it has used the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to expel over 10,000 Mexican and Central American asylum seekers to Mexico.[78]
  • April 20 – 1.8 million children return to school and 130,000 government employees return to work in Nicaragua despite fears of COVID-19. Nicaragua has had two deaths and nine reported cases of coronavirus. President Daniel Ortega, who had not been seen for 34 days, said Nicaraguans “haven’t stopped working, because if this country stops working, it dies.”[79]
  • April 21 – The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean estimates that the coronavirus pandemic may result in a 5.3% in GDP in the region, resulting in a 4.4% increase in poverty and a 2.5% increase in extreme poverty—29 million people.[80]
  • April 23
    • The International Monetary Fund (IMF) extends El Salvador a credit of $389 million and demands budget cuts (including a 60% cut in pensions) and tax increases including fuel taxes and value-added tax (VAT).[81]
    • The United Nations Commission on Human Rights calls on Mexican and Central American governments to halt deportations during the coronavirus pandemic. 2,500 migrants are stuck in Panama because Honduras has closed its border. Mexico has dumped migrants in Guatemala, but Guatemala has not let them in. On April 23 the organization helped 41 migrants return to El Salvador from Mexico.[82]
  • April 24 – Lee Henley Huxiang, a Belizean national, is going to be prosecuted in China for helping pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. Belize does not have diplomatic relations with China (People's Republic of China), but recognizes the government of Taiwan (Republic of China) instead.[83]
  • April 26
    • Mexico′s National Institute of Migration (INM) empties the 65 migrant detention centers it has across the country by returning 3,653 people to Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras in the hope of preventing outbreaks of COVID-19.[84]
    • Over a hundred Nicaraguan citizens are denied entry to Nicaragua as they flee the coronavirus and unemployment in other countries.[85]
  • April 27 – After a weekend with a record number of killings, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele authorizes the use of force against criminal gangs. He also cracks down on inmates inside prisons.[86][87]
  • April 28 – Juan Carlos Muñoz, vice-minister of the Presidency of Panama resigns after being accused of corruption.[88]
  • April 29
    • Two dozen Colombians deported from the United States have been found to have coronavirus. Other infections among deportees have been found in Haiti, Mexico, Guatemala, and Jamaica.[89]
    • Residents of Felipillo, Panama, block the Pan-American Highway for twelve hours, demanding the “bono solidario” (solidarity bonus) promised by the government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[90]
  • April 30

May

  • May 1 – International Workers' Day and Labour Day
  • May 3 – Fiesta de las Cruces (El Salvador)
  • May 4 – The European Union sanctions six high-ranking officials of the government of Nicaragua, including the police chief, for human rights violations in April 2018.[93]
  • May 17 – Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele′s “containment centers” where thousands of Salvadorans have been detained for more than a month at a time without judicial review, come under criticism from human rights advocates. The government has reported 1,265 cases and 26 deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic nationwide.[94]
  • May 12 – The Panama Canal is going dry because of a lack of rain.[95]
  • May 18
    • Commonwealth Day, Belize
    • COVID-19 pandemic: Nicaragua closes its borders with Costa Rica as the latter tests truck drivers. Sixty-one drivers test positive and are turned back. Costa Rica has 866 confirmed cases and ten deaths, and some question the veracity of Nicaragua's claim of only 25 cases and eight deaths.[96]
  • May 26 – Costa Rica becomes the first country in Central America to legalize same-sex marriage.[97]
  • May 28 – Legislative leaders from Costa Rica and Panama meet with their counterparts from eight other Latin American countries to discuss a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[98]
  • May 31 – Tropical Storm Amanda kills seventeen in El Salvador and Guatemala while causing flooding, power outages, destroying 50 homes and sending thousands to shelters.[99][100]

June

  • June 3
    • COVID-19 pandemic: El Observatorio Ciudadano, an anonymous group of 90 doctors, epidemiologists, and other health providers, says that Nicaragua is following the Swedish model of fighting the pandemic, resulting in 3,275 infections and 805 deaths, as opposed to the official figures of 759 infections and 35 deaths.[101]
    • Migrants from Africa and the Caribbean continue their march north through Honduras despite the fact that the country has closed its borders.[102]
  • June 8
    • U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces that Gustavo Adolfo Alejos Cámbara, private secretary to former President Álvaro Colom (2008-2012) is ineligible for admission to the United States because of corruption. The ban also applies to Alejos Cámbara's family.[103]
    • Spain’s National Court begins the trial of Inocente Orlando Montano, a former colonel who served as El Salvador’s vice minister for public security during the country’s 1979-1992 civil war and René Yusshy Mendoza, an army lieutenant, for their alleged involvement in the massacre of five Spanish priests in El Salvador in 1989.[104]
  • June 11 – The World Health Organization (WHO) reports a decrease in malaria in Latin America, although there are fears that many cases are going undetected as sick people stay home instead of going to hospitals. Honduras, Panama, and Nicaragua report increases, the last by 25%.[105]
  • June 17, President Juan Orlando Hernández of Honduras and his wife, Ana García, reported that they had been infected by COVID-19.[106]

July

  • July 8 – Homicides in El Salvador fell over 50% in President Nayib Bukele's first year in office, with officials citing tougher enforcement, while a study by the Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) suggests gangs may have eased up on violence and made informal deals with authorities.[107]
  • July 9 – COVID-19 pandemic: Panama reports 41,251 cases, which puts it in first place in Latin America for the number of infections based upon population, ahead of Brazil and Mexico.[108] Panama has 4,316,453 inhabitants[109] for a rate of 104.6 cases per million inhabitants.
  • July 12 – Dr. Maria Franca Tallarico, the head of health for the Americas regional office of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies warns that many Latin American countries have reduced efforts to combat Dengue fever outbreaks.[110]
  • July 13 – COVID-19 pandemic: A report by The New York Times and the Marshall Project indicates that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) worsened the spread of the pandemic by deporting sick people to their countries of origin, including Guatemala and El Salvador.[111]
  • July 18 – El Salvador announces a fumigation program against American grasshoppers.[112]
  • July 19 – Revolution Day, Nicaragua
  • July 25
    • Guanacaste Day, Costa Rica
    • COVID-19 pandemic: Mexico and Japan send medical supplies to ten Latin American countries, including Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panamá.[113]
  • July 31 – A fire started by a Molotov cocktail damages a holy image in the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Managua, Nicaragua.[114]

August

September

October

November

December

  • December 8 – Immaculate Conception, Nicaragua
  • December 16 – COVID-19 pandemic: Costa Rica and Panama approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and hope to begin applications in the first trimester of 2021.[127]
  • December 17 – Mexican President López Obrador defends his country's restrictive migration policy but says things may change under recently-elected U.S. President Joe Biden.[128]
  • December 19 – During a phone call, Mexican President Lopez Obrador and United States President-elect Joe Biden discuss a new approach to migration issues including why people emigrate from Central America.[129]
  • December 22 – Forty migrant women being held at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia, U.S., sue for abuse and forced medical procedures, including unnecessary hysterectomies.[130]
  • December 25 – Christmas Day, holiday throughout region
  • December 26 – Boxing Day, Belize
  • December 28 – The U.S. cuts military aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras as part of an anti-corruption effort.[131]

Culture

See also: Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on politics and Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the arts and cultural heritage

Film, television, and theater

Further information: Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on cinema and Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on television

Literature

Main article: 2020 in literature

Music

See also: 2020 in Latin music and List of events affected by the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

Sports

See also: Category:2020 in Central American sport and Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on sports
  • January 9 – Costa Rica will play the United States and Dominica in qualifying rounds for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification and that Canada, El Salvador, Haiti, and Honduras will play in Group. B.[133]
  • February 7 to 10 – Ultramarathon Xocomil in Lake Atitlán, Sololá Department[134]
  • February 22 to March 8 – Campeonato Femenino Sub-20 Concacaf 2020 (Concacaf 2020 Under-20 Women's Championship) in the Dominican Republic[135]
  • April 25 – Boxing returns to Nicaragua as the country reopens after reporting three deaths and eleven cases of COVID-19. Baseball and soccer games are also being played.[136]
  • May 9 to 17 – 2020 ISA World Surfing Games in El Salvador (event postponed until 8–16 May 2021)

Deaths

See also

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2020, central, america, this, dynamic, list, never, able, satisfy, particular, standards, completeness, help, adding, missing, items, with, reliable, sources, following, lists, events, that, happened, during, belize, costa, rica, salvador, guatemala, honduras,. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources The following lists events that happened during 2020 in Central America Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua and Panama Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama and Belize are historically the seven nations in Central America politically and geographically Central America geographyYears in Central America 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023Centuries 20th century 21st century 22nd centuryDecades 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050sYears 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023The combined population of Central America is estimated at 44 53 million 2016 1 Contents 1 Incumbents 1 1 Belize 1 2 Costa Rica 1 3 El Salvador 1 4 Guatemala 1 5 Honduras 1 6 Nicaragua 1 7 Panama 2 Monthly events 2 1 January 2 2 February 2 3 March 2 4 April 2 5 May 2 6 June 2 7 July 2 8 August 2 9 September 2 10 October 2 11 November 2 12 December 3 Culture 3 1 Film television and theater 3 2 Literature 3 3 Music 3 4 Sports 4 Deaths 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksIncumbents EditBelize Edit Britain granted British Honduras self government in 1964 on June 1 1973 it was renamed Belize Independence was achieved on September 21 1981 The capital is Belmopan 2 Chief of state Queen Elizabeth II since 6 February 1952 3 Represented by Governor General Sir Colville Young since 17 November 1993 3 Head of Government Prime Minister Dean Barrow 8 February 2008 12 November 2020 3 Johnny Briceno starting 12 November 2020 4 Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber since 7 June 2016 3 Costa Rica Edit Main article 2020 in Costa Rica Authorities declared the independence of Central America on September 15 1821 becoming part of the First Mexican Empire From 1823 to 1838 it was part of the Federal Republic of Central America in 1838 it became the Free State of Costa Rica which gave way to the Republic of Costa Rica in 1848 The capital is San Jose 5 Chief of state and Head of Government President Carlos Alvarado Quesada since 8 May 2018 6 First Vice President Epsy Campbell Barr since 8 May 2018 6 Second Vice President Marvin Rodriguez Cordero since 8 May 2018 6 El Salvador Edit In 1821 El Salvador became part of the First Mexican Empire which gave way to the Federal Republic of Central America in 1823 That lasted until 1841 El Salvador was independent until it joined the Greater Republic of Central America from 1896 to 1898 when it became independent once again The capital of the Republic of El Salvador is San Salvador 7 Chief of state and Head of Government President Nayib Bukele Ortez since 1 June 2019 8 Vice President Felix Augusto Antonio Ulloa Garay since 1 June 2019 8 Guatemala Edit Main article 2020 in Guatemala The Captaincy General of Guatemala declared independence from Spain on September 15 1821 when it was absorbed by the Mexican Empire From 1823 to 1841it was part of the Federal Republic of Central America On March 21 1847 Guatemala declared itself an independent republic The capital of the Republic of Guatemala is Guatemala City 9 Chief of state and Head of government President Jimmy Morales until January 14 2020 10 Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla January 14 2020 present 10 Vice President Jafeth Cabrera until January 14 2020 10 Cesar Guillermo Castillo Reyes January 14 2020 present 10 Honduras Edit Honduras gained independence from Spain in 1821 and was a part of the Mexican Empire until 1823 when it became part of the Federal Republic of Central America The Republic of Honduras was established 1838 Its capital is Tegucigalpa 11 Chief of state and Head of Government President Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado since 27 January 2014 12 Vice Presidents Ricardo Alvarez Olga Alvarado Maria Rivera since 26 January 2018 12 Nicaragua Edit The Captaincy General of Guatemala was dissolved in September 1821 and Nicaragua became part of the First Mexican Empire In 1823 Nicaragua joined the newly formed the United Provinces of Central America later the Federal Republic of Central America Nicaragua finally became an independent republic in 1838 The capital of the Republic of Nicaragua is Managua 13 Chief of state and Head of government President Daniel Ortega since 10 January 2007 14 Vice President Rosario Murillo Zambrana since 10 January 2017 14 Panama Edit The Independence of Panama from Spain was accomplished through a bloodless revolt between in November 1821 after which time it joined Gran Colombia Panama separated from Colombia on November 3 1903 and signed the a treaty establishing the Panama Canal Zone The Canal Zone was abolished in 1979 the Panama Canal itself remained under joint U S Panamanian control until 1999 Panama City is the capital of the Republic of Panama 15 Chief of state and Head of Government President Laurentino Nito Cortizo Cohen since 1 July 2019 16 Vice President Jose Gabriel Carrizo Jaen since 1 July 2019 16 Monthly events EditJanuary Edit January 1 New Year s Day January 7 The Panama Canal watershed is at its fifth driest in 70 years according to the Panama Canal Authority 17 January 9 Martyrs Day Panama Federal marshalls in Carson City United States arrest Salvadoran Rene Antonio Scrapy Hernandez Mejia whom they say was part of a terrorist organization They intend to deport him back to El Salvador 18 January 14 New President Alejandro Giammattei of Guatemala takes office after a five hour delay due to protests Outgoing president Morales is pelted with eggs 19 January 16 Guatemala breaks off diplomatic relations with Venezuela 20 Arrest warrants on corruption charges are issued for eight politicians in Guatemala former congresswoman Aracely Chavarria and former mayor Angel Ren of Chiche Guatemala are arrested 21 January 18 The United States Border Patrol tries to deport a sick Honduran woman and her two sick children ages six and one to Guatemala 22 Mexico stops thousands of Honduran immigrants on the border with Guatemala 23 January 20 Thousands of Honduran migrants and asylum seekers battle with Mexican National Guard and try to force their way across the Suchiate River near Ayutla San Marcos Guatemala 24 The Guatemala government seizes two farms belonging to former Minister of Communications Infrastructure and Housing Alejandro Sinibaldi 25 January 22 Guatemala is seen as the fifth most corrupt country in the world 26 January 24 Calm returns to the Mexico Guatemala border after 800 Honduran immigrants were arrested on January 23 27 January 27 Guatemalan President Giammattei offers El Salvador an opportunity to build and operate a port in Guatemalan waters in the Atlantic 28 January 31 Eighty armed individuals attack the indigenous community of Mayagna Sauni Nicaragua located 400 kilometers from Managua burning houses while leaving six dead and ten missing 29 Photographer Caroline Power discovers a blanket of plastic measuring 5 by 3 kilometres 3 by 2 mi near Roatan Island Honduras It is believed to have been washed from the Motagua River during heavy rains in Guatemala 30 February Edit February 1 The United States deported a record 4 171 Guatemalans 3 000 men 692 women 479 minors a 2 27 increase over 2019 during the month of January according to the Instituto Guatemalteco de Migracion Guatemalan Institute of Migration IGM 31 February 2 2020 Costa Rican municipal elections 2020 San Jose mayoral election won by Johnny Araya Monge 32 Young people and adults denounce torture and other human rights violations by the Nicaraguan paramilitary groups 33 At least six cases of torture are documented 34 February 3 Our Lady of Suyapa Honduras Convicted prisoner Gilberto Ventura Ceballos escapes from La Joyita Prison in Pacora Panama for the second time The government has offered a US 50 000 reward for his recapture 35 February 4 200 000 people participate in an earthquake drill held on the 44th anniversary of the 1976 Guatemala earthquake in which 22 000 people died citation needed A Costa Rican judge nullifies a same sex marriage between two women and fires the Civil law notary who performed the marriage in 2015 36 Oscar Davila 44 is appointed to head the investigations into government corruption in Guatemala 37 February 5 Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo fires Security Minister Rolando Mirones and Government Minister Carlos Romero after the February 3 prison escape of Gilberto Ventura Ceballos 38 The government of El Salvador says it is not ready to accept asylum seekers and will not accept them from the United States 39 February 6 In a visit to the Mexican Senate the President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei suggests the two countries construct Muros de Prosperidad Prosperity Walls in the form of an investment bank in the Mexican states of Chiapas and Tabasco and the Guatemalan departments of San Marcos Quiche and Huehuetenango in order to stem migration 40 February 7 The government of Nicaragua lifts its 500 day blockade of paper and ink against La Prensa Managua s oldest newspaper 41 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights provides US 4 1 million for Nicaraguan and Venezuelan asylum seekers in Costa Rica 42 The United States offers thousands of H 2B visas to temporary agricultural workers from Guatemala and El Salvador 43 Human Rights Watch reports that at least 138 Salvadoran migrants who have been repatriated from the United States have been killed 44 February 8 According to the Climate Change Performance Index CCPI Honduras was the second most country affected by climate change The town of Cedeno loses 122 centimeters 48 of land to the sea every year Like Honduras certain Caribbean islands of Panama appear in red on maps published by the UN s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC 45 The government of El Salvador tries to recover three million plastic bottles in a two day recycling program 46 February 9 Municipal elections in Costa Rica Only 9 of 82 candidates for mayor are women according to the Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres National Institute of Women INAMU 47 Legislators and the executive in El Salvador dispute a US 109 million loan earmarked for the police and military 48 The Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture of Panama CCIAP requests that foreigners be allowed to work in the country in order to promote economic development 49 February 11 Nicaragua creates four new fuel companies in response to U S sanctions against the state owned Albanisa because of alleged money laundering by members of the Daniel Ortega family 50 February 12 Lawmakers in Guatemala pass a controversial law giving the president the authority to restrict non governmental organizations NGOs that engage in disruptive activities 51 February 13 A new metro line will go under the Panama Canal to reach western suburbs of Panama City at a cost of US 2 5 billion It is part of a 4 billion infrastructure project including a bridge over the canal 52 February 14 Three police officers are killed in a shootout attempt to free MS 13 leader Alexander Mendoza El Porky in El Progreso Yoro Department Honduras Mendoza escaped 53 Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele surrounds the Legislative Palace in San Salvador with followers police and army snipers after God tells him the legislature must approve a 109 million loan from the United States 54 February 15 Authorities in Costa Rica seize a record five tons of cocaine worth 130 million in the port of Limon 55 February 18 A campaign to reunite families separated by kidnapping and or irregular adoption during the Guatemalan Civil War of 1960 96 has begun 56 February 24 Thelma Aldana the former chief prosecutor known for fighting corruption is granted asylum in the United States after being charged with embezzlement in Guatemala 57 New rules go into effect that make immigration to the United States more difficult 58 February 28 El Salvador s president vetoes a reconciliation law that he says would allow criminals to get away with crimes against humanity during the Salvadoran Civil War 59 February 29 An appeals court in San Francisco rules against the U S government s stay in Mexico policy for asylum seekers although the ruling is stayed until March 2 60 March Edit March 6 The first case of COVID 19 in Central America is reported in Costa Rica 61 On March 13 the number of confirmed cases in the country had risen to 26 62 March 8 International Women s Day March 9 Baron Bliss Day Belize 1 346 991 cases of dengue fever have been reported in Latin America in the last 13 months The countries with the highest rates are Nicaragua 2 271 cases per 100 000 inhabitants Belize 1 021 Honduras 995 5 and El Salvador 375 63 March 13 Leaders of Belize Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama and the Dominican Republic signed an agreement for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic It includes canceling the Costa Rican film festival 64 The Supreme Court of Honduras overturns a 58 year prison sentence against former first lady Rosa Elena Bonilla and orders a new trial on a charge of embezzling about 600 000 in government money between 2010 and 2014 65 March 14 Panama repatriates 1 504 Colombian tourists from the cruise ship Monarch Since the port of Cartagena Colombia is closed the people have to fly from Colon Panama About 300 people are still waiting to buy tickets 66 March 15 In a historic first all Peace Corps volunteers worldwide are withdrawn from their host countries 67 March 16 Mexican deputy health minister Hugo Lopez Gatell denies a charge by El Salvador president Nayib Bukele that Mexico let a dozen people with COVID 19 board a plane bound to El Salvador International Airport 68 March 18 Costa Rica registers its first death from COVID 19 69 March 26 The United States sends ICE planes previously used to deport undocumented immigrants to evacuate North Americans stranded in Guatemala Honduras and El Salvador 64 people were transported from Honduras on March 24 70 March 28 Panama and Costa Rica fail in attempts to move thousands of migrants from Africa Asia and Haiti amassed in shelters as a precaution against COVID 19 Panama has 901 confirmed infections and 17 deaths while Costa Rica has 295 confirmed cases and two deaths 71 April Edit April 1 U S President Donald Trump announces that he is stepping up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Trump sends anti drug Navy ships and AWACS planes to the region near Venezuela in the largest military build up in the region since the 1989 invasion of Panama to remove General Manuel Noriega from power 72 April 3 Thousands of Central Americans are jailed for disobeying coronavirus lockdown rules 73 The National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela prepare artillery for a possible attack by the United States 74 April 4 Belize closes its borders to all including nationals Nineteen Belizeans are confined at two facilities in Corozal Town 75 Nicaraguans ask where President Ortega is he has not been seen in public since March 12 76 April 5 11 Holy Week April 11 Juan Santamaria Day Costa Rica Honduras extends its red alert status for the coronavirus until April 19 77 April 12 The U S Customs and Border Protection says it has used the COVID 19 pandemic as a pretext to expel over 10 000 Mexican and Central American asylum seekers to Mexico 78 April 20 1 8 million children return to school and 130 000 government employees return to work in Nicaragua despite fears of COVID 19 Nicaragua has had two deaths and nine reported cases of coronavirus President Daniel Ortega who had not been seen for 34 days said Nicaraguans haven t stopped working because if this country stops working it dies 79 April 21 The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean estimates that the coronavirus pandemic may result in a 5 3 in GDP in the region resulting in a 4 4 increase in poverty and a 2 5 increase in extreme poverty 29 million people 80 April 23 The International Monetary Fund IMF extends El Salvador a credit of 389 million and demands budget cuts including a 60 cut in pensions and tax increases including fuel taxes and value added tax VAT 81 The United Nations Commission on Human Rights calls on Mexican and Central American governments to halt deportations during the coronavirus pandemic 2 500 migrants are stuck in Panama because Honduras has closed its border Mexico has dumped migrants in Guatemala but Guatemala has not let them in On April 23 the organization helped 41 migrants return to El Salvador from Mexico 82 April 24 Lee Henley Huxiang a Belizean national is going to be prosecuted in China for helping pro democracy activists in Hong Kong Belize does not have diplomatic relations with China People s Republic of China but recognizes the government of Taiwan Republic of China instead 83 April 26 Mexico s National Institute of Migration INM empties the 65 migrant detention centers it has across the country by returning 3 653 people to Guatemala El Salvador and Honduras in the hope of preventing outbreaks of COVID 19 84 Over a hundred Nicaraguan citizens are denied entry to Nicaragua as they flee the coronavirus and unemployment in other countries 85 April 27 After a weekend with a record number of killings El Salvador President Nayib Bukele authorizes the use of force against criminal gangs He also cracks down on inmates inside prisons 86 87 April 28 Juan Carlos Munoz vice minister of the Presidency of Panama resigns after being accused of corruption 88 April 29 Two dozen Colombians deported from the United States have been found to have coronavirus Other infections among deportees have been found in Haiti Mexico Guatemala and Jamaica 89 Residents of Felipillo Panama block the Pan American Highway for twelve hours demanding the bono solidario solidarity bonus promised by the government in response to the COVID 19 pandemic 90 April 30 Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares El Tigre former chief of the National Police of Honduras is charged in New York with drug trafficking conspiracy 91 The Pan American Health Organization PAHA warns of measles outbreaks in Venezuela and Colombia There have also been outbreaks in Mexico and Brazil 92 May Edit May 1 International Workers Day and Labour Day May 3 Fiesta de las Cruces El Salvador May 4 The European Union sanctions six high ranking officials of the government of Nicaragua including the police chief for human rights violations in April 2018 93 May 17 Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele s containment centers where thousands of Salvadorans have been detained for more than a month at a time without judicial review come under criticism from human rights advocates The government has reported 1 265 cases and 26 deaths from the COVID 19 pandemic nationwide 94 May 12 The Panama Canal is going dry because of a lack of rain 95 May 18 Commonwealth Day Belize COVID 19 pandemic Nicaragua closes its borders with Costa Rica as the latter tests truck drivers Sixty one drivers test positive and are turned back Costa Rica has 866 confirmed cases and ten deaths and some question the veracity of Nicaragua s claim of only 25 cases and eight deaths 96 May 26 Costa Rica becomes the first country in Central America to legalize same sex marriage 97 May 28 Legislative leaders from Costa Rica and Panama meet with their counterparts from eight other Latin American countries to discuss a response to the COVID 19 pandemic 98 May 31 Tropical Storm Amanda kills seventeen in El Salvador and Guatemala while causing flooding power outages destroying 50 homes and sending thousands to shelters 99 100 June Edit June 3 COVID 19 pandemic El Observatorio Ciudadano an anonymous group of 90 doctors epidemiologists and other health providers says that Nicaragua is following the Swedish model of fighting the pandemic resulting in 3 275 infections and 805 deaths as opposed to the official figures of 759 infections and 35 deaths 101 Migrants from Africa and the Caribbean continue their march north through Honduras despite the fact that the country has closed its borders 102 June 8 U S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces that Gustavo Adolfo Alejos Cambara private secretary to former President Alvaro Colom 2008 2012 is ineligible for admission to the United States because of corruption The ban also applies to Alejos Cambara s family 103 Spain s National Court begins the trial of Inocente Orlando Montano a former colonel who served as El Salvador s vice minister for public security during the country s 1979 1992 civil war and Rene Yusshy Mendoza an army lieutenant for their alleged involvement in the massacre of five Spanish priests in El Salvador in 1989 104 June 11 The World Health Organization WHO reports a decrease in malaria in Latin America although there are fears that many cases are going undetected as sick people stay home instead of going to hospitals Honduras Panama and Nicaragua report increases the last by 25 105 June 17 President Juan Orlando Hernandez of Honduras and his wife Ana Garcia reported that they had been infected by COVID 19 106 July Edit July 8 Homicides in El Salvador fell over 50 in President Nayib Bukele s first year in office with officials citing tougher enforcement while a study by the Brussels based International Crisis Group ICG suggests gangs may have eased up on violence and made informal deals with authorities 107 July 9 COVID 19 pandemic Panama reports 41 251 cases which puts it in first place in Latin America for the number of infections based upon population ahead of Brazil and Mexico 108 Panama has 4 316 453 inhabitants 109 for a rate of 104 6 cases per million inhabitants July 12 Dr Maria Franca Tallarico the head of health for the Americas regional office of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies warns that many Latin American countries have reduced efforts to combat Dengue fever outbreaks 110 July 13 COVID 19 pandemic A report by The New York Times and the Marshall Project indicates that U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE worsened the spread of the pandemic by deporting sick people to their countries of origin including Guatemala and El Salvador 111 July 18 El Salvador announces a fumigation program against American grasshoppers 112 July 19 Revolution Day Nicaragua July 25 Guanacaste Day Costa Rica COVID 19 pandemic Mexico and Japan send medical supplies to ten Latin American countries including Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua and Panama 113 July 31 A fire started by a Molotov cocktail damages a holy image in the Immaculate Conception Cathedral Managua Nicaragua 114 August Edit August 1 and 10 St Dominic de Guzman Nicaragua August 3 Panama proposes sending 2 000 Haitian Cuban and African migrants home after disturbances in camps 115 August 7 Dyala Jimenez Figueres Costa Rica s Minister of Foreign Trade resigns 116 August 16 COVID 19 pandemic in Belize Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte announces a tightening of restrictions including a return to a nationwide curfew as the virus worsens 117 August 17 COVID 19 pandemic in Panama Panama reopens hair salons and churches 118 August 27 Crab Soup Day Abolition of slavery in Corn Islands NicaraguaSeptember Edit September 4 An earthquake with a 5 5 magnitude strikes Panama and Costa Rica no reported injuries or damages 119 September 10 Battle of St George s Caye Day Belize 3 September 11 United States invasion of Panama Remains of victims of the 1989 invasion in Colon are exhumed for identification 120 September 12 Mauricio Claver Carone becomes the first citizen of the U S to lead the Inter American Development Bank 121 September 14 Battle of San Jacinto 1856 Nicaragua September 15 Independence Day Costa Rica 6 El Salvador 8 Guatemala 10 Honduras and 12 Nicaragua 14 September 21 Independence Day Belize 3 September 30 St Jerome s Day NicaraguaOctober Edit October 2 The Mexican government deploys 26 000 soldiers on its southern border to block a caravan of immigrants originating in Honduras 122 October 3 Francisco Morazan Day Honduras October 12 Columbus Day and Indigenous Resistance Day Nicaragua October 19 Day of the 1944 Revolution Guatemala October 21 Armed Forces Day HondurasNovember Edit November 1 2 All Saints Day and Day of the Dead November 3 Separation Day Panama 16 November 4 Hurricane Eta kills at least 19 and leaves 2 776 homeless in Honduras and Nicaragua 123 124 November 5 Colon Day Panama November 11 2020 Belizean parliamentary election Johnny Briceno of the People s United Party PUP leads 19 seats to five November 16 Hurricane Iota makes landfall in Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane two weeks after Hurricane Eta 125 Presidents Alejandro Giammattei and Juan Orlando Hernandez warn that climate change will lead to more migration 126 November 19 Garifuna Settlement Day Belize November 21 Our Lady of Peace El SalvadorDecember Edit December 8 Immaculate Conception Nicaragua December 16 COVID 19 pandemic Costa Rica and Panama approve the Pfizer BioNTech COVID 19 vaccine and hope to begin applications in the first trimester of 2021 127 December 17 Mexican President Lopez Obrador defends his country s restrictive migration policy but says things may change under recently elected U S President Joe Biden 128 December 19 During a phone call Mexican President Lopez Obrador and United States President elect Joe Biden discuss a new approach to migration issues including why people emigrate from Central America 129 December 22 Forty migrant women being held at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia U S sue for abuse and forced medical procedures including unnecessary hysterectomies 130 December 25 Christmas Day holiday throughout region December 26 Boxing Day Belize December 28 The U S cuts military aid to El Salvador Guatemala and Honduras as part of an anti corruption effort 131 Culture EditSee also Impact of the 2019 20 coronavirus pandemic on politics and Impact of the 2019 20 coronavirus pandemic on the arts and cultural heritage Film television and theater Edit Further information Impact of the 2019 20 coronavirus pandemic on cinema and Impact of the 2019 20 coronavirus pandemic on television Literature Edit Main article 2020 in literature Music Edit See also 2020 in Latin music and List of events affected by the 2019 20 coronavirus pandemic February 20 Premio Lo Nuestro 2020 in Miami Florida 132 Sports Edit See also Category 2020 in Central American sport and Impact of the 2019 20 coronavirus pandemic on sports January 9 Costa Rica will play the United States and Dominica in qualifying rounds for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification and that Canada El Salvador Haiti and Honduras will play in Group B 133 February 7 to 10 Ultramarathon Xocomil in Lake Atitlan Solola Department 134 February 22 to March 8 Campeonato Femenino Sub 20 Concacaf 2020 Concacaf 2020 Under 20 Women s Championship in the Dominican Republic 135 April 25 Boxing returns to Nicaragua as the country reopens after reporting three deaths and eleven cases of COVID 19 Baseball and soccer games are also being played 136 May 9 to 17 2020 ISA World Surfing Games in El Salvador event postponed until 8 16 May 2021 Deaths EditJanuary 2 Ricardo Rosales Roman 85 Guatemalan politician Guatemalan Party of Labour and guerrilla Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity b 1934 137 January 5 David Albin Zywiec Sidor 72 American Nicaraguan Roman Catholic prelate Bishop of Siuna since 2017 brain tumor b July 15 1947 138 February 20 Jose Benito Lopez Mendez 51 leader of Ciudadanos por la Libertad Citizens for Liberty an opposition political party in Mulukuku Nicaragua kidnapped and shot 139 March 1 Ernesto Cardenal 95 Nicaraguan poet and priest health complications b January 20 1925 140 April 4 Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero 76 Honduran politician President 1990 1994 cardiac arrest 141 April 15 Dorick M Wright 74 Belizean Roman Catholic prelate Bishop of Belize City Belmopan 2006 2017 142 May 19 Carlos Jiron 65 Nicaraguan politician member of the National Assembly complications from diabetes 143 May 25 Otto de la Rocha 86 Nicaraguan singer songwriter and actor 144 June 14 Haroldo Rodas 74 Guatemalan diplomat and politician Minister of Foreign Affairs 2008 2012 COVID 19 145 June 16 Eden Pastora Commander Zero 83 Nicaraguan revolutionary leader and 2006 presidential candidate Alternative for Change 146 June 23 Cesar Bosco Vivas Robelo 78 Nicaraguan Roman Catholic prelate Bishop of Leon 1991 2019 147 July 9 Irma Lanzas 86 Salvadoran writer and educator 148 July 18 David Romero Ellner 65 Honduran journalist and politician Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria MRI COVID 19 149 August 2 Bobby Prescott 89 Panamanian baseball player Kansas City Athletics 150 September 9 Henrietta Boggs 102 American Costa Rican writer and socialite First Lady 1948 1949 subject of First Lady of the Revolution 151 See also Edit2020 in the Caribbean 2020 in Mexico COVID 19 pandemic in North America 2020 in politics and government 2020s 2020s in political history Central 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