14 January – Acting United States Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen announces terrorism charges against fourteen MS-13 leaders imprisoned in El Salvador.[1]
18 January – Authorities said that money sent home by migrants reached a high of USD$5.92 billion in 2020, 4.8% higher than in 2019. Such payments make up 23% of GDP, benefitting 360,000 households.[2]
Two people are killed, five are injured, and five are arrested when former members of the FMLN are attacked by security forces in San Salvador.[4]
6 February – Robert Stryk and the Sonoran Policy Group continued working as a lobbyist in Washington for the Bukele government after the Bukele claimed he had annulled a $450,000 contract.[5]
10 February – The opposition walks back a proposal to remove President Bukele from office weeks before the election.[6]
29 March – President Nayib Bukele demands justice for Victoria Salazar, a Salvadoran immigrant murdered by police in Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico.[9]
8 June – El Salvador becomes the first country in the world to adopt the Bitcoin as official currency. "The #BitcoinLaw has just been approved by a qualified majority" in the legislative assembly, President Nayib Bukele tweeted. "History!" The law took effect on 7 September.[10][11]
