2024 in Central America



The following lists events of 2024 in Central America.

The combined population of Central America is estimated at 180.64 million (2023).

Belize

 * Monarch: Charles III
 * Prime Minister: Johnny Briceño
 * Governor-General: Dame Froyla Tzalam
 * Chief Justice of Belize: Louise Blenman

Costa Rica

 * President: Rodrigo Chaves Robles
 * First Vice President: Stephan Brunner
 * Second Vice President: Mary Munive

El Salvador

 * President: Nayib Bukele
 * Vice President: Félix Ulloa

Guatemala

 * President:Alejandro Giammattei
 * Vice-president: Guillermo Castillo

Honduras

 * President: Xiomara Castro
 * First Vice President: Salvador Nasralla
 * Second Vice President: Doris Gutiérrez
 * Third Vice President: Renato Florentino
 * President of the National Congress: Luis Redondo

Nicaragua

 * President: Daniel Ortega
 * Vice President: Rosario Murillo

Panama

 * President: Laurentino Cortizo
 * Vice President: José Gabriel Carrizo

Elections

 * 4 February: 2024 Salvadoran general election
 * 5 May – 2024 Panamanian general election

January to March

 * January 1 – New Year's Day
 * January 9 – Martyrs' Day (Panama)
 * January 15 – George Price Day, Belize
 * February 12–14 – Carnival, Panama
 * March 11 – National Heroes & Benefactors Day, Belize. (in lieu of Saturday, 9 March)
 * 28 March – Maundy Thursday, Nicaragua
 * 29 March – Good Friday
 * March 30 – Holy Saturday, Belize

April to June

 * 1 April –	Easter Monday
 * 11 April – Juan Santamaría, Costa Rica
 * 14 April – Americas Day, Honduras
 * 29 April – Labour Day (in lieu of Wednesday, 1 May), Belize
 * 1 May	– Labour Day

July to September

 * 19 July – Liberation Day, Nicaragua
 * 25 July – Guanacaste Day, Costa Rica
 * 1 August – Emancipation Day, Belize
 * 2 August – Lady of the Angels Day, Costa Rica
 * 15 August – Assumption Day, Mother's Day, Costa Rica
 * 1 September – Day of the Black Person and Afro-Costa Rican Culture
 * 10 September – St. George's Caye Day, Belize
 * 14 September – Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua
 * 15 September – Independence Day, Nicaragua
 * 21 September – Independence Day, Belize

October to December

 * 3 October – Francisco Morazán, Honduras
 * 12 October – Discovery of America Day, Honduras
 * 14 October – Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance Day (in lieu of Saturday, 12 October), Belize
 * 20 October – Guatemalan Revolution
 * 21 October – Army Day, Honduras
 * 3 November – Separation of Panama from Colombia
 * 5 November – Colon, Panama
 * 10–11 November – Uprising of Los Santos, Panama
 * 19 November – Garifuna Settlement Day, Belize
 * 28 November – Independence of Panama from Spain
 * 1 December – Army Abolition Day, Costa Rica
 * 8 December – Mother's Day, Panama
 * 8 December – Immaculate Conception, Nicaragua
 * 20 December – National Mourning Day, Panama
 * 25 December – Christmas Day
 * 26 December – Boxing Day, Belize