2023 Salvadoran protests

The 2023 Salvadoran protests occurred on 1 May 2023 in San Salvador, El Salvador. Protestors marched from the Cuscatlán Park to the Gerardo Barrios Plaza in protest of the 2022–23 gang crackdown and President Nayib Bukele's re-election campaign. They also demanded an increase in minimum wage and the that the government respects the rights of syndicates and respects the constitution.

2023 Salvadoran protests
Date1 May 2023 (2023-05-01)
Location
San Salvador, El Salvador

13°41′51.36″N 89°11′27.96″W
Caused by
Goals
  • Increase of minimum wage
  • Release of innocents captured during the gang crackdown
  • Respect of workers' rights
Methods
Parties to the civil conflict

Protestors
Salvadoran government
Lead figures

Organization

In mid-April 2023, seven Salvadoran leftist organizations announced that they would hold a protest march in San Salvador on 1 May 2023 in commemoration of the International Workers' Day. The protest's organizers stated that they were protesting against the country's gang crackdown, which had up to that point led to the arrests of over 67,000 people, and against the re-election campaign of President Nayib Bukele; re-election is prohibited by the constitution of El Salvador.[1]

On 20 April 2023, Rodrigo Cerritos, a member of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front's (FMLN) national council, confirmed that the FMLN would participate in the 1 May 2023 protest and asked the National Civil Police (PNC) to not block or prevent the protest.[2]

Protest

The protest gathered at 8 a.m. at the Cuscatlán Park. Protestors traveled for three hours to the Gerardo Barrios Plaza. During the march, protestors demanded an increase in minimum wage from US$365 to US$500, the respect of syndical liberties, the respect of the constitution, and opposed the capture of innocent people in the gang crackdown and presidential re-election. In total, 34 organizations and the FMLN, Nuestro Tiempo and Vamos political parties participated in the protest.[3][4][5][6]

Protestors met with Rolando Castro, the minister of labor who was present on behalf of Bukele, at the end of the march.[5] Protestors also burned an effigy of Bukele.[3]

See also

References
  1. Magaña, Yolanda (12 April 2023). "Siete Organizaciones de Izquierda Anuncian Marcha Contra Régimen y Reelección" [Seven Leftist Organizations Announce March Against State of Exception and Re-Election]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  2. Peñate, Susana (20 April 2023). "FMLN Anuncia que Participará en Marcha del 1 de Mayo" [FMLN Announces that It Will Participate in the 1 May March]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  3. Peñate, Susana (1 May 2023). "Marchan por Salario Mínimo de $500 y Contra Régimen de Excepción" [They March for a Minimum Wage of $500 and Against the State of Exception]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  4. Lemus, Lissette; Rodríguez, Milton (1 May 2023). "Organizaciones, Sindicatos y Trabajadores Marchan para Conmemorar el 1 de Mayo" [Organization, Syndicates, and Workers March to Commemorate 1 May]. El Salvador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  5. Rodríguez, Alfredo (1 May 2023). "Empleados Gubernamentales y Algunos Sindicatos Conmemoraron el Día Internacional del Trabajo" [Government Employees and Some Syndicates Commemorate the International Day of Labor]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  6. "Miembros del MOVIR Marcharon este 1 de Mayo para Exigir la Libertad de Reos Inocentes en El Salvador" [Members of MOVIR Marched this 1 May to Demand the Liberty of the Innocents in El Salvador]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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