2026 in Central America
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The combined population of Central America is estimated at 186.05 million (2025).[1]
The following lists events of 2026 in Central America.
Sovereign states
Belize
- Monarch: Charles III (2022–present)
- Prime Minister: Johnny Briceño (2020–present)
- Governor-General: Dame Froyla Tzalam (2021–present)
- Chief Justice of Belize: Louise Blenman (2022–present)
Costa Rica
- President: Rodrigo Chaves Robles (2022–present)
- First Vice President: Mary Munive (2022–2026)
- Second Vice President: vacant
El Salvador
- President: Nayib Bukele (2019–present)
- Vice President: Félix Ulloa (2019–present)
Guatemala
- President: Bernardo Arévalo (2024–present)
- Vice-president: Karin Herrera (2024–present)
Honduras
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- President: Xiomara Castro (2022–present)
- First Vice President: Doris Gutiérrez (2024–present)
- Second Vice President: Renato Florentino (2022–present)
- President of the National Congress: Luis Redondo (2022–present)
Nicaragua
- Co-president: Daniel Ortega (2025–present)
- Co-president: Rosario Murillo (2025–present)
Panama
- President: José Raúl Mulino (2024–present)
- Vice President: vacant
Dependencies
Holidays
January to March
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 9 January– Martyrs' Day (Panama)[2]
- 15 January – George Price Day, Belize[3]
- 16 February – Carnival, Panama[2]
- 9 March – National Heroes & Benefactors Day, Belize[3]
April to June
- 2 April – Maundy Thursday, Nicaragua
- 3 April – Good Friday
- 4 April – Holy Saturday, Belize[3]
- 6 April – Easter Monday
- 11 April – Juan Santamaría, Costa Rica
- 14 April – Americas Day, Honduras
- 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
- 31 August – 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, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica
- 21 September – Independence Day, Belize
October to December
- 3 October – Francisco Morazán, Honduras
- 12 October – Indigenous People's Resistance Day
- 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
See also
References
- ^ "Central America Population (LIVE)". Worldometer. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ a b "National Holidays in Panama in 2026". Office Holidays. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ a b c "Public and Bank Holidays, 2026 – Government of Belize Press Office". Government of Belize Press Office. Retrieved 2 January 2026.