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| 1994, April 24 |
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| In a runoff election, Armando Calderón Sol of the ruling right-wing party, Arena, won the presidency with 68 percent of the vote. Arena had already gained a strong parliamentary majority (March 20) in legislative elections. | 1 |
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| 1997, March 16 |
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| The left-wing FMLN made major gains in midterm elections. Violence, however, marred the electoral campaign; two FMLN campaign workers were killed and three others injured in a machine gun attack, presumably by right-wing gunmen, in the town of Nejapa (Feb. 20). | 2 |
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| 1999, March 7 |
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| Francisco Flores Pérez of the reigning ARENA party was elected president of El Salvador. The FMLN carried almost as many seats as ARENA in the National Assembly, but its presidential candidate won only 29 percent of the vote. | 3 |
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| March 10 |
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| U.S. president Clinton visited San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, speaking publicly about illegal immigration issues and the need to lessen El Salvador's economic disparity between rich and poor. Though opposed by leftist politicians, Pres. Flores gained legislative approval for a U.S. military base in El Salvador. This fortification would replace the drug trafficking facilities given up when the Panama Canal was turned over to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999. | 4 |
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