What are some major events that happened in El Salvador?

* 1525: Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado arrives in El Salvador and claims it for Spain.

* 1821: El Salvador gains independence from Spain and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Central America.

* 1838: El Salvador secedes from the Federal Republic of Central America and becomes an independent country.

* 1871: Coffee becomes El Salvador's primary export crop.

* 1932: The Salvadoran government massacres thousands of indigenous people in a brutal crackdown on a peasant uprising.

* 1969: The Salvadoran Civil War begins between the U.S.-backed government and left-wing guerrillas.

* 1992: The Salvadoran Civil War ends with the signing of the Chapultepec Peace Accords.

* 2001: El Salvador adopts the U.S. dollar as its official currency.

* 2009: Mauricio Funes is elected president of El Salvador, becoming the country's first leftist president in decades.

* 2019: Nayib Bukele is elected president of El Salvador, promising to crack down on crime and corruption.