2021 in South America

The following lists events that happened during 2021 in South America.

Incumbents

Argentina

• President: Alberto Fernández (since 2019)
• Vice President: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (since 2019)

Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Islas Malvinas, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Bolivia

• President: Luis Arce
• Vice President: David Choquehuanca

Brazil

• President: Jair Bolsonaro (since 2019)
• Vice President: Hamilton Mourão (since 2019)

Chile

• President: Sebastián Piñera (since 2018)
• President of the Senate: Adriana Muñoz (since 2020)
• President of the Chamber of Deputies: Diego Paulsen (since 2020)

Chile includes the Juan Fernández Islands and Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean. It also claims Chilean Antarctic Territory.

Easter Island

Alcalde: Pedro Edmunds Paoa

Juan Fernández Islands

Alcalde: Felipe Paredes Vergara

Colombia

• President: Iván Duque Márquez
• Vice President: Marta Lucía Ramírez

Ecuador

• President: Lenín Moreno
• Vice President: María Alejandra Muñoz

Galápagos Islands

• Governor – Jorge Torres (since 2008)

Guyana

• President: Irfaan Ali (since 2020)
• Prime Minister: Mark Phillips (since 2020)

Guayana Esequiba is administered by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela. Tigri Area is disputed with Suriname.

Paraguay

• President: Mario Abdo Benítez (since 2018)
• Vice President: Hugo Velázquez Moreno (since 2018)

Peru

• President: Francisco Sagasti
• Prime Minister: Violeta Bermúdez

Suriname

• President: Chan Santokhi (since 2020)
• Vice President: Ronnie Brunswijk (since 2020)

Tigri Area is disputed with Guyana.

Uruguay

• President: Luis Lacalle Pou
• Vice President: Beatriz Argimón

Venezuela

• President: Nicolás Maduro, disputed by Juan Guaidó
• Vice President: Delcy Rodríguez

Venezuela claims Guayana Esequiba as part of its territory.

British dependencies

• Monarch: Elizabeth II (since 1952)
• Prime Minister: Boris Johnson (since 2019)

Falkland Islands / Las Malvinas

The Falkland Islands are also claimed by Argentina, which calls them Las Malvinas.

• Governor: Nigel Phillips (since 2017)
• Chief Executive: Barry Rowland (since 2016)
• Argentine Governor: es:Gustavo Melella

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

• Governor of Saint Helena: Philip Rushbrook
• Administrator of Ascension: Justine Allan
• Administrators of Tristan da Cunha: Fiona Kilpatrick and Stephen Townsend

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Also claimed by Argentina, part of es:Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur.

• Commissioner: Nigel Phillips (since 2017)
• Argentine Governor: Gustavo Melella

French Guiana

• President: Emmanuel Macron (since 2017)
• Prime Minister: Jean Castex (since 2020)
• Prefect: Marc Del Grande

Events

January and February

• January 8 – Twenty-three killed in La Vega massacre in Caracas, Venezuela.[1]
• January 14 – The hospital system in Manaus, Amazonas, [2]Brazil, is overwhelmed with 2,516 new infections and 254 hospitalisations. Hospitals report shortages of oxygen (O₂).
• January 17 – Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden's United States Secretary of State, says that the U.S. will continue to recognize Juan Guaidó as legitimate president of Venezuela.[3]
• January 21
  • The European Parliament calls on EU governments to recognize Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president.[4]
  • Venezuela stops two Guyanese fishing boats in Esequiba.[5] The crews were freed on February 3.[6]
• January 23 – COVID-19 pandemic: Brazil begins vaccination with two million doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine made in India.[7]
• January 28 – The Lowy Institute, an independent think tank in Australia, rates the adequecy of 98 countries′ COVID-19 pandemic response. Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia are the lowest rated, at numbers 98, 97, and 96, respectively.[8]
• January 29
  • Peru sends troops to its border with Ecuador to impede immigration, principally from Venezuela.[9]
  • It was announced that the USCGC Stone would not make its scheduled stop in Argentina after visiting Guyana, Brasil, and Uruguay. The ship is on a mission to stop illegal fishing, valued at $151 billion in 2018, and coming mostly from China, South Korea, Indonesia, and Taiwan. Montevideo is the second-most important pirate port in the world.[10]
• February 8 – Kristalina Georgieva of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that Latin American and Caribbean economic activity will not return to pre-pandemic levels of output until 2023 and GDP per capita will catch up only in 2025.[11]

Programmed and scheduled events

Elections

• February 1 – 2021 President of the Federal Senate of Brazil election
• February 2 – 2021 President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil election
• February 7 – 2021 Ecuadorian general election[12][13]
• April 4
  • 2021 Chilean municipal elections
  • 2021 Chilean constitutional convention elections
• April 11 – 2021 Peruvian general election
• November 21 – 2021 Chilean general election
• TBA
  • November
    • 2021 Falkland Islands general election
    • 2020 Paraguayan municipal elections
  • 2021 Guyanese local elections

January to April

• January 1 – New Year's Day
• February 15–16 — Carnival
• February 23 – Republic Day, Public holidays in Guyana.[14]
• February 25 – Day of Liberation and Innovation, Suriname.[15]
• March 24 – Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, Public holidays in Argentina.[16]
• March 29 – Phagwah, Guyana[14][17] and Suriname.[18]
• April 19 – Landing of the 33 Patriots Day, Public holidays in Uruguay.[19]
• April 21 – Tiradentes Day, Public holidays in Brazil.[20]

May to August

• May 1 – Labour Day and International Workers' Day
• May 15 – Independence Day, Public holidays in Paraguay.[21]
• May 24 – Battle of Pichincha Day, Public holidays in Ecuador.[22]
• May 26 – Independence Day, Guyana.[14]
• June 10 – Abolition Day, French Guiana.[23]
• June 12 – Queen Elizabeth II′s Birthday, Commonwealth of Nations.[24]
• June 14 – Liberation Day (Falkland Islands).[25]
• June 19 – José Gervasio Artigas Birthday, Public holidays in Uruguay.[19]
• June 21 – Andean New Year, Public holidays in Bolivia,[26] Chile, and Peru.
• June 24 – Battle of Carabobo Day and Feast of John the Baptist, Public holidays in Venezuela.[27]
• June 29 – Feast of Saints Peter and Paul.[28][29]
• July 1 – Ketikoti, Emancipation Day in Suriname.[30]
• July 5 – Independence Day (Venezuela).[27]
• July 9 – Independence Day, Argentina.[16]
• July 14 – Fête nationale celebrated in French Guiana.[31]
• July 20 – Colombian Declaration of Independence.[32]
• July 24 – Simón Bolívar′s Birthday.
• July 28–29 — Fiestas Patrias (Peru).[33]
• August 2 – Emancipation Day, Guyana.[14]
• August 6 – Independence Day, Bolivia]],[26]
• August 7 – Battle of Boyacá Day, Public holidays in Colombia.[32]
• August 9 – Independence Day, Ecuador.[22]
• August 25 – Independence Day, Uruguay.[19]
• August 30 – Feast of St. Rose of Lima, patroness of Peru.[33]

September to December

• September 7 – Independence Day (Brazil).[20]
• September 18–19 — Fiestas Patrias (Chile).[34]
• September 29 – Battle of Boquerón Day, Paraguay.[21]
• October 8 – Independence of Guayaquil, Ecuador.[22][35]
• October 12 – Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida, patroness of Brazil.[20]
• November 2 – Independence of Cuenca.Ecuador.[22]
• November 15
  • Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil).[20]
  • Independence of Cartagena, Colombia Day.[36]
• November 25 – Independence Day, Suriname.[37]
• December 25 – Christmas

Sports

• January 30 – 2020 Copa Libertadores Final.[38]
• September 11–14 — 3X3 Basketball at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia.[39]

Deaths

• January 3 – Salvador Franco, Venezuelan Indigenous rights leader; died in prison.[40]
• January 4 – Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo, 77, Argentine Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of San Martín in Argentina (2003–2018).[41]
• January 8 – Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, 69, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo, Venezuela (since 2012); COVID-19.[42]
• January 11 – Luis Adriano Piedrahita, 74, Colombian Roman Catholic bishop and theologian; COVID-19;[43] (b. 1946)
• January 13 – Eusébio Scheid, 88, Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (2001–2009); COVID-19.[44]
• January 24 – Brazilians who died during the 2021 Tocantinense aviation disaster:[45]
  • Marcus Molinari, 23, footballer (Tupi, Ipatinga, Tupynambás).
  • Lucas Meira, 32, football executive, president of Palmas Futebol e Regatas.
  • Guilherme Noé, 28, footballer (Batatais, Rio Preto, Ipatinga).
  • Lucas Praxedes, 23, footballer.
  • Ranule, 27, footballer (Atlético Itapemirim, Democrata, Resende).
• January 26 – Carlos Holmes Trujillo, 69, Colobian politician, Defense Minister; COVID-19.[46]

See also

• 2020s
• 2020s in political history
• Mercosur
• Organization of American States
• Organization of Ibero-American States
• Caribbean Community
• Union of South American Nations

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