2023 in South America
Overview of South America-related events during the year of 2023
The following lists events that happened during 2023 in South America.
| Years in South America: | 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 |
| Centuries: | 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s |
| Years: | 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 |
Incumbents
Argentina
- President: Alberto Fernández (until 10 December), Javier Milei (from 10 December)
- Vice President: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (until 10 December), Victoria Villarruel (from 10 December)
Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Islas Malvinas, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Bolivia
Brazil
- President: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2023 – present)
- Vice President: Geraldo Alckmin (2023 – present)
Chile
- President: Gabriel Boric (since 2022)
- President of the Senate: Álvaro Elizalde (since 2022)
- President of the Chamber of Deputies: Raúl Soto (since 2022)
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
Ecuador
- President: Guillermo Lasso (since 2021)
- Vice President: Alfredo Borrero (since 2021)
Guyana
- President: Irfaan Ali (since 2020)
- Prime Minister: Mark Phillips (since 2020)
The Essequibo territory is administered by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela. Tigri Area is disputed with Suriname.
Paraguay
Peru
- President: Dina Boluarte
- Prime Minister: Alberto Otárola (from 21 December)
Suriname
- President: Chan Santokhi (since 2020)
- Vice President: Ronnie Brunswijk (since 2020)
Tigri Area is disputed with Guyana.
Uruguay
Venezuela
Venezuela claims Guayana Esequiba as part of its territory.
British Overseas Territories
- Monarch: Charles III (since 2022)
Falkland Islands
- Governor: Alison Blake (since 2022)
The Falkland Islands are also claimed by Argentina, which calls them Islas Malvinas (Malvinas Islands).
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Commissioner: Alison Blake (since 2022)
French Guiana
- President: Emmanuel Macron (since 2017)
- Prime Minister: Élisabeth Borne (since 2022)
- Prefect: Thierry Queffelec
Events
- January - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva becomes the president of Brazil and a few days after this, there are many anti-Luiz protests. Luiz vows to punish the protesters[1]
- 5 February — 2023 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum[2][3]
- 23 April – 2023 Paraguayan general election[4]
- 1 May - Avianca Airways Cesna crashes in some forest in Colombia. The pilot and another passenger are killed. A mother and her children survive but the mother dies later. The children are found in the jungle many days later. This is known as the 2023 Colombia Cessna 206 crash.
- 14 October – An annular solar eclipse will be visible in the Western U.S., Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Brazil and will be the 44th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 134.[5]
- 29 October – 2023 Argentine general election[6][7]
See also
References
- ^ Phillips, Tom; Downie, Andrew (2023-01-09). "Brazil protests: Lula vows to punish 'neo-fascists' after Bolsonaro supporters storm congress". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- ^ "Estas son las seis preguntas del referendo del presidente Lasso". Primicias (in español). Retrieved 2022-12-13.
- ^ Oñate, Sara (2022-11-29). "Guillermo Lasso firma Decreto que convoca a referéndum". El Comercio (in español). Retrieved 2022-12-13.
- ^ "El 30 de abril de 2023 Paraguay elegirá a su nuevo presidente". ultimahora.com (in español). Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ "14 October 2023 — Great American Eclipse (Annular Solar Eclipse)".
- ^ "Argentina's opposition wins legislative polls ahead of 2023 election". www.efe.com. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ de 2021, 20 de Diciembre. "Alberto Fernández volvió a pedir una PASO para 2023: "No voy a priorizar mi interés sino el del Frente de Todos"". infobae (in español). Retrieved 2022-02-12.
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