2022 in South America
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Argentina
- President: Alberto Fernández (2019–2023)
- Vice President: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2019–2023)
Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Islas Malvinas, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Bolivia
- President: Luis Arce (2020–2025)
- Vice President: David Choquehuanca (2020–2025)
Brazil
- President: Jair Bolsonaro (2019–2023)
- Vice President: Hamilton Mourão (2019–2023)
Chile
- President:
- Sebastian Pinera (2018–2022)
- Gabriel Boric (2022–present)
- President of the Senate:
- Ximena Rincón (2021–2022)
- Álvaro Elizalde (2022–present)
- President of the Chamber of Deputies:
- Diego Paulsen (2020–2022)
- Raúl Soto (2022–present)
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:
- Ivan Duque (2018–2022)
- Gustavo Petro (2022–present)
- Vice President:
- Marta Lucía Ramírez (2018–2022)
- Francia Márquez (2022–present)
Ecuador
- President: Guillermo Lasso (2021–2023)
- Vice President: Alfredo Borrero (2021–2023)
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
- President: Mario Abdo Benítez (2018–2023); Santiago Pena (2023–present)
- Vice President: Hugo Velázquez Moreno (2018–2023); Pedro Alliana (2023–present)
Peru
- President:
- Pedro Castillo (2021–2022)
- Dina Boluarte (2022–2025)
- Prime Minister:
- Mirtha Vásquez (2021–2022)
- Héctor Valer (2022)
- Aníbal Torres (2022)
- Betssy Chavez (2022)
- Pedro Angulo Arana (2022)
- Alberto Otárola (2022–2024)
Suriname
- President: Chan Santokhi (2020–2025)
- Vice President: Ronnie Brunswijk (2020–2025)
Tigri Area is disputed with Guyana.
Uruguay
- President: Luis Lacalle Pou (2020–2025)
- Vice President: Beatriz Argimón (2020–2025)
Venezuela
- President: Nicolás Maduro (2013–present)
- Vice President: Delcy Rodríguez (2018–present)
Venezuela claims Guayana Esequiba as part of its territory.
British Overseas Territories
- Monarch:
- Elizabeth II (1952–2022)
- Charles III (2022–present)
Falkland Islands
- Governor:
- Nigel Phillips (2017–2022)
- Alison Blake (2022–present)
The Falkland Islands are also claimed by Argentina, which calls them Islas Malvinas (Malvinas Islands).
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Commissioner:
- Nigel Phillips (2017–2022)
- Alison Blake (2022–present)
French Guiana
- President: Emmanuel Macron (since 2017)
- Prime Minister:
- Jean Castex (2020–2022)
- Élisabeth Borne (2022–present)
- Prefect: Thierry Queffelec
Events
- 13 March – 2022 Colombian parliamentary election
- 27 March – 2022 Uruguayan Law of Urgent Consideration referendum
- 29 May – 2022 Colombian presidential election
- 4 September – 2022 Chilean national plebiscite
Major holidays
January to April
- January 1 – New Year's Day
- February 15–16 — Carnival
- February 23 – Republic Day, Public holidays in Guyana.[1]
- February 25 – Day of Liberation and Innovation, Suriname.[2]
- March 24 – Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, Public holidays in Argentina.[3]
- March 29 – Phagwah, Guyana[1][4] and Suriname.[5]
- April 19 – Landing of the 33 Patriots Day, Public holidays in Uruguay.[6]
- April 21 – Tiradentes Day, Public holidays in Brazil.[7]
May to August
- May 1 – Labour Day and International Workers' Day
- May 15 – Independence Day, Public holidays in Paraguay.[8]
- May 24 – Battle of Pichincha Day, Public holidays in Ecuador.[9]
- May 26 – Independence Day, Guyana.[1]
- June 10 – Abolition Day, French Guiana.[10]
- June 12 – Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday, Commonwealth of Nations.[11]
- June 14 – Liberation Day (Falkland Islands).[12]
- June 19 – José Gervasio Artigas Birthday, Public holidays in Uruguay.[6]
- June 21 – Andean New Year, Public holidays in Bolivia,[13] Chile, and Peru.
- June 24 – Battle of Carabobo Day and Feast of John the Baptist, Public holidays in Venezuela.[14]
- June 29 – Feast of Saints Peter and Paul.[15][16]
- July 1 – Ketikoti, Emancipation Day in Suriname.[17]
- July 5 – Independence Day (Venezuela).[14]
- July 9 – Independence Day, Argentina.[3]
- July 14 – Fête nationale celebrated in French Guiana.[18]
- July 20 – Colombian Declaration of Independence.[19]
- July 24 – Simón Bolívar′s Birthday.
- July 28–29 — Fiestas Patrias (Peru).[20]
- August 2 – Emancipation Day, Guyana.[1]
- August 6 – Independence Day, Bolivia,[13]
- August 7 – Battle of Boyacá Day, Public holidays in Colombia.[19]
- August 9 – Independence Day, Ecuador.[9]
- August 25 – Independence Day, Uruguay.[6]
- August 30 – Feast of St. Rose of Lima, patroness of Peru.[20]
September to December
- September 7 – Independence Day (Brazil).[7]
- September 18–19 — Fiestas Patrias (Chile).[21]
- September 29 – Battle of Boquerón Day, Paraguay.[8]
- October 8 – Independence of Guayaquil, Ecuador.[9][22]
- October 12 – Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida, patroness of Brazil.[7]
- November 2 – Independence of Cuenca.Ecuador.[9]
- November 15
- Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil).[7]
- Independence of Cartagena, Colombia Day.[23]
- November 25 – Independence Day, Suriname.[24]
- December 25 – Christmas
Sports
- January 30 – 2020 Copa Libertadores Final.[25]