2022 in South America
The following lists events that happened during 2022 in South America.
| Years in South America: | 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 |
| Centuries: | 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s |
| Years: | 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 |
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.
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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
- President: Iván Duque Márquez (until 7 August), Gustavo Petro (since 7 August)
- Vice President: Marta Lucía Ramírez (until 7 August), Francia Márquez (since 7 August)
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:
- Pedro Castillo (until 7 December)
- Dina Boluarte (from 7 December)
- Prime Minister:
- Mirtha Vásquez (until 1 February)
- Héctor Valer (1 February - 8 February)
- Aníbal Torres (8 February - 26 November)
- Betssy Chávez (26 November - 7 December)
- Pedro Angulo Arana (11 December - 21 December)
- Alberto Otárola (from 21 December)
Suriname
- President: Chan Santokhi (since 2020)
- Vice President: Ronnie Brunswijk (since 2020)
Tigri Area is disputed with Guyana.
Venezuela
- President: Nicolás Maduro, disputed by Juan Guaidó
- Vice President: Delcy Rodríguez
Venezuela claims Guayana Esequiba as part of its territory.
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
- 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
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]
Deaths
January and February
- January 21 – Leonor Oyarzún, 102, family therapist, first lady of Chile (1990–1994)[26]
See also
References
- "National Holidays in Guyana in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "Day of Liberation and Innovation in Suriname in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "Truth and Justice Memorial Day in Argentina in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "Phagwah in Guyana in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "National Holidays in Suriname in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "National Holidays in Uruguay in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "National Holidays in Brazil in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "National Holidays in Paraguay in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "National Holidays in Ecuador in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "Abolition Day in French Guiana in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "Queen's Birthday 2021, 2022 and 2023". PublicHolidays.com.au. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "Liberation Day 2021, 2022 and 2023 in Falkland Islands". PublicHolidays.la. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "Andean New Year in Bolivia in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "National Holidays in Venezuela in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Peru in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "Simón Bolivar's Birthday in Venezuela in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "Emancipation Day in Suriname in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "National Holidays in French Guiana in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "National Holidays in Colombia in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "National Holidays in Peru in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "National Holidays in Chile in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "Independence of Guayaquil (in lieu) in Ecuador in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "Independence of Cartagena in Colombia in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "Independence Day in Suriname in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- "El Maracaná (Río) y el Mario Kempes (Córdoba) sedes de las Finales Únicas de Libertadores y Sudamericana 2020 | CONMEBOL". conmebol.com. Conmebol. October 17, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- 24horas. "A los 102 años fallece Leonor Oyarzún, viuda de Patricio Aylwin". www.24horas.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
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