Английская Википедия:2023 in South America
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The following lists events that happened during 2023 in South America. Шаблон:TOC right
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
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)
Guayana Esequiba 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
- 2020s
- 2020s in political history
- Mercosur
- Organization of American States
- Organization of Ibero-American States
- Caribbean Community
- Union of South American Nations
References
