- Source: 2021 in South America
The following lists events that happened during 2021 in South America.
Events
= January and February
=January 8 – Twenty-three killed in La Vega massacre in Caracas, Venezuela.
January 14 – The hospital system in Manaus, Amazonas, 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.
January 21
The European Parliament calls on EU governments to recognize Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president.
Venezuela stops two Guyanese fishing boats in the disputed Essequibo territory. The crews were freed on February 3.
January 23 – COVID-19 pandemic: Brazil begins vaccination with two million doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine made in India.
January 28 – The Lowy Institute, an independent think tank in Australia, rates the adequacy of 98 countries′ COVID-19 pandemic response. Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia are the lowest rated, at numbers 98, 97, and 96, respectively.
January 29
Peru sends troops to its border with Ecuador to impede immigration, principally from Venezuela.
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.
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.
February 19 – The Group of Seven (G-7) promises an equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, although few details have been provided.
= March and April
=March 10 – Ecuador condemns Argentine President Alberto Fernández's statements about Lenín Moreno as interference in their affairs. When asked about his relationship with vice president Cristina Kirchner, Fernandez replied, "Yo no soy Lenín Moreno. Los que imaginaron eso no me conocen" ("I am not Lenín Moreno. Those who imagine otherwise do not know me").
April 2
Verónika Mendoza, leftist candidate for president of Peru, calls Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro a dictator during a press conference with the Asociación de Prensa Extranjera en el Perú (APEP).
Planes from Bolivarian Military Aviation (National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela) are filmed flying over Colombian territory.
Programmed and scheduled events
= Elections
== Major holidays
=January to April
May to August
September to December
Culture
Sports
January 30 – 2020 Copa Libertadores Final.
September 11–14 — 3X3 Basketball at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia.
Deaths
= January and February
=January 3 – Salvador Franco, Venezuelan Indigenous rights leader; died in prison.
January 4 – Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo, 77, Argentine Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of San Martín in Argentina (2003–2018).
January 8 – Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, 69, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo, Venezuela (since 2012); COVID-19.
January 11 – Luis Adriano Piedrahita, 74, Colombian Roman Catholic bishop and theologian; COVID-19; (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.
January 24 – Brazilians who died during the 2021 Tocantinense aviation disaster:
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, Colombian politician, Defense Minister; COVID-19.
February 9 – José Maranhão, 87, Brazilian politician, Deputy (1983–1994), Senator (2003–2009, since 2015) and Governor of Paraíba (1995–2002, 2009–2011); COVID-19.
February 14 – Carlos Menem, 90, Argentine politician (Justicialist Party), national senator (2005-2021), President of Argentina (1989-1999).
February 16 – Gustavo Noboa, 83, President of Ecuador (2000–2003) and Vice President (1998–2000), Governor of Guayas Province (1983–1984); heart attack.
= March and April
=March 3 – Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, 66, Brazilian archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manaus (2012–2019); sepsis.
= November
=November 5 – Marília Mendonça, 26, Brazilian singer and Grammy winner (2019); air crash
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