# 2023 in South America

The following lists events that happened during 2023 in South America.

## 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

* President: Luis Arce
* Vice President: David Choquehuanca

### 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

* President: Gustavo Petro
* Vice President: Francia Márquez

### 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

* President: Mario Abdo Benítez
* Vice President: Hugo Velázquez Moreno

### 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

* President: Luis Lacalle Pou
* Vice President: Beatriz Argimón

### Venezuela

* President: Nicolás Maduro
* Vice President: Delcy Rodríguez
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
* 5 February — 2023 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum
* 23 April – 2023 Paraguayan general election
* 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.
* 29 October – 2023 Argentine general election