S. America timeline.

In 1900, South America was experiencing a period of significant political and social change, marked by the rise of nationalism, the suppression of the Independent State of Acre, and the ongoing Thousand Days' War in Colombia.

In South America in 1910, Argentina celebrated the centenary of its declaration of independence and was considered the leading economy in the region. Wikipedia
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Anti-Imperial people in south America mad violent strikes in late 1928 in the Colombian banana zone due to Columbia becoming a nation. Britannica
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The U.S. fish and wildlife service stocked lake Titicaca with 500,000 trout eggs, and 2,000,000 whitefish eggs. The whitefish died, but the trout lived.

During World War II, South American nations largely sided with the Allies, though their involvement varied. Some, like Brazil, sent troops to fight in Europe, while others, like Argentina and Chile, maintained a more neutral stance, which led to strained relations with the US. Library of Congress Blogs Hi

In 1950, South America was undergoing significant political and economic shifts, with the Cold War starting to influence the region, and countries like Brazil and Panama experiencing economic growth, while others like Argentina stagnated. Britannica

In 1962, the nations of Latin America were predominately multi-party democracies. By 1967, military juntas were in control in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, and Paraguay as well as several Central American nations. The U.S. tended to support the juntas as a bulwark against Cuban-inspired communist revolutions. ARSOF History
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In 1970 South America, Chile's Salvador Allende became president, and the region saw increasing political repression and the rise of military dictatorships, culminating in the formation of Operation Condor, a US-backed campaign of political repression and state terrorism. Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations - Office of the Historian

In 1980, South America was grappling with the aftermath of military dictatorships, facing a burgeoning debt crisis, and experiencing the rise of neoliberal economic policies, all while navigating the complexities of the Cold War. Federal Reserve History

In 1990, South America was marked by a period of economic struggles, the end of military dictatorships, and the beginning of a wave of democratization, with many countries transitioning to civilian rule after years of authoritarianism. Britannica

In 2000, South America saw the rise of left-leaning governments, known as the "pink tide," and the launch of the Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America (IIRSA), aiming to integrate the region's economies through infrastructure projects. Wikipedia

WHO WAS INVOLVED: Nature, the Haitian population, the international community. WHAT HAPPENED: It was almost 5pm on a warm January Tuesday in 2010 when Haitian history took an abrupt turn. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter just outside the capital Port-au-Prince — and its more than 50 aftershocks – ravaged the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere to an extent that 10 years later is still difficult to determine. Americasquarterly.org

Over the past weeks the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been steady in Asia and other regions in the world. Latin America was an exception until February 25, 2020, when the Brazilian Ministry of Health, confirmed the first case.