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* 1977: Sugar workers in Guyana [[Guyanese Sugarworkers' Strike (1977)|strike]] in protest of wage theft.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/guyanese-sugar-workers-strike-135-days-economic-justice-1977</ref>
* 1977: Sugar workers in Guyana [[Guyanese Sugarworkers' Strike (1977)|strike]] in protest of wage theft.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/guyanese-sugar-workers-strike-135-days-economic-justice-1977</ref>
* 1979: [[FEJUVE]] founded
* 1979: [[FEJUVE]] founded
* 1981: [[23 de Enero Campaign]]
* 1981: [[23 de Enero Campaign]] (Venezuela)
* 1989: [[Caracazo]]
* 1989: [[Caracazo]] occurs (Venezuela)
* 1996: Teachers and students in French Guiana [[French Guiana Strike (1996)|strike]] over economic and school conditions.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/french-guiana-education-workers-strike-solidarity-high-school-students-1996</ref>
* 1996: Teachers and students in French Guiana [[French Guiana Strike (1996)|strike]] over economic and school conditions.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/french-guiana-education-workers-strike-solidarity-high-school-students-1996</ref>
* 1997: The ongoing Second [[Second Mapuche Uprising|Mapuche Uprising]] begins, as [[Mapuche People|Mapuche]] across [[Republic of Chile|Chile]] have resisted [[Ecocide|environmental destruction]] and the theft of traditional Mapuche lands through militant and revolutionary tactics.
* 1997: The ongoing Second [[Second Mapuche Uprising|Mapuche Uprising]] begins, as [[Mapuche People|Mapuche]] across [[Republic of Chile|Chile]] have resisted [[Ecocide|environmental destruction]] and the theft of traditional Mapuche lands through militant and revolutionary tactics.
* 1999: [[Suriname Protests (1999)|Strikes and protests in Suriname]] force early elections in protest of the government's corruption scandals.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/surinamese-protest-against-president-1999</ref>
* 1999: [[Suriname Protests (1999)|Strikes and protests in Suriname]] force early elections in protest of the government's corruption scandals.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/surinamese-protest-against-president-1999</ref>
* 1999: The [[Water War (Bolivia)|Water War]] begins in Bolivia, as people resist efforts to privatize the countries water supplies.
* 1999: [[Water War (Bolivia)|Water War]] begins (Bolivia)


== 2000s ==
== 2000s ==
* 2001: The legendary [[Argentinazo]] occurs, hundreds of workplaces are taken over and run according to the principles of [[Workers' Self-Management|self-management]], [[Strike|strikes]] plague the country and people battled [[police]] in the streets in protest of a severe [[Capitalist Crisis|economic depression]].
* 2001: The legendary [[Argentinazo]] occurs (Argentina)
* 2002: The [[Esquel Anti-Mine Movement]] begins, residents of a small town try to block the construction of a gold mine.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/esquel-community-opposes-gold-mining-argentina-2002-2006</ref>
* 2002: [[Esquel Anti-Mine Movement]] begins (Argentina)
* 2003: The [[Gas War (Bolivia)|Gas War]] begins across Bolivia, as people protested the attempted [[privatization]] of Bolivia's massive reserves of [[Fossil Fuels|natural gas]].
* 2003: [[Gas War (Bolivia)|Gas War]] begins (Bolivia)
* 2006: The [[Penguin Revolution]] in Chile sees high school students strike for education reform and free transportation.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chilean-high-school-students-strike-win-education-reform-penguin-revolution-2006</ref>
* 2006: [[Penguin Revolution]] (Chile)
* 2008: Falkland Islander fishermen [[Falkland Islands Anti-License Campaign|protest]] squid fishing license fee increase.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/falkland-islander-fishermen-protest-license-fee-increase-2008</ref>
* 2008: Falkland Islander fishermen [[Falkland Islands Anti-License Campaign|protest]] squid fishing license fee increase.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/falkland-islander-fishermen-protest-license-fee-increase-2008</ref>


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* 2010: Chilean women [[Chilean Mine Occupation (2010)|occupy empty mine]] to protest job losses<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chilean-women-occupy-empty-mine-protest-job-losses-2010</ref>
* 2010: Chilean women [[Chilean Mine Occupation (2010)|occupy empty mine]] to protest job losses<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chilean-women-occupy-empty-mine-protest-job-losses-2010</ref>
* 2011: Chileans [[Chilean Gas Campaign (2011)|force roll-back of price]] increase for natural gas.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chileans-force-roll-back-price-increase-natural-gas-2011</ref>
* 2011: Chileans [[Chilean Gas Campaign (2011)|force roll-back of price]] increase for natural gas.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chileans-force-roll-back-price-increase-natural-gas-2011</ref>
* 2011: Isiboro Secure Park [[Battle for Isiboro Park|is defended from destruction]] by armed indigenous militants in La Paz, Bolivia.
* 2011: [[Battle for Isiboro Park]] (Bolivia)
* 2011: The four-year long [[Chilean Winter]] begins as students fight the police for free education.
* 2011: [[Chilean Winter]]
* 2011: Chilean copper miners' [[Chilean Copper Miners' Strike (2011)|strike]] for bonus pay.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chilean-copper-miners-strike-bonus-pay-escondida-mine-2011</ref>
* 2011: [[Chilean Copper Miners' Strike (2011)|Chilean Copper Miners' Strike]]


== See Also ==
== See Also ==

Revision as of 00:43, 10 March 2020

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This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in South America (a region encompassing the states of Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana) that are relevant to libertarian socialism.

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2000s

2010s

See Also

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