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.
1900s
- 1931: The dictator of Chile is overthrown in a wave of strikes.[1]
- 1977: Sugar workers in Guyana strike in protest of wage theft.[2]
- 1979: FEJUVE founded
- 1981: 23 de Enero Campaign (Venezuela)
- 1989: Caracazo occurs (Venezuela)
- 1996: Teachers and students in French Guiana strike over economic and school conditions.[3]
- 1997: The ongoing Second Mapuche Uprising begins, as Mapuche across Chile have resisted environmental destruction and the theft of traditional Mapuche lands through militant and revolutionary tactics.
- 1999: Strikes and protests in Suriname force early elections in protest of the government's corruption scandals.[4]
- 1999: Water War begins (Bolivia)
2000s
- 2001: The legendary Argentinazo occurs (Argentina)
- 2002: Esquel Anti-Mine Movement begins (Argentina)
- 2003: Gas War begins (Bolivia)
- 2006: Penguin Revolution (Chile)
- 2008: Falkland Islander fishermen protest squid fishing license fee increase.[5]
2010s
- 2010: Chilean women occupy empty mine to protest job losses[6]
- 2011: Chileans force roll-back of price increase for natural gas.[7]
- 2011: Battle for Isiboro Park (Bolivia)
- 2011: Chilean Winter
- 2011: Chilean Copper Miners' Strike
See Also
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in North America
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Central America
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in the Caribbean
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Western Europe
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Northern Europe
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southern Europe
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Eastern Europe
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Northern Africa
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Western Africa
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Middle Africa
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Eastern Africa
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southern Africa
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Western Asia
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Northern Asia
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southern Asia
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Eastern Asia
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southeast Asia
- Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Oceania
References
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chileans-overthrow-dictator-carlos-iba-ez-del-campo-1931
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/guyanese-sugar-workers-strike-135-days-economic-justice-1977
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/french-guiana-education-workers-strike-solidarity-high-school-students-1996
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/surinamese-protest-against-president-1999
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/falkland-islander-fishermen-protest-license-fee-increase-2008
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chilean-women-occupy-empty-mine-protest-job-losses-2010
- ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/chileans-force-roll-back-price-increase-natural-gas-2011