South America 2020: South America Today
South America Today
3 Oct 1939 Declaration of Panama
13 Sep 1941 Ecuadorian-Peruvian War
22 Aug 1942 Brazil enters World War II
20 Apr 1945 South America in World War II
12 Mar 1948 Rio Pact
28 Oct 1962 Cold War reaches Latin America
30 Jul 1970 Exporting the Revolution
1 Mar 1979 Operation Condor
3 Apr 1982 Falklands War
3 Jan 1990 US invasion of Panama
11 Jan 2012 Pink Tide
15 Jan 2020 South America Today
In 2016 Colombia finally negotiated an end to its five-decades-long civil war. Meanwhile, with falling oil prices undermining Venezuela's economy and political stability, and protests challenging leftist governments in many nations, Latin America's Pink Tide crumbled. As Venezuela descended into chaos, its GDP per capita fell below Colombia's for the first time in modern history.