2022 in South America
The following lists events that happened during 2022 in South America. Events 

 13 March –  2022 Colombian parliamentary election
 27 March –  2022 Uruguayan Law of Urgent Consideration referendum
 29 May – 2022 Colombian presidential election
 4 September – 2022 Chilean national plebiscite

Major holidays

January to April 

January 1 – New Year's Day
February 15–16 — Carnival
February 23 – Republic Day, Public holidays in Guyana. February 25 – Day of Liberation and Innovation, Suriname. March 24 – Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, Public holidays in Argentina. March 29 – Phagwah, Guyana and Suriname. April 19 – Landing of the 33 Patriots Day, Public holidays in Uruguay. April 21 – Tiradentes Day, Public holidays in Brazil. May to August 

May 1 – Labour Day and International Workers' Day
May 15 – Independence Day, Public holidays in Paraguay. May 24 – Battle of Pichincha Day, Public holidays in Ecuador. May 26 – Independence Day, Guyana. June 10 – Abolition Day, French Guiana. June 12 – Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday, Commonwealth of Nations. June 14 – Liberation Day (Falkland Islands). June 19 – José Gervasio Artigas Birthday, Public holidays in Uruguay. June 21 – Andean New Year, Public holidays in Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. June 24 – Battle of Carabobo Day and Feast of John the Baptist, Public holidays in Venezuela. June 29 – Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. July 1 – Ketikoti, Emancipation Day in Suriname. July 5 – Independence Day (Venezuela). July 9 – Independence Day, Argentina. July 14 – Fête nationale celebrated in French Guiana. July 20 – Colombian Declaration of Independence. July 24 – Simón Bolívar′s Birthday. July 28–29 — Fiestas Patrias (Peru). August 2 – Emancipation Day, Guyana. August 6 – Independence Day, Bolivia,
August 7 – Battle of Boyacá Day, Public holidays in Colombia. August 9 – Independence Day, Ecuador. August 25 – Independence Day, Uruguay. August 30 – Feast of St. Rose of Lima, patroness of Peru. September to December 

September 7 – Independence Day (Brazil). September 18–19 — Fiestas Patrias (Chile). September 29 – Battle of Boquerón Day, Paraguay. October 8 – Independence of Guayaquil, Ecuador. October 12 – Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida, patroness of Brazil. November 2 – Independence of Cuenca.Ecuador. November 15
Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil). Independence of Cartagena, Colombia Day. November 25 – Independence Day, Suriname. December 25 – Christmas

Sports 

 January 30 – 2020 Copa Libertadores Final. Deaths

January and February 

 January 21 –  Leonor Oyarzún, 102, family therapist, first lady of Chile (1990–1994)

See also 

2020s
2020s in political history
Mercosur
Organization of American States
Organization of Ibero-American States
Caribbean Community
Union of South American Nations

References 

 
2020s in South America
Years of the 21st century in South America