![SouthAmerica.jpg](SouthAmerica.jpg "SouthAmerica.jpg") 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](Federative_Republic_of_Brazil "wikilink"),
[Colombia](Republic_of_Colombia "wikilink"),
[Argentina](Argentine_Republic "wikilink"),
[Venezuela](Bolivarian_Republic_of_Venezuela "wikilink"),
[Peru](Republic_of_Peru "wikilink"),
[Chile](Republic_of_Chile "wikilink"),
[Ecuador](Republic_of_Ecuador "wikilink"),
[Bolivia](Plurinational_State_of_Bolivia "wikilink"),
[Paraguay](Republic_of_Paraguay "wikilink"),
[Uruguay](Eastern_Republic_of_Uruguay "wikilink"),
[Guyana](Co-operative_Republic_of_Guyana "wikilink"),
[Suriname](Republic_of_Suriname "wikilink") and [French
Guiana](French_Guiana "wikilink")) that are relevant to [libertarian
socialism](Libertarian_Socialism "wikilink").

  - 1979: [FEJUVE](FEJUVE "wikilink"), a
    [federation](Confederation "wikilink") of [local
    assemblies](Democratic_Assembly "wikilink") is formed to provide
    support for people in the face of poverty, lack of access to
    essential services (such as [water](water "wikilink"),
    [electricity](electricity "wikilink"), [paved
    roads](Transportation "wikilink"), sewage, garbage collection,
    [education](education "wikilink"), [medical care](Health "wikilink")
    and so on) rooted in indigenous [Aymaran](Aymara_People "wikilink")
    concepts of [mutual aid](Mutual_Aid "wikilink") forms in the city of
    El Alto, Bolivia. Where around 40% of the cities population
    participates in the [dual power](Dual_Power "wikilink")
    organization.
  - 1997: The ongoing Second [Mapuche
    Uprising](Second_Mapuche_Uprising "wikilink") begins, as
    [Mapuche](Mapuche_People "wikilink") across
    [Chile](Republic_of_Chile "wikilink") have resisted [environmental
    destruction](Ecocide "wikilink") and the theft of traditional
    Mapuche lands through militant and revolutionary tactics.
  - 2000: The Water War begins in Bolivia, as people participate the
    privatization of water access across the country.
  - 2001: The legendary [Argentinazo](Argentinazo "wikilink") occurs,
    hundreds of workplaces are taken over and run according to the
    principles of
    [self-management](Workers'_Self-Management "wikilink"),
    [strikes](Strike "wikilink") plague the country and people battled
    [police](police "wikilink") in the streets in protest of a severe
    [economic depression](Capitalist_Crisis "wikilink").
  - 2003: The Gas War begins across Bolivia, as people protested the
    attempted [privatization](privatization "wikilink") of Bolivia's
    massive reserves of [natural gas](Fossil_Fuels "wikilink").