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 This is a
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timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and
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environmental events that have occurred in South America (a region
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encompassing the states of
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[Brazil](Federative_Republic_of_Brazil "wikilink"),
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[Colombia](Republic_of_Colombia "wikilink"),
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[Argentina](Argentine_Republic "wikilink"),
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[Venezuela](Bolivarian_Republic_of_Venezuela "wikilink"),
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[Peru](Republic_of_Peru "wikilink"),
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[Chile](Republic_of_Chile "wikilink"),
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[Ecuador](Republic_of_Ecuador "wikilink"),
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[Bolivia](Plurinational_State_of_Bolivia "wikilink"),
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[Paraguay](Republic_of_Paraguay "wikilink"),
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[Uruguay](Eastern_Republic_of_Uruguay "wikilink"),
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[Guyana](Co-operative_Republic_of_Guyana "wikilink"),
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[Suriname](Republic_of_Suriname "wikilink") and [French
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Guiana](French_Guiana "wikilink")) that are relevant to [libertarian
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socialism](Libertarian_Socialism "wikilink").
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- 1979: [FEJUVE](FEJUVE "wikilink"), a
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[federation](Confederation "wikilink") of [local
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assemblies](Democratic_Assembly "wikilink") is formed to provide
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support for people in the face of poverty, lack of access to
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essential services (such as [water](water "wikilink"),
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[electricity](electricity "wikilink"), [paved
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roads](Transportation "wikilink"), sewage, garbage collection,
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[education](education "wikilink"), [medical care](Health "wikilink")
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and so on) rooted in indigenous [Aymaran](Aymara_People "wikilink")
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concepts of [mutual aid](Mutual_Aid "wikilink") forms in the city of
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El Alto, Bolivia. Where around 40% of the cities population
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participates in the [dual power](Dual_Power "wikilink")
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organization.
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- 1997: The ongoing Second [Mapuche
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Uprising](Second_Mapuche_Uprising "wikilink") begins, as
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[Mapuche](Mapuche_People "wikilink") across
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[Chile](Republic_of_Chile "wikilink") have resisted [environmental
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destruction](Ecocide "wikilink") and the theft of traditional
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Mapuche lands through militant and revolutionary tactics.
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- 2000: The Water War begins in Bolivia, as people participate the
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privatization of water access across the country.
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- 2001: The legendary [Argentinazo](Argentinazo "wikilink") occurs,
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hundreds of workplaces are taken over and run according to the
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principles of
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[self-management](Workers'_Self-Management "wikilink"),
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[strikes](Strike "wikilink") plague the country and people battled
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[police](police "wikilink") in the streets in protest of a severe
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[economic depression](Capitalist_Crisis "wikilink").
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- 2003: The Gas War begins across Bolivia, as people protested the
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attempted [privatization](privatization "wikilink") of Bolivia's
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massive reserves of [natural gas](Fossil_Fuels "wikilink"). |