

March 10 – Ecuador condemns Argentine President Alberto Fernández's statements about Lenín Moreno as interference in their affairs.February 19 – The Group of Seven (G-7) promises an equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, although few details have been provided.February 8 – Kristalina Georgieva of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that Latin American and Caribbean economic activity will not return to pre-pandemic levels of output until 2023 and GDP per capita will catch up only in 2025.

Montevideo is the second-most important pirate port in the world. The ship is on a mission to stop illegal fishing, valued at $151 billion in 2018, and coming mostly from China, South Korea, Indonesia, and Taiwan. It was announced that the USCGC Stone would not make its scheduled stop in Argentina after visiting Guyana, Brasil, and Uruguay.Peru sends troops to its border with Ecuador to impede immigration, principally from Venezuela.Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia are the lowest rated, at numbers 98, 97, and 96, respectively. January 28 – The Lowy Institute, an independent think tank in Australia, rates the adequecy of 98 countries′ COVID-19 pandemic response.January 23 – COVID-19 pandemic: Brazil begins vaccination with two million doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine made in India.Venezuela stops two Guyanese fishing boats in Esequiba.The European Parliament calls on EU governments to recognize Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president.will continue to recognize Juan Guaidó as legitimate president of Venezuela. January 17 – Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden's United States Secretary of State, says that the U.S.Hospitals report shortages of oxygen (O 2). January 14 – The hospital system in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, is overwhelmed with 2,516 new infections and 254 hospitalisations.January 8 – Twenty-three killed in La Vega massacre in Caracas, Venezuela.See also: COVID-19 pandemic in South America January and February Ministry of Housing and Territorial Planning Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries Until (transferred to the Ministry of the Interior)
