- June 14: United Nations resolution on Puerto Rico calls on United States to expedite Puerto Rico's self-determination process; text also requests General Assembly to consider question;urges clean up of vieques island, release of Puerto Rican political prisoners (UN press release)
- April 16: The First South American Energy Summit meets and establishes the South American Energy Council to co-ordinate regional energy policy. (Inter Press Service)
- 12 January: An Argentinian judge issues an arrest warrant for former president Isabel Martínez de Perón, implicated in the disappearance of a human-rights activist in 1976. Perón has been living in Spain since 1981. (BBC)
- 10 January: Following the 2006 general election, Daniel Ortega becomes the new President of Nicaragua, replacing Enrique Bolaños. (CBS)
- 9 January: YouTube is unblocked in Brazil as a São Paulo state court revises its ruling for Daniela Cicarelli video clips. (Reuters)
- 7 January: At least 17 prisoners are killed in riots in a maximum security jail in Santa Ana, El Salvador, after convicted members of the Mara 18 gang fight with a security guard, leading to trouble throughout the jail. (BBC News)
- 19 December: Chilean congress approves the creation of two new administrative regions within the country (Peoples Daily)
- 18 December: Hugo Chávez announces his plans to merge the parties which support the Bolivarian Revolution into the United Socialist Party of Venezuela. (BBC)
