South America
- Argentina
- President - Juan Perón, President of Argentina (1946–1955)
- Bolivia
- President - Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (1952–1956)
- Brazil
- President - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1951–1954)
- Chile
- President - Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, President of Chile (1952–1958)
- Colombia
- President -
- Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez, President of Colombia (1951–1953)
- Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, President of Colombia (1953–1957)
- President -
- Ecuador
- President - José María Velasco Ibarra, President of Ecuador (1952–1956)
- Paraguay
- President - Federico Chávez, President of Paraguay (1949–1954)
- Peru
- President - Manuel A. Odría, President of Peru (1950–1956)
- Prime Minister - Zenón Noriega Agüero, President of the Council of Ministers of Peru (1950–1954)
- Uruguay
- Head of State - Andrés Martínez Trueba, President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay (1951–1955)
- Venezuela
- President - Marcos Pérez Jiménez, President of Venezuela (1952–1958)
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