South America
- Argentina
- President -
- Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, President of Argentina (1955–1958)
- Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina (1958–1962)
- President -
- Bolivia
- President - Hernán Siles Zuazo, President of Bolivia (1956–1960)
- Brazil
- President - Juscelino Kubitschek, President of Brazil (1956–1961)
- Chile
- President -
- Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, President of Chile (1952–1958)
- Jorge Alessandri, President of Chile (1958–1964)
- President -
- Colombia
- Head of State -
- Gabriel París Gordillo, Chairman of the Military Junta of Colombia (1957–1958)
- Alberto Lleras Camargo, President of Colombia (1958–1962)
- Head of State -
- Ecuador
- President - Camilo Ponce Enríquez, President of Ecuador (1956–1960)
- Paraguay
- President - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954–1989)
- Peru
- President - Manuel Prado Ugarteche, President of Peru (1956–1962)
- Prime Minister -
- Manuel Cisneros Sánchez, President of the Council of Ministers of Peru (1956–1958)
- Luis Gallo Porras, President of the Council of Ministers of Peru (1958–1959)
- Uruguay
- Head of State -
- Arturo Lezama, President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay (1957–1958)
- Carlos Fischer, President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay (1958–1959)
- Head of State -
- Venezuela
- President -
- Marcos Pérez Jiménez, President of Venezuela (1952–1958)
- Wolfgang Larrazábal, President of Venezuela (1958)
- Edgar Sanabria, President of Venezuela (1958–1959)
- President -
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