South America
- Argentina
- President -
- Arturo Umberto Illia, President of Argentina (1963–1966)
- Revolutionary junta, Head of State of Argentina (1966)
- Juan Carlos Onganía, President of Argentina (1966–1970)
- President -
- Bolivia
- Head of State -
- René Barrientos + Alfredo Ovando Candía, Co-Chairmen of the Military Junta of Bolivia (1965–1966)
- Alfredo Ovando Candía, Chairman of the Military Junta of Bolivia (1966)
- René Barrientos, President of Bolivia (1966–1969)
- Head of State -
- Brazil
- President - Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, President of Brazil (1964–1967)
- Chile
- President - Eduardo Frei Montalva, President of Chile (1964–1970)
- Colombia
- President -
- Guillermo León Valencia, President of Colombia (1962–1966)
- Carlos Lleras Restrepo, President of Colombia (1966–1970)
- President -
- Ecuador
- Head of State -
- Ramón Castro Jijón, Chairman of the Military Junta of Ecuador (1963–1966)
- Telmo Vargas, Chief of Staff of Armed Forces of Ecuador (1966)
- Clemente Yerovi, Interim President of Ecuador (1966)
- Otto Arosemena, Interim President of Ecuador (1966–1968)
- Head of State -
- Guyana
- British Guiana gained independence on 26 May 1966
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Guyana (1966–1970)
- Governor-General -
- Sir Richard Luyt, Governor of British Guiana (1964–1966), Governor-General of Guyana (1966)
- Sir David Rose, Governor-General of Guyana (1966–1969)
- Prime Minister - Forbes Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana (1964–1980)
- Paraguay
- President - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954–1989)
- Peru
- President - Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (1963–1968)
- Prime Minister - Daniel Becerra de la Flor, President of the Council of Ministers of Peru (1965–1967)
- Uruguay
- Head of State -
- Washington Beltrán, President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay (1965–1966)
- Alberto Héber Usher, President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay (1966–1967)
- Head of State -
- Venezuela
- President - Raúl Leoni, President of Venezuela (1964–1969)
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