South America
- Argentina
- President -
- Isabel Martínez de Perón, President of Argentina (1974–1976)
- Ítalo Argentino Lúder, Acting President of Argentina (1975)
- President -
- Bolivia
- President - Hugo Banzer, President of Bolivia (1971–1978)
- Brazil
- President - Ernesto Geisel, President of Brazil (1974–1979)
- Chile
- President - Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile (1974–1990)
- Colombia
- President - Alfonso López Michelsen, President of Colombia (1974–1978)
- Ecuador
- President - Guillermo Rodríguez, President of Ecuador (1972–1976)
- Falkland Islands (British crown colony)
- Governor -
- Sir Ernest Gordon Lewis, Governor of the Falkland Islands (1971–1975)
- Sir Neville Arthur Irwin French, Governor of the Falkland Islands (1975–1977)
- Governor -
- Guyana
- President - Arthur Chung, President of Guyana (1970–1980)
- Prime Minister - Forbes Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana (1964–1980)
- Paraguay
- President - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954–1989)
- Peru
- Head of State -
- Juan Velasco Alvarado, President of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces of Peru (1968–1975)
- Francisco Morales Bermúdez, President of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces of Peru (1975–1980)
- Prime Minister -
- Edgardo Mercado Jarrín, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1973–1975)
- Francisco Morales Bermúdez, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1975)
- Óscar Vargas Prieto, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1975–1976)
- Head of State -
- Suriname
- Suriname, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands gained independence on 25 November 1975
- President - Johan Ferrier, Governor-General of Suriname (1968–1975), President of Suriname (1975–1980)
- Prime Minister - Henck Arron, Prime Minister of Suriname (1973–1980)
- Uruguay
- President - Juan María Bordaberry, President of Uruguay (1972–1976)
- Venezuela
- President - Carlos Andrés Pérez, President of Venezuela (1974–1979)
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