Risk events in South America, July 2026
This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.
1288 events were recorded: 6 earthquakes, 1114 conflict events, and 168 unrest events.
1288 eventsSources: ucdp · gdelt
1288 events· South America
ConflictUnrest
- Colombia: 487
- Venezuela: 273
- Brazil: 184
- Chile: 97
- Peru: 86
- Earthquake
- 6
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,114
- 34 in the list
- Unrest
- 168
- 4 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
1288 events · newest first
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in San Pedro de los Milagros, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · San Pedro de los Milagros · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Santiago (Cali), Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Santiago (Cali) · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Valledupar, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Valledupar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Caicara del Orinoco, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Caicara del Orinoco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Caicara del Orinoco, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Caicara del Orinoco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Caicara del Orinoco, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Caicara del Orinoco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Caicara del Orinoco, Venezuela
Severity 4 · Venezuela · Caicara del Orinoco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Los Polvorines, Argentina
Severity 3 · Argentina · Los Polvorines · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Caicara del Orinoco, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Caicara del Orinoco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Puerto Cabello · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sao Joao de Meriti, Brazil
Severity 3 · Brazil · Sao Joao de Meriti · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Rio Cuarto (Río Cuarto), Argentina
Severity 3 · Argentina · Rio Cuarto (Río Cuarto) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Caicara del Orinoco, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Caicara del Orinoco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Caicara del Orinoco, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Caicara del Orinoco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Caicara del Orinoco, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Caicara del Orinoco · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Puerto Cabello · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.