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G-50 Timeline
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Following the tragic attacks of September 11, 2001, the G-50 cancels its Eighth Annual Meeting, scheduled to begin on September 12. Many members are stranded in route to Washington.
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In January, El Salvador approves the "Monetary Integration" law, which makes the U.S. dollar legal tender alongside the colón. Dollars gradually replace colóns, which are no longer printed and in practice the economy becomes dollarized.
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An appeals court in Chile declares in January that former dictator Augusto Pinochet is mentally unfit to stand trial on charges linked to the killings of dissidents before and during his 1973-1990 dictatorship.
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In January, Ecuador's Vice President Gustavo Noboa assumes the presidency, taking control from a three-man military junta that ousted President Jamil Mahuad and briefly seized power.
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Founding G-50 member Roberto Dañino is named Prime Minister of Peru on July 26.
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After being diagnosed with cancer, Hugo Banzer resigns in August and his vice president Jorge Tuto Quiroga Ramírez becomes the new president of Bolivia.
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Fernando de la Rua, President of Argentina, resigns in December after riots break out. In fewer than two weeks, Argentina's executive office changes leadership five times.
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