Editing Regional effects of the 2021–2022 global energy crisis (section)

=== South America ===
==== Ecuador ====
In Ecuador, rising fuel prices led to protests by transportation union in Quito.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lahora.com.ec/tungurahua/ambato-sectores-suman-paralizacion | title=Ambato, más sectores se suman a la paralización – Diario la Hora }}</ref> In June 2022, protests by students and workers against rising prices became widespread in what is known as the [[2022 Ecuadorian protests]].

==== Panama ====
Energy shortages were a cause of the [[2022 Panamanian protests]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-15 |title=Protests in Panama impact shortages – Prensa Latina |url=https://www.plenglish.com/news/2022/07/15/protests-in-panama-impact-shortages/,%20https://www.plenglish.com/news/2022/07/15/protests-in-panama-impact-shortages/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Peru ====
[[File:Paro de transportistas en Iquitos (2022).jpg|thumb|[[2022 Peruvian economic protests|2022 Peruvian protests]] due to increased fertilizer and fuel prices]]
In [[Peru]], effects from the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Peru|COVID-19 pandemic]] along with rising fertilizer and fuel prices as part of the [[economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|economic impact]] of the Russian invasion of Ukraine sparked the [[2022 Peruvian economic protests|2022 Peruvian protests]], which resulted with the death of eight individuals and dozens injured.