Flags of South America

Three horizontal bands of light blue and white carry the golden Sun of May, modeled on the sun of the Inca deity Inti. First...

The red, yellow and green tricolor adopted in 1851 stands for the blood of heroes, the mineral wealth, and the fertility of the...

A green field bears the yellow rhombus and a blue globe with 27 stars, one for each state and the federal district, arranged as...

Known as La Estrella Solitaria, the flag shows a white star on a blue canton beside white and red bands. The star is held to...

The yellow half with blue and red bands descends from the standard first raised by Francisco de Miranda. Yellow is read as the...

The yellow half over blue and red stripes carries the arms with the Andean condor above the volcano Chimborazo and the river...

The golden arrow head of red over black points to the hoist on a green field. It was designed by Whitney Smith, the American...

The tricolor of 1842 is unique in bearing different emblems on each face, the treasury arms on the reverse and the state arms of...

Red and white bands recall the banner of the liberator Jose de San Martin, said to have been inspired by flamingos rising from a...

Green and white bands of hope and justice frame a broad red stripe of progress bearing a gold star of sacrifice and a golden...

Nine stripes of white and blue, for the nine departments of the era, flank the golden Sun of May with a face, the sun of the...

The bands raised by Miranda and carried by Bolivar bear an arc of eight stars. Seven stand for the provinces that signed the...