South America Has Countries, Not U.S. States

There are no U.S. states in South America. South America is a continent comprising 12 sovereign countries:

1. Argentina
2. Bolivia
3. Brazil
4. Chile
5. Colombia
6. Ecuador
7. Guyana
8. Paraguay
9. Peru
10. Suriname
11. Uruguay
12. Venezuela

Plus one overseas department: French Guiana (France).

Each country has its own internal divisions (provinces, states, departments, regions), but these are not U.S. states.