ABSTRACT.The association between sea surface temperature (SST) over North Atlantic Ocean (Equator to 40 • N and 70 • W to 0 • ) and summer convection over South America is studied through numerical simulations with the CPTEC atmospheric general circulation model. SST anomalies over North Atlantic have influence only in the summer convection over the northernmost region of the South America, with warm SST anomalies there associated with convection over this continental region.