2019 in Brazil
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Events in the year 2019 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Events
January
- January 1: Inauguration of Jair Bolsonaro as the 38th President of Brazil.[1]
- January 8: Brazil formally withdraws from the UN's Global Compact for Migration pact, however, Brazil's Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo says that the country will continue to accept Venezuelan refugees.[2]
- January 25: The Brumadinho dam disaster, when a mining dam owned by Vale, collapses in Minas Gerais, leaving 34 dead and three hundred individuals missing.[3]
February
- February 1: Rodrigo Maia is reelected President of Chamber of Deputies.[4]
- February 2: Davi Alcolumbre is elected President of Senate.[5]
- February 6: Heavy rain hits Rio de Janeiro, leaving six people dead and two missing.[6][7]
- February 8: A fire on Flamengo youth academy training camp leaves ten people dead and three injured in Rio de Janeiro[8]
- February 11: A helicopter carrying journalist and news anchor Ricardo Boechat crashes in São Paulo, killing both Boechat and the pilot.[9]
March
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October
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December
Arts and culture
Sports
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ "O presidente Jair Bolsonaro recebe a Faixa Presidencial". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Brazil quits U.N. migration pact, will still take in Venezuelan refugees: source". Reuters. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Brumadinho dam collapse: 'Little hope' of finding missing in Brazil". BBC. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Rodrigo Maia é reeleito presidente e comandará Câmara até 2021". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "Após desistência de Renan e duas votações, Davi Alcolumbre é eleito presidente do Senado em 1º turno". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Temporal no Rio mata 3 pessoas, derruba árvores, alaga ruas e hotel". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "Sobe para seis o número de mortos em decorrência das chuvas no Rio". UOL (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "Atletas da base do Flamengo morrem em incêndio no CT Ninho do Urubu". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ "Ricardo Boechat: Brazil news anchor dies in helicopter crash". BBC. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
