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 203 dead and one hundred and five 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]
- February 17: Four children die after a landslide in Mauá, São Paulo.[10]
March
- March 13:
- Two former military police officers are arrested in Brazil for the murders of Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes. One of the suspects was arrested at home, in a Rio de Janeiro gated community where President Jair Bolsonaro also resides. Franco was born in a Rio favela and became a politician and activist against violence in the slums, which are often controlled by paramilitary groups. Her assassination prompted widespread protests. [11]
- Two men, of 17 and 25 years old, attack a school in the Brazilian city of Suzano, São Paulo, with a revolver and a knife, killing eight and wounding 23 people, among students and staff. The two shooters committed suicide after the attack. Police have found a crossbow, Molotov cocktails and a "suitcase with wires" at the scene.[12]
- March 21: Former President Michel Temer is arrested as part of an investigation into corruption. Former Governor of Rio de Janeiro Moreira Franco is also arrested.[13]
April
May
June
July
- July 29: At least 52 people are killed, including sixteen who were beheaded, during a prison riot in Pará, which saw rival gangs battle for five hours. [17]
August
September
October
November
December
Arts and culture
Sports
Births
Deaths
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January
- January 8 - José Belvino do Nascimento, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itumbiara (1981–1987) and Divinópolis (1989–2009).
- January 9 - Óscar González-Quevedo, 88, Spanish-born Brazilian Jesuit priest and parapsychologist, heart disease.
- January 15 - Edyr de Castro, 72, Brazilian actress (Roque Santeiro, Por Amor, Cabocla), and singer, multiple organ failure.
- January 28 - Antônio Petrus Kalil, 93, Brazilian criminal, pneumonia.
February
- February 6 - Jairo do Nascimento, 72, Brazilian footballer (Corinthians, Coritiba), kidney cancer.
- February 10 - Daniel Silva dos Santos, 36, Brazilian footballer, cancer.
- February 11 - Ricardo Boechat, 66, Argentine-born Brazilian journalist (O Globo, O Dia, Jornal do Brasil), helicopter crash.
- February 13 - Bibi Ferreira, 96, Brazilian actress (Leonora of the Seven Seas, The End of the River) and singer.
- February 16 - Silvestre Luís Scandián, 87, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Araçuaí (1975–1981) and Archbishop of Vitória (1984–2004).
- February 19 - João Paulo dos Reis Veloso, 87, Brazilian economist, Minister of Planning (1969–1979), president of the Institute of Applied Economic Research (1969).
- February 23 - Douglas, 51, Brazilian-born Swedish scarlet macaw actor (Pippi in the South Seas).
- February 25
- Waldo Machado, 84, Brazilian footballer (Fluminense, Valencia, national team).
- Paulo Nogueira Neto, 96, Brazilian environmentalist, Secretary of the Environment (1974–1986).
- Nelson Zeglio, 92, Brazilian footballer (Sochaux, CA Paris, Roubaix-Tourcoing).
March
- March 11 - Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório, 75, Brazilian football player (Santos, national team) and manager (Valeriodoce), world champion (1962), heart attack.
- March 12 - Eurico Miranda, 74, Brazilian football chairman (Vasco da Gama) and politician, Deputy (1995–2002).
- March 17 – João Carlos Marinho, 83, writer (O Gênio do Crime).[18]
- March 26 - Rafael Henzel, 45, Brazilian sports broadcaster, survivor of LaMia Flight 2933crash, heart attack.
April
- April 7 - Jean Paul Jacob, 81–82, Brazilian-American computer scientist.
- April 15 - Marcelo Dascal, 78, Brazilian-born Israeli philosopher and linguist.
- April 19 – MC Sapão, 40, singer, pneumonia.[19]
- April 20 - Valdiram, 36, Brazilian footballer (CR Vasco da Gama), beaten.
- April 21 – Jerusa Pires Ferreira, 81, professor, translator (Paul Zumthor) and essayist, Prêmio Jabuti laureate (1993), cancer.[20]
- April 25 - Dirceu Krüger, 74, Brazilian footballer (Coritiba), heart attack.
- April 26 - Zé do Carmo, 85, Brazilian ceramist, heart attack.
- April 28
- Caroline Bittencourt, 37, Brazilian model, drowned.
- Maurício Peixoto, 98, Brazilian engineer and mathematician.
- April 29 - José Rodrigues Neto, 69, Brazilian footballer (Flamengo, Ferro Carril Oeste, national team), thrombosis.
- April 30 - Beth Carvalho, 72, Brazilian samba singer (Estação Primeira de Mangueira).
May
- May 11 - Lúcio Mauro, 92, Brazilian actor and comedian, respiratory failure.
- May 14 - Urbano José Allgayer, 95, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Passo Fundo (1982–1999).
- May 18 - Ney da Matta, 52, Brazilian football manager (Ipatinga, Brasiliense, CRAC), pancreatitis.
- May 25 - Lady Francisco, 84, Brazilian actress.
- May 27 - Gabriel Diniz, 28, Brazilian singer and composer, plane crash.
June
- June 2 - Gabi Costa, 33, Brazilian actress (Nada Será Como Antes), cardiorespiratory arrest.
- Flora Diegues, 34, Brazilian film director and actress, brain tumor.
- Luisinho Lemos, 67, Brazilian footballer, heart attack.
- June 3
- Sônia Guedes, 86, Brazilian actress.
- Paulo Zimbres, 86, Brazilian architect.
- June 7
- Serguei, 85, Brazilian rock singer-songwriter, multiple organ failure.
- Lafayette Galvão, 87, Brazilian film director, actor and screenwriter.
- June 8 - Andre Matos, 47, Brazilian singer (Viper, Angra, Shaman), heart attack.
- June 9 - Rafael Miguel, 22, Brazilian actor (Chiquititas), shot.
- June 14 - Clóvis Rossi 76, Brazilian journalist (Folha de S. Paulo), heart attack.
- June 17 - Moacyr Grechi, 83, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Porto Velho (1998–2011).
- June 19 - Rubens Ewald Filho, 74, Brazilian film critic.
- June 22
- Thalles, 24, Brazilian football player (Vasco da Gama, Ponte Preta, U20 national team), traffic collision.
- Paulo Pagni, 61, Brazilian drummer (RPM), pulmonary fibrosis.
- June 28 - Mário Jorge da Fonseca Hermes, 92, Brazilian basketball player.
- June 29 - Michael Uchendu, 21, Brazilian basketball player (Bauru), jet ski accident
July
- July 6
- João Gilberto, 88, Brazilian singer-songwriter.
- Salomão Schvartzman, 83, Brazilian journalist (O Globo), lawyer and sociologist.
- July 7 – Paulo Bomfim, 93, Brazilian poet, complications from a fall.
- July 8 – Tunica Teixeira, 69, Brazilian sound designer and musical producer, cancer.
- July 10 – Paulo Henrique Amorim, 77, Brazilian journalist.
- July 28 – Ruth de Souza, 98, Brazilian actress.
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.
- ^ "Quatro crianças são encontradas mortas em Mauá em desabamentos após temporal". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "Brazil: two ex-police officers arrested over murder of Marielle Franco". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "Dupla ataca escola em Suzano, mata oito pessoas e se suicida". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "Michel Temer: Brazil ex-president arrested in corruption probe". BBC. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/brazil-evangelicals-jesus-march-millions
- ^ https://www.christianpost.com/news/3-million-christians-rally-brazil-proclaim-gospel-pray-end-corruption.html
- ^ http://evangelicalfocus.com/world/4549/The_March_for_Jesus_gathers_millions_in_Brazil
- ^ "Brazil jail riot in Para state leaves 52 dead as gangs fight". BBC. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ João Carlos Marinho, autor de 'O Gênio do Crime', morre aos 83 anos, em São Paulo Template:Pt icon
- ^ MC Sapão, do hit 'Eu Tô Tranquilão', morre aos 40 anos no Rio Template:Pt icon
- ^ Morre a professora e ensaísta Jerusa Pires Ferreira aos 81 anos Template:Pt icon
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