2019 in Brazil

Events in the year 2019 in Brazil.

2019 in Brazil
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Year of Constitution: 1988

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Federal government

Governors

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Events

January

February

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 commit suicide afterwards. Police find 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

June
  • June 20: 3 million evangelicals march in São Paulo For the "March For Jesus".[14][15][16]

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]

September

November

December
  • December 26: a group called the "Popular Nationalist Insurgency Command of the Large Brazilian Integralist Family" claimed responsibility for a firebombing of the headquarters of comedy group Porta dos Fundos in Rio de Janeiro.[19]

Arts and culture

Sports

Deaths

January

February

March

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.[21]
  • 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.[22]
  • April 25 – Dirceu Krüger, 74, Brazilian footballer (Coritiba), heart attack.
  • April 26 – Zé do Carmo, 85, Brazilian ceramist, heart attack.
  • April 28
  • 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
  • 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.

August

September
  • September 1 – Alberto Goldman, 81, Brazilian politician, MP (1979–2006), Minister of Transport (1992–1993) and Governor of São Paulo (2010–2011), cancer.
  • September 4 – Elton Medeiros, 89, Brazilian MPB and samba singer, pneumonia.
  • September 7 – Ilo Krugli, 88, Brazilian actor.
  • September 15 – Roberto Leal, 67, Portuguese-Brazilian singer, skin cancer.
  • September 28 – Franco Cuter, 79, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Grajaú (1998–2016).

October

November
  • November 1 – Ary Kara, 77, Brazilian politician, Deputy (1983–2007), cancer.
  • November 3 – Girônimo Zanandréa, 83, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Bishop (1987–1994) and Bishop of Erexim (1994–2012).
  • November 17 – Tuka Rocha, 36, Brazilian race car driver, plane crash.
  • November 18 – Reinaldo, O Príncipe do Pagode, 65, Brazilian singer, lung cancer.
  • November 20 – Fábio Barreto, 62, Brazilian film director (Lula, Son of Brazil, O Quatrilho), complications from a traffic collision.
  • November 22 – Gugu Liberato, 60, Brazilian television presenter, fall.
  • November 22 – Henry Sobel, 75, Portuguese-born Brazilian-American reform rabbi, cancer.

See also
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References
  1. "O presidente Jair Bolsonaro recebe a Faixa Presidencial". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). January 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  2. "Brazil quits U.N. migration pact, will still take in Venezuelan refugees: source". Reuters. January 8, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  3. "Brumadinho dam collapse: 'Little hope' of finding missing in Brazil". BBC News. January 25, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  4. "Rodrigo Maia é reeleito presidente e comandará Câmara até 2021". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  5. "Após desistência de Renan e duas votações, Davi Alcolumbre é eleito presidente do Senado em 1º turno". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  6. "Temporal no Rio mata 3 pessoas, derruba árvores, alaga ruas e hotel". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  7. "Sobe para seis o número de mortos em decorrência das chuvas no Rio". UOL (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  8. "Atletas da base do Flamengo morrem em incêndio no CT Ninho do Urubu". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  9. "Ricardo Boechat: Brazil news anchor dies in helicopter crash". BBC News. February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  10. "Quatro crianças são encontradas mortas em Mauá em desabamentos após temporal". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  11. "Brazil: two ex-police officers arrested over murder of Marielle Franco". The Guardian. March 12, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  12. "Dupla ataca escola em Suzano, mata oito pessoas e se suicida". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  13. "Michel Temer: Brazil ex-president arrested in corruption probe". BBC News. March 21, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  14. "3 million evangelicals march in Brazil: 'Our country belongs to Jesus'". Fox News. June 28, 2019.
  15. "3 million Christians rally in streets of São Paulo to proclaim Gospel, pray to end corruption". June 29, 2019.
  16. "The March for Jesus gathers millions in Brazil".
  17. "Brazil jail riot in Para state leaves 52 dead as gangs fight". BBC News. July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  18. "Brazil's ex-President Lula freed from prison".
  19. "Brazil police investigate fire-bombing of 'gay Jesus' film office". BBC. December 26, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  20. "João Carlos Marinho, autor de 'O Gênio do Crime', morre aos 83 anos, em São Paulo". Folha de S.Paulo. March 18, 2019. Archived from the original on March 19, 2019.
  21. "Morre MC Sapão, expoente do funk carioca dos anos 2000". O Globo. April 19, 2019. Archived from the original on September 12, 2019.
  22. "Morre a professora e ensaísta Jerusa Pires Ferreira aos 81 anos". noticias.uol.com.br.
  23. "Ex-presidente do Bradesco, Lázaro Brandão morre aos 93 anos". G1. Archived from the original on October 17, 2019.

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