2017 in Brazil
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Events in the year 2017 in Brazil.
Incumbents
- President: Michel Temer
- Vice president: vacant
Events
January
- January 1 – A gunman shoots dead at least 11 people, including his former wife, and then himself in a murder–suicide at a New Year's party in the southeast Brazilian city of Campinas. Several others reportedly remain in critical condition.[1]
- January 2 – At least 56 people are killed in rebellion at Anisio Jobim penitentiary complex in Amazonas state.[2][3]
- January 6 – Members of the Primeiro Comando da Capital prison gang kill 31 inmates in the Monte Cristo prison in the state of Roraima. This action was revenge for an earlier massacre in a prison in Amazonas that killed 56 inmates.[4]
- January 15 – At least 10 inmates are killed in a prison riot between rival gangs in Natal.[5]
- January 19 – A small plane carrying Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki crashes into the sea near the tourist town of Paraty, Brazil, killing the magistrate and four other people. Zavascki had been handling the politically-charged, Operation Car Wash corruption trials.[6]
- January 21 – Brazilian police enter the Alcacuz prison outside the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte after a week of fighting leaves 26 inmates dead. At least 126 people have been killed in Brazil's prisons since the beginning of the year.[7]
- January 30 – Brazilian police arrest EBX Group CEO Eike Batista for allegedly bribing officials in Rio de Janeiro, including former Governor of Rio de Janeiro Sérgio Cabral Filho.[8]
February
- February 6 – Brazilian President Michel Temer deploys the Brazilian Army to the southeastern state of Espírito Santo, where a police strike has led to a wave of violence and looting, including dozens of murders in the state capital, Vitória.[9][10]
March
- March 16 – SpaceX successfully launches the EchoStar 23 satellite, a Direct-to-home television broadcast services for Brazil, into a geosynchronous transfer orbit, using the fully expendable version of their Falcon 9 launch vehicle.[11]
- March 17 – Operation Carne Fraca starts, investigating some of the country's largest meat processing companies.[12]
- March 25 – China, Chile and Egypt lift their bans on importing meat from Brazil.[13]
April
- April 17 – A federal judge orders Petrobras to suspend the sale to Norway's Statoil of its stake in an offshore prospect, in response to the National Federation of Oil Workers petition there should have been an open bidding process for this transaction.[14]
- April 25 – In Paraguay, around 50 armed men, allegedly belonging to the Brazil-based First Capital Command, storm a security vault and police headquarters in Ciudad del Este, escaping with around $6 million in a daring cross-border raid.[15]
- April 28 – A nationwide general strike takes place against cuts to social security benefits and changes to labour laws by Michel Temer's government, including plans to raise retirement age to 65.[16] This is the first general strike in Brazil in twenty years.[17][18]
May
- May 11 – The federal government of Brazil informs the World Health Organization that it is ending its state of emergency concerning the Zika virus, following a 95.3% reduction in cases in early 2017 compared to early 2016.[19]
- May 19 – The Supreme Federal Court releases a plea bargain testimony from JBS S.A., revealing that the company paid 500 million reais in bribes to politicians, including current President Michel Temer and his predecessors Dilma and Lula.[20]
- May 24 – Protestors set fire to the Ministry of Agriculture headquarters in Brasília amid calls for the impeachment or resignation of Michel Temer as President of Brazil over allegations of corruption.[21]
June
- June 6 – Superior Electoral Court reopens the illegal campaign funding case against President Michel Temer, who was the vice presidential candidate on former President Dilma Rousseff's ticket in 2014. Temer became president in August 2016 when Rousseff was impeached, and could be unseated if the court annuls the Rousseff–Temer election victory.[22]
- June 27 – President Michel Temer is charged with corruption by Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot. The case will now go to the Supreme Federal Court.[23]
July
- July 12 – Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is convicted on corruption and money laundering charges in connection with the Petrobras investigation. Lula, who remains free on appeal, is sentenced to nine and a half years in prison.[24]
August
- August 3 – In association football, Paris Saint-Germain sign Neymar from FC Barcelona for a world-record transfer fee of €222 million (£200 million, US$264 million).[25]
Arts and culture
- 2016–17 Brazil network television schedule
- List of Brazilian films of 2017
Sports
Deaths
- January 3 – Vida Alves, 88, actress, multiple organ failure.[26]
- January 19 – Loalwa Braz, 63, singer-songwriter ("Lambada").[27]
- January 19 – Teori Zavascki, 68, Supreme Court judge, Operação Lava Jato reporter, plane crash.[28][29]
- January 20 – Darci Rossi, 69, sertanejo composer, pneumonia.[30]
- January 20 – Carlos Alberto Silva, 77, football manager (Guarani, Porto, Corinthians, Deportivo La Coruña, Brazil national football team).[31]
- February 1 – Albano Bortoletto Cavallin, 86, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarapuava (1986–1992) and Archbishop of Londrina (1992–2006), surgical complications.[32]
- February 3 – Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, 66, trade unionist, First Lady (2003–2010), stroke.[33]
- February 11 – Fab Melo, 26, professional basketball player (Boston Celtics).[34]
- February 13 – Paulo Henrique Filho, 52, footballer.[35]
- February 15 – Tibério Gaspar, 73, musician and composer.[36]
- February 28 – Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira, 90, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ipameri (1975–1985) and Archbishop of Goiânia (1985–2002).[37]
- March 3 – Dermeval Gonçalves, 91, businessman.[38]
- March 10 – Edvaldo Oliveira Souza, 99, politician.[39]
- March 25 – Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira, 88, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarabira (1981–1989), Archbishop of Paraíba (1995–2004).[40]
- March 29 – João Gilberto Noll, 70, writer.[41]
- April 4 – Clóvis Frainer, 86, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Manaus (1985–1991) and Juiz de Fora (1991–2001).[42]
- April 6 – Bona Medeiros, 86, politician, Governor of Piauí (1986–1987).[43]
- April 6 – Newton Holanda Gurgel, 93, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Crato (1993–2001).[44]
- April 23 – Jerry Adriani, 70, singer and actor, cancer.[45]
- April 30 – Belchior, 70, singer and composer.[46]
- May 2 – Eduardo Portella, 84, essayist, author and politician, Minister of Education (1979–1980).[47]
- May 3 – Sônia Bogner, 66, Brazilian-born German fashion designer.[48]
- May 5 – Almir Guineto, 70, sambista, kidney disease and diabetes.[49]
- May 7 – Elon Lages Lima, 87, mathematician.[50]
- May 10 – Nelson Xavier, 75, actor (The Guns, A Queda), lung disease.[51]
- May 12 – Antonio Candido, 98, literary critic and sociologist.[52]
- May 19 – Kid Vinil, 62, musician and record producer.[53]
- May 23 – Irio De Paula, 78, guitarist and composer.[54]
- June 12 – Pessalli, 26, footballer (Grêmio, Angers, Paraná), traffic collision.[55]
- June 13 – José Odon Maia Alencar, 88, politician, Governor of Piauí (1966), Mayor of Pio IX (1959–1962).[56]
- June 15 – Wilma de Faria, 72, politician, governor of Rio Grande do Norte (2003–2010), cancer.[57]
- June 16 – Eliza Clívia, 37, singer, traffic collision.[58]
- June 27 –João Oneres Marchiori, 84, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Caçador (1977–1983) and Lages (1987–2009).[59]
- July 3 – Ângelo Angelin, 82, politician, Governor of Rondônia (1985–1987).[60]
- July 7 – Johnson Kendrick, 25, footballer (Al-Gharafa), shot.[61]
- July 10 – Elvira Vigna, 69, writer, cancer.[62]
- July 20 – Marco Aurélio Garcia, 76, politician, heart attack.[63]
- July 23 – Waldir Peres, 66, footballer (São Paulo, national team), world championship bronze medalist (1978), heart attack.[64]
- July 24 – Domingo Alzugaray, 84, Argentine-born Brazilian actor and journalist, founder of ISTOÉ, complications of Alzheimer's disease.[65]
- July 26 – Maxlei dos Santos Luzia, 42, footballer (Botafogo, AA Portuguesa, Vila Nova), cerebral edema.[66]
- July 27 – Perivaldo Dantas, 64, footballer (national team, Botafogo, São Paulo Futebol Clube), pneumonia.[67]
- July 29 – José Osvaldo de Meira Penna, 100, diplomat and writer.[68]
- August 4 – Luiz Melodia, 66, actor, singer and songwriter, bone marrow cancer.[69]
References
- ↑ "Shooter kills 11, himself in Brazil New Year's party rampage". Reuters. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ↑ "Dozens killed in prison riot in Brazil city of Manaus". Al-Jazeera. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ↑ "Around 60 killed as drug gangs clash in Brazil prison massacre". Reuters. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ↑ "Brazil gang kills 31, many hacked to death, as prison violence explodes". Reuters. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ↑ "Brazil prisoners beheaded in riot at Natal prison". BBC. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ "Brazil Supreme Court judge handling graft probe killed in plane crash". Reuters. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ↑ "POLICE ENTER BRAZIL PRISON AFTER GANG CLASH; CONTROL TENUOUS". AP. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ↑ "Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista held in corruption probe". BBC. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Brazil sends troops to state torn by violence due to police strike". Reuters. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ↑ "Brazil sends 200 troops to control lethal violence sparked by police strike". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ↑ "SpaceX launches expendable Falcon 9 with EchoStar 23". NASA Spaceflight. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ↑ Agência Brasil, ed. (March 17, 2017). "Justiça Federal no Paraná bloqueia R$1 bilhão dos maiores frigoríficos do país" (in Portuguese). EBC. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ↑ "Brazil meat scandal: China and others lift ban". BBC. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ↑ "Brazil court suspends Petrobras oilfield sale to Statoil". Reuters. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ↑ "'Heist of the century': Brazilian gang hits security vault and police HQ in Paraguay". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/19/brazil-police-storm-congress-over-proposal-to-raise-retirement-age
- ↑ "Brazil faces nationwide strike threatening to paralyze country". Reuters. 28 April 2017.
- ↑ "In Brazil, protesters clash with police as a general strike empties schools and brings business to a halt". LA Times. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ↑ "Brazil calls off Zika emergency". Seven News. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ↑ "Brazil plea-bargain testimony says president took $4.6 million in bribes". Reuters. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ↑ "Brazil protests: Ministerial building set on fire during clashes". BBC. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ↑ "Brazil court opens case that could unseat President Temer". Reuters. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ↑ "Brazil faces fresh turmoil after President Temer charged with corruption". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ↑ "Ex-Brazil President Lula sentenced to nearly 10 years for corruption". Reuters. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ↑ "Neymar: Paris St-Germain sign Barcelona forward for world record 222m euros". BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ↑ Vida Alves, atriz do 1º beijo e do 1º beijo gay da TV brasileira, morre aos 88 anos (in Portuguese)
- ↑ 'Lambada' singer Loalwa Braz found dead in Brazil: Police
- ↑ Plane carrying Brazil Supreme Court judge crashes into sea
- ↑ Relator da Lava Jato no STF, Teori morre aos 68 anos após queda de avião em Paraty, diz filho (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Morre Darci Rossi, compositor de 'Fio de Cabelo' e outros hits sertanejos (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Ex-técnico Carlos Alberto Silva morre aos 77 anos em Belo Horizonte (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Morre Dom Albano Bortoletto Cavallin, arcebispo emérito de Londrina (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Marisa Letícia tem morte cerebral, e família autoriza doação de órgãos (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Former Syracuse, Boston Celtics center Fab Melo dies in Brazil
- ↑ Ex-jogador e técnico do Flamengo, Paulo Henrique morre aos 52 anos (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Morre no Rio o compositor Tibério Gaspar (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Archbishop Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira
- ↑ Responsável pela expansão da RecordTV pelo Brasil morre aos 91 anos (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Morre em Dom Macedo Costa o ex-prefeito e ex-vereador mais velho do Brasil (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Morreu aos 88 anos, Dom Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira, Acebispo do Recife (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Morre o escritor João Gilberto Noll, vencedor de cinco Jabutis, aos 70 (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Morre o arcebispo emérito de Juiz de Fora (MG), Dom Clóvis Frainer (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Morre em Teresina o ex-governador Bona Medeiros aos 86 anos (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Morre, aos 93 anos, dom Newton Holanda Gurgel, quarto bispo da diocese de Crato (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Jerry Adriani morre aos 70 anos no Rio (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Cantor Belchior morre aos 70 anos no Rio Grande do Sul (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Morre o ex-ministro e acadêmico Eduardo Portella (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Sônia Bogner, Designer and Key Executive at Bogner, Dies at 66
- ↑ Sambista Almir Guineto morre aos 70 anos no Rio (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Morre no Rio o matemático Elon Lages Lima, ex-diretor do IMPA (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Ator e diretor Nelson Xavier morre aos 75 anos em Minas Gerais (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Antonio Candido, crítico literário e sociólogo, morre aos 98 anos em São Paulo (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Morre, aos 62 anos, o cantor e produtor Kid Vinil (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Irio De Paula: addio al grande chitarrista e compositore brasiliano (in Italian)
- ↑ Ex-Grêmio e atualmente no Paraná, meia Jonas Pessalli morre após acidente de carro (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Morre o ex-prefeito de Pio IX José Odon Maia Alencar (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Ex-governadora do RN, Wilma de Faria morre em Natal (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Morre ex-vocalista do Cavaleiros do Forró, Eliza Clívia, aos 37 anos, em acidente de trânsito (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Bishop João Oneres Marchiori
- ↑ Morre o ex-governador de Rondônia, Ângelo Angelin (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Brazilian footballer Johnson Kendrick Costa shot dead in attempted robbery in Brazil
- ↑ Morre a escritora Elvira Vigna, em São Paulo, aos 69 anos (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Morre Marco Aurélio Garcia, ex-assessor especial de Lula e Dilma (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Soccer-Brazil's 1982 World Cup goalkeeper Peres dies
- ↑ Morre o fundador da Editora Três, Domingo Alzugaray, aos 84 anos (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Max, ex-goleiro do Botafogo, tem morte cerebral confirmada por médicos (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Lateral da seleção brasileira de 1982 morre aos 64 anos (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Morre o centenário José Osvaldo de Meira Penna, ícone do liberalismo brasileiro (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Luiz Melodia morre aos 66 anos, em decorrência de câncer de medula (in Portuguese)
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