Events in the year 2010 in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Incumbents

Federal government

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (; born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), known mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist, and former metalworker who is the president-elect of Brazil. A member of the Workers' Party ...

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...

José Alencar José Alencar Gomes da Silva (; 17 October 1931 – 29 March 2011) was a Brazilian people, Brazilian businessman, entrepreneur and politician who served as the 23rd vice president of Brazil from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2010. In business fr ...

Gomes da Silva

Governors

* Acre:

Binho Marques Binho Marques (born October 29, 1962, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian politician, and was the Governor of Acre from 2006 to 2010, when the government was assumed by Tião Viana Sebastião Afonso Viana Macedo Neves, better known as Tião Viana ( ...

Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. ...

Teotônio Vilela Filho Teotônio Brandão Vilela Filho ( Viçosa, Alagoas, January 29, 1951) is a Brazilian economist, politician and Governor of Alagoas from 2007 to 2015. He graduated at the Universidade de Brasília and then specialized in Business Administration ...

* Amapa:

Waldez Góes Antônio Waldez Góes da Silva (born October 29, 1961) is a Brazilian politician. He serves as governor of Amapá Amapá () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is in the northern region of Brazil. It is the second least populous state and ...

(until 4 April), Pedro Paulo Dias de Carvalho (4 April-31 December) * Amazonas: Eduardo Braga (until 31 March),

Omar Aziz Omar José Abdel Aziz (born November 9, 1958) is a Brazilian politician. He served as the Governor of the Brazilian state The federative units of Brazil ( pt, unidades federativas do Brasil) are subnational entities with a certain degree of au ...

(starting 31 March) *

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest b ...

Jaques Wagner Jaques Wagner (born 16 March 1951) is a Brazilian politician who was Governor of Bahia from 2007 to 2015 and Minister of Defence in 2015. Wagner, whose parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland, was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1951. In his youth, ...

* Ceará:

Cid Gomes Cid Ferreira Gomes (born 27 April 1963) is a Brazilian politician who serves as a Senator for the state of Ceará since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT) since 2015, and is the brother of fellow Brazilian politician Cir ...

Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...

Paulo Hartung Paulo Cesar Hartung Gomes (born April 21, 1957) is a Brazilian politician and was the Governor of the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo from 2003 until 2010. He served as Governor of Espírito Santo for a third, nonconsecutive term from January ...

Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goi ...

: Alcides Rodrigues *

Maranhão Maranhão () is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of . Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and ...

Roseana Sarney Roseana Sarney Murad (born 1 June 1953) is a Brazilian politician and sociologist. She was the governor of the Brazilian state of Maranhão from 1995 to 2002 and again from 2009 to 2014. She is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Part ...

* Mato Grosso: Blairo Maggi then Silval da Cunha * Mato Grosso do Sul:

André Puccinelli André Puccinelli (born 2 July 1948) is an Italian-Brazilian physician and politician, affiliated with the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB). He was the first foreigner to be List of mayors of Campo Grande (Mato Grosso do Sul), mayor of Campo Gr ...

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

Aécio Neves Aécio Neves da Cunha (; born 10 March 1960) is a Brazilian economist, politician and former president of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). He was the 17th Governor of Minas Gerais from 1 January 2003 to 31 March 2010, and is curren ...

(until 31 March), Antônio Anastasia (starting 31 March) *

Pará Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana ...

: Ana Júlia Carepa * Paraíba:

José Maranhão José Targino Maranhão (6 September 1933 – 8 February 2021) was a Brazilian politician who served as governor and senator of Paraíba. He was the son of Benjamim Gomes Maranhão, ex-mayor of Araruna, Paraíba and Dona Benedita Targino Mar ...

* Parana: Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva then Orlando Pessuti *

Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it List of Brazilian states by population, sev ...

: Eduardo Campos * Piauí:

Wellington Dias José Wellington Barroso de Araújo Dias, known as Wellington Dias, (born 5 March 1962, in Oeiras, Piauí) is a Brazilian politician, Governor of Piauí, and a former federal Senator representing Piauí. He is a member of the Workers' Part ...

(until 2 April),

Wilson Martins Wilson Nunes Martins (born May 17, 1953, in Santa Cruz do Piauí, Piauí) is a Brazilian politician and member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB). He served as Governor of Piauí Piaui (, ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the ...

(starting 2 April) *

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

Sérgio Cabral Filho Sérgio de Oliveira Cabral Santos Filho (born January 27, 1963) is a Brazilian politician and a journalist He was elected governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro in the 2006 Brazilian general election and sworn into office on January 1, 2007. ...

Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte (, , ) is one of the states of Brazil. It is located in the northeastern region of the country, forming the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. The name literally translates as "Great Northern River", re ...

: Wilma Maria de Faria * Rio Grande do Sul: Yeda Rorato Crusius * Rondônia: Ivo Narciso Cassol (until 31 March), João Aparecido Cahulla (starting 31 March) * Roraima: José de Anchieta Júnior * Santa Catarina: Luiz Henrique da Silveira (until 25 March), Leonel Pavan (starting 25 March) *

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...

José Serra José Serra Chirico (; born 19 March 1942) is a Brazilian politician who has served as a Congressman, Senator, Minister of Planning, Minister of Health, Mayor of São Paulo, Governor of São Paulo state, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bra ...

(until 2 April), Alberto Goldman (starting 2 April) *

Sergipe Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region along the Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geographical area at , larger only than the Federal District. Serg ...

: Marcelo Déda *

Tocantins Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 20 ...

: Carlos Henrique Gaguim

Vice governors

* Acre: Carlos César Correia de Messias *

: José Wanderley Neto * Amapá: Pedro Paulo Dias de Carvalho * Amazonas: Omar José Abdel Aziz *

: Edmundo Pereira Santos * Ceará: Francisco José Pinheiro *

: Ricardo de Rezende Ferraço *

: Ademir de Oliveira Meneses *

: João Alberto Souza * Mato Grosso: Silval da Cunha Barbosa * Mato Grosso do Sul: Murilo Zauith *

: Antonio Augusto Junho Anastasia (until 31 March), vacant thereafter *

: Odair Santos Corrêa * Paraíba: Luciano Cartaxo Pires de Sá * Paraná: Orlando Pessuti *

: João Soares Lyra Neto * Piauí:

(until 2 April), vacant thereafter *

Luiz Fernando Pezão Luiz Fernando de Souza, commonly known as Luiz Fernando Pezão or even Pezão (English: ''Bigfoot'') (born 29 March 1958) is an entrepreneur, politician and former governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro. He was succeeded by acting Governor Fran ...

: Iberê Ferreira (until 31 March), vacant thereafter * Rio Grande do Sul: Paulo Afonso Girardi Feijó * Rondônia: João Aparecido Cahulla * Roraima: vacant * Santa Catarina: Leonel Pavan (until 25 March), vacant thereafter *

: Alberto Goldman (until 2 April), vacant thereafter *

: Belivaldo Chagas Silva *

: Eduardo Machado Silva

Events

* December 30 (2009) – January 6:

January 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides __NOTOC__ The January 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides was an extreme weather event that affected the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the first days of January 2010. At least 85 people died, with at least 29 people in the Hotel Sankey ...

* February 17: Sinking of the Concordia * April 5:

April 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides The April 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides was an extreme weather event that affected the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the first days of April 2010. At least 212 people died,. . 161 people have been injured (including several resc ...

* April 15: 2010 IBSA summit * April 16: 2nd BRIC summit * May 8:

Miss Brasil 2010 Miss Brazil ( pt, Miss Brasil) is a Brazilian national beauty pageant, held annually since 1954. The competition has gone through several incarnations throughout its history, while its main purpose has been to select the Brazilian representative ...

* June:

2010 Northeastern Brazil floods The 2010 Northeastern Brazil rains caused widespread flooding in the second half of June 2010. The flooding mainly hit Alagoas and Pernambuco, where entire villages were carried away, killing dozens and causing hundreds to disappear. President of ...

* November 21–28: 2010 Rio de Janeiro Security Crisis

Elections

* Brazilian general election, 2010 * Brazilian gubernatorial elections, 2010 * Opinion polling in the Brazilian presidential election, 2010

Founded

* Revista Autismo magazine. * Revista Santástico magazine. * Rádio Santos and Santos TV. *

Canal Viva Viva is a Globosat channel. It was inaugurated on May 18, 2010, and belongs to the lineup of pay TV operators NET, SKY and Via Embratel. The channel features programs from TV Globo and the pay channel GNT on alternative schedules. The focu ...

TV channel. * Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana university. * Cidade Nova Station subway station. * Funvic Brasilinvest-São José dos Campos cycling team. * Liga Brasileira de Futebol Americano,

American Football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

league. * Whitejets airline.

Football Clubs

* Cordino Esporte Clube,

Foz Cataratas Futebol Clube Foz Cataratas Futebol Clube, commonly known as Foz Cataratas, is a Brazilian women's football (soccer) club, based in the city of Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná state, Brazil. They won the 2011 Copa do Brasil, which was the most important competition of ...

, Igreja Nova Futebol Clube, Novoperário Futebol Clube,

Clube Atlético Portal Clube Atlético Portal, commonly known as CAP Uberlândia, is a Brazilian football club based in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais state. History The club was founded in 2010 by Guillherme Ferriera and the former footballer Gilson Batata, who was also ...

São José Esporte Clube (women) São José Esporte Clube, commonly known as just São José, is a Brazilian women's Association football, football club, based in the city of São José dos Campos, São Paulo (state), São Paulo state, Brazil. They won the Copa Libertadores Feme ...

and

União Frederiquense de Futebol União Frederiquense de Futebol, commonly referred to as União Frederiquense, is a Brazilian football club based in Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul. It currently plays in Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1, the top level of the Rio Grande do ...

Film

* List of Brazilian films of 2010 * List of 2010 box office number-one films in Brazil

Television

Debuted

Busão do Brasil ''Busão do Brasil'' was a Brazilian reality television show, which premiered July 30, 2010 with the season finale airing October 19, 2010 on the Band television network. The show was presented by former MTV Brasil VJ Edgard Piccoli, with the dir ...

* El clon Spanish remake of O Clone * Escrito nas Estrelas * Passione (telenovela) *

Por Um Fio ''Por Um Fio'' is a Brazilian reality television show, which premiered September 24, 2010 with the season finale airing December 10, 2010 on the GNT television cable channel. It is the Brazilian version of Bravo's reality competition for hair st ...

* Ribeirão do Tempo * The Buzz *

Uma Rosa com Amor Uma Rosa com Amor is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced by SBT and broadcast from 1 March 2010 to 16 August 2010 in 145 chapters. It was written and adapted by James Santiago, inspired in the Vicente Sesso's work of same title, in collabora ...

Ended

Bela, a Feia ''Bela, a Feia'' (Ugly Bela) is a Brazilian telenovela originally aired on Rede Record from August 4, 2009, to June 2, 2010. A co-production with Televisa, it was based on the Colombian telenovela ''Yo soy Betty, la fea'', as well as the American ...

* Cama de Gato * Caras & Bocas * El clon * Escrito nas Estrelas *

Poder Paralelo ''Poder Paralelo'' ( en, Another Power) is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Rede Record that premiered on April 14, 2009 and ended on March 10, 2010. Written by Lauro César Muniz and directed by Ignácio Coqueiro, it will portray a corruption s ...

* Topa ou Não Topa *

* Seize the Day

Music

* João Lucas & Marcelo form. *

Fellini Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most i ...

stop performing. * First year of SWU Music & Arts

Sport

Football

* 2010 in Brazilian football *

2010 Copa Libertadores Finals The 2010 Copa Libertadores de América Finals was the final two-legged series that determined the 2010 Copa Libertadores de América champion. It was contested between Mexican club Guadalajara and Brazilian club Internacional. The first leg was ...

Brazil at the 2010 FIFA World Cup The following article concerns the performance of Brazil at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Brazil won both their initial qualification group and their group during the tournament itself. They reached the quarter-final stages where they were knocked out ...

2010 Copa Libertadores Femenina The 2010 Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino was the second edition of the Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino, CONMEBOL's premier annual international women's club tournament. The competition was played in São Paulo state, Brazil, from 2 O ...

* 2010 Torneio Internacional Cidade de São Paulo de Futebol Feminino

Tennis

2010 Brasil Open The 2010 Brasil Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 10th edition of the event known as the Brasil Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place in Costa do Sa ...

* 2010 BH Tennis Open International Cup *

2010 Aberto de Brasília The 2010 Aberto de Brasília was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Brasília, Brazil between 9 and 14 Aug ...

* 2010 Aberto de Bahia

Racing

2010 Brazilian Grand Prix The 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2010) was a Formula One motor race held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in the city of São Paulo on 7 November 2010. It was the 18th round of the 2 ...

* 2010 São Paulo Indy 300 *

2010 Rally International of Curitiba The 2010 Rally International of Curitiba, officially 2010 Rally Internacional de Curitiba (''30° Graciosa Rally''), was the second round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season. It was also the first round of the South American R ...

2010 FIA GT1 Interlagos round The 2010 FIA GT1 Interlagos round is an auto racing event held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil on 27–28 November 2010, and served as the ninth round of the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship season. The event shared the wee ...

* 2010 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas *

2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil The 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil (formally the 2010 FIA WTCC HSBC Race of Brazil) was a World Touring Car Championship round held at Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba near Curitiba, Brazil on 7 March 2010. It was the opening round of the 2010 W ...

* 2010 Formula 3 Brazil Open *

2010 GT Brasil season The 2010 Itaipava GT Brasil season was the fourth GT DhiS'_;_63&4&& 2rzv5rasil season. In 2010 the category changes its name replacing GT3 Brasil Championship and the first with GT3 and GT4 class. It began on 21 March at Autódromo José Carlos ...

2010 Stock Car Brasil season The 2010 Copa Caixa Stock Car season was the 32nd Stock Car Brasil season. It began on March 28 at Interlagos and ended on December 5 at Curitiba after twelve rounds. Max Wilson won the Drivers' Championship by thirteen points from Cacá Bueno ...

* 2010 Copa Chevrolet Montana season * 2010 Fórmula Truck season * 2010 Formula 3 Sudamericana season *

2010 Trofeo Linea season The 2010 Trofeo Linea Brasil season is the first Trofeo Linea Brasil season. It began on 30 May at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet and will end on December 5 at Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul after six rounds. The category ...

Misc

* 2010 Panamerican Men's Youth Handball Championship * 2010 USA-Brazil Challenge *

Brazil at the 2010 Winter Olympics Brazil sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, held from 12–28 February 2010. The Brazilian team consisted of five athletes competing in three sports. Background Brazil's first Olympic ...

Brazil at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Brazil participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. The Brazilian squad consisted of 81 athletes competing in 18 sports: aquatics (diving, swimming), athletics, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, gymnastics ...

participate in the 2010 South American Rugby Championship "A"