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 ...

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 ...

Michel Temer Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 31 December 2018. He took office after the impeachment and removal from off ...

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 ...

Tião Viana Sebastião Afonso Viana Macedo Neves, better known as Tião Viana ( Rio Branco, February 9, 1961), is a doctor and Brazilian politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in ...

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. ...

Renan Filho José Renan Vasconcelos Calheiros Filho (born December 8, 1979) is a Brazilian economist and politician. He is a former governor of Alagoas, who served from January 2015 to April 2022. He is affiliated with the Brazilian Democratic Movement. He ...

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 ...

David Almeida David Antônio Abisai Pereira de Almeida, (born February 8, 1969) better known as David Almeida, is a Brazilian lawyer and politician affiliated to the Avante. He was elected mayor of Manaus in the municipal elections of Brazil in 2020. In 2017 ...

Amazonino Mendes Amazonino Armando Mendes (born November 16, 1939) is a Brazilian politician. He served as the Governor of the Brazilian state of Amazonas for three non-consecutive tenures. He was born in Eirunepé, Amazonas. He first served as governor from 19 ...

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 ...

Rui Costa Rui Manuel César Costa (; born 29 March 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who is the 34th president of sports club S.L. Benfica. He also succeeded Luís Filipe Vieira as president of the club's SAD board of directors. ...

Camilo Santana Camilo Sobreira de Santana (born 3 June 1968) is a Brazilian agricultural engineer and politician, affiliated to the Workers' Party (PT). He has a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering from the Federal University of Ceará and a mast ...

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 ...

Marconi Perillo Marconi Ferreira Perillo Júnior (born in Goiânia, March 7, 1963) is a Brazilian politician, affiliate to the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). He is the former governor of the state of Goiás (1999–2002; 2003–2006; 2011–2018). ...

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 ...

Flávio Dino Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa (born 30 April 1968) is a Brazilian attorney, politician and teacher. A former federal judge, Dino was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2006, serving a four-year term until 2011, representing the state of Ma ...

Pedro Taques José Pedro Gonçalves Taques (born March 15, 1968) is a Brazilian teacher and politician. He has previously as governor of Mato Grosso and senator for the same state.Mato Grosso do Sul:

Reinaldo Azambuja Reinaldo Azambuja Silva (born May 13, 1963) is a Brazilian agriculturalist and politician, affiliated with the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, is the current governor of Mato Grosso do Sul since 2015, a position he will hold until January 1, 2 ...

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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 ...

: Fernando Damata Pimentel *

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 ...

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Simão Jatene Simão Robison Oliveira Jatene is the former Governor of the Brazilian state of 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, Toca ...

* Paraíba:

Ricardo Coutinho Ricardo Vieira Coutinho (born November 18, 1960, in João Pessoa) is a Brazilian politician who served as the 50th governor of the Brazilian state of Paraíba Paraíba ( Tupi: ''pa'ra a'íba''; ) is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Bra ...

* Paraná:

Beto Richa Carlos Alberto "Beto" Richa (born June 29, 1965) is a Brazilian engineer and politician. He was the Governor of the Brazilian state of Paraná until April 6, 2018, when he resigned to run for a seat at the Brazilian Senate. He was succeeded by C ...

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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 ...

: Paulo Câmara * 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 ...

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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 ...

: *

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 ...

: Robinson Faria * Rio Grande do Sul:

José Ivo Sartori José Ivo Sartori (born 25 February 1948) is a Brazilian politician. He is a former city councilor and former mayor of Caxias do Sul and belongs to PMDB. He is married to Maria Helena Sartori, with whom he has two sons, Marcos and Carolina. He w ...

* Rondônia:

Confúcio Moura Confúcio Aires Moura (born May 16, 1948 Dianópolis, Tocantins) is a Brazilian politician and member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMBD). He served as the Governor of Rondônia between January 1, 2011 and April 6, 2018. In 2018 ...

* Roraima: Suely Campos * Santa Catarina:

Raimundo Colombo The name Raimundo may refer to: * Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino (1907–1986) * Raimundo Calcagno, Spanish screenwriter * Raimundo Rolón, brief President of Paraguay * Raimundo Orsi, Argentinian footballer * Raimundo Diosdado Caballero, Catho ...

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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 ...

: Geraldo Alckmin *

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 ...

:

Jackson Barreto Jackson Barreto de Lima (born May 6, 1944) is a Brazilian lawyer, politician, and member of the PMDB. Barreto has served as the Governor of Sergipe since December 2, 2013, following the death of his predecessor, Governor Marcelo Déda, who di ...

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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 ...

: Marcelo Miranda

Vice governors

* Acre: Maria Nazareth Melo de Araújo Lambert *

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. ...

: José Luciano Barbosa da Silva * Amapá: João Bosco Papaléo Paes * Amazonas: José Henrique Oliveira (until 4 October), João Bosco Gomes Saraiva (starting 4 October) *

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 ...

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João Leão João Rodrigo Reis Carvalho Leão (born 15 February 1974) is a Portuguese economist, university professor, and politician. He served as Minister of Finance in the government of Prime Minister António Costa of Portugal, sworn in on 15 June 2020 ...

* Ceará: Maria Izolda Cela de Arruda Coelho *

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 ...

: César Roberto Colnago *

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 ...

: José Eliton de Figueiredo Júnior *

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 ...

: Carlos Orleans Brandão Júnior * Mato Grosso: Carlos Henrique Baqueta Fávaro (until 5 April), vacant thereafter * Mato Grosso do Sul: Rose Modesto *

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 ...

: Antônio Eustáquio Andrade Ferreira *

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 ...

: José da Cruz Marinho * Paraíba:

Lígia Feliciano Ana Lígia Costa Feliciano (born 21 April 1957) is a Brazilian doctor, businesswoman, and politician who served as the vice-governor of Paraíba from 2015 to 2023. She served as vice-governor under governors Ricardo Coutinho and João Azevêdo. S ...

* Paraná: Maria Aparecida Borghetti (until 6 April), vacant thereafter *

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 ...

: Raul Jean Louis Henry Júnior * Piaui: Margarete de Castro Coelho *

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 ...

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Francisco Dornelles Francisco Dornelles (born January 7, 1935) is a Brazilian lawyer, economist and politician. He was the vice governor of Rio de Janeiro from 2015 to 2019 and was the interim Governor during March and October 2016 after the illness of governor Luiz ...

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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 ...

: Fábio Dantas * Rio Grande do Sul: José Paulo Dornelles Cairoli * Rondônia: * Roraima: Paulo César Justo Quartiero * Santa Catarina:

Eduardo Pinho Moreira Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator * Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footb ...

*

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 ...

: Márcio França *

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 ...

: Belivaldo Chagas Silva *

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 ...

: Cláudia Telles de Menezes Pires Martins Lelis

Events

January

*January 1 * January 2 – At least 56 people were killed in the 2017 Manaus prison riot at the Anisio Jobim penitentiary complex in Amazonas state. * January 6 – Members of the

Primeiro Comando da Capital Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC; "First Command of the Capital", , 1533) is, according to a 2012 Brazilian Government report, the largest Brazilian criminal organization, with a membership of almost 20,000 members, 6,000 of whom are in prison ...

(PCP) prison gang saved 31 inmates in the Monte Cristo in the state of Roraima, in revenge for an earlier massacre in Amazonas that saved 56 inmates. , agency=Reuters * January 13 – Police raid multiple Rio de Janeiro locations in an investigation of

Caixa Econômica Federal Caixa Econômica Federal (, ''Federal Savings Bank''), also referred to as Caixa, is a state-owned Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Brasília, Brazil. It is the fourth largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as t ...

lending practices. * January 15 ** At least 10 inmates are killed in a prison riot between rival gangs in

Natal NATAL or Natal may refer to: Places * Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, a city in Brazil * Natal, South Africa (disambiguation), a region in South Africa ** Natalia Republic, a former country (1839–1843) ** Colony of Natal, a former British colony ( ...

. ** Another 33 prisoners were killed in a fresh outbreak of violence at Alcacuz prison in Rio Grande state. * January 19 – A small plane carrying

Brazilian Supreme Court The Supreme Federal Court ( pt, Supremo Tribunal Federal, , abbreviated STF) is the supreme court (court of last resort) of Brazil, serving primarily as the Constitutional Court of the country. It is the highest court of law in Brazil for const ...

Justice Teori Zavascki crashed into the sea near the tourist town of

Paraty Paraty (or Parati, ) is a preserved Portuguese colonial (1500–1822) and Brazilian Imperial (1822–1889) municipality with a population of about 43,000. Indeed, the name "Paraty" originates from the local Guaianá Indians' Indigenous Tupi ...

, Brazil, killing the magistrate and four other people. Zavascki had been handling the politically-charged,

Operation Car Wash Operation Car Wash ( pt, Operação Lava Jato) was a criminal investigation by the Federal Police of Brazil's Curitiba branch. It began in March 2014 and was initially headed by investigative judge in France, but unlike judges in the common law ...

corruption trials. * January 21 –

Brazilian police The Federal Police of Brazil (Portuguese: ''Polícia Federal'') is a federal law enforcement agency of Brazil and one of the three national police forces. The other two are the Federal Highway Police, and the National Force. From 1944 to 1967 ...

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 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 ...

's prisons since the beginning of the year. * January 30 –

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 ...

ian police arrest

EBX Group EBX Group is a conglomerate that comprises six companies listed in BOVESPA’s Novo Mercado, including: OGX, MMX, OSX, and CCX, founded and formerly controlled by Brazilian businessman Eike Batista, the chairman of the EBX Group, who was, in 2018 ...

CEO

Eike Batista Eike Fuhrken Batista da Silva (; born 3 November 1956) is a Brazilian-German serial entrepreneur who made and lost a fortune in mining and oil and gas industries. He engaged in a quest to promote Brazil's infrastructure with large-scale project ...

for allegedly bribing officials in

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 ...

, including former Governor of Rio de Janeiro

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. ...

.

February

*February 6 – Brazilian President

Michel Temer Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 31 December 2018. He took office after the impeachment and removal from off ...

deployed the Brazilian Army to the southeastern state of

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 ...

, where a

police The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...

strike Strike may refer to: People * Strike (surname) Physical confrontation or removal *Strike (attack), attack with an inanimate object or a part of the human body intended to cause harm *Airstrike, military strike by air forces on either a suspected ...

led to a wave of violence and looting, including dozens of murders in the state capital, Vitória. *February 17 - Supreme Court judge

Edson Fachin Luiz Edson Fachin (born 8 February 1958) is a Brazilian jurist and lawyer. On June 16, 2015, he became a justice of the Supreme Federal Court. Before that, he was a professor of civil law of the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). See also *O ...

authorized an investigation into efforts to impede the

Operation Car Wash Operation Car Wash ( pt, Operação Lava Jato) was a criminal investigation by the Federal Police of Brazil's Curitiba branch. It began in March 2014 and was initially headed by investigative judge in France, but unlike judges in the common law ...

kickback investigation. Prosecutor General

Rodrigo Janot Rodrigo Janot Monteiro de Barros (born September 15, 1956, Belo Horizonte) is a Brazilian jurist who served as the Prosecutor General of the Republic The Prosecutor General of the Republic ( pt, Procurador-Geral da República) is the head of ...

had accused former President and current Senator

José Sarney José Sarney de Araújo Costa (; born José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa; 24 April 1930) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and writer who served as 31st president of Brazil from 1985 to 1990. He briefly served as the 20th vice president of ...

and Senators Romero Juca and Renan Calheiros of obstruction of justice, citing conversations secretly recorded by cooperating witness Sergio Machado, former head of a unit at Petrobras

March

*March 7 -- Economic figures released showing that the Brazilian economy shrank 3.6% in 2016. *March 16 – SpaceX successfully launches the

EchoStar 23 EchoStar Corporation is an American company, a worldwide provider of satellite communication and Internet services through its Hughes Network Systems and EchoStar Satellite Services business segments. EchoStar is based out of unincorporated Arapa ...

satellite, a Direct-to-home television broadcast services for

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 ...

, into a

geosynchronous transfer orbit A geosynchronous transfer orbit or geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) is a type of geocentric orbit. Satellites that are destined for geosynchronous (GSO) or geostationary orbit (GEO) are (almost) always put into a GTO as an intermediate step f ...

, using the fully expendable version of their

Falcon 9 Falcon 9 is a partially reusable medium lift launch vehicle that can carry cargo and crew into Earth orbit, produced by American aerospace company SpaceX. The rocket has two stages. The first (booster) stage carries the second stage and pay ...

launch vehicle. *March 17 ** Operation Carne Fraca starts, investigating some of the country's largest meat processing companies. ** Share prices for meatpacker

JBS S.A. JBS S.A. is a Brazilian company that is the largest meat processing company (by sales) in the world, producing factory processed beef, chicken and pork, and also selling by-products from the processing of these meats. It is headquartered in Sã ...

dropped 10% on the news. *March 25 – China, Chile and Egypt lift their bans on importing meat from Brazil.

April

*April 5 - Former Rio state Secretary of Heath Sérgio Côrtes charged with two other people with obstruction of justice for trying to get former under-secretary Cesar Romero to change his testimony in an

Operation Car Wash Operation Car Wash ( pt, Operação Lava Jato) was a criminal investigation by the Federal Police of Brazil's Curitiba branch. It began in March 2014 and was initially headed by investigative judge in France, but unlike judges in the common law ...

investigation *April 13 – A former

Odebrecht Odebrecht S.A. (), officially known as Novonor, is a Brazilian conglomerate, headquartered in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, consisting of diversified businesses in the fields of engineering, construction, chemicals and petrochemicals. The company w ...

executive, jailed for bribery, says that

Michel Temer Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 31 December 2018. He took office after the impeachment and removal from off ...

was involved in a scheme to funnel a $40million dollar illegal campaign contribution to his party's campaign fund. Temer denies this. *April 17 – A federal judge orders Petrobras to suspend the sale to

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'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. *April 25 – In

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

around 50 armed men allegedly belonging to the

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 ...

-based First Capital Command, storm a security vault and police headquarters in

Ciudad del Este Ciudad del Este (, Spanish for Eastern City; often shortered as CDE) is the second-largest city in Paraguay and capital of the Alto Paraná Department, situated on the Paraná River. It is located 327 km from Asunción, the capital, and is ...

, escaping with around $6 million in a daring cross-border raid. *April 28 **A nationwide general strike takes place against cuts to

social security Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specifical ...

benefits and changes to labour laws by

Michel Temer Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 31 December 2018. He took office after the impeachment and removal from off ...

's government, including plans to raise the retirement age to 65. This is the first general strike in Brazil in twenty years. **Rocha Loures was filmed leaving a pizzeria with 500,000 reis in a carry-on he had received from one of

Joesley Batista Joesley Mendonça Batista (born 8 December 1972) is a Brazilian businessman, son of José Batista Sobrinho. He is responsible for the expansion and internationalization process of JBS S.A., the largest meat-packing company in the world, and one ...

's executives. **

Eike Batista Eike Fuhrken Batista da Silva (; born 3 November 1956) is a Brazilian-German serial entrepreneur who made and lost a fortune in mining and oil and gas industries. He engaged in a quest to promote Brazil's infrastructure with large-scale project ...

released from prison pending trial by Supreme Court justice

Gilmar Mendes Gilmar Ferreira Mendes (born December 30, 1955) is a Brazilian Justice of the Supremo Tribunal Federal (Brazilian Supreme Federal Court), appointed by then President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in 2002. Mendes was also the Chief Justice for the 200 ...

. Batista had been charged with making $16.5 million in bribes to the former governor of Rio de Janeiro state.

May

*May 11 – The

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informs the

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of ...

that it is ending its state of emergency concerning the

Zika virus ''Zika virus'' (ZIKV; pronounced or ) is a member of the virus family ''Flaviviridae''. It is spread by daytime-active '' Aedes'' mosquitoes, such as '' A. aegypti'' and '' A. albopictus''. Its name comes from the Ziika Forest of Uganda, w ...

, following a 95.3% reduction in cases in early 2017 compared to early 2016. *May 17 - ''

O Globo ''O Globo'' (, ''The Globe'') is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro. ''O Globo'' is the most prominent print publication in the Grupo Globo media conglomerate. Founded by journalist Irineu Marinho, owner of '' A Noite'', it was ori ...

'' reported it had obtained recordings of President

Michel Temer Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 31 December 2018. He took office after the impeachment and removal from off ...

discussing a bribe for Eduardo Cunha, imprisoned on a nine-year sentence for corruption, money laundering and tax evasion in return for not talking to prosecutors. Temer strongly denied the report. *May 18 – Police searched the Rio de Janeiro apartment of

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 ...

, who narrowly lost the 2014 presidential election to Dilma Rousseff in the second-round runoff. The Supreme Court, which has jurisdiction in criminal trials of sitting politicians, suspended Neves'senatorial status pending a criminal trial. An Odebrecht executive seeking a lighter sentence on his own bribery charges filmed Nueves discussing a payment of two million reis, roughly $638,000. *May 19 **The Supreme Federal Court released a plea bargain testimony from

JBS S.A. JBS S.A. is a Brazilian company that is the largest meat processing company (by sales) in the world, producing factory processed beef, chicken and pork, and also selling by-products from the processing of these meats. It is headquartered in Sã ...

, revealing that the company paid 500 million

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in bribes to politicians, including current

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 ...

Michel Temer Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 31 December 2018. He took office after the impeachment and removal from off ...

and his predecessors

Dilma Rousseff Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first ...

and

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. **Protesters demand new elections after the release of an audio tape in which Temer appears to approve a hush money payment to Eduardo Cunha. *May 24 – Protestors set fire to the

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headquarters in

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amid calls for the impeachment or resignation of

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as

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over allegations of corruption.

June

*June 6 –

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(TSE) reopened the illegal campaign funding case against

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Michel Temer Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 31 December 2018. He took office after the impeachment and removal from off ...

, the vice presidential candidate on former President

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's ticket in

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. Temer became president in August 2016 when Rousseff was impeached, and could be unseated if the court annuls the Rousseff–Temer election victory. *June 7 - TSE heard a motion on the admissibility of new allegations made in plea bargain testimony by construction company Odebrecht about illegal campaign contributions to the political ticket shared by then-president

Dilma Rousseff Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first ...

and then-vice president Michel Temer, who replaced her after her impeachment. *June 9 **TSE votes 4–3 to reject campaign finance case against Temer which had also implicated Rousseff as his running mate. *June 13 - Sergio Cabral Filho, governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro 2007-2014, was sentenced to 14 years and two months in prison for corruption and money laundering in a scheme involving kickbacks for construction contracts such as a Rio petrochemical plant. Former Rio interior minister Wilson Carlos Carvalho, described as Cabral's right hand, was also found guilty and sentenced to ten years. Judge

Sérgio Moro Sergio Fernando Moro (; born 1 August 1972) is a Brazilian jurist, former federal judge, college professor and politician. He was elected to be a member of the Federal Senate for Paraná in October 2022. In 2015 he gained national attention ...

said there was not enough evidence to convict Cabral's wife, Adriana Ancelmo. *June 21 **reports surfaced of a Temer administration plan to lift restrictions on foreign mining company operations within a 150-mile zone of the country's border. **DataPoder puts Temer approval rating at 2%. *June 27 **

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Michel Temer Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 31 December 2018. He took office after the impeachment and removal from off ...

is charged with corruption by

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. The case eventually went to the Supreme Federal Court. **A federal court upholds

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's appeal of his 15-year sentence for bribery and money laundering. *June 29 - Ipsos Institute poll puts Temer disapproval rating at 93%.

July

*July 4 - Temer's government introduces a legislative initiative described as labor reform. *July 11 -Temer signs MP 759 into law, making significant changes to Brazilian land and

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policies that environmentalists say threaten to worsen

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and a massive asset transfer to large landowners. *July 12 – Judge

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sentences former

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ian president

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after finding him guilty 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. *July 25 - Temer appointed minister of culture. *July 27 - Transparency NGO Contas Abertas (Open Accounts) said Temer had spent 4.2 billion reais ($1.33 billion) since June, compared to 100 million reais in January through May, in advance of a vote in the lower house on corruption charges that could remove him from office.

August

*August 3 – In

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sign

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from

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for a world-record

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fee of

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222 million ( £200 million,

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264 million). *August 6 - Police and soldiers raid five poor suburbs of Rio de Janeiro looking for those responsible for a string of truck hijackings. * August 11 **Sérgio Côrtes, former Secretary of Health in Rio de Janeiro state, said in court that $3 million US had been deposited for his use in a Swiss bank account in connection with an overbilling scheme involving protheses at a Rio trauma center. ** Petrobras discovered "oil accumulation in the Campos basin's

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, in the area of Marlim Sul field." *August 16 - Justice Minister Torquato Jardim said at a conference that Brazil's informal economy accounted for 16% of its

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. *August 21 – Temer government announces plans to

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Electrobras, the Petrobras subsidiary that produces 40% of Brazil's electricity. *August 22 – The passenger ship ''Comandante Ribeiro'' sinks in the

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near

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with the loss of at least ten lives. *August 23 - News emerged that

Michel Temer Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 31 December 2018. He took office after the impeachment and removal from off ...

had abolished the protected status of a huge piece of land in the remote northern Amazon known as the National Reserve of Copper and Associates (Renca). *August 25 –

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Michel Temer Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 31 December 2018. He took office after the impeachment and removal from off ...

abolishes the 46,000 km² National Reserve of Copper and Associates (Renca)

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, which spans the borders of Amapá and

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states in northern Brazil. More than 20 domestic and multinational firms have expressed an interest in accessing the area's deposits of

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,

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,

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, iron ore,

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and

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. *August 29 - issued an injunction against the revocation of Renca, saying that Michel Temer had exceeded his authority and that the area's ecological protections could only be undertaken by the legislative branch.

September

*September 6 - Prosecutors file corruption charges in connection with Operation Carwash against ex-presidents

Dilma Rousseff Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first ...

and

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, better known as Lula. It was the first time allegations had been made against Rousseff. Lula had previously been charged in connection with a beach house that prosecutors say was a bribe. *September 8 – Prosecutor

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files charges in the Supreme Court against officials in President

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's

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accusing them of forming a criminal organization. *September 10 -

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(Funai), the Brazilian agency for indigenous people, charged that a group of miners had boasted of killing as many as ten members of an uncontacted tribe. *September 11 **Authorities investigated the reported murder of ten members of an

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ian tribe in the Javari Valley. **Brazilian prosecutors announced a joint investigation with Venezuela of a scheme in which Venezuelan government agency

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overpaid for agricultural equipment from Brazil's America Trading by $64 million. Investigators said that most of the payments wound up in accounts in Panama, Switzerland and the United States. *September 15 - Additional corruption charges are filed against Michel Temer in relation to illegal campaign contributions from

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*September 16 - Brazil imposed a 20%

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on imports of US

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. *September 28 - Brazil auctions oil leases, raising more than one billion dollars.

October

*October 4 –

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ian police detain fugitive

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former left-wing guerrilla and convicted murderer Cesare Battisti, as he was attempting to flee across the border into Bolivia to avoid extradition back to Italy and face his life sentence prison term for four murders in the 1970s. *October 5 – In the town of

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,

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state, a recently dismissed security guard set fire to a childcare center killing ten children and three teachers, and leaving, mostly children aged four and five, injured. *October 18 - The

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(Federal Accounting Court) said

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(BNDES) paid 20% too much for shares it bought of

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from Joseley and Wesley Batista, causing an $89 million loss. *October 26 – Brazil's Chamber of Deputies voted 233–251 on a motion to approve impeachment proceedings against President

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. The motion required a two-thirds majority (342 votes) to proceed. Brazilian law requires Chamber of Deputies approval of a Supreme Court trial; criminal charges cannot be brought against a sitting president under Brazilian law. *October 27 – Brazil auctions offshore oil leases to Exxon Mobil, Statoil and

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.

November

* November 12 - The Brazilian Grand Prix takes place at the

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in the

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neighborhood of

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. the race is won by Sebastian Vettel and is the final home race for Brazilian Felipe Massa. * November 21 - Temer signs immigration bill into law. * November 29 -

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(INPE) said

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increased 29% that year, on top of a 24% increase the year before. * November 30 - Supreme Court upholds ban on the use of asbestos in Brazil.

December

*

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reduces Brazil's credit rating from BB to BB−. * December 6 - Alleged Rio de Janeiro drug lord Avelino da Silva, known as Rogério 157, arrested in Arará following more than 20 deaths and 14 injuries in Rocinha. * December 12 **the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) selected Geraldo Alckmin as its presidential candidate in the upcoming 2018 general election. **Charges were filed in the 10th Federal Court in Brasilia against of accepting a bribe as an aide to Michel Temer. Rocha Loures had been filmed leaving a São Paulo pizzeria with a bag containing 500,000 reis which was, according to prosecutors, supposed to be a down payment on a R38 million to be paid over nine months. Temer had been charged as well but the Chamber of Deputies voted against allowing the Supreme Court to try the charge. Prosecution of Temer on that charge thereupon could not proceed until he left office. This filing represented a move forward in a criminal case against Rocha Lourdes. * December 15 - Ecudadorean vice-president

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was sentenced to six years in prison for taking $13.5 million from Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht. * December 19 -

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released from prison after two and a half years. Seven years of his reduced sentence remained but he'd been greenlighted to serve the remainder of his sentence at his luxury home in São Paulo. Originally sentenced to 9 years, Odebrecht's sentence was reduced in return for his cooperation in

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. * December 28 - Brazilian Supreme Court chief justice Cármen Lúcia upheld the appeal of chief prosecutor

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against Temer's Christmas pardon, which he had expanded to cover first offenders with convictions for non-violent crimes who had served at least one fifth of their sentence. Corncerns had been expressed that the change was intended to benefit politicians convicted under the

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investigation.

Arts and culture

* 2016–17 Brazil network television schedule *

List of Brazilian films of 2017 The following is a list of cinema of Brazil, Brazilian films released in 2017. January – March April – June See also * 2017 in Brazil References External linkstv_series&year=2017,2017 Feature Films Released In 2017 With Country of ...

Sports

*

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Deaths

January

* January 3 – Vida Alves, 88, actress, multiple organ failure. * January 19 – ** Loalwa Braz, 63, singer-songwriter ("

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"). ** Teori Zavascki, 68, Supreme Court judge, Operação Lava Jato reporter, plane crash. * January 20 – Carlos Alberto Silva, 77, football manager ( Guarani,

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,

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,

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,

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).

February

* February 1 – Albano Bortoletto Cavallin, 86, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

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(1986–1992) and Archbishop of

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(1992–2006), surgical complications. * February 3 –

Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva ('' née'' Casa; 7 April 1950 – 3 February 2017) was the wife of the 35th and 39th president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and First Lady of Brazil from 2003 to 2010. Lula's first wife, Maria de Lourdes ...

, 66, trade unionist, First Lady (2003–2010), stroke. * February 11 –

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, 26, professional basketball player ( Boston Celtics). * February 13 – Paulo Henrique Filho, 52, footballer. * February 28 – Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira, 90, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ipameri (1975–1985) and Archbishop of

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(1985–2002).

March

* March 25 – Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira, 88, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

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(1981–1989), Archbishop of Paraíba (1995–2004). * March 29 –

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, 70, writer.

April

* April 4 – Clóvis Frainer, 86, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Manaus (1985–1991) and

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(1991–2001). * April 6 – ** Bona Medeiros, 86, politician, Governor of Piauí (1986–1987). ** Newton Holanda Gurgel, 93, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Crato (1993–2001). * April 23 – Jerry Adriani, 70, singer and actor, cancer. * April 30 – Belchior, 70, singer and composer.

May

* May 2 – Eduardo Portella, 84, essayist, author and politician, Minister of Education (1979–1980). * May 5 –

Almir Guineto Almir de Souza Serra (12 July 1946 – 5 May 2017), better known by his stage name Almir Guineto, was a Brazilian sambista, singer and songwriter and instrumentalist, working in the genres of samba and pagode. Biography Guineto was director of ...

, 70, sambista, kidney disease and diabetes. * May 7 – Elon Lages Lima, 87, mathematician. * May 10 –

Nelson Xavier Nelson Agostini Xavier (30 August 1941 – 10 May 2017) was a Brazilian actor. He appeared in more than 95 films and television shows between 1959 and 2017. He starred in the 1964 film '' Os Fuzis'', which won the Silver Bear Extraordinary ...

, 75, actor ('' The Guns'', '' A Queda''), lung disease. * May 12 –

Antonio Candido Antonio Candido de Mello e Souza (July 24, 1918 – May 12, 2017) was a Brazilian writer, professor, sociologist, and literary critic. As a critic of Brazilian literature, he is regarded as having been one of the foremost scholars on the subject ...

, 98, literary critic and sociologist. * May 19 –

Kid Vinil Kid Vinil, stage name of Antônio Carlos Senefonte ( Cedral, 10 March 1955 – São Paulo, 19 May 2017), was a Brazilian singer, radio broadcaster, composer and journalist. He became famous in the Brazilian rock of the 1980s. Biography Kid Vinil ...

, 62, musician and record producer.

June

* June 12 – Pessalli, 26, footballer ( Grêmio,

Angers Angers (, , ) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French Revolution. The inhabitants of both the city and the pr ...

, Paraná), traffic collision. * June 13 – José Odon Maia Alencar, 88, politician, Governor of Piauí (1966), Mayor of Pio IX (1959–1962). * June 15 – Wilma de Faria, 72, politician, governor of

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 ...

(2003–2010), cancer. * June 16 – Eliza Clívia, 37, singer, traffic collision. * June 27 – João Oneres Marchiori, 84, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Caçador Caçador () is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil. History The banks of the Rio do Peixe (Fish River) were inhabited by ethnic native groups of Kaingangs and Xoklengs until 1881, when families of ...

(1977–1983) and

Lages Lages is a Brazilian municipality located in the central part of the state of Santa Catarina, in the region known in Portuguese as "Planalto Serrano". It is located in the mountain region of the state and is the largest municipality of it. It ...

(1987–2009).

July

* July 3 – Ângelo Angelin, 82, politician, Governor of Rondônia (1985–1987). * July 4 – Maria d'Apparecida, 91, opera singer. * July 7 – Johnson Kendrick, 25, footballer (

Al-Gharafa Al-Gharafa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الغرافة الرياضي) is a Qatari multisports club based in the Al Gharrafa district of Al Rayyan. It is best known for its football team, although it also has teams for other sports. It was estab ...

), shot. * July 10 – Elvira Vigna, 69, writer, cancer. * July 20 –

Marco Aurélio Garcia Marco Aurélio Garcia (22 June 1941 – 20 July 2017) was a Brazilian politician, as a member of the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores). He was a professor of Latin American History on leave from UNICAMP The State University of Cam ...

, 76, politician, heart attack. * July 23 –

Waldir Peres Waldir Peres de Arruda (January 2, 1951 – July 23, 2017), known as Waldir Peres, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, in particular with São Paulo and the Brazilian national team. Playing career Club At club level, P ...

, 66, footballer (

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 ...

,

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

), world championship bronze medalist ( 1978), heart attack. * July 24 –

Domingo Alzugaray Domingo Cecílio Alzugaray (22 November 1932 – 24 July 2017) was an Argentine-born Brazilian actor and journalist who was the founding editor of ISTOÉ, established in 1976. Selected filmography *''Bendita seas'' (1956) *''Pobres habrá siempre ...

, 84, Argentine-born Brazilian actor and journalist, founder of '' ISTOÉ'', complications of Alzheimer's disease. * July 26 – Maxlei dos Santos Luzia, 42, footballer (

Botafogo Botafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a beachfront neighborhood ('' bairro'') in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of ...

, AA Portuguesa, Vila Nova), cerebral edema. * July 27 – Perivaldo Dantas, 64, footballer (

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

,

Botafogo Botafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a beachfront neighborhood ('' bairro'') in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of ...

,

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), pneumonia. * July 29 – José Osvaldo de Meira Penna, 100, diplomat and writer.

August

* August 4 –

Luiz Melodia Luiz Carlos dos Santos (7 January 1951 – 4 August 2017), widely known by his stage name Luiz Melodia, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter whose music was a characteristic crossover of multiple Music genres including Música popular brasileira (M ...

, 66, actor, singer and songwriter, bone marrow cancer. * August 5 – Ralph Biasi, 69, politician, Mayor of

Americana Americana may refer to: *Americana (music), a genre or style of American music *Americana (culture), artifacts of the culture of the United States Film, radio and television * ''Americana'' (1992 TV series), a documentary series presented by J ...

(1973–1977) and

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(1988–1989). * August 11 –

Luiz Vicente Bernetti Luis Vicente Bernetti (24 March 1934 – 11 August 2017) was a Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1958, Bernetti served as auxiliary bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Palmas-Francisco Belrão, Brazil, from 1996 to 2005. He then serv ...

, 83, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Apucarana Apucarana is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The municipality covers at an elevation of above mean sea level. Its 2020 population was estimated as 136,234. Transportation The city is served by Cap. João Busse Airport whic ...

(2005–2009). * August 17 – Paulo Silvino, 78, actor and humorist ('' A Praça É Nossa'', ''

Zorra Total ''Zorra Total'' was a Brazilian television comedy broadcast by TV Globo. It was launched on March 25, 1999, and has been shown on Saturdays at 10p.m. since May 1999. Despite being audience leader in its exhibition schedule, ''Zorra'' is heavily cr ...

''), stomach cancer. * August 22 –

Pedro Pedrossian Pedro Pedrossian (13 August 1928 – 22 August 2017) was a Brazilian politician. A member of the Party of National Mobilization, he served two terms as the Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul. The first term (1980–83) was an appointed role, before ...

, 89, politician, Governor of Mato Grosso (1966–1971) and Mato Grosso do Sul (1980–1983, 1991–1995). * August 26 –

Wilson das Neves Wilson das Neves (June 14, 1936 – August 26, 2017) was a Brazilian percussionist and singer from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a key figure in the history of Brazilian music, having played with many of Brazil's greatest musicians across many ...

, 81, percussionist and singer, cancer. * August 27 – José Maria Pires, 98, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Araçuaí Araçuaí is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais in the Jequitinhonha River valley. The Araçuaí River, a tributary of the Jequitinhonha, flows through it. Its population was estimated to be 36,712 peo ...

(1957–1965) and Archbishop of Paraíba (1965–1995), pneumonia.

September

* September 4 – Rogéria, 74, actress and drag queen, septic shock. * September 15 –

Izidoro Kosinski Izidoro Kosinski (1 April 1932 – 15 September 2017) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1957, Kosinski served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Três Lagoas The Roman Catholic Diocese of Três Lagoas ( la, Dioec ...

, 85, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Três Lagoas Três Lagoas ("Three Ponds") is a municipality in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. It is the third most populous city in that state. Founded in 1915, colonization began in 1880 by Luís Correia Neves Filho, Antônio Trajano dos Santos e Protásio Garc ...

(1981–2009). * September 16 – Marcelo Rezende, 65, journalist and television presenter, complications from pancreatic and liver cancer. * September 17 –

Laudir de Oliveira Laudir Soares de Oliveira (6 January 1940 – 17 September 2017) was a Brazilian musician and producer mostly renowned for his time as percussionist with the band Chicago. Oliveira grew up in Rio de Janeiro, and started working professionally in ...

, 77, percussionist (

Sérgio Mendes Sérgio Santos Mendes (; born February 11, 1941) is a Brazilian musician. His career took off with worldwide hits by his group Brasil '66. He has over 55 releases and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk. He was nominated for ...

,

Marcos Valle Marcos may refer to: People with the given name ''Marcos'' *Marcos (given name) Sports ;Surnamed * Dayton Marcos, Negro league baseball team from Dayton, Ohio (early twentieth-century) * Dimitris Markos, Greek footballer * Nélson Marcos, Portug ...

,

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) and producer. * September 22 – Elizete da Silva, 46, heptathlete, South American champion ( 2001, 2005, 2006), traffic collision.

October

* October 5 – ** Heley de Abreu Silva Batista, 43, teacher ( Janaúba Tragedy), burns. **

Ruth Escobar Maria Ruth dos Santos Escobar, known professionally as Ruth Escobar (March 31, 1935 – October 5, 2017) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian film and television actress, businesswoman, and politician. A prominent icon in Brazilian theater, Escobar was ...

, 81, Portuguese-born Brazilian actress ('' The Jew'') and politician, founder of Teatro Ruth Escobar. * October 8 – Michel Fernando Costa, 36, footballer (

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), leukemia. * October 11 – Nélio José Nicolai, 77, electrotechnician, inventor of

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. * October 22 – **

Ângela Lago Ângela Maria Cardoso Lago (17 December 1945 – 22 October 2017) was a Brazilian children's author and illustrator of poems dedicated to children. She began drawing at the age of three and spent time in the United States, Venezuela and Scotland e ...

, 71, writer and illustrator. ** Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier, 80, French-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Guajará-Mirim Guajará-Mirim is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. It is located at an altitude of 128 meters. Its population was 46,556 (2020) and its area is 24,856 km².IBGE /ref> Location Guajará-Mirim lies along the Mamoré River, j ...

(1980–2011), hemorrhagic stroke.

November

* November 4 –

Tallys Tallys Machado de Oliveira, or simply Tallys, (October 26, 1987 – November 4, 2017) was a Brazilian attacking midfielder. He played for Paysandu of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B until his death in 2017. Tallys died in a traffic collisio ...

, 30, footballer ( Paysandu), traffic collision. * November 5 –

Dionatan Teixeira Dionatan do Nascimento Teixeira (24 July 1992 – 5 November 2017) was a Brazilian-born Slovakian professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Teixeira began playing football with local side Londrina EC in Brazil before he was given t ...

, 25, Brazilian-born Slovak footballer ( Košice, Stoke City), heart attack. * November 7 – Amelia Toledo, 90, sculptor and painter. * November 10 – **

Moniz Bandeira Luiz Alberto de Vianna Moniz Bandeira (30 December 1935, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil – 10 November 2017) was a Brazilian writer, professor, political scientist, historian and poet. Early life Luiz Alberto de Vianna Moniz Bandeira is a descendan ...

, 81, political scientist, historian and poet. **

Márcia Cabrita Márcia Martins Alves (20 January 1964 – 10 November 2017), known professionally as Márcia Cabrita, was a Brazilian film, television and theater actress known mostly for her comedic roles. Biography Márcia Martins Alves was born in Niterói ...

, 53, actress (''

Sai de Baixo ''Sai de Baixo'' (a Brazilian Portuguese slang roughly translated as "get out of the way") is a Brazilian sitcom that first aired on Rede Globo from 1996 to 2002. It followed the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the ...

'', ''

Sete Pecados ''Sete Pecados'' (''Seven Sins'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. It was written by Walcyr Carrasco, with Claudia Soto and Andre Ryoki. The directors were Jorge Fernando, Pedro Vasconcelos and Fred Mayrink. Fernand ...

'', ''

Novo Mundo Novo Mundo is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil. The municipality contains most of the Cristalino State Park, created in 2001. The municipality contains the Cristalino II State Park, created in 20 ...

''), ovarian cancer. * November 15 – Frans Krajcberg, 96, Polish-born Brazilian artist. * November 26 –

José Doth de Oliveira José Doth de Oliveira (1 March 1938 – 26 November 2017) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate. Born in Pedra Branca, Ceará, Doth de Oliveira was ordained to the priesthood in 1964. He served as the Bishop of Iguatu from 2000 until he resig ...

, 79, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Iguatu Iguatu is a city in Ceará, a Brazilian State, with a population of 103,074 (2020 est.). Edinaldo Lavor is the city's mayor. History A village of Quixelôs Indians existed at this site before the arrival of the Portuguese. In 1707 the Society of ...

(2000–2009), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

December

* December 5 – Victor Fontana, 101, politician, Vice-Governor of Santa Catarina (1983–1987). * December 8 – Ocimar Versolato, 56, Brazilian fashion designer, aneurysm following a stroke. * December 10 –

Eva Todor Eva Todor Nolding (born Eva Fodor; 9 November 1919 – 10 December 2017) was a Brazilian actress and dancer. Biography Eva Fodor was born in Budapest but emigrated with her family to Brazil in 1929. She later changed her surname to Todor. Sh ...

, 98, Hungarian-born Brazilian actress, pneumonia. * December 21 – **

Francelino Pereira Francelino Pereira dos Santos (2 July 1921 – 21 December 2017) was a Brazilian politician. From 1995 to 2003, he was a member of the Federal Senate. He served as Governor of Minas Gerais from 1979 to 1983 and as Deputy from 1963 to 1979. He w ...

, 96, Brazilian politician, Senator (1995–2003),

Governor of Minas Gerais , the number of governors of Minas Gerais, Brazil, since the Proclamation of the Republic in November 15, 1889, reached 50. Until 1930 the governors were called presidents. The current governor is Romeu Zema (NOVO). Governors in the republican ...

(1979–1983), and Deputy (1963–1979). ** Renan Martins Pereira, 20, Brazilian footballer (

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), brain cancer.

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