Brazil-related events during the year of 2019
Events in the year 2019 in Brazil .
Deaths
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January
January 8 : José Belvino do Nascimento , 86, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itumbiara (1981–1987) and Divinópolis (1989–2009).January 9 : Óscar González-Quevedo , 88, Spanish-born Brazilian Jesuit priest and parapsychologist, heart disease.January 15 : Edyr de Castro , 72, actress (Roque Santeiro , Por Amor , Cabocla ), and singer, multiple organ failure.January 28 : Antônio Petrus Kalil , 93, criminal, pneumonia.
February
February 6 : Jairo do Nascimento , 72, footballer (Corinthians , Coritiba ), kidney cancer.February 10 : Daniel Silva dos Santos , 36, footballer, cancer.February 11 : Ricardo Boechat , 66, Argentine-born Brazilian journalist (O Globo , O Dia , Jornal do Brasil ), helicopter crash.February 13 : Bibi Ferreira , 96, actress (Leonora of the Seven Seas , The End of the River ) and singer.February 16 : Silvestre Luís Scandián , 87, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Araçuaí (1975–1981) and Archbishop of Vitória (1984–2004).February 19 : João Paulo dos Reis Veloso , 87, economist, Minister of Planning (1969–1979), president of the Institute of Applied Economic Research (1969).February 23 : Douglas , 51, Brazilian-born Swedish scarlet macaw actor (Pippi in the South Seas ).February 25 :
March
March 11 : Coutinho , 75, football player and manager, heart attack.March 12 : Eurico Miranda , 74, chairman of Vasco da Gama and politician.March 17 : João Carlos Marinho , 83, writer (O Gênio do Crime [52] March 26 : Rafael Henzel , 45, sports broadcaster, survivor of LaMia Flight 2933crash , heart attack.
April
April 7 : Jean Paul Jacob , 81–82, Brazilian-American computer scientist.April 15 : Marcelo Dascal , 78, Brazilian-born Israeli philosopher and linguist.April 19 : MC Sapão , 40, singer, pneumonia.[53] April 20 : Valdiram , 36, footballer (CR Vasco da Gama), beaten.April 25 : Dirceu Krüger , 74, footballer (Coritiba), heart attack.April 26 : Zé do Carmo , 85, ceramist, heart attack.April 28 :
April 29 : José Rodrigues Neto , 69, footballer, thrombosis.April 30 : Beth Carvalho , 72, samba singer (Estação Primeira de Mangueira).
May
May 14 : Urbano José Allgayer , 95, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Passo Fundo (1982–1999).May 18 : Ney da Matta , 52, football manager (Ipatinga, Brasiliense, CRAC), pancreatitis.May 25 : Lady Francisco , 84, actress.May 27 : Gabriel Diniz , 28, singer and composer, plane crash.
June
June 2 : Luisinho Lemos , 67, footballer, heart attack.June 8 : Andre Matos , 47, singer (Viper , Angra , Shaman ), heart attack.June 9 : Rafael Miguel , 22, actor (Chiquititas ), shot.June 17 : Moacyr Grechi , 83, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Porto Velho (1998–2011).June 22 : Thalles , 24, football player (Vasco da Gama , Ponte Preta ), traffic collision.June 28 : Mário Jorge da Fonseca Hermes , 92, basketball player.
July
August
August 2 : Gildo Cunha do Nascimento , 79, footballer (Palmeiras , Flamengo , Paranaense ).August 9 : Altair Gomes de Figueiredo , 81, footballer (Fluminense , national team).August 12 : João Carlos Barroso , 69, actor, pancreatic cancer.August 23 : Kito Junqueira , 71, actor (Eternamente Pagú ) and politician.August 25 : Fernanda Young , 49, novelist, screenwriter and actress (Os Normais ), cardiac arrest.August 26 : Walmir Alberto Valle , 81, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Zé Doca (1991–2002) and Joaçaba (2003–2010), cancer.
September
September 1 : Alberto Goldman , 81, MP (1979–2006), Minister of Transport (1992–1993) and Governor of São Paulo (2010–2011), cancer.September 15 : Roberto Leal , 67, Portuguese-Brazilian singer, skin cancer.September 28 : Franco Cuter , 79, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Grajaú (1998–2016).
October
October 8 : Serafim Fernandes de Araújo , 95, Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (1986–2004), complications from pneumonia.October 13 : Elias James Manning , 81, American-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Valença (1990–2014).October 24 : Walter Franco , 74, singer and composer, stroke.October 25 : Mário Sabino , 47, Olympic judoka (2000, 2004), shot.October 30 : Ercílio Turco , 81, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Limeira (1989–2002) and Osasco (2002–2014), cancer.
November
November 1 : Ary Kara , 77, Deputy (1983–2007), cancer.November 3 : Girônimo Zanandréa , 83, Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Bishop (1987–1994) and Bishop of Erexim (1994–2012).November 17 : Tuka Rocha , 36, race car driver, plane crash.November 20 : Fábio Barreto , 62, film director (Lula, Son of Brazil , O Quatrilho ), complications from a traffic collision.November 22 :
Gugu Liberato , 60, television presenter, fall.Henry Sobel , 75, Portuguese-born Brazilian-American reform rabbi, cancer.
December
^ "O presidente Jair Bolsonaro recebe a Faixa Presidencial" . Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). January 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2019 .^ "Veja a cronologia dos ataques no Ceará" . G1 . Retrieved January 10, 2019 .^ "Força Nacional chega ao Ceará para auxiliar no combate a ataque de facções" . G1. January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2019 .^ "Brazil quits U.N. migration pact, will still take in Venezuelan refugees: source" . Reuters . January 8, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .^ "Brumadinho dam collapse: 'Little hope' of finding missing in Brazil" . BBC News . January 25, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019 .^ Plumb, Christian; Nogueira, Marta (January 8, 2020). "Exclusive: Brazil prosecutor aims to charge Vale within days over mining waste dam disaster" . Reuters . Archived from the original on February 12, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via www.reuters.com. ^ "Brumadinho: mais duas vítimas do rompimento da barragem da Vale são identificadas" . G1 Minas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Belo Horizonte, Brazil. December 28, 2019. Archived from the original on December 29, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020 .^ "Ajuda israelense para resgate de vítimas de Brumadinho chega hoje" . Agência Brasil . Retrieved January 1, 2020 .^ "Escritora Angela Gutiérrez será a primeira mulher a presidir a Academia Cearense de Letras | Ceará | G1" . webcache.googleusercontent.com . Retrieved February 12, 2019 .^ "Rodrigo Maia é reeleito presidente e comandará Câmara até 2021" . G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 1, 2019 .^ "Após desistência de Renan e duas votações, Davi Alcolumbre é eleito presidente do Senado em 1º turno" . G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 2, 2019 .^ "Temporal no Rio mata 3 pessoas, derruba árvores, alaga ruas e hotel" . G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 7, 2019 .^ "Sobe para seis o número de mortos em decorrência das chuvas no Rio" . UOL (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 7, 2019 .^ "Saiba quem são os mortos na chuva desta quarta no Rio" . RJTV . Retrieved February 8, 2019 .^ "Atletas da base do Flamengo morrem em incêndio no CT Ninho do Urubu" . G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 8, 2019 .^ "Flamengo de luto: incêndio deixa 10 mortos no Ninho do Urubu" . Globo Esporte ^ Mello, Daniel (February 11, 2019). "Jornalista Ricardo Boechat morre em queda de helicóptero em São Paulo" . Agência Brasil . Retrieved December 31, 2022 . ^ "Ricardo Boechat: Brazil news anchor dies in helicopter crash" . BBC News . February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019 .^ "Incêndio atinge alojamento do Bangu, e três pessoas são encaminhadas para o hospital" . GloboEsporte. February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019 .^ "Incêndio atinge área da usina de Belo Monte, no Pará" . O Globo . February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019 .^ "Supermercado no Jacaré é tomado por incêndio; duas pessoas tiveram ferimentos leves" . O Globo . February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019 .^ Rafael Barifouse (February 13, 2019). "STF debate criminalização da homofobia; saiba o que está em jogo" . BBC . Retrieved February 13, 2019 . ^ "Quatro crianças são encontradas mortas em Mauá em desabamentos após temporal" . G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 17, 2019 .^ "Forte chuva isola áreas na Grande São Paulo e causa alagamentos" . G1 São Paulo.^ "Brazil: two ex-police officers arrested over murder of Marielle Franco" . The Guardian . March 12, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2019 .^ "Dupla ataca escola em Suzano, mata oito pessoas e se suicida" . G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 13, 2019 .^ "Dupla ataca escola em Suzano, mata oito pessoas e se suicida" . G1 . Retrieved January 1, 2020 .^ "Michel Temer: Brazil ex-president arrested in corruption probe" . BBC News . March 21, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019 .^ "Força-tarefa da Lava Jato faz operação para prender Michel Temer e Moreira Franco" . G1.^ "80 tiros e o risco da impunidade no Rio de Janeiro" . El País (in Brazilian Portuguese). April 9, 2019. Archived from the original on April 20, 2020. Retrieved April 8, 2021 .^ Pierre, Eduardo (April 8, 2019). "Veja o que se sabe sobre a ação do Exército que matou músico e deixou 2 feridos no Rio" . G1 . Retrieved April 11, 2019 . ^ "Chuva forte causa deslizamentos, morte e deixa o Rio em estágio de crise" . G1 . Retrieved January 1, 2020 .^ Andreia Verdélio (April 25, 2019). "Bolsonaro extingue horário de verão" . Agência Brasil. Retrieved April 30, 2019 . ^ "Um apostador acerta as seis dezenas da Mega-Sena e leva R$ 289,4 milhões" . O Globo . May 11, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2019 .^ "Cantor Gabriel Diniz morre em acidente de avião em Sergipe" . R7.com . May 27, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2019 .^ Barifouse, Rafael (June 13, 2019). "STF aprova a criminalização da homofobia" . BBC . Retrieved January 1, 2020 . ^ "3 million evangelicals march in Brazil: 'Our country belongs to Jesus' . Fox News ^ "3 million Christians rally in streets of São Paulo to proclaim Gospel, pray to end corruption" . June 29, 2019.^ "The March for Jesus gathers millions in Brazil" .^ "Copa America 2019: Brazil beat Peru 3:1 to win first title in 12 years" .^ "Brazil jail riot in Para state leaves 52 dead as gangs fight" . BBC News . July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019 .^ "Sequestrador de ônibus é morto por atirador de elite na Ponte Rio-Niterói; os 39 reféns passam bem" . G1 . Retrieved October 17, 2019 .^ "Ibama cobra explicações da Shell sobre barris encontrados no litoral do Nordeste" . noticias.uol.com.br . Retrieved October 13, 2019 .^ "Prédio de sete andares desaba em Fortaleza, Ceará" . Gazeta do Povo . Retrieved November 4, 2019 .^ "Brazil's ex-President Lula freed from prison" .^ PAÍS, EL (November 8, 2019). "AO VIVO | Lula deixa a prisão em Curitiba; as últimas notícias" . EL PAÍS . Retrieved November 8, 2019 . ^ Souza - @felipe_dess, Felipe (November 8, 2019). "Defesa de Lula pede soltura 'imediata' e militância prepara palanque em Curitiba" . ^ Amaral, Luciana (November 12, 2019). "Bolsonaro anuncia saída do PSL e confirma novo partido: Aliança pelo Brasil" (in Portuguese). Uol. Retrieved November 13, 2019 . ^ Nolasco, Thiago (November 12, 2019). "Bolsonaro anuncia saída do PSL e criança do Aliança pelo Brasil" (in Portuguese). R7. Retrieved November 13, 2019 . ^ Mazui, Guilherme; Rodrigues, Paloma (November 12, 2019). "Bolsonaro anuncia saída do PSL e criação de novo partido" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved November 13, 2019 . ^ "Brazil police investigate fire-bombing of 'gay Jesus' film office" . BBC . December 26, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019 .^ "João Carlos Marinho, autor de 'O Gênio do Crime', morre aos 83 anos, em São Paulo" . Folha de S.Paulo . March 18, 2019. Archived from the original on March 19, 2019.^ "Morre MC Sapão, expoente do funk carioca dos anos 2000" . O Globo . April 19, 2019. Archived from the original on September 12, 2019. 2019 in Brazil at Wikimedia Commons
2019 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Caribbean Central America Middle America South America Dependencies not included.
Semi-autonomous territories are in italics.
