1970 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: General Emílio Garrastazu Médici
• Vice President: General Augusto Rademaker

Governors

• *Francisco Negrão de Lima
• * Antonio de Pádua Chagas Freitas Maranhão:
• *José Sarney
• *Antônio Jorge Dino Mato Grosso: Pedro Pedrossian Minas Gerais: Israel Pinheiro da Silva Pará: Alacid Nunes Paraíba: João Agripino Maia Paraná: Pablo Cruz Pimentel Pernambuco: Nilo CoelhoPiauí:
• * Helvídio Nunes
• * João Turíbio Monteiro de Santana
• * João Clímaco d'Almeida Rio de Janeiro: Geremias de Mattos FontesRio Grande do Norte: Walfredo Gurgel Dantas Rio Grande do Sul: Walter Peracchi Barcelos Santa Catarina: Ivo Silveira São Paulo: Roberto Costa de Abreu Sodré Sergipe:
• * Lourival Baptista
• * Wolney Leal de Melo
• * João de Andrade Garcez

Vice governors

• *Antonio Jorge Dino
• *Vacant thereafter Mato Grosso: Lenine de Campos Póvoas Minas Gerais: Pio Soares Canedo Pará: João Renato Franco Paraíba: Antônio Juarez Farias Paraná: Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa Pernambuco: Salviano Machado Filho Piauí:
• *João Clímaco d'Almeida
• *Vacant thereafter Rio de Janeiro: Heli Ribeiro GomesRio Grande do Norte: Clóvis MottaSanta Catarina: Jorge Bornhausen São Paulo: Hilário Torloni Sergipe:
• *Manoel Paulo Vasconcelos
• *Vacant thereafter

Events

January

• January 26: After Leila Diniz's controversial interview to O Pasquim, the government signs Decree-Law Nº 1.077/1970, which censors material "subversive of morals and good customs"

March

• March 11: Japanese consul-general in São Paulo, Nobuo Okuchi is kidnapped by the leftist guerrilla group Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária.
• March 14: Five political prisoners are released in exchange for the release of Japanese consul Nobuo Okuchi.
• March 15: Japanese consul Nobuo Okuchi is released in the early evening, 97 hours and 45 minutes after being kidnapped by members of the VPR.
• March 25: President Emílio Garrastazu Médici signs a decree-law, providing for the expansion of the Brazilian territorial sea from 12 to 200 nautical miles.

June

• June 11: West German ambassador Ehrenfried von Holleben is kidnapped in Rio de Janeiro, by the Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária and Ação Libertadora Nacional.
• June 21: Brazil defeats Italy 4–1 to win the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. It is the third time Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup.

July

• July 1: Four Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária members unsuccessfully attempt to hijack a Cruzeiro do Sul plane with 34 passengers and 7 crew on board. The aircraft was stormed and the hijackers arrested.
• July 31: Brazilian consul Aloísio Mares Dias Gomide is kidnapped in Montevideo, Uruguay, by the Tupamaros; an Uruguayan urban guerrilla group.

November

• November 15: General elections for senators, federal and state deputies, mayors, and councilors are held.

December

• December 7: Giovanni Enrico Bucher, the Swiss ambassador to Brazil, is kidnapped by the Ação Libertadora Nacional in Rio de Janeiro; kidnappers demand the release of 70 political prisoners.

Births

January

• January 1 - João Miguel, actorJanuary 20 - Andrucha Waddington, director and producer

April

• April 18 - Patrícia Bastos, singer
• April 20 - Adriano Moraes, rodeo performer

May

June

• June 7 -
• *Ronaldo da Costa, long-distance runner
• *Cafu, footballerJune 8 - Seu Jorge, Musical artist

August

September

Deaths

February

• February 20 - João Café Filho, 18th President of Brazil