1988 in Brazil
Events in the year 1988 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: José Sarney[Vice President of Brazil|President of Brazil|Vice President]: ''Vacant''Governors
Acre: Flaviano MeloAlagoas: Fernando Collor de Mello Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes Bahia: Waldir Pires Ceará: Tasso JereissatiEspírito Santo: Max Freitas MauroGoiás: Henrique SantilloMaranhão: Epitácio Cafeteira Mato Grosso: Carlos Bezerra[List of Governors of List of Governors of Mato Grosso|Mato Grosso do Sul|Mato Grosso do Sul]: Marcelo Miranda SoaresMinas Gerais: Newton CardosoPará: Hélio Gueiros Paraíba: Tarcísio BurityParaná: Alvaro Dias Pernambuco: Miguel Arraes Piauí: Alberto SilvaRio de Janeiro: Moreira FrancoRio Grande do Norte: Geraldo José Ferreira de MeloRio Grande do Sul: Pedro Simon Rondônia: Jerônimo Garcia de Santana Roraima: Romero Jucá Santa Catarina: Pedro Ivo CamposSão Paulo: Orestes Quércia Sergipe: Antônio Carlos ValadaresVice governors
Acre: Edison Simão CadaxoAlagoas: Moacir AndradeAmazonas: Vivaldo Barros FrotaBahia: Nilo Moraes CoelhoCeará: Francisco Castelo de CastroEspírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Batista da CunhaGoiás: Joaquim Domingos RorizMaranhão: João Alberto Souza Mato Grosso: Edison de OliveiraMato Grosso do Sul: George TakimotoMinas Gerais: Júnia Marise de Azeredo CoutinhoPará: Hermínio Calvinho FilhoParaíba: VacantParaná: Ary Veloso QueirozPernambuco: Carlos Wilson Rocha de Queirós CamposPiauí: Lucídio Portela Nunes Rio de Janeiro: Francisco AmaralRio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves Rio Grande do Sul: Sinval Sebastião Duarte GuazzelliRondônia: Orestes Muniz FilhoSanta Catarina: Casildo João MaldanerSão Paulo: Almino Afonso Sergipe: Benedito de FigueiredoEvents
January
- January 6-'16': The first official edition of Hollywood Rock takes place at Praça da Apoteose in Rio de Janeiro from January 6 to 9 and at Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo from January 13 to 16.
June
- June 25: PSDB is founded by members of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party linked to the European social democratic movement as an attempt to clarify their ideals.
August
August 3: The end of censorship and torture, as well as freedom of intellectual expression and the press in the country, is approved, by a vote of 313 to 5, by the National Constituent Assembly.September
September 29: VASP Flight 375, made by a Boeing 737-300, is hijacked by an unemployed person, with the intention of crashing the plane into the Planalto Palace and killing President José Sarney. The kidnapping ends unsuccessfully.October
October 5: The country's current constitution is created. According to the new constitution, Roraima becomes Brazil's 24th state.November
- November 29: Presidents José Sarney of Brazil and Raúl Alfonsin of Argentina, sign the Treaty of Integration, Cooperation and Development in Buenos Aires, which stipulates a deadline for the creation of a free trade area between the two countries.
December
- December 22: Brazilian union and environmental activist Chico Mendes is assassinated.
- December 31: The Bateau Mouche cruise ship capsized and sank in the South Atlantic off Rio de Janeiro with the loss of at least 51 of the 149 people on board.
Births
January
- January 16: Mel Fronckowiak, actress and television host
- January 17: Taison, professional footballer
- January 21: Felipe Neto, YouTuber
February
- February 8: Renato Augusto, professional footballer
March
- March 28: Arthur Sanches, football player
May
- May 12: Marcelo, professional footballer
- May 30: Amanda Nunes, mixed martial artist
June
- June 7: Marlos, professional footballer
July
- July 5: Adriano Buzaid, racing driver
- July 25: Paulinho, professional footballer
August
- August 9: Willian, professional footballer
September
- September 28: Caio César, actor, voice actor and police officer
Deaths
January
- January 4: Henfil, cartoonist and writer
- January 11: Janires, singer-songwriter
- January 15: Viana Moog, writer and journalist
April
- April 25: Lygia Clark, artist
May
- May 28: Alfredo Volpi, painter
June
- June 30: Chacrinha, television personality
August
- August 23: Menotti Del Picchia, poet and painter
December
- December 22: Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, environmental activist
- December 31: Yara Amaral, actress