1992 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

• *Fernando Collor de Mello
• *Itamar Franco [Vice President of Brazil|President of Brazil|Vice President]:
• *Itamar Franco
• *''Vacant''

Governors

• *Edmundo Pinto
• *Vacant thereafter Alagoas: Geraldo BulhõesAmapa: Annibal Barcellos Amazonas: Gilberto MestrinhoBahia: Antônio Carlos MagalhãesCeará: Ciro GomesEspírito Santo: Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo Goiás: Iris RezendeMaranhão: Edison Lobão Mato Grosso: Jaime Campos[List of Governors of List of Governors of Mato Grosso|Mato Grosso do Sul|Mato Grosso do Sul]: Pedro Pedrossian Minas Gerais: Hélio Garcia Pará: Jader Barbalho Paraíba: Ronaldo Cunha Lima Paraná: Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva Pernambuco: Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti Piauí: Freitas Neto Rio de Janeiro: Leonel BrizolaRio Grande do Norte: José Agripino Maia
• Rio Grande do Sul: Alceu de Deus CollaresRondônia: Oswaldo Piana FilhoRoraima: Ottomar de Sousa Pinto Santa Catarina: Vilson Kleinübing São Paulo: Luís Antônio Fleury Filho Sergipe: João Alves Filho Tocantins: Moisés Nogueira Avelino

Vice governors

• *Romildo Magalhães da Silva
• *Vacant thereafter Alagoas: Francisco Roberto Holanda de MeloAmapá: Ronaldo Pinheiro Borges Amazonas: Francisco Garcia Rodrigues Bahia: Paulo Souto Ceará: Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara Espírito Santo: Adelson Antônio Salvador Goiás: Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela Maranhão: José de Ribamar Fiquene Mato Grosso: Osvaldo Roberto SobrinhoMato Grosso do Sul: Ary Rigo Minas Gerais: Arlindo Porto Neto Pará: Carlos José Oliveira Santos Paraíba: Cícero Lucena Filho Paraná: Mário Pereira Pernambuco: Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes Piauí: Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo Rio de Janeiro: Nilo BatistaRio Grande do Norte: Vivaldo Costa Rio Grande do Sul: João Gilberto Lucas Coelho Rondônia: Assis Canuto Roraima: Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis São Paulo: Aloysio Nunes Sergipe: José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira Tocantins: Paulo Sidnei Antunes

Events

April

• April 6-'11': A boy, named Evandro Ramos Caetano disappears in Guaratuba, Paraná. His body would later be found five days later in a forest in the city, without several organs, as well as amputated hands and feet. This case would have great repercussions in the country during the 1990s.

May

• May 11: Four stars, representing the states of Amapá, Roraima, Rondônia e Tocantins, founded in the last 10 years, are added to the flag of Brazil.
• May 17: The governor of Acre, Edmundo Pinto is assassinated, after being shot twice in a hotel apartment in São Paulo.

June

• June 3–'14: Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
• June 5': Convention on Biological Diversity in Rio de Janeiro.

August

• August 16: Protesters, from the Caras-Pintadas movement, take to the streets across the country to ask for the departure of President Fernando Collor de Mello.
• August 23: A special commission in Brazil concludes that there is sufficient evidence to begin impeachment proceedings against President Fernando Collor de Mello, finding he had accepted millions of dollars' worth of illegal payments from business interests.

September

• September 29: After a series of protests and accusations of corruption, president Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached and removed from congress and his powers are suspended. Itamar Franco becomes the acting president.

October

• October 2: The Military Police of the State of São Paulo, led by Colonel Ubiratan Guimarães, kill 111 prisoners during a rebellion, in the Carandiru Penitentiary, in São Paulo.
• October 12: Politician Ulysses Guimarães dies in a helicopter crash, off Angra dos Reis in Rio de Janeiro.

December

• December 28: Actress Daniella Perez is murdered in Rio de Janeiro, after being stabbed 18 times with scissors by actor Guilherme de Pádua and his then-wife Paula Thomaz. The crime shocked the nation, due to both the victim and the murderer being romantic partners in the telenovela De Corpo e Alma, which aired on TV Globo.
• December 29: Brazil's president Fernando Collor de Mello is found guilty on charges that he stole more than $32 million from the government, preventing him from holding any elected office for eight years. Collor resigns the presidency hours before the sentence to be passed by the Supreme Federal Court.
• December 31: The program Xou da Xuxa comes to an end. It is considered to be the most successful children's show in Brazilian television history and would consecrate Xuxa Meneghel.

Date unknown

• Quaternaglia Guitar Quartet is founded.
• The Professor Paulo Neves de Carvalho Government School is established.

Television

• Você Decide debuts.
• Felicidade ends.

Music

• The bands Charlie Brown Jr., Dazaranha, É o Tchan!, Os Travessos and Pato Fu are formed.

Sport

• 1992 in Brazilian football
• 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix
• 1992 Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix
• 1992 Maceió Open
• 1992 Recopa Sudamericana
• 1992 South American Cross Country Championships held in São Paulo.
• Brazil at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Brazil at the 1992 Winter Olympics
• Associação Desportiva Guarujá, Atlético Clube Lagartense, Misto Esporte Clube, Osasco Futebol Clube Associação Desportiva Perilima, Serra Macaense Futebol Clube, Tubarão Futebol Clube and Veranópolis Esporte Clube Recreativo e Cultural are founded.

Births

January

February

June

August

October

December

Deaths

February

• February 16: Jânio Quadros, 22nd President of Brazil

March

• March 7: Paulo Machado de Carvalho, journalist, TV businessman, football chairman and leader of Brazilian delegation in the 1958 FIFA World Cup and the 1962 FIFA World Cup
• March 13: Sister Dulce, Catholic Franciscan Sister

May

• May 24: Luiz Eça, samba and bossa nova pianist

August

• August 14: Russinho, footballer

September

• September 17: Herivelto Martins, composer and singer

October

• October 12: Ulysses Guimarães, politician

December

• December 12: Togo Renan Soares, basketball coach
• December 28: Daniella Perez, actress