2019 in Brazil

Events in the year 2019 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Jair BolsonaroPresident of Brazil|Vice President]: Hamilton Mourão

Governors

Acre: Gladson CameliAlagoas: Renan FilhoAmapa: Waldez GóesAmazonas: Wilson Lima Bahia: Rui CostaCeará: Camilo SantanaEspírito Santo: Renato CasagrandeGoiás: Ronaldo CaiadoMaranhão: Flávio DinoMato Grosso: Mauro MendesMato Grosso do Sul|Mato Grosso do Sul]: Reinaldo AzambujaMinas Gerais: Romeu ZemaPará: Helder BarbalhoParaíba: João AzevêdoParaná: Ratinho JúniorPernambuco: Paulo CâmaraPiauí: Wellington DiasRio de Janeiro:

*Luiz Fernando Pezão
*Wilson Witzel Rio Grande do Norte: Fátima BezerraRio Grande do Sul: Eduardo LeiteRondônia: Marcos RochaRoraima: Antonio DenariumSanta Catarina: Carlos MoisésSão Paulo: João DoriaSergipe: Belivaldo ChagasTocantins: Mauro Carlesse

Vice governors

Acre: Wherles Fernandes da RochaAlagoas: José Luciano Barbosa da SilvaAmapá: Jaime Domingues NunesAmazonas: Carlos Alberto Souza de Almeida FilhoBahia: João LeãoCeará: Izolda CelaEspírito Santo: Jacqueline Moraes da SilvaGoiás: Lincoln Graziane Pereira da RochaMaranhão: Carlos BrandãoMato Grosso: Otaviano Olavo PivettaMato Grosso do Sul: Murilo ZauithMinas Gerais: Paulo BrantPará: Lúcio Dutra Vale Paraíba: Lígia FelicianoParaná: Darci PianaPernambuco: Luciana Barbosa de Oliveira SantosPiaui: Regina SousaRio de Janeiro:

*Francisco Dornelles
* Cláudio Castro Rio Grande do Norte: Antenor RobertoRio Grande do Sul: Ranolfo Vieira JúniorRondônia: José Atílio Salazar MartinsRoraima: Frutuoso Lins Cavalcante NetoSanta Catarina: Daniela Cristina ReinehrSão Paulo: Rodrigo GarciaSergipe: Eliane Aquino CustódioTocantins: Wanderlei Barbosa

Events

January

January 1: Jair Bolsonaro is sworn in as the 38th President of Brazil.

January 4: The federal government sends National Forces to Ceará, after a wave of attacks carried out by criminal organizations.January 8: Brazil formally withdraws from the UN's Global Compact for Migration pact, however, Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo says that the country will continue to accept Venezuelan refugees.January 25: A mining dam owned by Vale, collapses in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, after suffering a catastrophic failure. 259 people are officially declared dead and 11 others are reported missing.
January 26: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorizes the deployment of a military group from the Israel Defense Forces to assist in search for survivors in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais.
January 30: After 124 years, writer Ângela Gutiérrez becomes the first woman to preside over the Academia Cearense de Letras .

February

February 1: Rodrigo Maia is reelected President of Chamber of Deputies.February 2: Davi Alcolumbre is elected President of Senate.February 6: Heavy rain hits Rio de Janeiro, leaving six people dead and two missing.February 8: A fire at the Flamengo youth academy in Rio de Janeiro, leaves ten people dead and three injured.February 11:

*Journalist and news anchor Ricardo Boechat, along with his pilot, is killed in a helicopter crash in São Paulo.
*A fire hits a Bangu lodge, where three people are taken to the hospital.
*A fire hits the Belo Monte Dam.
*A supermarket catches fire in Jacaré, Rio de Janeiro, leaving two people with minor injuries.February 13: The Supreme Federal Court debate on the criminalization of homophobia and transphobia in Brazil.February 17: Four children are dead after a landslide in Mauá, São Paulo.

March

March 11: Heavy rain in São Paulo causes flooding and blocks access roads, resulting in 12 deaths and 4 injuries.March 13:

* Two former military police officers are arrested for the murders of Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes. One of the suspects was arrested at home, in a Rio de Janeiro gated community where President Jair Bolsonaro also resides.
* Two men, ages 17 and 25, kill seven people and wound 11 others at a school with a revolver and knife in Suzano, São Paulo. Among those killed are five students and two faculty members. The two shooters commit suicide afterwards. Police find a crossbow, Molotov cocktails, and a "suitcase with wires" at the scene.March 21: Former President Michel Temer and former Rio de Janeiro Governor Moreira Franco are arrested in Rio de Janeiro as part of an investigation into corruption.

April

April 7: Musician Evaldo Rosa dos Santos and recyclable material collector Luciano Macedo are murdered in a drive-by shooting by Brazilian Army soldiers in Rio de Janeiro. Initially, it was reported that eighty shots had hit the vehicle, but the Judiciary Military Police later determine that the correct number was two hundred and fifty-seven.April 8: Unusual rain causes landslides, flooding and at least 10 deaths in Rio de Janeiro.

April 25: President Jair Bolsonaro signs a law revoking daylight saving time in Brazil.

May

May 11: A gambler wins R$289,420,865 in the Mega-Sena 2150 draw, which is the biggest prize in the history of regular contests.
May 27: A small plane crashes in Estância, Sergipe, killing three people, including singer Gabriel Diniz.

June

June 13: The Supreme Federal Court approves the criminalization of homophobia per the Racism Law. June 20: Three million evangelicals gather in São Paulo for the "March for Jesus" event.

July

July 7: Brazil defeats Peru 3-1, to win the 2019 Copa America. This is Brazil's ninth Copa America trophy.July 29: Rival gangs battle for five hours, during a prison riot in Pará. At least 52 people are killed, including sixteen beheadings.

August

August 20: A bus is hijacked on the Rio-Niterói bridge. The hijacking ends after police shoot and kill the hijacker.
August 30: Oil stains appear on ten beaches in Paraíba, according to mapping data compiled by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources. The oil spill would eventually worsen in October.

October

October 15: Nine people are killed after a residential building collapses in Fortaleza.

November

November 9: Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is released by judicial decision after 580 days in prison. This is after a Supreme Federal Court decision, that ended mandatory imprisonment of convicted criminals after their first appeal fail.November 12: President Jair Bolsonaro forms his new party Alliance for Brazil.November 23: Authorities name Carlos Eduardo dos Santos as the main suspect in the Killing of Rachel Genofre in November 2008.

December

December 26: A group known as the "Popular Nationalist Insurgency Command of the Large Brazilian Integralist Family" claim responsibility for a firebombing at the headquarters of comedic group Porta dos Fundos in Rio de Janeiro.

Arts and culture

Sports

2019 in Brazilian football

Deaths