2018 in Brazil

Events in the year 2018 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Events

January

January 1: An apparent gang riot at Colônia Agroindustrial prison in Goiânia results in nine deaths and 14 inmates injured. Authorities report 233 prisoners escaped; 29 were recaptured, and 109 prisoners returned voluntarily.^[1]^[2]
January 3: Petrobras announces it would pay $2.95 billion to settle a shareholder lawsuit in the United States stemming from the bribes and kickbacks in the Operation Car Wash scandal. The company said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it had been a victim of dishonesty but that it had decided that it was in its best interest to settle and minimize uncertainty and risk.^[3]
January 11: Standard and Poor's reduces Brazil's credit rating from BB to BB−.^[4]
January 16: The World Health Organization calculates the incidence of yellow fever cases, which includes the state of São Paulo in a risk area.^[5]
January 18: The public prosecutor in São Paulo files a civil suit against BNY Mellon alleging mishandling of postal worker retirement funds for Postalis.^[6]
January 19: A car hits a group of pedestrians near Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, causing injuries to fifteen people and killing an infant. Police report that the driver had an epileptic seizure.^[7]
January 25: The Workers' Party (PT) insists that former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be their candidate for the upcoming presidential election, even though a conviction for corruption bars him from participating.^[8]
January 24: An appeals court upholds the corruption conviction of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, by far the frontrunner in the upcoming presidential election. His sentence has also increased to twelve years and his lawyers plan to appeal. Lula has also expressed intentions of campaigning for office until physically prevented from doing so.^[9]^[10]

February

February 1: Police announce that Postalis lost a billion reals ($1.9 billion) to embezzlement.^[11]
February 5: Munduruku leaders accuse the Fundação Nacional do Índio (Funai) and Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation for failing to take action against illegal mining in their territory. Indigenous leaders say they will take matters into their own hands, as the group had previously taken over the Belo Monte Dam in 2013.^[12]
February 7: State-owned oil company Petrobras announces plans to sell an oil refinery in Pasadena, Texas, whose purchase was featured prominently in the Operation Car Wash investigation.^[13]
February 10: Police say they have found no evidence to support the charge that Michel Temer caused a benefit to Rodrimar SA, who operate the Port of Santos, Latin America's busiest port. A refusal was also shown, after a video made by cooperating witness Rocha Loures of a conversation on the subject with Temer's legal advisor.^[14]
February 11: President Temer pledges assistance to a massive influx of refugees from Venezuela in the northern state of Roraima. It's reported that there are 40,000 displaced Venezuelans in Boa Vista, where many are living in the streets.^[15]
February 12: BNDES announces that it has extended a $2 billion line of credit to Angola for economic development.^[16]
February 14: Kinross Gold Corporation acquires two hydroelectric power plants in Brazil and reports a profit for 4th quarter 2017.^[17]
February 16: Federal intervention begins in Rio de Janeiro. This is the first federal intervention since the 1988 constitution, as General Walter Braga Netto is appointed state intervenor. ^[18]
February 19: The federal government decides to suspend the progress of the pension reform.^[19]
February 28: Reports show that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his father Kim Jong-il used fraudulently-obtained Brazilian passports in order to apply for visas to visit Western countries in the 1990s.^[20]

March

March 2: Minister Edson Fachin includes President Michel Temer in an inquiry into Operation Lava Jato, which is also investigating ministers Eliseu Padilha and Moreira Franco. According to the investigation, indications of bribes being paid at the Secretariat of Civil Aviation of the Presidency of the Republic are being investigated, according to Odebrecht's statements .^[21]
March 14: Rio de Janeiro city councilor and outspoken police critic Marielle Franco (PSOL) is shot dead, along with her driver, Anderson Gomes, in a drive-by shooting around 9:30 PM in the Estácio neighborhood. Franco was the fifth most voted candidate in the city's last election, with more than 46,000 votes.^[22]^[23]
March 21: A blackout that lasts more than 5 hours affects the Northeast Region and the North Region, as well as some cities in all regions partially. The electric energy collapse is caused by human error, after programming an erroneous circuit breaker at the Belo Monte substation.^[24]
March 28: During a visit to Guarapuava, Paraná, two caravan buses belonging to former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is attacked. Consequently, the local event is cancelled.^[25]^[26]

April

April 1: An earthquake with a 6.8 magnitude that hit Bolivia is felt in numerous Brazilian cities. The Federal District, Avenida Paulista, Santos, Marília, Tupã, São Carlos, Araxá, Belo Horizonte, Uberlândia, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina are all affected by the earthquake.^[27]^[28]
April 4: The habeas corpus requested by the defense of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is rejected by the Supreme Federal Court, with 6 votes to 5.^[29]
April 5: After rejecting the request for habeas corpus, federal judge Sergio Moro orders the arrest of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The sentence is 12 years and 1 month in prison by the TRF-4, due to the crimes of passive corruption and money laundering in the case of a triplex of Guarujá.^[30]^[31]
April 7: Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gives a public address alongside his impeached successor Dilma Rousseff at a steelworkers' union building in Sao Bernardo do Campo, saying he will comply with an arrest warrant, despite maintaining his innocence. Lula surrenders to police and arrives in Curitiba to begin a 12-year sentence for corruption, after two failed appeals to have the warrant withdrawn.^[32]^[33]
April 27: FIFA hands a lifetime ban to Brazilian Football Confederation President Marco Polo Del Nero, for taking bribes. He is also fined one million Swiss francs.^[34]

May

May 1: Edifício Wilton Paes de Almeida, a 26-story tower block in São Paulo, is destroyed by a fire and consequent collapse. Neighbouring buildings are also damaged by fire. Occupied by about 90 families, firefighters point to at least one victim in the rubble and 34 missing. Authorities warn the casualty toll is "likely to be high".^[35]^[36]^[37]
May 21-May 25: Truck drivers go on a national strike for five straight days. Drivers are protesting against the increase in fuel prices, the end of tolls for suspended axles, and tax reform related to truck driving. The stoppage has affected public and private bodies.^[38]^[39]^[40]

June

June 11: The Temer administration creates the Unified Public Security System (SUSP) to integrate security and intelligence bodies; standardize information, statistics and procedures; among several other measures aimed at integrating the security forces.^[41]

August

August 31: The Superior Electoral Court rules that former President and Workers' Party (PT) presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva cannot run in the election because he does not qualify under the Clean Slate law. The Court also rules that PT cannot run political ads featuring Lula.^[42]

September

September 2: A massive fire destroys most of the Paço de São Cristóvão, which houses the National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro. The museum holds important archaeological and anthropological objects, including the remains of the Luzia Woman, Marajoara vases and Egyptian mummies. It is estimated that 80% of the museum's collection was lost in the incident. ^[43]^[44]^[45]
September 6: Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is stabbed in the abdomen, while campaigning and interacting with supporters in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais.^[46]
September 11: The Workers' Party announces Fernando Haddad's candidacy for the presidency, after Lula da Silva's candidacy was rejected by the Superior Electoral Court on August 31.^[47]
September 29: Popular demonstrations take place in more than 100 cities across Brazil against presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro.^[48]

October

October 7: First round of general elections take place. For president, candidates Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) and Fernando Haddad (PT) go to the second round, which will be held on October 28.^[49]
October 28: The second round of general elections take place.^[50] With just over 55% of the votes, PSL candidate Jair Bolsonaro defeats Fernando Haddad (PT) and is elected president of Brazil.^[51]

November

November 2: The president-elect of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, states that he will honor his campaign pledge, by moving the country's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.^[52]
November 10: A landslide in Niterói leaves at least 10 people dead, while eleven others are injured.^[53]

December

December 7: Eleven people die, including five hostages, as armed police battle robbers who tried to raid two banks in Milagres.^[54]
December 11: A gunman kills five people and injures three others during a mass at a Catholic cathedral in Campinas. Afterwards, the gunman commits suicide in front of the altar.^[55]^[56]
December 14: After receiving more than 300 complaints, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Goiás orders the arrest of medium John of God, over allegations of sexual abuse. ^[57]
December 16: John of God surrenders himself to the police. ^[58]

Arts and culture

Sports

2018 in Brazilian football

Deaths

Uploaded media

January

January 1: Humberto Coutinho, 71, politician and doctor, bowel cancer.^[59]
January 2: Armando Monteiro Filho, 92, politician, Minister of Agriculture (1961–1962).^[60]
January 3: Darci Miguel Monteiro, 49, footballer (Volta Redonda Futebol Clube, Widzew Łódź, Antalyaspor), heart attack.^[61]
January 5: Carlos Heitor Cony, 91, journalist and writer, multiple organ failure.^[62]
January 6: Remídio José Bohn, 67, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul (since 2011).^[63]
January 19: Célio de Oliveira Goulart, 73, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of São João del Rei (since 2010).^[64]
January 28: Antônio Agostinho Marochi, 92, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Presidente Prudente (1976–2002).^[65]

February

February 2:
- Fábio Pereira de Azevedo, 41, Brazilian-born Togolese footballer (A.D. Isidro Metapán), traffic collision.^[66]
- Paulo Roberto Morais Júnior, 33, footballer (Incheon United, Al-Fujairah), leukemia.^[67]
February 3: Oswaldo Loureiro, 85, actor.^[68]
February 7: Eva Sopher, 94, theatre manager.^[69]
February 8: Agenor Girardi, 66, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of União da Vitória (since 2015).^[70]
February 9: Robert W. Lichtwardt, 93, Brazilian-born American mycologist.^[71]
February 13: Danilo Caçador, 32, footballer (Chapecoense, Juazeirense), heart attack.^[72]
February 18: Theotônio dos Santos, 81, economist.^[73]
February 26: João W. Nery, 68, writer and LGBT activist ^[74]

March

March 3: Tônia Carrero, 95, actress (Água Viva, Louco Amor), complications from surgery.^[75]
March 7: Victor Heringer, 29, novelist, translator (First They Killed My Father) and poet, Prêmio Jabuti laureate (2013), suicide by jumping.^[76]
March 13: Bebeto de Freitas, 68, Olympic volleyball coach (1984) and football manager (Clube Atlético Mineiro), World Championship (1998), heart attack.^[77]
March 14: Marielle Franco, 38, politician, shot.^[78]
March 22: Carlos Eduardo Miranda, 56, musician, record producer and reality television judge (Ídolos, Qual é o Seu Talento?, Esse Artista Sou Eu).^[79]

May

May 24: Adelaide Neri, 77, teacher and politician.^[80]
May 25: José Hawilla, 74, businessman, respiratory failure.^[81]

June

June 20: Simone Sueli Carneiro

July

July 3: Guilherme Uchoa, 71, President of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco, pulmonary edema.^[82]

September

September 5: Beatriz Segall, 92, actress.^[83]
September 7: Wilson Moreira, 81, sambista.^[84]

October

October 10: Zíbia Gasparetto, 92, spiritualist writer, pancreatic cancer.^[85]

December

December 15: Arthur Maia, 56, composer and musician, cardiac arrest.^[86]
December 27:
- Miúcha, 81, singer and composer.^[87]

- Mãe Stella de Oxóssi, 93, Candomblé priestess and author, stroke.^[88]
December 31: Etty Fraser, 87, actress.^[89]

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[1] "Nine dead in latest outbreak of Brazilian prison violence". Reuters. January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

[2] "Nine deaths reported after rival gangs battle in Brazilian prison: Attackers set mattresses on fire and burned bodies of those killed, authorities say". The Guardian. Associated Press. January 1, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2018.

[3] Chad Bray; Stanley Reed (January 3, 2018). "Petrobras of Brazil to Pay $2.95 Billion Over Corruption Scandal". Dealbook. New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2018.

[4] Jake Spring; Lisandra Paraguassu (11 January 2018). "S&P cuts Brazil debt rating as pension reform doubts grow". Retrieved 19 August 2023.

[16-febreamarela-5] "OMS inclui todo o estado de São Paulo em área de risco de febre amarela". G1. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

[6] "BRAZIL: Prosecutors Want BNY Mellon To Pay R$ 8.2 Billion To Postalis". RTTNews. January 18, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2018.

[7] "Car hits pedestrians near Rio's Copacabana beach". BBC News. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[8] "Brazil's left sticks by wounded Lula; 'no Plan B'". Reuters. Archived from the original on January 25, 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

[9] Leandro Demori; Andrew Fishman (January 24, 2018). "EX-PRESIDENT LULA'S CORRUPTION CONVICTION IS UPHELD BY BRAZILIAN APPEALS COURT. NOW WHAT?". The Intercept. Retrieved February 9, 2018.

[lula-condenado-10] "Em decisão unânime, tribunal condena Lula em segunda instância e aumenta pena de 9 para 12 anos". G1. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

[11] "Brazil police probes graft involving post office pension fund". Reuters. February 1, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2018.

[12] FABIANO MAISONNAVE (February 5, 2018). "Native Brazilians Try to Close Major Illegal Mining Site Polluting River in Pará". Retrieved February 13, 2018.

[13] Katherine Blunt (February 7, 2018). "Petrobras to sell Pasadena refinery". YASUYOSHI CHIBA (photo). Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 10, 2018.

[14] "Brazilian president Michel Temer will escape bribery charges, say police: The inquiry into payments from a port operator is the only remaining case against the corruption-hit leader". The Guardian. Reuters. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.

[15] "Desperate Venezuelans pouring into Brazil: Officials in northern Brazil are demanding federal aid to help manage the influx of people seeking food and shelter. The president promised help while vowing that the country wouldn't turn its back on the Venezuelans". Deutsche Welle. February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2018.

[16] "Angola: Brazil Extends $2 Billion Line Of Credit For Economic Development". Stratfor.

[17] Allen Sykora (February 14, 2018). "Kinross Lists 4Q Profit, Acquires Power Plants For Brazilian Mine". Retrieved February 14, 2018.

[18] "Temer assina decreto de intervenção federal na segurança do Rio de Janeiro". G1. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

[19] "Governo decide suspender tramitação da Reforma da Previdência". O Globo. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

[20] "North Korean leaders used Brazilian passports to apply for Western visas - sources". Reuters. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

[21] "Fachin inclui Temer em inquérito da Lava Jato que investiga Padilha e Moreira Franco". G1. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[22] "Brazil: Big rallies held after Rio politician is shot dead". BBC News. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[23] "Vereadora Marielle Franco é assassinada no Rio". Uol. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[24] "Apagão que deixou Norte e Nordeste sem luz foi causado por falha humana, diz ONS". Folha. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

[25] "Ataque a caravana de Lula foi coisa localizada, diz governador do Paraná". Folha. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

[26] "'Ataque à caravana de Lula é um atentado à democracia', diz ministro do TSE". Estadão. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[27] "Terremoto na Bolívia é sentido em Brasília e deixa pessoas em pânico". Metrópoles. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

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