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1971 in Brazil

Events in the year 1971 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: General EmÃÂlio Garrastazu MÃÂ©dici
Vice President: General Augusto Rademaker

Governors

Acre: Vacant
:
AntÃÂ´nio SimeÃÂ£o de Lamenha Filho (until 15 March)
AfrÃÂ¢nio Lages (from 15 March)
Amazonas:
Danilo Duarte de Matos Areosa (until 15 March)
JoÃÂ£o Walter de Andrade (from 15 March)
Bahia:
LuÃÂs Viana Filho (until 15 March)
AntÃÂ´nio Carlos MagalhÃÂ£es (from 15 March)
CearÃÂ¡:
PlÃÂ¡cido Castelo (until 25 March)
CÃÂ©sar Cals (from 25 March)
EspÃÂrito Santo:
Cristiano Dias Lopes Filho (until 15 March)
Artur Carlos Gerhardt Santos (from 15 March)
:
OtÃÂ¡vio Lage (until 15 March)
Leonino Caiado (from 15 March)
Guanabara: Antonio de PÃÂ¡dua Chagas Freitas
MaranhÃÂ£o:
AntÃÂ´nio Jorge Dino (until 15 March)
Pedro Neiva de Santana (from 15 March)
Mato Grosso:
Pedro Pedrossian (until 15 March)
JosÃÂ© Fragelli (from 15 March)
Minas Gerais:
Israel Pinheiro da Silva (until 15 March)
Rondon Pacheco (from 15 March)
:
Alacid Nunes (until 15 March)
Fernando Guilhon (from 15 March)
:
JoÃÂ£o Agripino Maia (until 15 March)
ErnÃÂ¢ni SÃÂ¡tiro (from 15 March)
ParanÃÂ¡:
Paulo Pimentel (until 15 March)
Haroldo Leon Peres (15 March-23 November)
Pedro Viriato Parigot de Sousa (from 23 November)
:
Nilo Coelho (until 15 March)
Eraldo Gueiros (from 15 March)
:
JoÃÂ£o ClÃÂmaco d'Almeida (until 15 March)
Alberto Silva (from 15 March)
Rio de Janeiro:
Geremias de Mattos Fontes (until 31 March)
Raimundo Padilha (from 31 March)
Rio Grande do Norte:
Walfredo Gurgel Dantas (until 15 March)
Jose Pereira de AraÃÂºjo Cortez (from 15 March)
Rio Grande do Sul:
Walter Peracchi Barcelos (until 15 March)
Euclides Triches (from 15 March)
:
Ivo Silveira (until 15 March)
Colombo Salles (from 15 March)
SÃÂ£o Paulo:
Roberto Costa de Abreu SodrÃÂ© (until 15 March)
Laudo Natel (from 15 March)
:
JoÃÂ£o de Andrade Garcez (until 15 March)
Paulo Barreto de Menezes (from 15 March)

Vice governors

: Alberto Barbosa da Costa (from 15 March)
:
Manoel Sampaio Luz (until 15 March)
JosÃÂ© de Medeiros Tavares (from 15 March)
: Deoclides de Carvalho Leal (from 15 March)
:
Jutahy MagalhÃÂ£es (until 15 March)
Menandro Minahim (from 15 March)
:
Humberto Ellery (until 15 March)
Francisco Humberto Bezerra (from 15 March)
:
Isaac Lopes Rubim (until 15 March)
Henrique Pretti (from 15 March)
:
Osires Teixeira (until 31 January)
Ursulino Tavares LeÃÂ£o (from 15 March)
: Alexandre SÃÂ¡ Colares Moreira (from 15 March)
:
Lenine de Campos PÃÂ³voas (until 15 March)
JosÃÂ© Monteiro de Figueiredo (from 15 March)
:
Pio Soares Canedo (until 15 March)
Celso PorfÃÂrio de AraÃÂºjo Machado (from 15 March)
:
JoÃÂ£o Renato Franco (until 15 March)
Newton Burlamaqui Barreira (from 15 March)
:
AntÃÂ´nio Juarez Farias (until 15 March)
ClÃÂ³vis Bezerra Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
:
PlÃÂnio Franco Ferreira da Costa (until 15 March)
Pedro Viriato Parigot de Souza (from 15 March)
:
Salviano Machado Filho (until 15 March)
JosÃÂ© AntÃÂ´nio Barreto GuimarÃÂ£es (from 15 March)
:
SebastiÃÂ£o Rocha Leal (from 15 March)
:
Heli Ribeiro Gomes (until 15 March)
TeotÃÂ´nio AraÃÂºjo (from 15 March)
:
ClÃÂ³vis Motta (until 15 March)
Tertius Rebelo (from 15 March)
: Edmar Fetter (from 15 March)
:
Jorge Bornhausen (until 15 March)
AtÃÂlio Francisco Xavier Fontana (from 15 March)
:
HilÃÂ¡rio Torloni (until 15 March)
Antonio JosÃÂ© Rodrigues Filho (from 15 March)
:
Manoel Paulo Vasconcelos (until 15 March)
Adalberto Moura (from 15 March)

Events

January

14 January: Seventy Brazilian political prisoners are released in Santiago, Chile.
16 January: Giovanni Enrico Bucher, the Swiss ambassador to Brazil, is released by the AÃÂ§ÃÂ£o Libertadora Nacional, 40 days after his kidnapping.

February

February 1: Brazil leaves the meeting of the Organization of American States for failing to reach a joint plan of action against terrorism.

May

May 19: The Ministry of Mines and Energy, AntÃÂ´nio Dias Leite JÃÂºnior, announces in BrasÃÂlia that the American company Westinghouse Electric Company, has been chosen to build the first Brazilian nuclear power plant in Angra dos Reis.

July

July 18: PelÃÂ© plays his last game for the Brazil national football team, in a 2Ã¢ÂÂ2 draw against Yugoslavia at the MaracanÃÂ£ Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro.

September

September 17: Former Captain Carlos Lamarca, leader of the VPR (Vanguarda Popular RevolucionÃÂ¡ria), is killed after an ambush set up by security forces in Pintadas, Bahia.

November

20 November: 29 people die when a section of the Elevado Engenheiro Freyssinet, a bridge under construction, falls on traffic at an intersection in Rio de Janeiro.

December

December 18: The Orthographic Reform of 1971 is signed into law by President EmÃÂlio Garrastazu MÃÂ©dici, which approves changes in the spelling of the Brazilian Portuguese language .
Dr. Roberto Farina performs the first male-to-female gender-affirming surgery in Brazil.

Births

January

18 January – Christian Fittipaldi, racing driver

February

1 February – Adriana Lessa, actress

April

19 April – Manoel Tobias, futsal player

May

24 May – Vivianne Pasmanter, actress

Deaths

January

January 11 – ZÃÂ© ArigÃÂ³, faith healer (b. 1921)

February

February 18 – Jaime de Barros CÃÂ¢mara, archbishop (b. 1894)

References

See also