2012 in Brazil

Events from the year 2012 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Dilma Rousseff
• Vice President: Michel Temer

Governors

• Acre: Binho Marques
• : Teotônio Vilela Filho
• Amapa: Camilo Capiberibe
• Amazonas: Omar Aziz
• Bahia: Jaques Wagner
• Ceará: Cid Gomes
• Espírito Santo: José Roberto Arruda
• : Marconi Perillo
• Maranhão: Roseana Sarney
• Mato Grosso: Blairo Maggi
• Mato Grosso do Sul: André Puccinelli
• Minas Gerais: Aécio Neves
• : Ana Júlia Carepa
• : José Maranhão
• Paraná: Roberto Requião
• : Eduardo Campos
• : Wellington Dias
• Rio de Janeiro: Sérgio Cabral Filho
• Rio Grande do Norte: Wilma de Faria
• Rio Grande do Sul: Yeda Crusius
• Rondônia: Ivo Cassol
• Roraima: José de Anchieta Júnior
• : Luiz Henrique da Silveira
• São Paulo: José Serra
• : Marcelo Déda
• Tocantins: Carlos Henrique Amorim

Vice governors

• : Carlos César Correia de Messias
• : José Thomaz da Silva Nonô Neto
• : Doralice Nascimento de Souza
• : José Melo de Oliveira
• : Otto Alencar
• : Domingos Gomes de Aguiar Filho
• : Givaldo Vieira da Silva
• : José Eliton de Figueiredo Júnior
• : Joaquim Washington Luiz de Oliveira
• : Francisco Tarquínio Daltro
• : Simone Tebet
• : Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior
• : Helenilson Cunha Pontes
• : Rômulo José de Gouveia
• : Flávio José Arns
• : João Soares Lyra Neto
• : Wilson Martins
• : Luiz Fernando Pezão
• : Robinson Faria
• : Jorge Alberto Duarte Grill
• : Airton Pedro Gurgacz
• : Francisco de Assis Rodrigues
• : Eduardo Pinho Moreira
• : Guilherme Afif Domingos
• : Jackson Barreto
• : João Oliveira de Sousa

Events

February

• February 13: Lindemberg Alves Fernandes goes on trial for the death of ex-girlfriend Elóa Pimentel, in the city of Santo André.
• February 16:
• Lindemberg Alves Fernandes is convicted of all 12 crimes with which he is charged, and sentenced to 98 years and 10 months of imprisonment; Brazilian law meant that this would be limited to 30 years.
• The Supreme Federal Court decides that the Clean Record Law is constitutional and valid for that year's municipal elections.
• February 25: A fire destroys part of the Brazilian scientific station in Antarctica, leaving two dead and a Brazilian Navy soldier injured.
• February 29: Federal Police arrest 31 people suspected of hacking slot machines in Goiás, including businessman Carlos Augusto Ramos and Carlinhos Cachoeira.

March

• March 29: President Dilma Rousseff attends the 4th BRICS summit, held in New Delhi, India.

April

• April 7-8: The first Brazilian version of the Lollapalooza music festival is held at the Jockey Club in São Paulo.
• April 25: The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approves the project for the New Forest Code, which reduces environmental protection.

May

• May 25: President Dilma Rousseff partially vetoed modifications to the Forest Law that protects the Amazon.

July

• July 1: The cultural landscape of the city of Rio de Janeiro is elevated to the status of Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

August

• August 2: The Supreme Federal Court begins the trial of the 38 defendants accused of participating in the Mensalão scandal.
• August 8: The sixth annual International Female Orgasm Day is celebrated. The holiday was established by José Arimatéia Dantas Lacerda of Esperantina.

September

• September 27: Cabo Bruno, who was accused of more than 50 murders in the 1980s, is murdered after 20 gunshots at Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo; a month after leaving prison.

October

• October 7: First round of voting in the Brazilian municipal elections, 2012.
• October 28: Second round of the Brazilian municipal elections, 2012.

November

• November 25: The 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix is held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, and is won by British driver Jenson Button for McLaren; it would be the victory of his Formula One career.

December

• December 16: Corinthians wins the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup over Chelsea, with a score of 1-0.
• December 17: The Supreme Federal Court concludes the trial of the politicians accused in the Mensalão scandal.

Deaths

January

• January 2: Beatriz Bandeira, 102, activist and writer
• January 10: José Freire de Oliveira Neto, 83, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mossoró (1984–2004)
• January 30: Al Rio, 49, comic book artist, suicide.

February

• February 22: João Mansur, 88, politician, Governor of Paraná (1973).
• February 24:
• Pery Ribeiro, 74, singer, myocardial infarction.
• Eliana Tranchesi, 56, chief executive (Daslu).

March

• March 16: Aziz Ab'Sáber, 87, geologist, heart attack.
• March 23: Chico Anysio, 80, comedian, multiple organ failure

April

• April 14 : Paulo César Saraceni, 78, film director.
• April 26 : José Martins Ribeiro Nunes, 85, naval pilot.

May

• May 31 : Nélson Jacobina, 58, songwriter ("Maracatu Atômico"), lung cancer.

June

• June 14 : Carlos Reichenbach, 67, filmmaker, cardiac arrest.

July

• July 7 : Ronaldo Cunha Lima, 76, poet and politician, Governor of Paraíba (1991–1994), lung cancer.
• July 31 : Alfredo Ramos, 87, footballer and coach.

August

• August 24 : Félix Miélli Venerando, 74, footballer, cardiac arrest.

September

• September 19: Leopoldo Penna Franca, 53, mathematician, heart attack.
• September 27: Cabo Bruno, 53, serial killer, multiple gunshot wounds.
• September 29: Hebe Camargo, 83, television presenter, cardiac arrest.

October

• October 27: Regina Dourado, 59, actress, breast cancer.

November

• November 3: Carmélia Alves, 89, baião singer, multiple organ seizure.
• November 29: Joelmir Beting, 75, journalist and writer, stroke.

December

• December 2: Décio Pignatari, 85, poet, essayist and translator, respiratory failure.
• December 5: Oscar Niemeyer, 104, architect, respiratory infection.
• December 20: Thelma Reston, 75, actress (Entranced Earth), breast cancer.

See also

• 2012 in Brazilian football
• 2012 in Brazilian television
• List of Brazilian films of 2012

References