Events in the year 2016 in Brazil:
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
Vice governors
Events
March
April
May
June
- June 9: A bus plunges over a ravine in the state of São Paulo state, resulting in at least 18 people killed and 28 injured.
July
August
September
October
- October 1: The South Is My Country a separatist movement that seeks the independence of Brazil's South Region, formed by the states of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina, holds an unofficial referendum. A total of 616,917 votes (which represents less than 3% the number of registered voters in these states) were counted according to the organizers of the ballot, 95% voting yes.
- October 2: Brazilian voters cast ballots in the first round of nationwide election for mayors and city councils in 5,568 municipalities.
- October 5: Former president Lula da Silva is charged with corruption linked to Odebrecht in Angola.
- October 15: The first elephant sanctuary in Latin America opens in Mato Grosso.
- October 17: Clashes between rival gangs in at least two prisons, leave at least 18 people dead.
- October 19: Former President of the Chamber of Deputies, Eduardo Cunha is arrested by the Federal Police in Operation Car Wash.
- October 20: Prosecutors file homicide charges against 21 employees of Samarco, Vale, and BHP for the Mariana dam disaster in Minas Gerais, which killed 19 people and polluted waterways.
- October 30: Second round of the nationwide election for mayors and city councils with more than 200,000 voters. The Workers' Party would suffer major losses in at the mayoral level.
November
- November 16: Former governor of Rio de Janeiro, Anthony Garotinho, is arrested by Federal Police, in Operation Chequinho.
- November 17: Former Rio de Janeiro governor Sérgio Cabral is arrested in a corruption probe.
- November 20: Four policemen are killed in Rio de Janeiro after their helicopter is shot down by a gang.
- November 21: Testimony begins in a corruption case against former President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
- November 23: The Brazilian Development Bank announces plans to repay up to $29 billion in loans to the Government of Brazil in order to stem a burgeoning deficit.
- November 25: Secretary of Government Geddel Vieira Lima resigns following allegations that he and President Michel Temer pressured a fellow cabinet minister into approving a real estate project.
- November 27: President Michel Temer, President of the Senate Renan Calheiros, and President of the Chamber Rodrigo Maia hold a press conference and announce the "institutional adjustment", which will not sponsor any proposal to amnesty crimes linked to the practice of electoral slush funds.
- November 28: Contractors and suppliers for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games claim they are owed millions in unpaid debts.
- November 29:
- A chartered Avro RJ85 plane carrying 77 people, including the Chapecoense football team, crashes near MedellÃÂn, Colombia. Rescuers report that at least six survivors have been found in the wreckage. The 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals are suspended.
- Three of Brazil's leading football clubs â Flamengo, Palmeiras and São Paulo FC â offer to loan players to Chapecoense, after the team lost the majority of its squad in the LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crash.
- Protesters in BrasÃÂlia hold a violent demonstration against a proposed public spending cap. Police use tear gas and rubber bullets in order to disperse the demonstrators.
- The National Institute for Space Research (INPE) says deforestation has increased 29% this year, on top of a 24% increase the year prior.
December
Arts and culture
Sports
Deaths
January
- January 1: Gilberto Mendes, 93, composer.
- January 5: Antônio Pompêo, 62, actor.
- January 11: Reginaldo Araújo, 38, footballer (heart attack)
- January 14: Shaolin, 44, humorist (heart attack)
- January 25: , 38, ultra-distance cyclist (traffic collision)
February
March
- March 7: Ana Luiza Pessoa de Queiroz, 60s, fashion agent (Rabih Kayrouz, Anne Valérie Hash).
- March 9: Naná Vasconcelos, 71, jazz percussionist and vocalist, eight-time Grammy Award winner (lung cancer)
- March 17: Gaúcho, 52, football coach and player (Flamengo), prostate cancer.
- March 18: José Carlos Avellar, 79, film critic (Jornal do Brasil).
- March 19: Roger Agnelli, 56, bank and mining executive, CEO of Vale S.A. (2001âÂÂ2011), plane crash.
- March 25: Clodomir Santos de Morais, 87, sociologist.
- March 26: Lucas Gomes Arcanjo, 44, police officer and political activist (unexplained circumstances)
- March 28: Gilson Alvaristo, 59, professional cyclist.
- March 31: Amaury Epaminondas, 80, footballer (São Paulo F.C., Deportivo Toluca F.C.).
April
May
- May 6: Larry Pinto de Faria, 83, footballer (Sport Club Internacional).
- May 7:
- Bernardo Ribeiro, 26, footballer (Skënderbeu, Newcastle Jets, IFK Mariehamn).
- José Roberto Marques: 70, footballer (São Paulo).
- May 15: Cauby Peixoto, 85, singer
- May 30: Gérson Bergher, 91, politician
June
- June 5: Jarbas Passarinho, 96, politician, President of the Senate (1981âÂÂ1983), Governor of Pará (1964âÂÂ1966).
- June 6:
- Hélio Garcia, 85, politician, Governor of Minas Gerais (1984-1987, 1991-1995).
- Tunga, 64, sculptor and performance artist.
- June 9: Carillo Gritti, 74, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Territorial Prelate of Itacoatiara (since 2000).
- June 24: Francisco Ivens de Sá Dias Branco, 81, billionaire businessman.
- June 27: LuÃÂs Carlos Melo Lopes, 61, footballer.
- June 28: Fabiane Niclotti, 31, model, Miss Universo Brasil 2004.
July
- July 2: Irineu Roque Scherer, 65, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Garanhuns (1998âÂÂ2007) and Joinville (since 2007).
- July 4: Rondon Pacheco, 96, politician, Governor of Minas Gerais (1971âÂÂ1975), pneumonia.
- July 7: Guilherme Karan, 58, actor (Super Xuxa contra Baixo Astral, Xuxa e os Duendes, Meu Bem, Meu Mal, TV Pirata), MachadoâÂÂJoseph disease.
- July 13:
- Héctor Babenco, 70, Argentine-born Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Ironweed, Carandiru), (heart attack)
- Celso Peçanha, 99, politician, Governor of Rio de Janeiro (1961âÂÂ1962).
- July 17: Sérgio Henrique Ferreira, 82, scientist.
August
- August 5: Vander Lee, 50, singer-songwriter (heart attack)
- August 6: Ivo Pitanguy, 90, plastic surgeon
- August 16:
- Luis ÃÂlvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro, 73, businessman, president of Santos FC (2010âÂÂ2014).
- João Havelange, 100, football executive, ex-president of FIFA.
- Elke Maravilha, 71, actress.
- August 22: Geneton Moraes Neto, 60, writer and journalist (aortic aneurysm)
- August 23:
- Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, 86, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas (1983âÂÂ2005).
- , 83, television host and journalist.
- August 27: Alcindo, 71, footballer (Grêmio), diabetes.
September
October
November
- November 6: Redovino Rizzardo, 77, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dourados (2001âÂÂ2015).
- November 20: Diógenes da Silva Matthes, 83, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Franca (1971âÂÂ2006).
- November 29:
- Ananias, 27, football player (Chapecoense).
- Mateus Caramelo, 22, football player (Chapecoense).
- Dener, 25, football player (Chapecoense).
- Guilherme Gimenez de Souza, 21, football player (Chapecoense).
- Josimar, 30, football player (Chapecoense).
- Caio Júnior, 51, football player and manager (Chapecoense, Vitória de Guimarães).
- Filipe Machado, 32, football player (Chapecoense, CSKA Sofia).
- Arthur Maia, 24, football player (Chapecoense, Vitória)
- Bruno Rangel, 34, football player (Chapecoense).
- Cléber Santana, 35, football player (Chapecoense, Atlético Madrid).
- Marcos Danilo Padilha, 31, footballer (Chapecoense)
- Mário Sérgio, 66, footballer, manager and commentator (Fox Sports).
- , 51, announcer (Fox Sports).
- Paulo Julio Clement, 51, commentator (Fox Sports).
- Victorino Chermont, 43, reporter (Fox Sports).
December
- December 4: Ferreira Gullar, 86, writer, essayist and art critic, pneumonia.
- December 8: Lélis Lara, 90, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of ItabiraâÂÂFabriciano (1996âÂÂ2003).
- December 9: ÃÂlcio ÃÂlvares, 84, politician, Senator (1991âÂÂ1994, 1995âÂÂ1999), Minister of Defence (1999âÂÂ2000), and Governor of EspÃÂrito Santo (1975âÂÂ1979).
- December 10: Damião Experiença, 81, outsider musician.
- December 11: João Castelo, 79, politician, Governor of Maranhão (1979âÂÂ1982), complications from surgery.
- December 14: Paulo Evaristo Arns, 95, Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal (since 1973) and Archbishop of São Paulo (1970âÂÂ1998), complications from pneumonia.
- December 23: Alida Victoria Grubba Rudge, 113, Brazil's oldest person.
- December 27: Mariza Corrêa, 71, anthropologist
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