Events in the year 2022 in Brazil.
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Events
January
February
March
April
May
- May 7: A bus accident on the Régis Bittencourt Highway (near Miracatu), kills singer Aleksandro, from the duo Conrado & Aleksandro, as well as five other band members.
- May 11: A plane carrying parachutists makes an emergency landing in the rural area of Boituva. Two people are confirmed dead, with seven others injured.
- May 16: Paulo Cupertino, accused of killing actor Rafael Miguel and his parents in 2019, is arrested by the São Paulo Civil Police after three years on the run.
- May 17: Unanimously, the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo votes on removing the mandate of Arthur do Val (UNIÃÂO) for breach of parliamentary decorum. The former deputy was denounced in March after private audios were leaked to the public, where he made sexually explicit comments towards Ukrainian women refugees while on a visit to a refugee camp during the Russian invasion.
- May 24: A police operation in Vila Cruzeiro, Rio de Janeiro, leaves at least 23 people dead.
- May 25: A man named Genivaldo de Jesus, is tortured and murdered during a police raid in Umbaúba, Sergipe. Agents used a Federal Highway Police vehicle as an improvised gas chamber and trapped the victim in the trunk.
- May 27: Heavy rains cause flooding and landslides in municipalities in Greater Recife, leaving at least 129 people dead.
June
- June 5: Indigenist Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips are murdered during a boat trip through the Vale do Javari, the second-largest indigenous area in Brazil.
- June 6: The search begins for the whereabouts of indigenist Bruno Araújo Pereira and English journalist Dom Phillips, who disappeared while traveling to Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas.
- June 7: A 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits the border between Acre and Peru.
- June 8: In São Paulo, the first case of monkeypox in Brazil is confirmed. The patient is a 41-year-old man who traveled to Spain.
- June 15: Both Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips are confirmed to have been murdered. Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira confessed to committing the crime, after having been arrested by the Federal Police, along with his brother.
- June 21: A plane carrying footballer Neymar Jr. and his family make an emergency landing in Boa Vista, Roraima, after a problem with the windshield. No one was injured.
- June 22: Former Minister of Education, Milton Ribeiro, is arrested by the Federal Police in an operation investigating embezzlement of funds at the MEC.
- June 25:
- A small plane crashes on a private farm in Salto de Pirapora, killing three people.
- Shootings occur after attempted robberies at shopping malls in Rio de Janeiro and Campinas, São Paulo. In Rio de Janeiro, a security guard was killed and in Campinas, a suspect died and two security guards were shot.
- June 29: Pedro Guimarães resigns as president of Caixa Econômica Federal following allegations of moral and sexual harassment against female employees.
July
- July 4:
- Heavy rain causes flooding in at least 50 municipalities in Alagoas.
- A school bus accident leaves 25 children injured and 1 deceased in Treviso, Santa Catarina.
- July 5: Daniella Marques takes office as president of Caixa Econômica Federal.
- July 6: BrasÃÂlia becomes the first city in Brazil to rollout the 5G network.
- July 9: Marcelo Aloizio de Arruda, a municipal guard and leader of the Workers' Party, is murdered during his birthday party in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná. Jorge José da Rocha Guaranho, a federal police officer, shot and killed Arruda, after breaking into the party site shouting slogans in favor of President Jair Bolsonaro.
- July 10: A fire hits a 10-story commercial building in the Rua 25 de Março region, in São Paulo.
- July 11: An anesthesiologist named Giovanni Quintella Bezerra is arrested red-handed after being filmed raping a woman during childbirth in São João de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro.
- July 21: At least 17 people are shot dead during a police operation in Complexo do Alemão, Rio de Janeiro.
- July 22: Red Bull Bragantino central defender Renan is arrested after being involved in a car accident on Rodovia Alkindar Monteiro Junqueira (between Itatiba and Bragança Paulista), which caused the death of a motorcyclist.
- July 24: A major explosion occurs due to a gas leak, leaving 4 people injured in the district of ÃÂgua Fria, the North Zone of Recife, Pernambuco.
August
September
October
- October 2: First round of general elections. For President, candidates Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and Jair Bolsonaro (PL) go to the second round.
- October 4: A toxic gas leak kills a person and leaves more than a thousand temporarily homeless in 8 neighborhoods of Pontal in São Paulo.
- October 5: An armed 15-year-old boy shoots three students at a public school in Sobral, Ceará. Two victims were discharged, while the third died four days later.
- October 9: An accident involving a small plane causes the runway at Congonhas Airport to be closed for 9 hours and the cancellation of 140 flights in 15 states and the Federal District.
- October 11: Paulo Dantas, governor of Alagoas, is removed from office by the Superior Court of Justice after being the target of an investigation from the Federal Police and the Federal Public Ministry on alleged embezzlement within the state's Legislative Assembly. Vice-governor José Wanderley Neto takes office on an interim basis.
- October 17: The Civil Police of Rio Grande do Sul open an investigation on racist offenses against singer Seu Jorge during his performance in Porto Alegre.
- October 19: A helicopter crashes near a residential area in Parque da Rocinha, São Paulo, causing two injuries.
- October 23: Former deputy Roberto Jefferson is arrested after throwing a grenade and injuring two Federal Police agents who went to his home in Comendador Levy Gasparian, Rio de Janeiro. The agents went to serve an arrest warrant from the Supreme Federal Court against him after he recorded a video of him insulting court minister Carmen Lúcia. Jefferson surrendered to police after resisting arrest for around eight hours.
- October 27: Federal Highway Police officer Bruno Vanzan Nunes was killed while being robbed in a wave of violence against security officers. His death was the 45th that year of officers.
- October 30: Brazilians elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party as president, with 50.9% of the vote, in the second round of the presidential election. This makes him the first person to defeat an incumbent running for a second term, the first person to run for a third non-consecutive term, and the oldest person to assume the office of president, at the age of 77.
- October 31:
- In protest against Lula's victory in the second round of the presidential election, truck drivers block highways in 23 states.
- Four CEASA stores catch fire in Irajá, Rio de Janeiro.
November
- November 7: Former Rio de Janeiro councilor Gabriel Monteiro is arrested on charges of rape.
- November 13:
- After a week trial, the 3rd Criminal Court of Niterói sentences former federal deputy and pastor Flordelis to 50 years and 28 days in prison for triple homicide, attempted double homicide, use of a false document, and armed criminal association for the murder of her husband, Pastor Anderson do Carmo.
- Singer Milton Nascimento performs his final show at the Estádio do Mineirão, in Belo Horizonte.
- November 14: A drifting ship hits one of the pillars of the Rio-Niterói Bridge, causing the road to be closed for over 3 hours.
- November 24: The mayor of the municipality Lajeado do Bugre in Rio Grande do Sul, Roberto Maciel Santos, is shot dead inside the city hall.
- November 25: A shooting spree occurs at two schools in Aracruz, EspÃÂrito Santo, killing three people and injuring 13 others. The suspect, a 16-year-old boy, is arrested approximately four hours later.
December
Deaths
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
- July 3 - Sérgio Paulo Rouanet (born 1934), diplomat and philosopher
- July 4 - Cláudio Hummes (born 1934), Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Fortaleza (1996âÂÂ1998) and São Paulo (1998âÂÂ2006), prefect for the Clergy (2006âÂÂ2010)
- July 9 - Wanderley Vallim (born 1936), entrepreneur and politician, governor of the Federal District (1990âÂÂ1991)
- July 10 - Ermano Batista Filho (born 1937), lawyer and politician, Minas Gerais MLA (1991âÂÂ2007)
- July 15 - Luiz of Orléans-Braganza (born 1938), disputed head of the imperial family (since 1981).
- July 19 - Eunice Durham (born 1932), anthropologist
August
September
October
November
December
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