2021 in Brazil
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Events in the year 2021 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President- Jair Bolsonaro[1]
- President of the Chamber of Deputies- Rodrigo Maia
- President of the Federal Senate- Davi Alcolumbre*
- President of the Supreme Federal Court- Dias Toffoli
Events
January and February
- January 12 – Ford Motor Company announces it is closing three plants and laying off 5,000 workers.[2]
- January 21 – Tendencias Consultoria, a consultanct company focused on the economy, warns of food shortages in isolated areas, particularly in the favelas and quilombos, as the government ends emergency aid.[3]
- January 24
- A plane crashes in Palmas, Tocantins, killing four Palmas Futebol e Regatas footballers, their squad's president, and the pilot.[4]
- COVID-19 pandemic: Thousands march in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and other cities in protest of President Jair Bolsonaro′s health policies.[5]
- January 26 – The Supreme Federal Court approves an investigation into the government′s handling of the pandemic in Manaus.[6]
- January 28 – Four hundred religious leaders, including Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Presbyterians, and Methodists, demand the impeachment of President Bolsonaro for mismanagement of the pandemic. There are another 60 such demands pending in the Chamber of Deputies.[7]
- January 4 – Vale S.A. agrees to pay 37.7 billion reais ($7.03 billion) to settle the January 2019 Brumadinho dam disaster in which 270 people died.[8]
Culture
Deaths
January
- January 1 – Cleonâncio Fonseca, 84, politician, Deputy (1987–2007).[10]
- January 2 – Cléber Eduardo Arado, 48, footballer (Kyoto Purple Sanga, Coritiba); COVID-19.[11]
- January 5
- Bonifácio José Tamm de Andrada, 90, professor, lawyer and politician, Deputy (1979–2019), complications from COVID-19.[12]
- Brandãozinho, 90, footballer.[13]
- January 7 – Genival Lacerda, 89, forró singer; COVID-19.[14]
- January 10 – Stanley Gusman, 49, television presenter; COVID-19.[15]
- January 13 – Eusébio Scheid, 88, Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (2001–2009); COVID-19.[16]
- January 16 – Mauro Telles, 80, politician, Mayor of Ibaté (1977–1978, 1979–1982, 1989–1992).[17]
- January 19 – José Alves, 86, footballer (Botafogo, Corinthians, América).[18]
- January 24 – Brazilians who died during the 2021 Tocantinense aviation disaster:[19]
- Marcus Molinari, 23, footballer (Tupi, Ipatinga, Tupynambás).
- Lucas Meira, 32, football executive, president of Palmas Futebol e Regatas.
- Guilherme Noé, 28, footballer (Batatais, Rio Preto, Ipatinga).
- Lucas Praxedes, 23, footballer.
- Ranule, 27, footballer (Atlético Itapemirim, Democrata, Resende).
- January 29 – Roberto Fernando Frojuelo, 83, footballer (São Paulo, River Plate, Colo-Colo).[20]
See also
References
- ^ Janeiro, Tom Phillips Dom Phillips in Rio de (2018-10-29). "Jair Bolsonaro declared Brazil's next president". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
- ^ "Ford to cease manufacturing in Brazil after more than 100 years". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
- ^ "Brazil's most vulnerable communities face COVID food crisis". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
- ^ "Acidente mata presidente e quatro jogadores do time do Palmas". CNN Brasil. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Thousands take to streets protesting Brazil's Bolsonaro". AP NEWS. 24 January 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- ^ "Brazil's top court OKs probe into handling of COVID-19 in Manaus". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. Reuters. January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
- ^ "Líderes religiosos presentaron una propuesta de impeachment contra Jair Bolsonaro por su manejo de la pandemia de coronavirus". infobae (in European Spanish). Infobae. January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ Attwood, James (February 4, 2021). "Vale reaches $7bn settlement over deadly dam collapse in Brazil". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. Bloomberg. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ "7 motivos para não perder a nova superprodução 'Gênesis'". R7.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). R7. 1 January 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- ^ Ex-deputado federal Cleonâncio Fonseca morre em Aracaju (in Portuguese)
- ^ Morre aos 47 anos, o ex-jogador do Coritiba Cleber Arado, vítima da Covid-19 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Obituário: falece o ex-deputado Bonifácio Andrada (in Portuguese)
- ^ Brandãozinho, ex-jogador do Palmeiras, morre aos 90 anos (in Portuguese)
- ^ Cantor Genival Lacerda morre aos 89 anos no Recife (in Portuguese)
- ^ Presentador fallecio de coronavirus luego de burlarse del virus (in Portuguese)
- ^ Muere de covid el cardenal brasileño y obispo emérito de Río Oscar Scheid (in Spanish)
- ^ Morre o ex-prefeito de Ibaté, Mauro Telles (in Portuguese)
- ^ Fallece José Alves, leyenda del América y padre de Zague (in Spanish)
- ^ Football players, club president dead after Brazilian plane crash
- ^ Falleció Roberto Frojuello: el primer brasileño que jugó por Colo Colo (in Spanish)
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