1970 in Brazil explained
Events in the year 1970 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
General Augusto Rademaker
Governors
- Acre: Vacant
- Guanabara:
- Francisco Negrão de Lima (until 15 March)
- Antonio de Pádua Chagas Freitas (starting 15 March)
- Maranhão:
- José Sarney (until 14 May)
- Antônio Jorge Dino (from 14 May)
- Piauí:
- Helvídio Nunes (until 14 May)
- João Turíbio Monteiro de Santana (14 May-15 May)
- João Clímaco d'Almeida (from 15 May)
- Rio de Janeiro: Geremias de Mattos Fontes
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- Lourival Baptista (until 14 May)
- Wolney Leal de Melo (14 May-4 June)
- João de Andrade Garcez (from 4 June)
Vice governors
- Alagoas: Manoel Sampaio Luz Amazonas: Deoclides de Carvalho Leal Bahia: Jutahy Magalhães Ceará: Humberto Ellery
- Espírito Santo: Isaac Lopes Rubim
- Goiás: Osires Teixeira Maranhão:
- Antonio Jorge Dino (until 14 May)
- Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
- Mato Grosso: Lenine de Campos Póvoas Minas Gerais: Pio Soares Canedo Pará: João Renato Franco Paraíba: Antônio Juarez Farias (from 12 September)
- Paraná: Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa Pernambuco: Salviano Machado Filho Piauí:
- João Clímaco d'Almeida (until 14 May)
- Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
- Rio de Janeiro: Heli Ribeiro Gomes
- Rio Grande do Norte: Clóvis Motta
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- Manoel Paulo Vasconcelos (until 14 May)
- Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Events
January
After Leila Diniz's controversial interview to O Pasquim, the government signs Decree-Law Nº 1.077/1970, which censors material "subversive of morals and good customs"[1] [2]
March
Japanese consul-general in São Paulo, Nobuo Okuchi is kidnapped by the leftist guerrilla group Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária.[3]
Five political prisoners are released in exchange for the release of Japanese consul Nobuo Okuchi.[4]
Japanese consul Nobuo Okuchi is released in the early evening, 97 hours and 45 minutes after being kidnapped by members of the VPR.[5]
President Emílio Garrastazu Médici signs a decree-law, providing for the expansion of the Brazilian territorial sea from 12 to 200 nautical miles.[6]
June
West German ambassador Ehrenfried von Holleben is kidnapped in Rio de Janeiro, by the Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária and Ação Libertadora Nacional.[7] [8]
Brazil defeats Italy 4–1 to win the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. It is the third time Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup.[9] [10]
July
Four Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária (VPR) members unsuccessfully attempt to hijack a Cruzeiro do Sul plane with 34 passengers and 7 crew on board. The aircraft was stormed and the hijackers arrested.[11]
Brazilian consul Aloísio Mares Dias Gomide is kidnapped in Montevideo, Uruguay, by the Tupamaros; an Uruguayan urban guerrilla group.[12]
November
General elections for senators, federal and state deputies, mayors, and councilors are held.[13]
December
Giovanni Enrico Bucher, the Swiss ambassador to Brazil, is kidnapped by the Ação Libertadora Nacional in Rio de Janeiro; kidnappers demand the release of 70 political prisoners.[14] [15]
Births
January
April
May
June
August
September
Deaths
February
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: 2022-10-26. 2022-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20221026234202/https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/geral-61795046. André Bernardo. 2022-06-04. pt-BR. BBC News Brasil. Leila Diniz: os 50 anos da morte da atriz que desafiou conservadorismo e foi perseguida pela ditadura.
- 2022-10-27. 2022-10-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20221027001812/http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/decreto-lei/1965-1988/del1077.htm. Emílio Gaspar Médici e Alfredo Buzaid. 1970-01-26. pt-BR. Presidência da Repúblia do Brasil. DECRETO-LEI Nº 1.077.
- Book: Skidmore. Thomas. The Politics of Military Rule in Brazil, 1964–1985. 8 March 1990. 9780195063165. 117–118. 19 November 2016.
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1970/03/15/2/ "Os cinco presos em vôo para o México"
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1970/03/16/2/ "Posto em liberdade o consul do Japão"
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1970/03/26/2/ "Brasil amplia seu limite maritimo"
- Book: Baumann. Carol. The Diplomatic Kidnappings: A Revolutionary Tactic of Urban Terrorism. July 1973. 9024714664. 78–79.
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1970/06/13/2/ "Brasil informa Bonn: tudo para salvar von Holleben"
- Web site: Great Sporting Moments: Brazil 4 Italy 1, 1970 World Cup final. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/great-sporting-moments-brazil-4-italy-1-1970-world-cup-final-1741232.html . 2022-05-01 . subscription . live. Independent. 19 November 2016.
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1970/06/22/2/ "Ele voltam amanhã com a Taça"
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1970/07/02/2/ "O primeiro sequestro de avião frustrado no País"
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1970/08/01/2/ "Sequestrado consul do Brasil: Uruguai"
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1970/11/15/2/ "Trinta milhões vão hoje às urnas"
- Web site: LEFTISTS IN BRAZIL SEIZE SWISS ENVOY. The New York Times. 19 November 2016.
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1970/12/08/2/ "O embaixador da Suiça é sequestrado no Rio"
