1982 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1982 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

Vice governors

Events

January

February

March

Gubernatorial candidates of São Paulo, Franco Montoro (PMDB) and Reinaldo de Barros (PDS), hold the first televised debate after the Falcão Law (prohibition of opposition parties) was suspended. [5]

May

June

A Boeing 727 plane, flying VASP 168, crashes in the Serra da Aratanha, near Pacatuba, Ceará, killing all 137 occupants. This would become the biggest air accident in the history of Brazilian aviation until 2006.[7]

French priests Aristides Camio and François Gouriou, along with thirteen squatters of São Geraldo do Araguaia are imprisoned in Belém, Pará, after violating National Security Law.[8]

October

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito heads to Brasilia for his ten-day visit to Brazil.[9]

November

The largest hydroelectric plant in the world, Usina Hidrelétrica de Itaipu, is opened by Presidents João Figueiredo of Brazil and Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay.[10]

Direct elections for governors, senators, mayors, federal and state deputies are held.[11] [12]

December

91 members of the Brazilian Communist Party are arrested for participating in their own 7th congress in São Paulo. [13]

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

Deaths

January

August

September

November

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 7 October 2015. 2010. Canal Ciência. Cândido Rondon.
  2. Book: Hendrik Kraay. Afro-Brazilian Culture and Politics: Bahia, 1790s–1990s. 1 July 2016. Routledge. 978-1-315-50260-1. 122–4.
  3. Web site: Museu Afro-Brasileiro. Lonely Planet. 29 August 2016.
  4. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1982/02/12/2 "Registro do PT"
  5. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1982/03/23/2 "Dono da TV muda as regras do debate"
  6. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19820511&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR "Brasil protesta contra EUA na chegada de Figueiredo"
  7. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1982/06/09/2 "Boeing explode, 135 mortos"
  8. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1982/06/23/2 "Condenados os padres franceses"
  9. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1982/10/05/2 "Naruhito vai ser recebido no Planalto"
  10. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1982/11/06/2 "Figueiredo e Stroessner abrem Itaipu"
  11. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1982/11/15/2 "O povo não entregará seu destino a demagogos"
  12. Web site: 6 May 2011. 2011-11-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20111113173904/http://www.tse.gov.br/internet/eleicoes/cronologia.htm. Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. Cronologia das eleições no Brasil (1945 - 2008).
  13. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1982/12/14/2 "Presa em São Paulo a cúpula do PCB"