1990 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1990 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President:
  • José Sarney (until March 14)
  • Fernando Collor de Mello (starting March 15)
• Vice President:
  • Vacant (until March 14)
  • Itamar Franco (starting March 15)

Governors

• Acre: Édison Simão Cadaxo
• Alagoas: Moacir Andrade
• Amazonas:
  • Amazonino Mendes (until April 2)
  • Vivaldo Barroso Frota (from April 2)^[1]
• Bahia: Nilo Moraes Coelho
• Ceará: Tasso Jereissati^[2]
• Espírito Santo: Max Freitas Mauro
• Goiás: Henrique Santillo
• Maranhão:
  • Epitácio Cafeteira (until April 3)
  • João Alberto de Souza (from April 3)^[3]
• Mato Grosso: Edison de Oliveira
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Marcelo Miranda Soares
• Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso^[4]
  • Pará: Hélio Gueiros Paraíba: Tarcísio Burity
    • • Paraná: Alvaro Dias Pernambuco: Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti Piauí: Alberto Silva Rio de Janeiro: Moreira Franco
  • Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo Rio Grande do Sul:
  • Pedro Simon (until April 2)
  • Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (from April 2)
    • Rondônia: Jerônimo Garcia de Santana Roraima: Rubens Vilar Santa Catarina:
  • Pedro Ivo Campos (until February 27)
  • Casildo Maldaner (from February 27)
  • São Paulo: Orestes Quércia Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares
• Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos

Vice governors

• Acre:
  • Edison Simão Cadaxo (until April 2)
  • Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• Alagoas: vacant
• Amazonas:
  • Vivaldo Barros Frota (until April 2)
  • Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• Bahia: Vacant
  • • • Ceará: Francisco Castelo de Castro Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha Goiás: Joaquim Domingos Roriz Maranhão:
  • João Alberto Souza (until April 2)
  • Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• Mato Grosso:
  • Edison de Oliveira (until April 2)
  • Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
  • Mato Grosso do Sul: George Takimoto Minas Gerais: Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho
  • Pará: Hermínio Calvinho Filho Paraíba: Vacant
  • Paraná: Ary Veloso Queiroz Pernambuco:
  • Carlos Wilson Rocha de Queirós Campos (until April 2)
  • Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
  • Piauí: Lucídio Portela Nunes Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Amaral
  • Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves Rio Grande do Sul:
  • Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (until 2 April)
  • Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• Rondônia: Orestes Muniz Filho
• Santa Catarina:
  • Casildo João Maldaner (until April 2)
  • Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• São Paulo:
  • Almino Afonso (until April 2)
  • Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• Sergipe: Benedito de Figueiredo
• Tocantins: Darci Martins Coelho

Events

March

• March 15

Fernando Collor de Mello is sworn in as the 32nd President of Brazil and becomes the youngest president in Brazilian history.^[5]

April

• April 3

The National Congress of Brazil approves the first measures of the Collor Plan.^[6]

July

• July 25

President Collor de Mello signs the Heinous Crimes Law, which increases the penalties for kidnapping, trafficking, rape, and other crimes.^[7]

• July 26

Eleven people, who were residents of the Acari favela, are kidnapped by six armed men in the so-called Acari Massacre.^[8]

November

• November 30

The country's first cell phone system is inaugurated by the Minister of Infrastructure, Ozires Silva, in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro.^[9]

December

• December 16

Darcy Alves Pereira and Darly Alves da Silva are sentenced to 19 years in prison for the murder of rubber tapper Chico Mendes.^[10]

Births

March

• March 17  - Santos, footballer

July

• July 3  - Lucas Mendes, footballer

September

• September 14  - Douglas Costa, footballer

Deaths

March

• March 7  - Luís Carlos Prestes, politician (b. 1898)

May

• May 7  - Elizete Cardoso, singer and actress (b. 1920)

July

• July 7  - Cazuza, singer and songwriter, (b. 1958) ^[11]

See also

• 1990 in Brazilian football
• 1990 in Brazilian television

Notes and References

1. News: Morre Vivaldo Frota, ex-governador do Amazonas . . January 16, 2016 . February 15, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150203094011/http://new.d24am.com/noticias/amazonas/morre-vivaldo-frota-governador-amazonas/127623 . February 3, 2015 .
2. Book: Policymaking in a Redemocratized Brazil: A Report by the Policy Research Project on Public Policies in Brazil, The University of Texas at Austin. Decentralization and social policy. 1997. Board of Regents, University of Texas. 978-0-89940-727-2. 454.
3. Book: Veja. 2001. Abril. 43.
4. Web site: Quem são os 26 brasileiros citados por ora no Panama Papers. Exame. Valéria Bretas. 4 April 2016. 8 April 2016.
5. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1990/03/16/2/ Collor toma posse, baixa nove medidas e prepara o choque
6. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1990/04/04/2/ Congresso aprova primeiras medidas
7. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1990/07/26/339/ Nova lei tem 2 vetos de Collor
8. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1990/08/03/339 Polícia desce rios em busca de 11 sequestrados
9. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1990/12/01/2/ Ozires considera empréstimo de Cr$ 3,3 bi à Eletronorte 'normal
10. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1990/12/16/2/ Juiz condena Darcy e Darly a 19 anos de prisão
11. Book: Aldrich , Robert . Garry Wotherspoon . Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II . . 2001 . 0-415-22974-X . 2007-09-29 . 79.