1992 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1992 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

Vice governors

Events

April

May

Four stars, representing the states of Amapá, Roraima, Rondônia e Tocantins, founded in the last 10 years, are added to the flag of Brazil.

The governor of Acre, Edmundo Pinto is assassinated, after being shot twice in a hotel apartment in São Paulo.[2]

June

Convention on Biological Diversity in Rio de Janeiro.

August

Protesters, from the Caras-Pintadas movement, take to the streets across the country to ask for the departure of President Fernando Collor de Mello.[4]

A special commission in Brazil concludes that there is sufficient evidence to begin impeachment proceedings against President Fernando Collor de Mello, finding he had accepted millions of dollars worth of illegal payments from business interests.[5]

September

After a series of protests and accusations of corruption, president Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached and removed from congress and his powers are suspended. Itamar Franco becomes the acting president.[6]

October

The Military Police of the State of São Paulo, led by Colonel Ubiratan Guimarães, kill 111 prisoners during a rebellion, in the Carandiru Penitentiary, in São Paulo.[7]

Politician Ulysses Guimarães dies in a helicopter crash, off Angra dos Reis in Rio de Janeiro.[8]

December

Actress Daniella Perez is murdered in Rio de Janeiro, after being stabbed 18 times with scissors by actor Guilherme de Pádua and his then-wife Paula Thomaz. The crime shocked the nation, due to both the victim and the murderer being romantic partners in the telenovela De Corpo e Alma, which aired on TV Globo.[9]

Brazil's president Fernando Collor de Mello is found guilty on charges that he stole more than $32 million from the government, preventing him from holding any elected office for eight years. Collor resigns the presidency hours sentence is passed by the Supreme Federal Court.[10]

The program Xou da Xuxa comes to an end. It is considered to be the most successful children's show in Brazilian television history and would consecrate Xuxa Meneghel.[11]

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January

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February

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May

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September

October

December

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-06-21. pt-BR. PR: em 2º júri, mulher pega 21 anos por morte de menino em ritual. Terra.
  2. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1992/05/18/2/ Governador do AC é assassinado em hotel de São Paulo
  3. https://www.un.org/en/conferences/environment/rio1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3–14 June 1992
  4. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1992/08/17/2/ Fracassa apelo verde-e-amarelo de Collor
  5. Web site: PROBERS' DRAFT LINKS BRAZIL PRESIDENT TO LAW-BREAKING . . 1992-08-24 . Julia . Preston.
  6. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1992/09/29/2/ Impeachment! Câmara depõe Collor em decisão histórica; presidente respeita o resultado e Itamar assume hoje
  7. News: 111 Killed When Police Storm Brazilian Prison During Inmate Riot. Brooke. James. 1992-10-04. The New York Times. 2018-01-30. en-US. 0362-4331.
  8. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1992/10/14/2/ Ulysses desaparece no mar após acidente
  9. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1992/12/30/2/ Galã da novela das 8 mata com tesoura atriz Daniela Perez
  10. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1992/12/30/2/ Senado mantém o julgamento apesar da renúncia de Collor; Itamar é empossado presidente
  11. Web site: XOU DA XUXA – FORMATO. https://web.archive.org/web/20131109122122/http://memoriaglobo.globo.com/programas/entretenimento/infantojuvenis/xou-da-xuxa/formato.htm. dead. November 9, 2013. Memória Globo. 11 March 2015.
  12. Henken, John, "Creating Canon Fire - Guitar Quartet Quaternaglia Attracted by Opportunity to Add Experience and Spice to a Young Genre", Los Angeles Times, 3 February 1999.
  13. Web site: FIVB - Carolina Horta . www.fivb.org . 22 June 2020.
  14. News: Brazilian rapper MC Daleste fatally shot on stage - Funk MC shot in the abdomen as he performed free public gig in São Paulo city of Campinas. Sean Michaels. The Guardian. July 9, 2013. July 14, 2013.