1993 in Brazil explained
Events in the year 1993 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
Vice governors
- Acre: Vacant
- Alagoas: Francisco Roberto Holanda de Melo
- Amapá: Ronaldo Pinheiro Borges Amazonas: Francisco Garcia Rodrigues Bahia: Paulo Souto Ceará: Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara Espírito Santo: Adelson Antônio Salvador Goiás: Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela Maranhão: José de Ribamar Fiquene Mato Grosso: Osvaldo Roberto Sobrinho
- Mato Grosso do Sul: Ary Rigo Minas Gerais: Arlindo Porto Neto Pará: Carlos José Oliveira Santos Paraíba: Cícero Lucena Filho Paraná: Mário Pereira Pernambuco: Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes Piauí: Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo Rio de Janeiro: Nilo Batista
- Rio Grande do Norte: Vivaldo Costa Rio Grande do Sul: João Gilberto Lucas Coelho Rondônia: Assis Canuto Roraima: Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis São Paulo: Aloysio Nunes Sergipe: José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira Tocantins: Paulo Sidnei Antunes
Events
February
President Itamar Franco signs a law that regulates the plebiscite on the form and system of government in Brazil.[2]
April
Eight years after democracy is restored in the country, Brazil holds a constitutional referendum about what form of government and regime the country would go on with. Voters could choose between a republican or monarchic government, and between a presidential or parliamentary regime. The result was 86.6% of votes in favour of a republic and 69.2% in favour of presidentialism, leaving the country's form of government, a presidential republic, unchanged.[3]
May
Judge Denise Frossard sentences Castor de Andrade and 13 other big mobsters; including Capitão Guimarães, Luizinho Drummond, Antonio Petrus Kalil (aka Turcão), and Anísio Abraão David to six years in prison for criminal association. 53 deaths were attributed to the group.[4]
July
The Candelária massacre occurs after eight homeless people, including six minors are killed by several men, who were members of the police.[5]
August
The cruzeiro real becomes the national currency of Brazil, replacing the cruzeiro at a rate of 1000 to 1.[6]
Military police in Rio de Janeiro murder twenty-one residents of the Vigário Geral favela.[7]
October
December
Minister of Finance Fernando Henrique Cardoso announces an economic stabilization program.[12]
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court rules that former President Fernando Collor de Mello could not hold elected office again until 2000, due to political corruption.[13]
Births
January
- January 4 - Manu Gavassi, singer, songwriter, actress, directress and writer
February
March
April
June
August
October
November
- November 14 - Tabata Amaral, political scientist, education activist and politician
December
Deaths
January
April
September
December
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Itamar Franco Biography & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 24 June 2020 . en.
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1993/2/5/2 "Itamar sanciona legislação e veta cédula"
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1993/4/22/2 "Presidencialismo vence; Lula e Maluf lideram corrida para 94"
- Web site: 2009-03-17. 2009-03-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20090317065956/http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2007/04/13/295347828.asp. pt. Contraventores já foram condenados há 14 anos. . O Globo. April 13, 2007.
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1993/7/24/2 "Sete meninos são fuzilados no Rio"
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1993/8/1/2 "Brasil estréia hoje nova moeda e salário"
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1993/7/24/2 "Sete meninos são fuzilados no Rio"
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1993/10/14/2 "Michael Jackson chega a SP e brinca no Playcenter"
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1993/10/16/2 "Show de Michael Jackson leva 70 mil ao Morumbi"
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1993/10/18/264 "Michael Jackson leva 90 mil ao Morumbi e encurta show"
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1993/10/19/264 "Michael se despede de São Paulo mascarado"
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1993/12/8/2 "Congresso reage a mais imposto; FHC planeja sair em abril de 94"
- News: Brooke . James . James Brooke (journalist) . Brazilian Court Reaffirms Ban on the Ex-President . The New York Times . 17 December 1993 . A9 . 16 October 2021.
- Web site: Perfil: Anitta . . pt . March 31, 2018 . November 3, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103140014/http://www.dicionariompb.com.br/anitta . dead .
