1994 in Brazil explained
Events in the year 1994 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 (until 2 April)
- Rosalvo Barbosa Romeo (from 2 May)
- Ceará:
- Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara (until 16 September)
- Vacant thereafter (from 16 September)
- Espírito Santo: Adelson Antônio Salvador Goiás:
- Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela (until 2 April)
- Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- Maranhão:
- José de Ribamar Fiquene (until 2 April)
- Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- Mato Grosso: Osvaldo Roberto Sobrinho
- Mato Grosso do Sul: Ary Rigo Minas Gerais: Arlindo Porto Neto Pará:
- Carlos José Oliveira Santos (until 2 April)
- Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- Paraíba:
- Cícero Lucena Filho (until 2 April)
- Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- Paraná:
- Mario Pereira (until 2 April)
- Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- Pernambuco: Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes Piauí:
- Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo (until 2 April)
- Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- Rio de Janeiro:
- Nilo Batista (until 2 April)
- Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- Vivaldo Costa (until 2 April)
- Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- Rio Grande do Sul: João Gilberto Lucas Coelho Rondônia: Assis Canuto Roraima: Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias Santa Catarina:
- Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (until 2 April)
- Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- São Paulo: Aloysio Nunes Sergipe: José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira Tocantins: Paulo Sidnei Antunes
Events
January
February
The Unidade Real de Valor is launched, which is the equivalent to 2,750 reals.[3]
March
May
July
Brazil defeats Italy 3–2 on penalties to win the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Brazil claims their fourth FIFA World Cup trophy.[7]
August
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay decide in Buenos Aires to create a free trade zone between MERCOSUR and Bolivia.
October
Fernando Henrique Cardoso is elected Brazil's 34th president, defeating Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the country's presidential election.[8]
December
The trial of former President Fernando Collor de Mello and the treasurer of the electoral campaign, Paulo César Farias, begins at the Supreme Federal Court.[9]
The Supreme Federal Court acquits former President of Brazil, Fernando Collor de Mello, and treasurer Paulo César Farias, on charges of passive corruption, due to a lack of evidence.[10] [11]
The Supreme Federal Court sentences treasurer Paulo César Farias to 7 years in prison for misrepresentation. [12]
Births
Deaths
January
April
May
July
- 10 July: Lélia Gonzalez, anthropologist and human rights activist (b. 1935)
- 29 July: Mussum, actor and musician (b. 1941)
December
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Itamar Franco Biography & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 3 January 2020 . en.
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1994/01/08/2/ PC pega quatro anos por sonegação
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1994/03/01/2/ Governo lança URV e partidos preparam mudanças no plano
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1994/03/04/2/ FHC assume candidatura ao Planalto
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1994/05/02/2/ Acidente mata Ayrton Senna
- Web site: Costas . Ruth . Brazil's currency marks 20 years . BBC News . 3 January 2020 . 1 July 2014.
- Web site: 1994 FIFA World Cup Final Details . Planet World Cup . October 11, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040622141516/http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1994/final_bra_v_ita.html . June 22, 2004 . live .
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1994/10/04/2/ FHC é presidente
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1994/12/07/2/ STF começa hoje a julgar Collor e PC
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1994/12/13/2/ Supremo absolve Collor
- http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19941213&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Collor escapa por falta de provas
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1994/12/14/2/ Supremo condena PC a 7 anos
