2008 in Brazil explained

Events from the year 2008 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• • President: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Vice President: José Alencar Gomes da Silva

Governors

• Acre: Binho Marques
• Alagoas: Teotônio Vilela Filho
  • • Amapa: Waldez Góes Amazonas: Eduardo Braga Bahia: Jaques Wagner
• Ceará: Cid Gomes
• Espírito Santo: Paulo Hartung
• Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues
  • • Maranhão: Jackson Lago Mato Grosso: Blairo Maggi Mato Grosso do Sul: André Puccinelli
  • Minas Gerais: Aécio Neves Pará: Ana Júlia Carepa
    • Paraíba: Cássio Cunha Lima Parana: Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva Pernambuco: Eduardo Campos
  • Piauí: Wellington Dias Rio de Janeiro: Sérgio Cabral Filho
• Rio Grande do Norte: Wilma Maria de Faria
• Rio Grande do Sul: Yeda Rorato Crusius
  • Rondônia: Ivo Narciso Cassol Roraima: José de Anchieta Júnior
    • Santa Catarina: Luiz Henrique da Silveira São Paulo: José Serra Sergipe: Marcelo Déda
• Tocantins: Marcelo Miranda

Vice governors

• Acre: Carlos César Correia de Messias
  • • • Alagoas: José Wanderley Neto Amapá: Pedro Paulo Dias de Carvalho Amazonas: Omar José Abdel Aziz Bahia: Edmundo Pereira Santos
        • • • • • • • Ceará: Francisco José Pinheiro Espírito Santo: Ricardo de Rezende Ferraço Goiás: Ademir de Oliveira Meneses Maranhão: Luís Carlos Porto Mato Grosso: Silval da Cunha Barbosa Mato Grosso do Sul: Murilo Zauith Minas Gerais: Antonio Augusto Junho Anastasia Pará: Odair Santos Corrêa Paraíba: José Lacerda Neto Paraná: Orlando Pessuti Pernambuco: João Soares Lyra Neto
        • Piauí: Wilson Martins Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Fernando Pezão Rio Grande do Norte: Iberê Ferreira Rio Grande do Sul: Paulo Afonso Girardi Feijó Rondônia: João Aparecido Cahulla
• Roraima: Vacant
  • • • Santa Catarina: Leonel Pavan São Paulo: Alberto Goldman Sergipe: Belivaldo Chagas Silva Tocantins: Paulo Sidnei Antunes

Events

January

• January 8

The paintings Portrait of Suzanne Bloch by Pablo Picasso and O Lavrador de Café by Cândido Portinari are recovered, after being stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art.^[1]

March

• March 29: Five-year old Isabella Nardoni dies from severe injuries after being thrown out of the sixth floor of a building in São Paulo. This would be one of the most infamous infanticide cases in Brazil.^[2]

April

• April 1: Colombian mega-trafficker Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía is sentenced to 30 years and five months in prison by the Brazilian Federal Court.^[3]
• April 20: Priest Adelir Antônio de Carli disappears after taking off in a chair attached to a thousand helium balloons, in Paranaguá, Paraná. The priest's remains were found two months later in the Atlantic Ocean, about 62mi from Macaé, on the coast of Rio de Janeiro, by a tugboat that provided services to Petrobras.^[4]
• April 22: An earthquake of a 5.2 magnitude on the Richter scale, with an epicenter in the ocean, is felt in the city of São Paulo and four other Brazilian states.^[5]

June

• June 12

Art works by Lasar Segall, Di Cavalcanti, and Pablo Picasso are stolen from the Pinacoteca art museum in São Paulo by three armed men. ^[6]

October

• October 13 - 17: A 15-year-old girl named Eloá Cristina Pimentel is kidnapped, held hostage, and later murdered by her ex-boyfriend. This would be the longest hostage crisis in the state of São Paulo's history. The São Paulo police are heavily criticized for their handling of the crisis.^{[7] [8]}

November

• November 3: Banks Itaú and Unibanco merge into Itaú Unibanco.^[9]

Deaths

January

• January 9: Carmine Furletti president of Cruzeiro (b. 1926)
• January 21: Luiz Carlos Tourinho, actor (b. 1964)
• January 22: Dora Bria, windsurfing champion (b. 1958)

February

• February 1:
  • Hélio Quaglia Barbosa, member of the Superior Court of Justice (b. 1941)
  • Beto Carrero, theme park owner and entertainer (b. 1937)
• February 22: Rubens de Falco, telenovela actor (b. 1931)

March

• March 1: Haroldo de Andrade, radio presenter (b. 1934)
• March 29: Isabella Nardoni, murder victim (b. 2002)

April

• April 21: Carmen Silva, actress (b. 1916)

May

• May 17: Zélia Gattai, writer and wife of Jorge Amado (b. 1916)

June

• June 14: Jamelão, samba singer (b. 1913)
• June 24: Ruth Cardoso, anthropologist, educator and public figure (b. 1930)^[10]

July

• July 11: Breno Mello, footballer and actor (b. 1931)
• July 19: Dercy Gonçalves, comedian (b. 1907)

August

• August 16: Dorival Caymmi, singer and songwriter (b. 1914)

September

• September 4:
  • Waldick Soriano, singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
  • Fernando Torres, actor and voice-over artist (b. 1927)

October

• October 19: Arthur Sendas, business magnate (b. 1935)

November

• November 3: Lhofei Shiozawa, judoka (b. 1941)

December

• December 25: Olívio Aurélio Fazza, Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of the Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu (b. 1925)

See also

• 2008 in Brazilian football
• 2008 in Brazilian television
• List of Brazilian films of 2008

Notes and References

1. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2008/01/09/2/ Polícia recupera quadros do Masp
2. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2008/03/31/2/ Menina cai de prédio e morre; polícia vê crime
3. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2008/04/02/15/ Justiça condena Abadía à prisão
4. Web site: Há 15 anos, 'padre dos balões' fazia seu último voo ao desaparecer no Oceano Atlântico . 2023-04-21 . O Globo . pt-br.
5. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2008/04/23/2/ Terremoto assusta São Paulo
6. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2008/06/13/2/ À luz do dia, ladrões roubam 4 obras da Estação Pinacoteca
7. http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u456836.shtml Mais longo caso de cárcere privado em SP completa 3 dias; negociações prosseguem – Folha de S. Paulo
8. http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/SaoPaulo/0,,MUL804733-5605,00.html Swat teria atirado em seqüestrador, diz especialista em negociações – globo.com
9. Web site: Brazilian Banks Itau and Unibanco to Merge. Dealbook. 2008-11-03. DealBook. en. 2020-05-20.
10. Web site: Ruth Cardoso Brazilian anthropologist and educator . Encyclopedia Britannica . 23 June 2020 . en.