2011 in Brazil explained
Events in the year 2011 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
Vice governors
- Acre: Carlos César Correia de Messias
- Alagoas:
- José Wanderley Neto (until 1 January)
- José Thomaz da Silva Nonô Neto (starting 1 January)
- Amapá:
- Pedro Paulo Dias de Carvalho (until 1 January)
- Doralice Nascimento de Souza (starting 1 January)
- Amazonas:
- Bahia:
- Edmundo Pereira Santos (until 1 January)
- Otto Alencar (starting 1 January)
- Ceará:
- Espírito Santo:
- Goiás:
- Ademir de Oliveira Meneses (until 1 January)
- José Eliton de Figueiredo Júnior (starting 1 January)
- Maranhão:
- João Alberto Souza (until 1 January)
- Joaquim Washington Luiz de Oliveira (starting 1 January)
- Mato Grosso:
- Mato Grosso do Sul:
- Minas Gerais:
- Pará:
- Odair Santos Corrêa (until 1 January)
- Helenilson Cunha Pontes (starting 1 January)
- Paraíba:
- Luciano Cartaxo Pires de Sá (until 1 January)
- Rômulo José de Gouveia (starting 1 January)
- Paraná:
- Pernambuco: João Soares Lyra Neto
- Piauí: Antônio José de Moraes Souza Filho
- Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Fernando Pezão
- Rio Grande do Norte: Robinson Faria (starting 1 January)
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- Paulo Afonso Girardi Feijó (until 1 January)
- Jorge Alberto Duarte Grill (starting 1 January)
- Rondônia: Airton Pedro Gurgacz (starting 1 January)
- Roraima: Francisco de Assis Rodrigues (starting 1 January)
- Santa Catarina: Eduardo Pinho Moreira
- São Paulo: Guilherme Afif Domingos (starting 1 January)
- Sergipe:
- Belivaldo Chagas Silva (until 1 January)
- Jackson Barreto (starting 1 January)
- Tocantins:
- Eduardo Machado Silva (until 1 January)
- João Oliveira de Sousa (starting 1 January)
Events
January
Inauguration of Dilma Rousseff as the 36th President of Brazil.[1]
January 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides: Over 900 people are killed[2] as a result of freak weather conditions.[3]
February
The New Party (NOVO) is founded by engineer João Amoêdo; focusing on the position of economic liberalism.[4]
March
Brazil and other countries abstain in a United Nations resolution against Libya.[5]
April
Rio de Janeiro school shooting: Eleven children aged between 12 and 14 are killed,[8] while 22 others seriously wounded after a former student opened fire at an elementary school in Realengo. The perpetrator would then commit suicide.[9]
May
The Federal Supreme Court unanimously decides that homosexual couples can sign stable union contracts, as well as heterosexual couples.[10]
June
Chief of Staff of the Presidency, Antonio Palocci, resigns after several corruption scandals.[11]
The Supreme Federal Court decides by 6 votes to 3, for the release of Italian terrorist, Cesare Battisti; after serving four years in prison.[12]
July
A Noar Linhas Aéreas Let L-410 Turbolet crashes in Boa Viagem, Recife; killing all 16 people on board.[13]
A sunken World War II German submarine, U-513, is discovered by a Schurmann Family expedition off the coast of Santa Catarina.[14]
Miss Brasil 2011
September
Miss Universe 2011 held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo.[15] [16]
November
A Chevron-owned oil well began leaking, causing 200to of crude oil to enter the ocean every day. The leak took place in Campos Basin, Brazil 75order=flipNaNorder=flip off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.[17]
President Dilma Rousseff signs the law creating the National Truth Commission.[18]
Deaths
January
February
March
July
December
Founded
Football clubs
Sport
Football
Tennis
Volleyball
Racing
Rugby
Handball
Misc
Film
Music
Television
Launched
Ended
See also
Notes and References
- Araújo, Glauco. "Professora critica cerimonial por iniciar desfile de Dilma sob chuva" . G1. January 1, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
- News: Número de mortos na Região Serrana já passa de 900 após chuvas de janeiro . 15 February 2011 . pt.
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2011/01/13/2/ Estado do Rio enfrenta a pior chuva em mais de 4 décadas
- Web site: 28 September 2017. 15 September 2015. Globo.com. Partido Novo recebe registro do TSE e se torna 33ª legenda do país. G1.
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2011/03/18/2/ ONU autorizada ação armada na Líbia; Brasil se abstém
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2011/03/20/2/ Obama diz ter 'apreço' por aspiração do Brasil na ONU
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2011/03/22/2/ Brasil pede cessar-fogo na Líbia
- News: BBC News. Brazil mourns Rio school shooting victims. 9 April 2011. 8 April 2011.
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2011/04/08/2/ Ex-aluno mata 12 estudantes, na pior tragédia em escolas do país
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2011/05/06/2/ Brasil aprova união estável gay
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2011/06/08/2/ Crise derruba Palloci; Dilma põe senadora novata na Casa Civil
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2011/06/09/2/ Após 4 anos, Cesare Battisti deixa prisão
- Web site: Accident description PR-NOB . Aviation Safety Network . 13 July 2011.
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2011/07/16/15/ Submarino nazista é localizado na costa de SC
- Web site: 13 September 2011 . Miss Angola is now Miss Universe 2011 . 16 June 2022 . . en-US.
- Web site: 16 December 2010 . Sao Paulo, Brazil to Host the 2011 MISS UNIVERSE® Pageant Live on NBC . 16 June 2022 . . en.
- Web site: Brazilian police probe Chevron oil spill . CNN.com . 2011-11-17 . 2014-02-04.
- http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2011/11/19/2/ Dilma diz que Comissão da Verdade não é "revanchismo"
