2013 in Brazil explained

Events from the year 2013 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Dilma Rousseff
• Vice President: Michel Temer
• President of the Chamber of Deputies: Henrique Eduardo Alves
• President of the Senate: Renan Calheiros

Governors

• Acre: Tião Viana
• Alagoas: Teotônio Vilela Filho
• Amapa: Camilo Capiberibe
• Amazonas: Omar Aziz
• Bahia: Jaques Wagner
• Ceará: Cid Gomes
• Espírito Santo: Renato Casagrande
• Goiás: Marconi Perillo
• Maranhão: Roseana Sarney
• Mato Grosso: Silval da Cunha
• Mato Grosso do Sul: André Puccinelli
• Minas Gerais: Antônio Anastasia
• Pará: Simão Jatene
• Paraíba: Ricardo Coutinho
• Paraná: Beto Richa
• Pernambuco: Eduardo Campos
• Piauí: Wilson Martins
• Rio de Janeiro: Sérgio Cabral Filho
• Rio Grande do Norte: Rosalba Ciarlini Rosado
• Rio Grande do Sul: Tarso Genro
• Rondônia: Confúcio Moura
• Roraima: José de Anchieta Júnior
• Santa Catarina – Raimundo Colombo
• São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin
• Sergipe:
  • Marcelo Déda (until 2 December)
  • Jackson Barreto (starting 2 December)
• Tocantins: Siqueira Campos

Vice governors

• Acre: Carlos César Correia de Messias
• Alagoas: José Thomaz da Silva Nonô Neto
• Amapá: Doralice Nascimento de Souza
• Amazonas: José Melo de Oliveira
• Bahia: Otto Alencar
• Ceará: Domingos Gomes de Aguiar Filho
• Espírito Santo: Givaldo Vieira da Silva
• Goiás: José Eliton de Figueiredo Júnior
• Maranhão: Joaquim Washington Luiz de Oliveira
• Mato Grosso: Francisco Tarquínio Daltro
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Simone Tebet
• Minas Gerais: Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior
• Pará: Helenilson Cunha Pontes
• Paraíba: Rômulo José de Gouveia
• Paraná: Flávio José Arns
• Pernambuco: João Soares Lyra Neto
• Piauí: Wilson Martins
• Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Fernando Pezão
• Rio Grande do Norte: Robinson Faria
• Rio Grande do Sul: Jorge Alberto Duarte Grill
• Rondônia: Airton Pedro Gurgacz
• Roraima: Francisco de Assis Rodrigues
• Santa Catarina: Eduardo Pinho Moreira
• São Paulo: Guilherme Afif Domingos
• Sergipe: Jackson Barreto
• Tocantins: João Oliveira de Sousa

Events

• 2013 protests in Brazil

January

• January 1

Mayors and councilors, who were elected in the 2012 municipal elections, take office in all Brazilian cities.^[1]

• January 27

A nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul kills at least 242 people.^[2]

March

• March 8

Former goalkeeper Bruno Fernandes de Souza is sentenced to 22 years and three months in prison for the death of his ex-girlfriend Eliza Samudio.^[3]

• March 13

Drug lord Fernandinho Beira-Mar is sentenced in Rio de Janeiro to 80 years in prison for crimes committed in 2002.^[4]

• March 14

Ex-boyfriend Mizael Bispo de Souza is sentenced to 20 years in prison for the death of lawyer Mércia Nakashima.^[5]

• March 19

The Federal Senate of Brazil unanimously approves the proposal to expand the rights of domestic workers.^[6]

• March 29-31: The second Brazilian version of the Lollapalooza music festival is held at the Jockey Club in São Paulo.^{[7] [8]}

May

• May 4

Nhá Chica becomes the first laywoman and Afro-Brazilian to be declared blessed by the Catholic Church.^[9]

• May 7

The president of the Legislative Assembly of Mato Grosso, José Geraldo Riva is removed from office, after being accused of embezzling $4.7 million USD.^[10]

June

• June 6

Demonstrations against the increase in public transport fares begin in São Paulo and other cities across the country.^[11]

• June 30

Brazil defeats Spain 3-0 at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, to win their fourth FIFA Confederations Cup trophy.^[12]

July

• July 22

Pope Francis arrives in Brazil, for his first international trip.^[13]

• July 23
  • World Youth Day begins in Rio de Janeiro.^[14]
  • Snow falls in Curitiba for the first time since 1975.

November

• November 14

National Institute for Space Research (INPE) satellite data revealed a 30% increase of deforestation in the Amazon in 2013.^[15]

Deaths

January

• January 10: Jorge Selarón, 65, painter and ceramist (Escadaria Selarón).^[16]
• January 15: Clayton Silva, 74, actor and comedian (A Praça é Nossa), cancer.^[17]
• January 18: Walmor Chagas, 82, actor (Xica da Silva, São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima), apparent suicide by gunshot.^[18]
• January 22: Lídia Mattos, 88, actress, pneumonia.^[19]
• January 24: Zózimo Bulbul, 75, actor (Quilombo, ) and filmmaker, heart attack.^[20]

February

• February 14: Fernando Lyra, 74, politician, Minister of Justice (1985 - 1986), cardiopathy.^[21]

March

• March 6: Chorão, 42, musician (Charlie Brown Jr.), cocaine overdose.^[22]
• March 20: Emílio Santiago, 66, singer, complications from a stroke.^[23]

April

• April 8: Waldemar Esteves da Cunha, 92, carnival king, respiratory failure and Alzheimer's disease.^[24]
• April 15: Cleyde Yáconis, 89, film, stage and television actress, ischemia.^[25]
• April 28: Paulo Vanzolini, 89, zoologist, poet and samba composer (Onze sambas e uma capoeira), complications of pneumonia.^[26]
• April 30: Tito Buss, 87, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rio do Sul (1969–2000).^[27]

May

• May 5: Peu Sousa, 35, guitarist (Nove Mil Anjos, Pitty) and record producer, suicide by hanging.^[28]
• May 26: Roberto Civita, 76, businessman, CEO of Grupo Abril, heart failure.^[29]
• May 28: Silvério Paulo de Albuquerque, 96, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Caetité (19701973) and Feira de Santana (19731995).^[30]

June

• June 3: Eugênio Izecksohn, 81, herpetologist (Izecksohn's Toad), professor and author.^[31]
• June 5: Scarlet Moon de Chevalier, 62, actress, journalist and writer, multiple system atrophy.^[32]
• June 7: Malu Rocha, 65, actress, prion.^[33]
• June 12:
  • José de Lima, 89, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itumbiara (19731981) and Sete Lagoas (19811999).^[34]
  • Teodoro Matos Santana, 66, footballer (São Paulo FC), pancreatic cancer.^[35]
• June 15: Tatiana Belinky, 94, children's writer^[36]
• June 21: Marcelo Grassmann, 88, engraver and draughtsman.^[37]
• June 26:
  • Edward Huggins Johnstone, 91, Brazilian-born American judge, member of the US District Court for Western Kentucky (since 1977).^[38]
  • Nilton Pacheco, 92, Olympic basketball player (1948).^[39]

July

• July 7: MC Daleste, 20, rapper, shot.^[40]
• July 8: Claudiney Ramos, 33, Brazilian-born Equatorial Guinean footballer, malaria.^[41]
• July 13: Bertha Becker, 82, geographer.^[42]
• July 23:
  • Dominguinhos, 72, composer and singer, infection and cardiac complications.^[43]
  • Djalma Santos, 84, footballer, two-time World Cup winner (1958, 1962), complications from pneumonia.^[44]

August

• August 2: Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida, 97, geologist.^[45]
• August 5: Jaime Luiz Coelho, 97, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop and Archbishop of Maringá (1956–1997).^[46]
• August 10: Joaquim Rufino do Rêgo, 87, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Quixadá (1971–1986) and Parnaíba (1986–2001).^[47]
• August 13: Rui Moreira Lima, 94, military fighter pilot.^[48]
• August 24: Newton de Sordi, 82, World Cup champion footballer (1958), multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.^[49]
• August 25: Gylmar dos Santos Neves, 83, World Cup champion footballer (1958, 1962), complications from a heart attack.^[50]

September

• September 1: Joaquim Justino Carreira, 63, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarulhos (since 2011).^[51]
• September 9: Champignon, 35, musician (Charlie Brown Jr., Revolucionnários, A Banca), suicide.^[52]
• September 13: Luiz Gushiken, 63, politician and union leader, member of the Chamber of Deputies (1987–1999); Minister of Communications (2003–2005), cancer.^[53]
• September 27: Oscar Castro-Neves, 73, bossa nova musician.^[54]

October

• October 8: José Faria, 80, football coach^[55]

November

• November 6: Jorge Dória, 92, actor and humorist, cardiorespiratory failure.^[56]

December

• December 2: Marcelo Déda, 53, politician, Governor of Sergipe (since 2007)^[57]
• December 20: Reginaldo Rossi, 69, singer-songwriter, lung cancer.^[58]

See also

• 2013 in Brazilian football

Notes and References

1. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2013/01/02/2/ Prefeitos tomam posse e anunciam corte de gastos
2. Web site: Death toll rises to 245 in Brazil club fire . Myfox New York . 27 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131018030620/http://www.myfoxny.com/story/20717786/death-toll-rises-to-245-in-brazil-club-fire . 18 October 2013 .
3. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2013/03/09/2/ Condenado, Bruno pode deixar prisão daqui a cinco anos
4. Web site: Livia Torres. 13 March 2020. Globo. Fernandinho Beira-Mar é condenado no Rio a 80 anos por crimes de 2002. G1.
5. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2013/03/15/15/ Mizael é condenado a 20 anos por morte de Mércia
6. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2013/03/20/2/ Senado aprova ampliar direitos de domésticas
7. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2013/03/30/15/ Deadmau5 brilha no 1° dia do Lollapalooza
8. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2013/04/01/21/ Lolla lá
9. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2013/05/04/2/ Igreja Católica beatifica hoje a 1ª negra brasileira
10. News: How One Chauffeur Took Down A Corrupt Brazilian Politician. NPR . February 20, 2018 . September 30, 2014 . All Things Considered . Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
11. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2013/06/07/2/ Vandalismo marca ato por transporte mais barato em SP
12. https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-brazil-spain-2013-confederations-cup-20130630-story.html''Fred leads Brazil to 3-0 rout of Spain in Confederations Cup final
13. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2013/07/22/2/ Dilma proporá a Francisco ação conjunta contra pobreza
14. Web site: Roman Catholics attend mass in Rio for World Youth Day. 24 July 2013. BBC News. 24 July 2013 .
15. Web site: INPE estimated 5,843 square kilometers deforested in the Amazon in 2013 . INPE . November 14, 2013 . February 14, 2017.
16. Web site: Artista de escadaria na Lapa, Selarón é encontrado morto (Portuguese) . 10 January 2013 . 2013-10-09 . 2014-08-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140820102113/http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/policia-nao-descarta-hipotese-de-homicidio-no-caso-do-artista-plastico-selaron-7246198 . live .
17. Web site: Morre ator Clayton Silva, humorista do bordão 'tô de olho no sinhô' (Portuguese) . 16 January 2013 . 2013-10-09 . 2013-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130119134237/http://g1.globo.com/sp/campinas-regiao/noticia/2013/01/morre-ator-clayton-silva-humorista-do-bordao-de-olho-no-sinho.html . live .
18. Web site: paraiba-regiao/noticia/2013/01/walmor-chagas-morre-aos-82-anos.html Walmor Chagas morre aos 82 anos (in Portuguese).
19. Web site: Atriz Lídia Mattos morre aos 88 anos no Rio (Portuguese) . 2013-10-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130126100500/http://odia.ig.com.br/portal/rio/atriz-l%C3%ADdia-mattos-morre-aos-88-anos-no-rio-1.538388 . 2013-01-26 . dead .
20. Web site: Morre o ator e cineasta Zózimo Bulbul, aos 75 anos (in Portuguese) . 24 January 2013 . 2013-10-09 . 2013-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130124205712/http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/morre-ator-cineasta-zozimo-bulbul-aos-75-anos-7385481 . live .
21. http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/morre-em-sp-aos-74-anos-ex-ministro-fernando-lyra-7581017 Morre em SP, aos 74 anos, o ex-ministro Fernando Lyra (Portuguese)
22. Web site: Filho de Chorão chega ao IML de SP para liberação do corpo do cantor (Portuguese) . 2018-09-15 . https://archive.today/20130410025637/http://click.uol.com.br/?rf=home2011-topo-A6&u=http://musica.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2013/03/06/filho-de-chorao-chega-ao-iml-de-sp-para-liberacao-do-corpo-do-cantor.htm . 2013-04-10 . dead .
23. http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2013/03/cantor-emilio-santiago-morre-no-rio.html Cantor Emílio Santiago morre no Rio|g1.globo.com
24. http://www.atribuna.com.br/noticias.asp?idnoticia=187006&idDepartamento=5&idCategoria=0 Corpo do primeiro Rei Momo de Santos, Waldemar Esteves da Cunha, é enterrado
25. http://entretenimento.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2013/04/15/atriz-cleyde-yaconis-morre-em-sao-paulo-aos-89-anos-no-hospital-sirio-libanes.htm Atriz Cleyde Yáconis morre em São Paulo, aos 89 anos|UOL Entretenimento
26. Web site: Compositor Paulo Vanzolini morre aos 89 anos em São Paulo - 29/04/2013 - Ilustrada. https://web.archive.org/web/20130909223247/http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2013/04/1270107-compositor-paulo-vanzolini-morre-aos-89-anos-em-sao-paulo.shtml. dead. September 9, 2013. Folha de S.Paulo.
27. Web site: Bishop Tito Buss diescatholic-hierarchy.org . 2013-10-09 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082652/http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbuss.html . live .
28. Web site: Peu Sousa, ex-guitarrista de Pitty, é encontrado morto em casa, na BA. https://web.archive.org/web/20190927122443/http://g1.globo.com/bahia/noticia/2013/05/peu-souza-ex-guitarrista-de-pitty-e-encontrado-morto-em-casa-na-ba.html. dead. Do G1. BA. May 6, 2013. September 27, 2019. Bahia.
29. Web site: Roberto Civita, presidente do Grupo Abril, morre em São Paulo aos 76 anos - 26/05/2013 - Poder. https://web.archive.org/web/20131126085102/http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2013/05/1285389-roberto-civita-presidente-do-grupo-abril-morre-em-sao-paulo-aos-76-anos.shtml. dead. November 26, 2013. Folha de S.Paulo.
30. Web site: Bishop Silvério Jarbas Paulo de Albuquerque . 2013-10-09 . 2013-08-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130826115832/http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/balbs.html . live .
31. Web site: Eugênio Izecksohn, especialista em anfíbios, morre aos 81 anos (O Globo). https://web.archive.org/web/20130609095541/http://oglobo.globo.com/ciencia/eugenio-izecksohn-especialista-em-anfibios-morre-aos-81-anos-8588787. dead. June 9, 2013.
32. Web site: Morre a jornalista e escritora Scarlet Moon, aos 62 anos (Veja). https://web.archive.org/web/20131127150147/http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/celebridades/jornalista-e-escritora-scarlet-moon-morre-aos-62-anos. dead. November 27, 2013.
33. Web site: Atriz Malu Rocha morre aos 65 anos - 07/06/2013 - Ilustrada. https://web.archive.org/web/20131111105837/http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2013/06/1291872-atriz-malu-rocha-morre-aos-65-anos.shtml. dead. November 11, 2013. Folha de S.Paulo.
34. Web site: Bishop José de Lima . 2013-10-09 . 2013-08-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130826125231/http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdelima.html . live .
35. Web site: Teodoro, campeão brasileiro pelo São Paulo em 1977, morre de câncer. https://web.archive.org/web/20131206202836/http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2013/06/12/teodoro-campeao-brasileiro-pelo-sao-paulo-em-1977-morre-de-cancer.htm. dead. December 6, 2013. www.uol.com.br.
36. Web site: Tatiana Belinky, autora de livros infanto-juvenis, morre aos 94 anos. O Estado de S. Paulo. 28 April 2014. pt. June 16, 2013.
37. Web site: Morre aos 88 o gravurista Marcello Grassmann - 21/06/2013 - Ilustrada. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200311/http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2013/06/1299116-morre-aos-88-o-gravurista-marcelo-grassmann.shtml. dead. October 29, 2013. Folha de S.Paulo.
38. Web site: Judge Edward Johnstone Kentucky Prison Reformer Dead at 91.
39. Web site: Ex-Flu, medalhista olímpico pela seleção morre aos 92 anos, no Rio. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203033830/http://globoesporte.globo.com/basquete/noticia/2013/06/ex-flu-medalhista-olimpico-pela-selecao-morre-aos-92-anos-no-rio.html#esporte-basquete. dead. Por GLOBOESPORTE COM Rio de. Janeiro. December 3, 2013. globoesporte.com.
40. Web site: Mc Daleste Brazilian Rapper Shot And Killed Onstage . 8 July 2013 . 2013-10-09 . 2013-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019004623/http://www.contactmusic.com/story/brazilian-rapper-shot-and-killed-onstage_3749204 . live .
41. Web site: Claudiney Ramos morreu vítima de malária (Claudiney Ramos died of malaria). https://web.archive.org/web/20131016160154/http://www.abola.pt/nnh/ver.aspx?id=413789. dead. October 16, 2013.
42. Web site: Morre Bertha Becker, uma das maiores autoridades em Amazônia no Brasil. https://web.archive.org/web/20130719121241/http://www.ihu.unisinos.br/noticias/521983-morre-bertha-becker-uma-das-maiores-autoridades-em-amazonia-no-brasil. dead. Cesar. Sanson. July 19, 2013. www.ihu.unisinos.br.
43. Web site: Aos 72 anos, morre o músico Dominguinhos. https://web.archive.org/web/20200304133226/https://musica.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2013/07/23/aos-72-anos-morre-o-musico-dominguinhos.htm. dead. March 4, 2020. musica.uol.com.br.
44. Web site: Former world football champion dies in Brazil . 2013-10-09 . 2013-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130727125948/http://sport.news.am/eng/news/27018/former-world-football-champion-dies-in-brazil.html . live .
45. Web site: Nota de falecimento do professor do IGc e da Poli, Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida. https://web.archive.org/web/20180507134524/https://www.usp.br/imprensa/?p=32465. dead. May 7, 2018.
46. http://maringa.odiario.com/maringa/noticia/762121/relembre-a-historia-do-primeiro-arcebispo-de-maringa/#ad-image-24 Relembre a história do primeiro arcebispo de Maringá, Dom Jaime - Maringá
47. Web site: Bishop Joaquim Rufino do Rêgo . 2013-10-09 . 2013-09-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130902055143/http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brudr.html . live .
48. Web site: Morre herói da FAB que foi piloto de caça na 2ª Guerra Mundial. https://web.archive.org/web/20130817123806/http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2013/08/morre-heroi-da-fab-que-foi-piloto-de-caca-na-2-guerra-mundial.html. dead. Do. G1. em São. Paulo. August 13, 2013. August 17, 2013. Rio de Janeiro.
49. Web site: De Sordi, campeão mundial de 58, morre aos 82 anos . 2013-10-09 . 2013-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131206095253/http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/noticia/2013-08-25/de-sordi-campeao-mundial-de-58-morre-aos-82-anos . live .
50. Web site: Gilmar, World Cup-Winning Goalkeeper for Brazil, Dies at 83. .
51. Web site: Bishop Joaquim Justino Carreira [Catholic-Hierarchy]]. www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
52. Web site: Champignon, do Charlie Brown Jr., morre em São Paulo . 9 September 2013 . pt . Veja.
53. Web site: Corpo do ex-ministro Luiz Gushiken é velado em São Paulo. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019044128/http://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/noticia/2013/09/corpo-do-ex-ministro-luiz-gushiken-e-velado-em-sao-paulo.html. dead. Cíntia AcayabaDo. G1. em São. Paulo. September 14, 2013. October 19, 2013. São Paulo.
54. Web site: Morre Oscar Castro Neves, um dos precursores da Bossa Nova. https://web.archive.org/web/20131001160950/http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/morre-oscar-castro-neves-um-dos-precursores-da-bossa-nova-10191472. dead. September 28, 2013. October 1, 2013. O Globo.
55. http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/former-morocco-football-coach-jose-faria-dies Former Morocco football coach Jose Faria dies
56. http://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/noticia/2013/11/morre-jorge-doria-aos-92-anos-no-rio.html Morre aos 92 anos o ator Jorge Dória
57. http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/politica/marcelo-deda-morre-aos-53-anos-vitima-de-um-cancer,aea1e12eba4a2410VgnCLD2000000ec6eb0aRCRD.html Marcelo Déda morre aos 53 anos vítima de um câncer
58. http://g1.globo.com/pernambuco/musica/noticia/2013/12/reginaldo-rossi-morre-aos-69-anos-de-cancer-no-pulmao.html Reginaldo Rossi morre aos 69 anos de câncer no pulmão