2017 in Brazil explained

See also: 2015-2017 Brazilian economic crisis. Events in the year 2017 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

Vice governors

Events

January

See also: 2017 Brazil prison riots. [1]

February

STF Minister Edson Fachin is selected as the new rapporteur for Operation Lava Jato, after the death of Teori Zavascki.[13]

Espírito Santo experiences the biggest security crisis in the state.[14]

President Michel Temer deploys the Brazilian Army to the southeastern state of Espírito Santo, where a police strike leads to a wave of violence and looting, including dozens of murders in the state capital, Vitória.[15] [16]

TRE-RJ determines the impeachment of the mandates of the Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Fernando Pezão and vice governor Francisco Dornelles.

Supreme Court justice Edson Fachin authorizes an investigation into efforts to impede the Operation Car Wash kickback investigation. Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot accuses former President and current Senator José Sarney, as well as Senators Romero Juca and Renan Calheiros of obstruction of justice, citing conversations secretly recorded by cooperating witness Sergio Machado, former president of Transpetro.[17]

March

Economic figures released show that the Brazilian economy shrank 3.6% in 2016.[18]

By using the fully expendable version of their Falcon 9 launch vehicle; SpaceX successfully launches the EchoStar 23 satellite, a direct-to-home television broadcast service for Brazil, into a geosynchronous transfer orbit.[19]

China, Chile, and Egypt lift their bans on importing meat from Brazil.[22]

April

Former Secretary of Health of Rio de Janeiro Sérgio Côrtes is charged, along with two other people, with obstruction of justice for trying to get former under-secretary Cesar Romero to change his testimony in an Operation Car Wash investigation.[23]

STF Minister, Edson Fachin removes the secrecy of Odebrecht's accusations in the context of Operation Lava Jato. [24]

A former Odebrecht executive, jailed for bribery, says that Michel Temer was involved in a scheme to funnel a $40 million dollar illegal campaign contribution to his party's campaign fund. Temer denies this.[25]

A federal judge orders Petrobras to suspend the sale of its stake in an offshore prospect to Norway's Statoil. This is in response to the National Federation of Oil Workers petition, where there should have been an open bidding process for the transaction.[26]

Around 50 armed men allegedly belonging to the Brazil-based First Capital Command, storm a security vault and police headquarters in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, escape with around $6 million in a daring cross-border raid.[27]

May

The Brazilian geostationary satellite SGDC-1 is launched at the Kourou base in French Guiana. It was carried out by Arianespace, which was launched by the Ariane 5 rocket.[34]

The federal government of Brazil informs the World Health Organization that it is ending its state of emergency concerning the Zika virus, following a 95.3% reduction in cases in early 2017 compared to early 2016.[35]

O Globo reports, that it has obtained recordings of President Michel Temer discussing a bribe for Eduardo Cunha. Cunha is imprisoned on a nine-year sentence for corruption, money laundering and tax evasion in return for not talking to prosecutors. Temer strongly denies the report.[36] [37]

Police search the Rio de Janeiro apartment of Aécio Neves, who narrowly lost the 2014 presidential election to Dilma Rousseff in the second-round runoff. The Supreme Court, which has jurisdiction in criminal trials of sitting politicians, suspend Neves' senatorial status, due to his pending criminal trial. An Odebrecht executive seeking a lighter sentence on his own bribery charges, filmed Nueves discussing a payment of two million reals, roughly $638,000.[38]

Protestors set fire to the Ministry of Agriculture headquarters in Brasília, amid calls for the impeachment or resignation of Michel Temer as President of Brazil over allegations of corruption.[42] [43]

June

The first increase in GDP after eight consecutive quarterly declines is registered. The country is recovering from the 2014 economic crisis.[44]

The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) reopens the illegal campaign funding case against President Michel Temer, the vice presidential candidate on former President Dilma Rousseff's ticket in 2014. Temer became president in August 2016 when Rousseff was impeached, and could be unseated if the court annuls the RousseffTemer election victory.[45]

TSE hears a motion on the admissibility of new allegations made in plea bargain testimony by construction company Odebrecht about illegal campaign contributions to the political ticket shared by then-president Dilma Rousseff and then-vice president Michel Temer, who replaced her after her impeachment.[46]

TSE votes 4–3 to reject the campaign finance case against Temer, which had also implicated Rousseff as his running mate.[47] [48]

Former governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Cabral Filho, is sentenced to 14 years and two months in prison for corruption and money laundering in a scheme involving kickbacks for construction contracts, such as a Rio petrochemical plant. Former Rio interior minister Wilson Carlos Carvalho, described as Cabral's right hand, is also found guilty and sentenced to ten years. Judge Sergio Moro said there wasn't enough evidence to convict Cabral's wife, Adriana Ancelmo.[49]

Ipsos Institute poll puts Temer disapproval rating at 93%.[54]

July

Temer's government introduces a legislative initiative described as labor reform.[55]

Temer signs MP 759 into law, making significant changes to Brazilian land and agrarian reform policies that environmentalists say threaten to worsen deforestation and a massive asset transfer to large landowners.[56]

Judge Sergio Moro sentences former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to nine and a half years in prison, albeit remaining free on appeal. Lula is found guilty on corruption and money laundering charges in connection with the Petrobras investigation. He is the first president of Brazil to be criminally convicted since the enactment of the 1988 Constitution.[57] [58] [59]

Temer appoints Sérgio Sá Leitão as Minister of Culture.[60]

Transparency NGO Contas Abertas (Open Accounts) said Temer spent 4.2 billion reals ($1.33 billion) since June, compared to 100 million reals in January through May, in advance of a vote in the lower house on corruption charges that could remove him from office.[61]

August

The Chamber of Deputies bars accusations of passive corruption against President Michel Temer.[62]

In association football, Paris Saint-Germain sign Neymar from FC Barcelona for a world-record transfer fee of 222 million (£200 million, US$264 million).[63]

Police and soldiers raid five poor suburbs of Rio de Janeiro looking for those responsible for a string of truck hijackings.[64]

Justice Minister Torquato Jardim stated at a conference that Brazil's informal economy accounted for 16% of its gross domestic product.[67]

Temer administration announces plans to privatize Eletrobras, the Petrobras subsidiary that produces 40% of Brazil's electricity.[68]

The passenger ship Comandante Ribeiro sinks in the Xingu River near Porto de Moz, where at least ten people lost their lives.[69]

News emerges that Michel Temer has abolished the protected status of a huge piece of land in the remote northern Amazon known as the National Reserve of Copper and Associates (Renca).[70]

President Michel Temer abolishes the 46,000 km2 National Reserve of Copper and Associates (Renca) ecological reserve, which spans the borders of Amapá and Pará in northern Brazil. More than 20 domestic and multinational firms have expressed interest in accessing the area's deposits of gold, copper, tantalum, iron ore, nickel and manganese.[71]

An injunction is issued against the revocation of Renca, stating that Michel Temer has exceeded his authority and that the area's ecological protections can only be undertaken by the legislative branch.[72]

September

- The Federal Police makes the biggest seizure of cash in the nation's history, during a search and seizure in Operation Lost Treasure.[73] [74] [75] [76] [77]

Prosecutors file corruption charges in connection with Operation Carwash against ex-presidents Dilma Rousseff and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. This is the first time allegations had been made against Rousseff, whereas Lula has previously been charged in connection with a beach house that prosecutors say was a bribe.[78]

Prosecutor Rodrigo Janot files charges in the Supreme Court against officials in President Michel Temer's Brazilian Democratic Movement Party accusing them of forming a criminal organization.[79]

Fundação Nacional do Índio (Funai), the Brazilian agency for indigenous people, report that a group of miners had boasted of killing as many as ten members of an uncontacted tribe.[80]

Additional corruption charges are filed against Michel Temer in relation to illegal campaign contributions from JBS S.A.[83]

Brazil imposes a 20% tariff on imports of US ethanol.[84]

Brazil auctions oil leases, raising more than one billion dollars.[85]

October

Brazilian police detain Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti, after he was attempting to flee across the border into Bolivia, in order to avoid extradition back to Italy. If extradited, he faces a life sentence in prison for four murders he committed during the 1970s.[86]

The Tribunal de Contas da União (Federal Accounting Court) said Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) paid 20% too much for the shares it bought of JBS S.A., from Joesley and Wesley Batista, causing an $89 million loss.[88]

Brazil auctions offshore oil leases to ExxonMobil, Statoil and Shell.[90]

November

December

Relations between Brazil and Guyana are intensified after a new cooperation agreement between the countries.[104]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brazil Has Become a Gangland: With the country's politics plagued by scandal and corruption, Brazil's gangs are fighting a deadly and brazen turf war — inside and out of the broken prison system.. Chris Feliciano Arnold. FP.
  2. Web site: Dozens killed in prison riot in Brazil city of Manaus. Al-Jazeera. 2 January 2017.
  3. News: Around 60 killed as drug gangs clash in Brazil prison massacre. Reuters. 2 January 2017 . 2 January 2017.
  4. Web site: 20 January 2017. 16 January 2017. IstoÉ. Mortes em rebeliões de presídios chegam a 119 no ano; PCC mata 26 no RN.
  5. News: After riots in Manaus and Roraima, Minister of Justice sees no wave of riots in prisons. Reuters. 6 January 2017 . 5 August 2023.
  6. News: Reuters. UPDATE 4-Brazil police raid offices in probe of Caixa loans. By Pedro Fonseca . Brad Haynes. February 14, 2018.
  7. News: Brazil prisoners beheaded in riot at Natal prison. BBC News . 15 January 2017 . 15 January 2017.
  8. News: Dozens killed and wounded in Alcacuz prison riot. 15 January 2017. Al-Jazeera. 11 February 2017.
  9. News: Brazil Supreme Court judge handling graft probe killed in plane crash. Reuters. 19 January 2017 . 19 January 2017.
  10. Web site: Police enter Brazil prison after gang clash; control tenuous. AP. 22 January 2017.
  11. News: Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista held in corruption probe. BBC News . 30 January 2017 . 30 January 2017.
  12. Web site: 27 June 2017. 30 January 2017. Ana Cristina. CAMPOS. Agência Brasil. Empresário Eike Batista é transferido para Bangu 9.
  13. Web site: 2 February 2017. Mariana Oliveira. Globo.com. Ministro Edson Fachin é sorteado novo relator da Lava Jato no STF. G1.
  14. 2017-02-06. Espírito Santo. pt-BR. Sem policiamento, Vitória suspende aulas e atendimento de saúde.
  15. News: Brazil sends troops to state torn by violence due to police strike. Reuters. 6 February 2017 . 7 February 2017.
  16. Web site: Brazil sends 200 troops to control lethal violence sparked by police strike. The Guardian. 6 February 2017 . 7 February 2017.
  17. Web site: Brazil's Supreme Court probes former president, senators. Reuters. 9 February 2017 . 6 August 2023.
  18. News: Brazil's worst recession: 8 consecutive quarters of contraction. Patrick Gillespie. CNNMoney. CNN. 9 February 2017. 7 March 2017.
  19. Web site: SpaceX launches expendable Falcon 9 with EchoStar 23. NASA Spaceflight. 15 March 2017 . 21 March 2017.
  20. Web site: Justiça Federal no Paraná bloqueia R$1 bilhão dos maiores frigoríficos do país . 17 March 2017 . Agência Brasil. EBC . 18 March 2017. pt.
  21. News: Brazil Police Launch Massive Anticorruption Probe of Meatpacking Industry: Police allege officials of companies including JBS SA and BRF SA bribed sanitary inspectors . Rogerio Jelmayer . Luciana Magalhaes . 17 March 2017 . 12 February 2018. Wall Street Journal.
  22. News: Brazil meat scandal: China and others lift ban . BBC News . 25 March 2017 . 26 March 2017.
  23. News: 'Nossas putarias têm que continuar', escreveu ex-secretário de Cabral. Italo Nogueira . 5 April 2017. UOL. "Our whores have to continue," wrote Cabral's former secretary . 12 February 2018.
  24. Web site: 12 April 2017. 11 April 2017. Fausto. Macedo. O Estado de São Paulo. Exclusivo: Fachin acaba com sigilo das delações da Odebrecht. Estadão.
  25. News: Brazilian President Michel Temer Allegedly Linked to $40 Million Bribe: Former Odebrecht executive said he agreed to payment to Temer's party, PMDB, in exchange for construction contract. Wall Street Journal. 13 April 2017. 9 February 2018. firewall
  26. News: Brazil court suspends Petrobras oilfield sale to Statoil. Reuters. 17 April 2017 . 18 April 2017.
  27. Web site: 'Heist of the century': Brazilian gang hits security vault and police HQ in Paraguay . The Guardian. 25 April 2017. 25 April 2017.
  28. Web site: Brazil police storm Congress over proposal to raise retirement age. 19 April 2017. Reuters. The Guardian.
  29. News: Brazil faces nationwide strike threatening to paralyze country. Reuters. 28 April 2017.
  30. News: In Brazil, protesters clash with police as a general strike empties schools and brings business to a halt. LA Times. 29 April 2017 . 29 April 2017.
  31. Web site: Brazil Gripped by General Strike Over Austerity Measures . New York Times. Simon Romero. 28 April 2017. 13 February 2018.
  32. News: Operation Car Wash: Brazil's endemic corruption laid bare: Presidents, politics and big business have become embroiled in a scandal that has cost the country over €33bn so far . 7 October 2017. Tom Hennigan. The Irish Times. 14 February 2018.
  33. News: Brazil Supreme Court releases former billionaire Batista from jail. Reuters . April 28, 2017 . February 18, 2018 .
  34. http://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,satelite-brasileiro-e-lancado-com-sucesso-na-guiana-francesa,70001763796 Satélite Brasileiro
  35. Web site: Brazil calls off Zika emergency. Seven News. 12 May 2017. 11 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170511223123/https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/35476694/brazil-calls-off-zika-emergency/#page1. dead.
  36. News: Brazil corruption probe: Key words and names#Michel Temer . 12 July 2017. 9 February 2018. BBC .
  37. Web site: The long Brazilian Crisis, Part I: Latin America's largest economy is in disarray; its historic Workers Party faces destruction; and its radical left searches for a response.. 1 February 2018. 10 February 2018. North American Congress on Latin America.
  38. Web site: Reuters . Staff. 18 May 2017 . 10 February 2018. Brazil police searches Rio apartment owned by senator: source.
  39. News: Brazil plea-bargain testimony says president took $4.6 million in bribes. Reuters. 18 May 2017 . 20 May 2017.
  40. Web site: 27 June 2017. 19 May 2017. UOL. Joesley diz que repassou R$ 500 milhões para políticos; assista depoimentos.
  41. News: Brazil's outraged opposition calls for scandal-hit Temer to step down: But opponents of unpopular president face uphill battle in their bid for new popular ballot. XOSÉ HERMIDA. São Paulo . 19 May 2017 . February 20, 2017 . El País . en.
  42. News: Brazil protests: Ministerial building set on fire during clashes. BBC News . 24 May 2017 . 24 May 2017.
  43. Web site: 27 June 2017. 24 May 2017. ZH. Ministério da Agricultura registra incêndio; todos os ministérios são evacuados na Esplanada.
  44. 24 June 2017. 1 June 2017. Jornal Nacional. PIB do primeiro trimestre cresce 1% após oito quedas seguidas.
  45. News: Brazil court opens case that could unseat President Temer. Reuters. 6 June 2017 . 10 June 2017.
  46. News: Reuters . Brazil court split over whether to accept new evidence in campaign . Ricardo Brito . 7 June 2017 . 11 February 2018 .
  47. Web site: Embattled Brazilian President Temer avoids removal from office with court victory . Associated Press . Sarah DiLorenzo . . 9 June 2017 . 12 February 2018.
  48. Web site: 27 June 2017. 10 June 2017. El País. TSE salva Temer por quatro votos a três.
  49. News: Rio state ex-governor Sergio Cabral sentenced to 14 years . BBC . 13 June 2017 . 13 February 2017.
  50. News: After Rainforest Victory for Brazil's Environmentalists, a Mining Battle Looms . R.T. Watson . 21 June 2017 . 14 February 2018 . Bloomberg Politics.
  51. Web site: Para 79%, Michel Temer deveria renunciar ou ser cassado, diz DataPoder360. Poder360. pt. Rodrigo. Zuquim. 21 June 2017. 2 May 2021.
  52. Web site: Brazil faces fresh turmoil after President Temer charged with corruption. The Guardian. 27 June 2017 . 27 June 2017.
  53. News: TRF-4 reverte decisão de Moro e absolve João Vaccari Neto. TRF4 reverses decision of Moro and absolves João Vaccari Neto. 27 June 2017. 24 July 2017. pt. O Globo.
  54. Web site: Ipsos: 2% consideram o governo Temer 'ótimo' ou 'bom'. O Globo. pt. Bruno. Góes. 25 July 2017. 2 May 2021.
  55. News: Brazil senators set final vote on labor reform for July 11. 4 July 2017 . 6 August 2023. Reuters.
  56. News: Temer signs law that could see millions of acres lost in the Amazon. Sue Branford. Maurício Torres. 13 July 2017 . 13 February 2018. Monga Bay.
  57. News: Ex-Brazil President Lula sentenced to nearly 10 years for corruption. Reuters. 12 July 2017 . 12 July 2017.
  58. News: The Rot at the Heart of Brazil's Anti-Corruption Crusade: Allegations of bias have tarnished the investigation against Lula, setting the stage for yet another institutional crisis in the country that decided Lula da Silva will be its candidate again in the 2018 election in Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2 February 2018. 19 February 2012. The Atlantic. Alex Quadro.
  59. Web site: 12 July 2017. 12 July 2017. Abril. Lula é condenado a nove anos de prisão. VEJA.
  60. Web site: Folha de Sao Paulo . Temer escolhe jornalista Sérgio Sá Leitão para Ministério da Cultura . 20 July 2017 . Bruno Boghossian . UOL. 6 August 2023.
  61. Web site: U.S. News & World Report . Brazil's Temer Scrambles for Support to Block Corruption Trial . 27 July 2017 . Anthony Boadle . Reuters. 13 February 2018 .
  62. Web site: 2 August 2017. 2 August 2017. Correio Braziliense. Na Câmara, Temer derruba possibilidade de ser investigado pelo STF.
  63. News: Neymar: Paris St-Germain sign Barcelona forward for world record 222m euros. BBC Sport . 4 August 2017.
  64. News: Troops storm Rio slums to catch gang leaders. Japan Times . AFP-JIJI . 6 August 2017 . 14 February 2018 . en.
  65. News: Empresário bancou R$ 70 mil/ano em viagens e depositou US$ 3 milhões na Suíça, diz ex-secretário. Entrepreneur banked R $ 70,000 / year in travel and deposited US $ 3 million in Switzerland, says former secretary . Hanrrikson de Andrade . Paula Bianchi . UOL . 11 August 2017 . pt.
  66. Web site: Petrobras discovers oil accumulation in Campos basin pre-salt layer . 11 August 2017 . 13 February 2018 . World Oil.
  67. News: Brazil's informal economy accounts for 16 pct of GDP: official. https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025410/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/16/c_136529083.htm. dead. February 16, 2018. Xinhua. 16 August 2017. 14 February 2018.
  68. News: Brazil's move to privatize Eletrobras sparks investor euphoria. Reuters. 21 August 2017. 6 August 2023.
  69. Web site: Comandante Ribero . 23 August 2017 . shipwrecklog . 24 August 2017 .
  70. News: Brazil abolishes huge Amazon reserve in biggest attack in 50 years. The Guardian.
  71. Web site: Governo lança 57 privatizações e abre reserva na Amazônia à mineração.. G1. 25 August 2017. pt.
  72. News: Brazilian Judge Stymies Plan to Allow Mining in Amazon Region . ERNESTO LONDOÑO . SHANNON SIMS . 30 August 2017. New York Times . 11 February 2017.
  73. Web site: 7 September 2017. Julia Affonso, Fausto Macedo, Fabio Serapião e Fabio Fabrini. 6 September 2017. Estadão. Acabou a contagem: R$ 51 milhões no bunker de Geddel.
  74. Web site: 7 September 2017. 6 September 2017. Globo.com. PF levou 14 horas para contar os R$ 51 milhões achados em 'bunker' que seria de Geddel. O Globo.
  75. Web site: 7 September 2017. 6 September 2017. iG. PF contabiliza R$ 51 milhões no 'bunker de Geddel'. O Dia.
  76. Web site: 7 September 2017. Andreza Matias e Marcelo de Moraes. 5 September 2017. Estadão. PF acha bunker onde Geddel escondia propina.
  77. Web site: 7 September 2017. 6 September 2017. Abril. Polícia Federal encontra local onde Geddel escondia propina. VEJA.
  78. News: Brazilian ex-presidents charged in corruption case. BBC . 6 September 2017. 9 February 2018.
  79. News: Brazil prosecutor charges members of Temer's party with criminal organization. Reuters. 8 September 2017 . 9 September 2017.
  80. Web site: 'Uncontacted' Amazon Tribe Members Reported Killed in Brazil. Shasta. Darlington. 10 September 2017. New York Times. 2018-05-28.
  81. Web site: Brazil investigates reports of massacre among Amazonian tribe by gold miners. The Guardian. 12 September 2017 . 12 September 2017.
  82. News: Brazil probes alleged money laundering on sales to Venezuela's PDVSA . Reuters . Lisandra Paraguassu . 11 September 2017 . 14 February 2018.
  83. News: Brazil President Michel Temer faces more criminal charges . 15 September 2017 . BBC . 12 February 2018.
  84. News: U.S. producers not happy after Brazil adds 20 percent tariff to ethanol imports . Omaha World-Herald . Russell Hubbard . 16 September 2017 . 14 February 2018.
  85. Web site: Brazil holds record oil field auctions . September 28, 2017 . AFP . phys.org . February 20, 2018.
  86. News: Brazil detains Italian fugitive Battisti leaving country. Reuters. 4 October 2017 . 4 October 2017.
  87. News: Brazil nursery attack: Children set on fire in Minas Gerais. BBC News . 5 October 2017 . 6 October 2017.
  88. News: BNDES Unduly Paid 20% More for JBS Shares, Says Federal Accounting Court . Fábio Fabrini. Folha de S. Paulo . 18 October 2018 . 13 February 2018. en.
  89. News: Brazil's President Temer avoids corruption trial . 26 October 2017 . 11 February 2018.
  90. News: Brazil Draws Broad Interest in Offshore Oil Drilling Rights . Vinod Sreeharsha . October 27, 2017 . New York Times . February 20, 2018.
  91. Web site: 11 November 2017. 8 November 2017. Comissão aprova projeto que restringe aborto até em caso de estupro.
  92. Web site: Brazil. Formula1.com. 13 November 2017. 12 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180412160458/https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2017/Brazil.html. dead.
  93. Web site: Results. Formula1.com. 13 November 2017.
  94. Web site: Massa's emotional final race on home soil. Formula1.com.
  95. News: Immigration Bill Is Signed into Law, but Amendments Are Subject to Criticism. November 21, 2017 . PATRÍCIA CAMPOS MELLO . February 15, 2018 .
  96. News: Brazilian Supreme Court Bans Use of Asbestos in Brazil . Folha de S. Paulo . 30 November 2017 . LETÍCIA CASADO . 11 February 2018.
  97. News: Folha de S. Folha. Brazilian Police Arrest Drug Lord Rogério 157, Pivot of War in Rio Slum. December 7, 2017. Luiza Franco.
  98. Dom Phillips, Rio police hail arrest of drug kingpin in 3,000-strong favela operation, The Guardian (December 6, 2017).
  99. Dom Phillips & Júlio Carvalho, Arrest of Rio drug kingpin brings fear of power grab – and further violence, The Guardian (December 10, 2017).
  100. Web site: Por 470 votos a 3, PSDB elege Geraldo Alckmin presidente nacional do partido.
  101. News: Fabio Fabrini . Folha de S. Paulo . 12 December 2017 . 14 February 2018 . Former Temer Aide Rocha Loures Named as Defendant in Corruption Probe .
  102. News: BBC News . 15 December 2017 . Odebrecht case: Politicians worldwide suspected in bribery scandal. BBC. February 15, 2018.
  103. News: BBC News. February 15, 2018. Brazil corruption: Jailed former Odebrecht chief to serve term at home. December 19, 2017.
  104. Web site: 21 December 2017. 21 December 2017. Agência Brasil. Brasil e Guiana firmam acordos de cooperação.
  105. News: Financial Times . Reuters . Brazil court suspends parts of 'Christmas pardon': Critics complain of softened terms for politicians convicted in corruption case . Joe Leahy . 28 December 2017. 14 February 2018.
  106. Web site: Vida Alves, atriz do 1º beijo e do 1º beijo gay da TV brasileira, morre aos 88 anos. https://web.archive.org/web/20170106134231/http://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/noticia/morre-aos-88-anos-vida-alves-atriz-do-1-beijo-e-do-1-beijo-gay-da-tv-brasileira.ghtml. dead. January 6, 2017. G1.
  107. Web site: 'Lambada' singer Loalwa Braz found dead in Brazil: Police . 2017-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170123185809/http://gulftoday.ae/portal/98399025-00fe-4dcb-8550-f62dfb19d2c6.aspx . 2017-01-23 . dead .
  108. News: Plane carrying Brazil Supreme Court judge crashes into sea . Reuters . 19 January 2017 . 2017-07-02 . 2022-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220408055136/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-crash-idUSKBN1532WH?il=0 . live .
  109. Web site: Relator da Lava Jato no STF, Teori Zavascki morre aos 68 anos após queda de avião em Paraty. https://web.archive.org/web/20221114203449/https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/relator-da-lava-jato-no-stf-teori-morre-aos-68-anos-apos-queda-de-aviao-em-paraty.ghtml. dead. November 14, 2022. G1.
  110. Web site: Ex-técnico Carlos Alberto Silva morre aos 77 anos em Belo Horizonte. https://web.archive.org/web/20170121124556/http://globoesporte.globo.com/mg/futebol/noticia/2017/01/ex-tecnico-carlos-alberto-silva-morre-aos-77-anos-em-belo-horizonte.html. dead. Por GloboEsporte comBelo. Horizonte. January 21, 2017. globoesporte.com.
  111. Web site: Morre Dom Albano Bortoletto Cavallin, arcebispo emérito de Londrina. https://archive.today/20170317062928/http://g1.globo.com/pr/norte-noroeste/noticia/2017/02/morre-dom-albano-bortoletto-cavallin-arcebispo-emerito-de-londrina.html. dead. Do G1. PR. February 1, 2017. March 17, 2017. Norte e Noroeste.
  112. Web site: Marisa Letícia tem morte cerebral, e família autoriza doação de órgãos. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202235508/https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2017/02/02/ex-primeira-dama-marisa-leticia-tem-morte-cerebral-em-sp-apos-avc.htm. dead. February 2, 2017. noticias.uol.com.br.
  113. Web site: Former Syracuse, Boston Celtics center Fab Melo dies in Brazil . 12 February 2017 . 2017-02-12 . 2017-02-23 . https://archive.today/20170223062447/http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18668751/former-syracuse-boston-celtics-center-fab-melo-dies-brazil . live .
  114. Web site: Ex-jogador e técnico do Flamengo, Paulo Henrique morre aos 52 anos. https://web.archive.org/web/20201004011930/http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/flamengo/noticia/2017/02/ex-jogador-e-tecnico-do-flamengo-paulo-henrique-morre-aos-52-anos.html/. dead. Por GloboEsporte comRio de. Janeiro. October 4, 2020. globoesporte.com.
  115. Web site: Archbishop Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira . 2017-03-27 . 2022-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221114203440/http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/briol.html . live .
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  145. Web site: Ex-prefeito de Americana, Ralph Biasi morre aos 69 anos. https://web.archive.org/web/20170819184022/http://liberal.com.br/cidades/americana/ex-prefeito-de-americana-ralph-biasi-morre-aos-69-anos-635733/. dead. August 19, 2017.
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  150. Web site: Morre Dom José Maria Pires, arcebispo emérito da Paraíba. G1.
  151. Web site: Atriz Rogéria morre aos 74 anos no Rio. https://web.archive.org/web/20170908233302/http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/atriz-rogeria-morre-aos-74-anos-no-rio.ghtml. dead. September 8, 2017. G1.
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  155. Web site: Ex-atleta Elizete Gomes da Silva morre em acidente de carro no Paraná. https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045512/https://globoesporte.globo.com/pr/noticia/ex-atleta-elizete-gomes-da-silva-morre-em-acidente-de-carro-no-parana.ghtml. dead. September 24, 2017. ge.
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  159. Web site: Inventor do Bina, Nélio Nicolai morre em Brasília aos 77 anos. https://web.archive.org/web/20180131181303/https://g1.globo.com/distrito-federal/noticia/inventor-do-bina-nelio-nicolai-morre-em-brasilia-aos-77-anos.ghtml. dead. January 31, 2018. G1.
  160. News: Morre a escritora e ilustradora mineira Ângela Lago. The writer and illustrator Ângela Lago from Minas Gerais dies. Istoé. pt. 22 October 2017. 6 August 2021.
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  165. Web site: Referência na ciência política, Moniz Bandeira morre aos 81 anos. https://web.archive.org/web/20171111095220/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/morre-aos-83-anos-o-cientista-politico-moniz-bandeira. dead. November 10, 2017. November 11, 2017.
  166. Web site: Márcia Cabrita morre aos 53 anos. https://web.archive.org/web/20171110211650/https://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/noticia/marcia-cabrita-morre-aos-53-anos.ghtml. dead. November 10, 2017. G1.
  167. Web site: Morre o artista plástico Frans Krajcberg, aos 96 anos. https://archive.today/20171117101438/https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/artes-visuais/morre-artista-plastico-frans-krajcberg-aos-96-anos-22071797. dead. November 15, 2017. November 17, 2017. O Globo.
  168. Web site: Morre bispo emérito de Iguatu, dom José Doth de Oliveira; diocese decretou luto por sete dias. https://web.archive.org/web/20221114203442/https://www.iguatunoticias.com/2017/11/morre-bispo-emerito-de-iguatu-dom-jose.html. dead. November 14, 2022.
  169. Web site: Ex-vice-governador de SC Victor Fontana morre aos 101 anos. https://web.archive.org/web/20171231210318/http://projects.registerguard.com/rg/opinion/34889297-63/first-lady-pat-straub-was-a-class-act-in-denim.html.csp. dead. December 31, 2017. G1.
  170. Web site: Décès du couturier brésilien Ocimar Versolato, à 56 ans. https://web.archive.org/web/20171227203041/http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/12/09/deces-du-couturier-bresilien-ocimar-versolato-a-56-ans_a_23302273/. dead. December 27, 2017.
  171. Web site: Morre aos 98 anos a atriz Eva Todor. https://archive.today/20171210234526/https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/morre-a-atriz-eva-tudor.ghtml. dead. December 10, 2017. G1.
  172. Web site: Ex-governador de Minas Gerais Francelino Pereira morre em Belo Horizonte. https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051600/https://g1.globo.com/mg/minas-gerais/noticia/ex-governador-de-minas-gerais-francelino-pereira-morre-em-belo-horizonte.ghtml. dead. December 22, 2017. G1.
  173. Web site: Jogador do Avaí morre aos 20 anos de idade, vítima de um tumor no cérebro. https://web.archive.org/web/20171221142201/http://esporte.ig.com.br/futebol/2017-12-21/jogador-renanzinho-avai-morte.html. dead. iG São. Paulo. December 21, 2017. December 21, 2017. Portal iG.