2024 in Brazil explained

See also: 2024 in South America. Events in the year 2024 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President
  • • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Vice President
    • Geraldo Alckmin President of the Chamber of Deputies
    • Arthur Lira President of the Federal Senate
  • Rodrigo Pacheco
• President of the Supreme Federal Court
  • Luís Roberto Barroso

Events

January

• 8 January – Twenty-five people are killed and six others are injured in a crash involving a truck and a tourist minibus on a highway near São José do Jacuípe, Bahia.^[1]
• 15 January – Heavy rains kill 11 people in Rio de Janeiro.^[2]
• 29 January – A Piper PA-46 crashes in the rural area of Itapeva, Minas Gerais, killing seven people on board.^[3]

February

• 22 February – At least eight people are killed during floods and landslides in Rio de Janeiro State.^[4]
• 21 February – 8 May – 2024 Copa Verde football competition is held.^[5]

March

• 24 March – Twenty-three people are killed in a rainstorm in Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro states.^[6]
• 26 March - The centenary of the Club Athletico Paranaense

April

• 26 April – A fire at a guesthouse in Porto Alegre kills at least ten people.^[7]

May

• 2-13 May – 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods - At least 147 people are killed from flooding caused by heavy rains in Rio Grande do Sul. At least 127 others are listed as missing and 372 injured, while more than two million people in the state are affected and 600,000 others displaced.^{[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}
• 3 May – The 14 de Julho Dam fails after heavy rainfall in Rio Grande do Sul.^[14]
• 17 May – Brazil is awarded the hosting rights for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[15]
• 29 May – Brazil withdraws its ambassador to Israel amid criticism over the latter's war in Gaza.^[16]

June

• 10 June – 2024 Brazil wildfires: 32,000 hectares (79,000 acres) of tropical wetland in the Pantanal are affected, a 935% increase in the number of fires over the same period last year.^[17] A state of emergency is subsequently declared in the region on 25 June.^[18]
• 25 June – The Supreme Federal Court rules in favor of decriminalising possession of marijuana for personal use.^[19]

July

• 1 July – Air Europa Flight UX045 makes an emergency landing at Natal Airport after encountering severe turbulence near the Brazilian coast on its way from Madrid to Montevideo. Thirty of the aircraft's 325 passengers and crew are injured.^[20]
• 5 July – Ten people are killed and 42 others are injured after a bus crashes into a bridge near Itapetininga, São Paulo state.^[21]
• 9 July – 2024 Brazil wildfires: Wildfires burn 760,000 hectares (1.8 million acres) of the Pantanal, destroying over 4% of Brazil's largest wetland.^[22]
• 17 July – A massive fishkill suspected to have been caused by the dumping of industrial waste from a sugar and ethanol plant results in the deaths of between 10-20 tons of fish in the Piracicaba River in São Paulo state.^[23]
• 23 July – A study by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation finds the first incidence of cocaine discovered in sharks following tests on 13 Brazilian sharpnose sharks off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, in what is believed to be caused by waste from illegal laboratories and users.^[24]
• 25 July –
  • The Brazilian government formally issues an apology for the persecution and detention of Japanese immigrants from 1946 to 1948.^[25]
  • The Ministry of Health reports the world's first Oropouche fever deaths from two women in Bahia.^[26]

August

• 2 August –
  • Leticia Carvalho of Brazil is elected as secretary-general of the International Seabed Authority.^[27]
  • Judoka Beatriz Souza wins gold in the over 78 kg category at the Paris Summer Olympics.^[28]
• 3 August – Eight people are killed in an attack by farmers on members of the indigenous Guarani Kaiowa community in Douradina, Mato Grosso do Sul.^[29]
• 5 August – Gymnast Rebeca Andrade wins gold on floor exercise at the Paris Summer Olympics.^[30]
• 7 August – The Government reports that deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest is at its lowest level since 2016.^[31]
• 8 August – Brazil orders the expulsion of the Nicaraguan ambassador in retaliation for the expulsion of its ambassador in Managua amid a diplomatic row over criticism by President Lula da Silva of the authoritarian regime of President Daniel Ortega.^[32]
• 9 August –
  • Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 crashes in Vinhedo, São Paulo State, killing all 62 people on board.^[33]
  • Duda Lisboa and Ana Patrícia win gold for Brazil in women's beach volleyball at the Paris Summer Olympics
• 17 August –
  • Presenter and businessman Silvio Santos dies at the age of 93.
  • X shuts down its operations with the exception of service accessibility in Brazil following a dispute between the former's owner, Elon Musk and Supreme Federal Court justice Alexandre de Moraes over the blocking of accounts accused of spreading misinformation.^[34]

Scheduled events

• 6 October:
  • 2024 Brazilian municipal elections (first round)
    • 2024 São Paulo mayoral election^[35]
    • 2024 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election
    • 2024 Salvador mayoral election
• 27 October – 2024 Brazilian municipal elections (second round)
• 18–19 November – 2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit^[36]

Art and entertainment

• List of 2024 box office number-one films in Brazil
• List of Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Holidays

^[37]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 12–13 February – Carnival
• 29 March – Good Friday
• 21 April – Tiradentes's Day
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 30 May – Feast of Corpus Christi
• 7 September – Independence Day
• 12 October – Our Lady of Aparecida
• 2 November – All Souls' Day
• 15 November – Republic Day
  • 20 November – Black Consciousness Day 25 December – Christmas Day

Deaths

January

• 4 January – Denise Assunção, 67, actress (Hoje É Dia de Maria), singer and songwriter.^[38]
• 5 January – Mário Zagallo, 92, football player (Flamengo, Botafogo) and manager (national team).^[39]
• 6 January – Campos Machado, 84, lawyer and politician.^[40]
• 10 January – Walmir Amaral, 84, comic artist (The Phantom).^[41]
• 12 January – Paulo Roberto, 71, footballer (Fluminense de Feira, Vasco da Gama, Goiás).^[42]
• 13 January – Edemar Cid Ferreira, 80, economist, banker, and art collector.^[43]
• 21 January – Sérgio Rodrigues da Costa Silva, 44, militia leader.^[44]
• 22 January – Antônio Henrique Cunha Bueno, 74, politician, deputy (1975–2003)^[45]
• 25 January – Deodoro, 74, footballer (Portuguesa, Clube Atlético Juventus, Coritiba).^[46]
• 28 January:
  • Walter Ivan de Azevedo, 97, Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (1986–2002).^[47]
  • Marcelo Cecé, 88, politician.^[48]
• 29 January – Samuel Pinheiro Guimarães, 84, diplomat, secretary-general of foreign affairs (2003–2009).^[49]
• 30 January – Jandira Martini, 78, actress (O Clone, América, Caminho das Índias).^[50]

August

• 17 August – Silvio Santos, 93, entertainer, founder of SBT.^[51]

See also

• Mercosur
• Organization of American States
• Organization of Ibero-American States
• Community of Portuguese Language Countries

External links

• Online calendar

Notes and References

1. Web site: 25 killed and 6 injured in collision between minibus and truck in Brazil's northeast . 2024-01-09 . ABC News . en.
2. Web site: Photos: Torrential rains leave at least 11 dead in Brazil . 2024-01-15 . Al Jazeera . en.
3. Web site: 2024-01-28 . 'Tragédia', descreve testemunha sobre queda de avião monomotor que matou 7 pessoas no Sul de Minas . 2024-01-29 . O Globo . pt-br.
4. Web site: 2024-02-23 . 8 people die in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state as heavy rains cause landslides and floods . 2024-02-23 . AP News . en.
5. Web site: 7 November 2023 . CBF divulga datas da Copa Verde 2024; confira . CBF announces dates for Copa Verde 2024; check out . 20 November 2023 . Globo Esporte . pt-br.
6. Web site: Death toll from heavy rains in southeastern Brazil jumps to 23 . 2024-03-25 . ABC News . en.
7. Web site: April 26, 2024 . Fire at Brazil guesthouse leaves at least 10 dead, 11 injured . .
8. Web site: 5 May 2024 . Temporais no RS: Defesa Civil confirma 66 mortes e investiga outros 6 óbitos . Storms in RS: Civil Defense confirms 66 deaths and investigates another 6 deaths . 2024-05-05 . g1.globo.com . pt-br.
9. Web site: 5 May 2024 . Nível do Guaíba continua subindo e marca 5,3 metros; Porto Alegre tem maior cheia da história . Guaíba level continues to rise and reaches 5.3 meters; Porto Alegre has the biggest flood in history . 2024-05-05 . g1.globo.com . pt-br.
10. Web site: Brazil floods death toll rises to 95 . 2024-05-08 . www.panorama.am . en.
11. Web site: May 8, 2024 . Death toll from heavy rains in Brazil rises to 100 . .
12. Web site: May 10, 2024 . Death toll from floods in Brazil hits 113 as rain returns . .
13. Web site: May 13, 2024 . Brazil's Lula delays state visit to Chile over historic floods . .
14. Web site: 2 May 2024 . Barragem se rompe com chuvas no RS; mortos no estado chegam a 29 . Dam breaks with rain in RS; deaths in the state reach 29 . 2024-05-03 . noticias.uol.com.br . pt-br.
15. Web site: Brazil named as hosts for 2027 Women's World Cup . 2024-05-17 . BBC . 17 May 2024 . en.
16. Web site: Brazil president withdraws his country's ambassador to Israel after criticizing the war in Gaza . 2024-05-29 . Associated Press . 29 May 2024 . en.
17. Web site: Brazil wildfires: Parts of Pantanal wetlands ablaze amid drought . 2024-06-11 . BBC . en-GB.
18. Web site: State of emergency declared over wildfires in Brazil's Pantanal wetland . 2024-06-26 . NHK . en.
19. Web site: Brazil's Supreme Court decriminalizes possession of marijuana for personal use . 2024-06-26 . Associated Press . 25 June 2024 . en-US.
20. Web site: Plane diverted to Brazil after turbulence injures 30 . BBC . 1 July 2024 . 2 July 2024.
21. Web site: July 5, 2024 . At least 10 dead after bus crash in Brazil's Sao Paulo state . .
22. News: Barber . Harriet . 2024-07-09 . Devastation as world's biggest wetland burns: 'those that cannot run don't stand a chance' . 2024-07-10 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
23. News: 2024-07-18 . Tons of dead fish cover major river in Brazil after alleged dumping of industrial waste . 2024-07-18 . Associated Press . en-US.
24. Web site: Sharks off Brazil coast test positive for cocaine . 2024-07-23 . BBC . en-GB.
25. Web site: Brazil apologizes for post-WWII persecution of Japanese immigrants . 2024-07-26 . Associated Press . 25 July 2024 . en-US.
26. News: 2024-07-26 . World's first Oropouche virus deaths reported in Brazil . 2024-07-26 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235.
27. Web site: International Seabed Authority elects new secretary general amid concerns over deep-sea mining . Associated Press . 3 August 2024 . 3 August 2024.
28. Web site: Pretot . Julien . 2024-08-02 . Lawson . Hugh . Judo-Brazil's Souza wins women's +78kg gold medal . 2024-08-07 . reuters.com . en.
29. Web site: Brazilian authorities reinforce troops after clashes between Indigenous peoples and landowners . Associated Press . 7 August 2024 . 7 August 2024.
30. News: Thompson . Marcus . 2024-08-05 . Rebeca Andrade beats Simone Biles and gets a well-earned Olympic moment . 2024-08-07 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
31. Web site: 2024-08-07 . Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest is down to lowest level since 2016, government says . 2024-08-08 . AP News . en.
32. Web site: 2024-08-09 . Brazil expels Nicaraguan ambassador in retaliation as rift between leaders grows . 2024-08-11 . Associated Press . en.
33. Web site: 2024-08-09 . Brazilian plane crash outside São Paulo kills 61, says airline . 2024-08-09 . CNN . en.
34. Web site: 2024-08-18 . Elon Musk’s X to shut operations in Brazil amid bitter legal fight . 2024-08-18 . Al Jazeera . en.
35. Web site: Quem são os pré-candidatos à prefeitura de São Paulo na eleição de 2024?. Who are the pre-candidates for mayor of São Paulo in the 2024 election?. Isabella Alonso Panho . 6 June 2023 . 20 November 2023 . Estadão . pt-br.
36. Web site: Rio de Janeiro to host G20 summit in 2024 . 9 May 2023. 20 November 2023 . Reuters . en.
37. Web site: Brazil Public Holidays 2024. 20 November 2023 . Public Holidays Global.
38. Web site: 2024-01-04 . Morre a atriz, cantora e compositora Denise Assunção, aos 67 anos . 2024-01-04 . O Globo . pt-br.
39. Web site: Zagallo: morre um dos símbolos do futebol brasileiro . BBC News Brasil . pt-br . 6 January 2024.
40. Web site: 2024-01-06 . Ex-deputado Campos Machado morre aos 84 anos em SP . 2024-01-06 . G1 . pt-br.
41. Web site: Phantom . The . 2024-01-11 . The Passing Of Brazilian Artist Walmir Amaral . 2024-01-29 . The Phantom . en.
42. Web site: Alves . Alê . 2024-01-12 . Luto no futebol feirense: Morre aos 71 anos Paulo roberto, ex-Flu de Feira, Vasco e Goiás . 2024-01-29 . Diplomatas News . pt-BR.
43. Web site: 2024-01-13 . Morre Edemar Cid Ferreira, fundador do falido Banco Santos, aos 80 anos . 2024-01-29 . Folha de S.Paulo . pt-BR.
44. Web site: 2024-01-22 . Purported leader of criminal gang is slain at a beachfront restaurant in Rio de Janeiro . 2024-01-29 . AP News . en.
45. Web site: Claudio . 2024-01-22 . Ex-deputado Cunha Bueno morre em São Paulo aos 74 anos . 2024-01-29 . Jornal da Comarca . pt-BR.
46. Web site: Redação . 2024-01-25 . Morre Deodoro, ex-zagueiro da Portuguesa, aos 74 anos . 2024-01-29 . NETLUSA . pt-BR.
47. Web site: Bishop Walter Ivan de Azevedo [Catholic-Hierarchy] ]. 2024-01-29 . www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
48. Web site: Prefeitura . Ascom . Prefeitura de Sete Lagoas decreta luto oficial pelo falecimento do ex-prefeito Marcelo Cecé . 2024-01-30 . Sete Lagoas - Prefeitura Municipal . pt-br.
49. Web site: Lessa . Henrique . 2024-01-29 . Morre, aos 84 anos, o embaixador Samuel Pinheiro Guimarães . 2024-01-29 . Cidades DF . pt-BR.
50. Web site: Morre aos 78 anos, Jandira Martini, atriz de O Clone, América e outras novelas famosas . 2024-01-30 . observatoriodosfamosos.uol.com.br.
51. Web site: Brazilian entertaining legend Silvio Santos dies at 93 . 18 August 2024 . Associated Press.