2000 in Brazil

2000 in Brazil
Events in the year 2000 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Vice President: Marco Maciel
Governors
Acre: Jorge Viana
Alagoas: Ronaldo Lessa
Amapa: João Capiberibe
Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes
Bahia: César Borges
Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
Espírito Santo: José Ignácio Ferreira
Goiás: Marconi Perillo
Maranhão: Roseana Sarney
Mato Grosso: Dante de Oliveira
Mato Grosso do Sul: José Orcírio Miranda dos Santos
Minas Gerais: Itamar Franco
Pará: Almir Gabriel
Paraíba: José Maranhão
Paraná: Jaime Lerner
Pernambuco: Jarbas Vasconcelos
Piauí: Mão Santa
Rio de Janeiro: Anthony Garotinho
Rio Grande do Norte:Garibaldi Alves Filho
Rio Grande do Sul: Olívio Dutra
Rondônia: José de Abreu Bianco
Roraima: Neudo Ribeiro Campos
Santa Catarina: Esperidião Amin
São Paulo: Mário Covas
Sergipe: Albano Franco
Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos
Vice governors
Acre: Edison Simão Cadaxo
Alagoas: Geraldo Costa Sampaio
Amapá: Maria Dalva de Souza Figueiredo
Amazonas: Samuel Assayag Hanan
Bahia: Otto Alencar
Ceará: Benedito Clayton Veras Alcântara
Espírito Santo: Celso José Vasconcelos
Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho
Maranhão: José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares
Mato Grosso: José Rogério Sales
Mato Grosso do Sul: Moacir Kohl
Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso
Pará: Hildegardo de Figueiredo Nunes
Paraíba: Antônio Roberto de Sousa Paulino
Paraná: Emília de Sales Belinati
Pernambuco: José Mendonça Bezerra Filho
Piauí: Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior
Rio de Janeiro: Benedita da Silva
Rio Grande do Norte: Fernando Freire
Rio Grande do Sul: Miguel Soldatelli Rossetto
Rondônia: Miguel de Souza
Roraima: Francisco Flamarion Portela
Santa Catarina: Paulo Roberto Bauer
São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin
Sergipe: Benedito de Figueiredo
Tocantins: João Lisboa da Cruz
Events
January
January 18: A leak in a Petrobrás pipeline spills more than 500,000 liters of oil into Guanabara Bay, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, the worst environmental accident since 1975.
March
March 10: Nicéia Pitta denounces corruption in the administration of the mayor of São Paulo and her ex-husband Celso Pitta, who was removed from office by the justice system for 18 days.
April
April 9: A 6-year-old boy is attacked and devoured by lions at a circus in Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco.
April 22: The 500th anniversary of the Discovery of Brazil takes place in Porto Seguro, Bahia. Clashes and technical problems with a replica of Pedro Álvares Cabral's ship turn the celebrations into a disaster.
June
June 10: A plane crash in Maripá de Minas kills actor and swimmer Rômulo Arantes and co-pilot Fábio Amorim Ruivo.
June 12: Bus line 174 is hijacked by Sandro Barbosa do Nascimento, who held ten hostages for four hours, in Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro.
June 28: The Federal Senate revokes the mandate of Senator Luiz Estêvão for breach of parliamentary decorum, by 52 votes to 18. This is the first time in Brazilian history that a member of the house loses his position.
July
July 28: A runaway CPTM train collides with another at the Perus Station in São Paulo, killing 9 people and leaving 115 injured.
October
October 1: The first round of elections for mayors and councilors across the country take place.
October 29: The second round of mayoral elections take place in 31 cities across the country.
November
November 21: Banco Banespa is privatized by the Cardoso administration and sold to the Spanish bank Santander for a bid of R$7.05 billion.
December
December 8: Retired judge Nicolau dos Santos Neto surrenders to federal agents in Rio Grande do Sul, after being accused of embezzlement. He is arrested in São Paulo after spending 227 days on the run.
December 30: Around the 23 minute mark of the Copa João Havelange final (equivalant to the Brazilian Championship of the season), between Vasco da Gama and São Caetano, a part of the fence at the São Januário Stadium falls and disrupts the game. The game is suspended by order of Rio de Janeiro governor Anthony Garotinho and rescheduled for January of the following year.
Births
January
January 16 – Brenner, footballer
February
February 23 – Antony, footballer
May
May 23 – Felipe Drugovich, racing driver
July
July 12 – Vinícius Júnior, footballer
July 15 – Paulinho, footballer
Deaths
April
April 4: Brandãozinho, footballer, 74
April 8: Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, footballer, 79
May
May 1: Cláudio Christovam de Pinho, footballer, 77
May 18: Domingos da Guia, footballer, 87
June
June 10: Rômulo Arantes, swimmer and actor, 42
June 12: Sandro Rosa do Nascimento, hijacker, 21
June 25: Wilson Simonal, singer, 62
July
July 6: Barbosa Lima Sobrinho, lawyer and historian, 103
July 17: Dona Neuma, samba dancer, 78
September
September 26: Baden Powell, guitarist, 63
December
December 21: Décio Esteves, footballer, 73
See also
2000 in Brazilian football
2000 in Brazilian television
List of Brazilian films of 2000
References
2000s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
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