1988 in Brazil

1988 in Brazil
Events in the year 1988 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: José Sarney
Vice President: Vacant
Governors
Acre: Flaviano Melo
Alagoas: Fernando Collor de Mello
Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes
Bahia: Waldir Pires
Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
Espírito Santo: Max Freitas Mauro
Goiás: Henrique Santillo
Maranhão: Epitácio Cafeteira
Mato Grosso: Carlos Bezerra
Mato Grosso do Sul: Marcelo Miranda Soares
Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso
Pará: Hélio Gueiros
Paraíba: Tarcísio Burity
Paraná: Alvaro Dias
Pernambuco: Miguel Arraes
Piauí: Alberto Silva
Rio de Janeiro: Moreira Franco
Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo
Rio Grande do Sul: Pedro Simon
Rondônia: Jerônimo Garcia de Santana
Roraima: Romero Jucá
Santa Catarina: Pedro Ivo Campos
São Paulo: Orestes Quércia
Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares
Vice governors
Acre: Edison Simão Cadaxo
Alagoas: Moacir Andrade
Amazonas: Vivaldo Barros Frota
Bahia: Nilo Moraes Coelho
Ceará: Francisco Castelo de Castro
Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha
Goiás: Joaquim Domingos Roriz
Maranhão: João Alberto Souza
Mato Grosso: Edison de Oliveira
Mato Grosso do Sul: George Takimoto
Minas Gerais: Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho
Pará: Hermínio Calvinho Filho
Paraíba: Vacant
Paraná: Ary Veloso Queiroz
Pernambuco: Carlos Wilson Rocha de Queirós Campos
Piauí: Lucídio Portela Nunes
Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Amaral
Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves
Rio Grande do Sul: Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli
Rondônia: Orestes Muniz Filho
Santa Catarina: Casildo João Maldaner
São Paulo: Almino Afonso
Sergipe: Benedito de Figueiredo
Events
January
January 6-16: The first official edition of Hollywood Rock takes place at Praça da Apoteose in Rio de Janeiro from January 6th to 9th and at Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo from January 13th to 16th.
June
June 25: PSDB is founded by members of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party linked to the European social democratic movement as an attempt to clarify their ideals.
August
August 3: The end of censorship and torture, as well as freedom of intellectual expression and the press in the country, is approved, by a vote of 313 to 5, by the National Constituent Assembly.
September
September 29: VASP Flight 375, made by a Boeing 737-300, is hijacked by an unemployed person, with the intention of crashing the plane into the Planalto Palace and killing President José Sarney. The kidnapping ends unsuccessfully.
October
October 5: The country's current constitution is created. According to the new constitution, Roraima becomes Brazil's 24th state.
November
November 29: Presidents José Sarney of Brazil and Raúl Alfonsin of Argentina, sign the Treaty of Integration, Cooperation and Development in Buenos Aires, which stipulates a deadline for the creation of a free trade area between the two countries.
December
December 22: Brazilian union and environmental activist Chico Mendes is assassinated.
December 31: The Bateau Mouche cruise ship capsized and sank in the South Atlantic off Rio de Janeiro with the loss of at least 51 of the 149 people on board.
Births
January
January 17: Taison, professional footballer
January 21: Felipe Neto, Youtuber
February
February 8: Renato Augusto, professional footballer
March
March 28: Arthur Sanches, football player
May
May 12: Marcelo, professional footballer
May 30: Amanda Nunes, mixed martial artist
June
June 7: Marlos, professional footballer
July
July 5: Adriano Buzaid, racing driver
July 25: Paulinho, professional footballer
August
August 9: Willian, professional footballer
September
September 28: Caio César, actor, voice actor and police officer (d. 2015)
Deaths
January
January 4: Henfil, cartoonist and writer (b. 1944)
January 11: Janires, singer-songwriter (b. 1953)
January 15: Viana Moog, writer and journalist (b. 1906)
April
April 25: Lygia Clark, artist (b. 1920)
May
May 28: Alfredo Volpi, painter (b. 1896)
June
June 30: Chacrinha, television personality (b. 1917)
December
December 22: Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, environmental activist (b. 1944)
December 31: Yara Amaral, actress (b. 1936)
See also
1988 in Brazilian football
1988 in Brazilian television
References
1980s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil