2006 in Brazil

2006 in Brazil
Events in the year 2006 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Vice President: José Alencar Gomes da Silva
Governors
Acre: Jorge Viana
Alagoas:
Ronaldo Lessa (until 31 March)
Luís Abílio de Sousa Neto (from 31 March)
Amapa: Waldez Góes
Amazonas: Eduardo Braga
Bahia: Paulo Souto
Ceará: Lúcio Alcântara
Espírito Santo: Paulo Hartung
Goiás:
Marconi Perillo (until 31 March)
Alcides Rodrigues (from 31 March)
Maranhão: José Reinaldo Tavares
Mato Grosso: Blairo Maggi
Mato Grosso do Sul: José Orcírio Miranda dos Santos
Minas Gerais: Aécio Neves
Pará: Simão Jatene
Paraíba: Cássio Cunha Lima
Paraná: Hermas Eurides Brandão
Pernambuco:
Jarbas Vasconcelos (until 31 March)
Mendonça Filho (from 31 March)
Piauí: Wellington Dias
Rio de Janeiro: Rosinha Garotinho
Rio Grande do Norte: Wilma Maria de Faria
Rio Grande do Sul: Germano Rigotto
Rondônia: Ivo Narciso Cassol
Roraima: Ottomar de Sousa Pinto
Santa Catarina:
Luiz Henrique da Silveira (until 9 April)
Eduardo Moreira (from 9 April)
São Paulo:
Geraldo Alckmin (until 31 March)
Cláudio Lembo (from 31 March)
Sergipe: João Filho
Tocantins: Marcelo Miranda
Vice governors
Acre: Arnóbio Marques de Almeida Júnior
Alagoas:
Luís Abílio de Sousa Neto (until 31 March)
Vacant thereafter
Amapá: Pedro Paulo Dias de Carvalho
Amazonas: Omar José Abdel Aziz
Bahia: Eraldo Tinoco Melo
Ceará: Francisco de Queiroz Maia Júnior
Espírito Santo: Wellington Coimbra
Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho
Maranhão: Jurandir Ferro do Lago Filho
Mato Grosso: Iraci Araújo Moreira
Mato Grosso do Sul: Egon Krakheche
Minas Gerais: Clésio Soares de Andrade
Pará: Valéria Pires Franco
Paraíba: Lauremília Lucena
Paraná: Orlando Pessuti
Pernambuco: José Mendonça Bezerra Filho
Piauí: Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior
Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Paulo Conde
Rio Grande do Norte: Antônio Jácome
Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Carlos Hohlfeldt
Rondônia: Odaísa Fernandes Ferreira
Roraima: Erci de Moraes
Santa Catarina:
Eduardo Pinho Moreira (until 9 April)
Vacant (from 9 April)
São Paulo:
Claudio Lembo (until 31 March)
Vacant (from 31 March)
Sergipe: Marília Mandarino
Tocantins: Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos
Events
January
January 28: A 2-month-old baby is found inside a plastic bag at Lagoa da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte.
February
February 15: The São Paulo Jury Court annuls the 632-year prison sentence of Colonel Ubiratan Guimarães for the Carandiru Massacre.
March
March 30: Aboard the Soyuz TMA-8, Marcos Pontes becomes the first Brazilian and lusophone to go into space and stays at the International Space Station for a week. During his trip, Pontes carried out eight experiments selected by the Brazilian Space Agency. He landed in Kazakhstan on April 8, 2006, with the crew of Expedition 12.
April
April 26: Farmer Amair Feijoli da Cunha is sentenced to 18 years in prison for his involvement in the murder of American missionary Dorothy Stang.
April 26-30: Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, makes his third visit to Brazil.
May
May 12: A wave of violence in São Paulo begins; as organized by the First Command of the Capital.
July
July 20: The airline Varig ceases operations after entering into a judicial recovery process.
July 22: Suzane von Richthofen and her ex-boyfriend Daniel Cravinhos are sentenced to 39 years and six months in prison for the murder of her parents.
August
August 7: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signs the Lei Maria da Penha, which increases the severity of punishments for aggression against women.
September
September 9: Colonel Ubiratan Guimarães, who was accused of ordering the Carandiru Massacre, is found dead in his apartment in the north zone of São Paulo.
September 29: Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 crashes in Mato Grosso after being struck mid-air by the wing of an Embraer Legacy jet, killing 155 people on board. This would lead to the 2006–07 Brazilian aviation crisis.
October
October 1: The first round of general elections take place. In the presidential race, candidates Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB) move on to the second round.
October 29: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is re-elected President of Brazil with more than 58 million votes in the presidential election.
Elections
Brazilian general election, 2006
Rio Grande do Sul gubernatorial election, 2006
São Paulo gubernatorial election, 2006
Founded
Black House MMA Team.
Museum of the Portuguese Language
International Meal Company
PlayTV
Football Clubs
The following 14 clubs were founded in 2006: Adap Galo Maringá Football Club, Arsenal Atividades Desportivas Sport Club, Associação Atlética Carapebus, Coimbra Esporte Clube, Cuiabá Arsenal, Ivinhema Futebol Clube, Sociedade Desportiva Juazeirense, Juventus Futebol Clube, Legião Futebol Clube, Olé Brasil Futebol Clube, Primavera Esporte Clube, Rondonópolis Esporte Clube, Associação Esportiva Real, and Sampaio Corrêa Futebol e Esporte
Film
List of Brazilian films of 2006
Television
Debuted
Cobras & Lagartos
Floribella
Ídolos
O Profeta
Páginas da Vida
Pé na Jaca
Topa ou Não Topa
Vidas Opostas
Ended
Alma Gêmea
Belíssima
Cobras & Lagartos
Pé na Jaca
Music
Yahoo reunite.
The bands Os Mutantes, Orkestra Rumpilezz, Thyresis, Almah and Rivotrill are formed.
Sport
2006 in Brazilian football.
2006 Grand Prix de Futsal.
2006 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship.
2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
2006 Brazilian Grand Prix.
2006 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas.
2006 Brasil Open.
2006 Copa América de Ciclismo.
Brazil win the 2006 South American Rugby Championship "B".
Brazil participate in the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women.
2006 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in Rio de Janeiro.
2006 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship.
2006 Beach Handball World Championships.
Brazil at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Brazil at the 2006 Lusophony Games.
Deaths
January
January 7: Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar, soldier and head of the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti (b. 1947)
February
February 1: Carlson Gracie, martial artist (b. 1932)
March
March 18: Nelson Dantas, actor (b. 1927)
March 28: Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo, cyclist (b. 1966)
April
April 5: Carequinha, clown and actor (b. 1915)
June
June 17: Bussunda, comedian (b. 1962)
September
September 9: Ubiratan Guimarães, colonel in the São Paulo military police involved in the Carandiru massacre (b. 1943)
November
November 15: Ana Carolina Reston, fashion model (b. 1985)
See also
2006 in Brazilian football
References
2000s in Brazil
Years of the 21st century in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil