1992 in Brazil

1992 in Brazil
Events in the year 1992 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President:
Fernando Collor de Mello (until 29 December)
Itamar Franco (starting 29 December)
Vice President:
Itamar Franco (until 29 December)
Vacant (starting 29 December)
Governors
Acre:
Edmundo Pinto (until 17 May)
Vacant thereafter (starting 17 May)
Alagoas: Geraldo Bulhões
Amapa: Annibal Barcellos
Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães
Ceará: Ciro Gomes
Espírito Santo: Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo
Goiás: Iris Rezende
Maranhão: Edison Lobão
Mato Grosso: Jaime Campos
Mato Grosso do Sul: Pedro Pedrossian
Minas Gerais: Hélio Garcia
Pará: Jader Barbalho
Paraíba: Ronaldo Cunha Lima
Paraná: Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva
Pernambuco: Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti
Piauí: Freitas Neto
Rio de Janeiro: Leonel Brizola
Rio Grande do Norte: José Agripino Maia
Rio Grande do Sul: Alceu de Deus Collares
Rondônia: Oswaldo Piana Filho
Roraima: Ottomar de Sousa Pinto
Santa Catarina: Vilson Kleinübing
São Paulo: Luís Antônio Fleury Filho
Sergipe: João Alves Filho
Tocantins: Moisés Nogueira Avelino
Vice governors
Acre:
Romildo Magalhães da Silva (until 17 May)
Vacant thereafter (starting 17 May)
Alagoas: Francisco Roberto Holanda de Melo
Amapá: Ronaldo Pinheiro Borges
Amazonas: Francisco Garcia Rodrigues
Bahia: Paulo Souto
Ceará: Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara
Espírito Santo: Adelson Antônio Salvador
Goiás: Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela
Maranhão: José de Ribamar Fiquene
Mato Grosso: Osvaldo Roberto Sobrinho
Mato Grosso do Sul: Ary Rigo
Minas Gerais: Arlindo Porto Neto
Pará: Carlos José Oliveira Santos
Paraíba: Cícero Lucena Filho
Paraná: Mario Pereira
Pernambuco: Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes
Piauí: Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo
Rio de Janeiro: Nilo Batista
Rio Grande do Norte: Vivaldo Costa
Rio Grande do Sul: João Gilberto Lucas Coelho
Rondônia: Assis Canuto
Roraima: Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias
Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis
São Paulo: Aloysio Nunes
Sergipe: José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira
Tocantins: Paulo Sidnei Antunes
Events
April
April 6-11: A boy, named Evandro Ramos Caetano disappears in Guaratuba, Paraná. His body would later be found five days later in a forest in the city, without several organs, as well as amputated hands and feet. This case would have great repercussions in the country during the 1990s.
May
May 11: Four stars, representing the states of Amapá, Roraima, Rondônia e Tocantins, founded in the last 10 years, are added to the flag of Brazil.
May 17: The governor of Acre, Edmundo Pinto is assassinated, after being shot twice in a hotel apartment in São Paulo.
June
June 3–14: Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
June 5: Convention on Biological Diversity in Rio de Janeiro.
August
August 16: Protesters, from the Caras-Pintadas movement, take to the streets across the country to ask for the departure of President Fernando Collor de Mello.
August 23: A special commission in Brazil concludes that there is sufficient evidence to begin impeachment proceedings against President Fernando Collor de Mello, finding he had accepted millions of dollars worth of illegal payments from business interests.
September
September 29: After a series of protests and accusations of corruption, president Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached and removed from congress and his powers are suspended. Itamar Franco becomes the acting president.
October
October 2: The Military Police of the State of São Paulo, led by Colonel Ubiratan Guimarães, kill 111 prisoners during a rebellion, in the Carandiru Penitentiary, in São Paulo.
October 12: Politician Ulysses Guimarães dies in a helicopter crash, off Angra dos Reis in Rio de Janeiro.
December
December 28: Actress Daniella Perez is murdered in Rio de Janeiro, after being stabbed 18 times with scissors by actor Guilherme de Pádua and his then-wife Paula Thomaz. The crime shocked the nation, due to both the victim and the murderer being romantic partners in the telenovela De Corpo e Alma, which aired on TV Globo.
December 29: Brazil's president Fernando Collor de Mello is found guilty on charges that he stole more than $32 million from the government, preventing him from holding any elected office for eight years. Collor resigns the presidency hours sentence is passed by the Supreme Federal Court.
December 31: The program Xou da Xuxa comes to an end. It is considered to be the most successful children's show in Brazilian television history and would consecrate Xuxa Meneghel.
Date unknown
Quaternaglia Guitar Quartet is founded.
The Professor Paulo Neves de Carvalho Government School is established.
Television
Você Decide debuts.
Felicidade ends.
Music
The bands Charlie Brown Jr., Dazaranha, É o Tchan!, Os Travessos and Pato Fu are formed.
Sport
1992 in Brazilian football
1992 Brazilian Grand Prix
1992 Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix
1992 Maceió Open
1992 Recopa Sudamericana
1992 South American Cross Country Championships held in São Paulo.
Brazil at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Brazil at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Associação Desportiva Guarujá, Atlético Clube Lagartense, Misto Esporte Clube, Osasco Futebol Clube Associação Desportiva Perilima, Serra Macaense Futebol Clube, Tubarão Futebol Clube and Veranópolis Esporte Clube Recreativo e Cultural are founded.
Births
January
January 1: Graciele Herrmann, swimmer
January 6: Rodrigo Simas, actor
February
February 5: Neymar, footballer
February 23: Casemiro, footballer
June
June 12: Philippe Coutinho, footballer
June 30: Chay Suede, actor, singer, and composer
August
August 13: Lucas Moura, footballer
August 20: Carolina Horta, beach volleyball player
August 21: Felipe Nasr, racing driver
August 29: Oliver Minatel, footballer
October
October 2: Alisson, footballer
October 30: MC Daleste, singer, songwriter and rapper (died 2013)
December
December 15: Alex Telles, footballer
Deaths
February
February 16: Jânio Quadros, 22nd President of Brazil (born 1917)
March
March 13: Sister Dulce, Catholic Franciscan Sister (born 1914)
May
May 24: Luiz Eça, samba and bossa nova pianist (born 1936)
August
August 14: Russinho, footballer (born 1902)
September
September 17: Herivelto Martins, composer and singer (born 1912)
October
October 12: Ulysses Guimarães, politician (born 1916)
December
December 12: Togo Renan Soares, basketball coach (born 1906)
December 28: Daniella Perez, actress (born 1970)
See also
1992 in Brazilian football
1992 in Brazilian television
References
1990s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil