page_title: 2009 in Brazil
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 in Brazil / Events
caption_attribution_description: Cristo Redentor statue on top of Corcovado, a mountain towering over Rio de Janeiro. In the background the Ipanema and Leblon beaches separate the lagoon from the Atlantic Ocean.
context_page_description: Events in the year 2009 in Brazil.
context_section_description: October 2 – The 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark selects Rio de Janeiro as the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
  November 11 – Brazil, along with Paraguay, suffers from a large power blackout at night, which affects several million people.
caption: View of the Christ the Redeemer statue from a helicopter
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