2012 in Brazil
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Events from the year 2012 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Acre:
- Alagoas:
- Amazonas:
- Bahia:
- Ceará:
- Espírito Santo:
- Goiás:
- Maranhão:
- Mato Grosso:
- Mato Grosso do Sul
- Minas Gerais:
- Pará:
- Paraíba:
- Paraná:
- Pernambuco:
- Piauí:
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- Rondônia:
- Roraima:
- Santa Catarina:
- São Paulo:
- Sergipe:
- Tocantins:
Vice governors
Events
January
February
- February 13 - Lindemberg Alves Fernandes goes on trial for the death of ex-girlfriend Elóa Pimentel, in the city of Santo André.[1]
- February 13 - Lindemberg Alves Fernandes is convicted of all 12 crimes with which he is charged, and sentenced to 98 years and 10 months of imprisonment; Brazilian law meant that this would be limited to 30 years.[2]
March
- May 25 - President Dilma Rousseff partially vetoed modifications to the Forest Law that protects the Amazon.[3]
August
- August 8 – The sixth annual International Female Orgasm Day is celebrated. The holiday was established by José Arimatéia Dantas Lacerda of Esperantina.[4][5]
October
- October 7 – First round of voting in the Brazilian municipal elections, 2012.
- October 28 – First round of the Brazilian municipal elections, 2012.[6]
November
- November 25 – The 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix is held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, and is won by British driver Jenson Button for McLaren; it would be the victory of his Formula One career.[7]
Deaths
- September 29 – Hebe Camargo, 83, television presenter, cardiac arrest.[8]
- December 5 – Oscar Niemeyer, 104, architect, respiratory infection.[9]
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References
- Tiros aconteceram entre explosão e entrada da PM, diz amiga de Eloá (primeira página do caderno Cotidiano), Folha de S.Paulo (14 de fevereiro de 2012).
- Jonathan Watts. "Brazil's leader vetoes portions of new Amazon rainforest law: Dilma Rousseff sends back parts of congressional bill that loosened country's protection of forest". The Guardian.
- International Day Of The Female Orgasm Brings Pleasure To Brazilian Women International Business Times, 2012-08-08.
- What You Should Know About International Female Orgasm Day Cosmopolitan, 2012-08-09.
- UOL Eleições. "Eleitorado brasileiro cresce 6%, e supera os 138 milhões; mulheres são maioria". BOL. 30 July 2012.
- "Brazilian Grand Prix 2012: as it happened". Daily Telegraph UK. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- "Hebe Camargo morre aos 83 anos" (in Portuguese). G1.globo.com. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
- Reuters. "Oscar Niemeyer, Architect Who Gave Brasília Its Flair, Dies at 104". NY Times. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
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