Events in the year 2018 in Brazil.

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Federal government

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January

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February

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March

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April

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  • May 1: Edifício Wilton Paes de Almeida, a 26-story tower block in São Paulo, is destroyed by a fire and consequent collapse. Neighbouring buildings are also damaged by fire. Occupied by about 90 families, firefighters point to at least one victim in the rubble and 34 missing. Authorities warn the casualty toll is "likely to be high".[35][36][37]
  • May 21-May 25: Truck drivers go on a national strike for five straight days. Drivers are protesting against the increase in fuel prices, the end of tolls for suspended axles, and tax reform related to truck driving. The stoppage has affected public and private bodies.[38][39][40]

June

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  • June 11: The Temer administration creates the Unified Public Security System (SUSP) to integrate security and intelligence bodies; standardize information, statistics and procedures; among several other measures aimed at integrating the security forces.[41]

August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Arts and culture

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Sports

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Deaths

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Uploaded media

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February

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March

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July

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September

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October

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December

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Nine deaths reported after rival gangs battle in Brazilian prison: Attackers set mattresses on fire and burned bodies of those killed, authorities say". The Guardian. Associated Press. January 1, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  3. ^ Chad Bray; Stanley Reed (January 3, 2018). "Petrobras of Brazil to Pay $2.95 Billion Over Corruption Scandal". Dealbook. New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
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  5. ^ "OMS inclui todo o estado de São Paulo em área de risco de febre amarela". G1. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  6. ^ "BRAZIL: Prosecutors Want BNY Mellon To Pay R$ 8.2 Billion To Postalis". RTTNews. January 18, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  7. ^ "Car hits pedestrians near Rio's Copacabana beach". BBC News. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Brazil's left sticks by wounded Lula; 'no Plan B'". Reuters. Archived from the original on January 25, 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
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  10. ^ "Em decisão unânime, tribunal condena Lula em segunda instância e aumenta pena de 9 para 12 anos". G1. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Brazil police probes graft involving post office pension fund". Reuters. February 1, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  12. ^ FABIANO MAISONNAVE (February 5, 2018). "Native Brazilians Try to Close Major Illegal Mining Site Polluting River in Pará". Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  13. ^ Katherine Blunt (February 7, 2018). "Petrobras to sell Pasadena refinery". YASUYOSHI CHIBA (photo). Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  14. ^ "Brazilian president Michel Temer will escape bribery charges, say police: The inquiry into payments from a port operator is the only remaining case against the corruption-hit leader". The Guardian. Reuters. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Desperate Venezuelans pouring into Brazil: Officials in northern Brazil are demanding federal aid to help manage the influx of people seeking food and shelter. The president promised help while vowing that the country wouldn't turn its back on the Venezuelans". Deutsche Welle. February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
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  18. ^ "Temer assina decreto de intervenção federal na segurança do Rio de Janeiro". G1. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  19. ^ "Governo decide suspender tramitação da Reforma da Previdência". O Globo. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  20. ^ "North Korean leaders used Brazilian passports to apply for Western visas - sources". Reuters. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  21. ^ "Fachin inclui Temer em inquérito da Lava Jato que investiga Padilha e Moreira Franco". G1. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  22. ^ "Brazil: Big rallies held after Rio politician is shot dead". BBC News. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  23. ^ "Vereadora Marielle Franco é assassinada no Rio". Uol. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  24. ^ "Apagão que deixou Norte e Nordeste sem luz foi causado por falha humana, diz ONS". Folha. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  25. ^ "Ataque a caravana de Lula foi coisa localizada, diz governador do Paraná". Folha. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  26. ^ "'Ataque à caravana de Lula é um atentado à democracia', diz ministro do TSE". Estadão. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  27. ^ "Terremoto na Bolívia é sentido em Brasília e deixa pessoas em pânico". Metrópoles. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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  31. ^ "Moro decreta prisão de Lula e determina que ele se apresente até sexta (6)". UOL. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  32. ^ "Supporters of Brazil's Lula stop him surrendering". BBC News. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  33. ^ "Lula: Former Brazilian president surrenders to police". BBC News. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  34. ^ "Marco Polo del Nero: Fifa ban Brazilian FA president for life over taking bribes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  35. ^ "Block of flats collapses in Sao Paulo, Brazil, after fire rips through building". Metro. May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  36. ^ "Prédio de 24 andares desaba em incêndio no Centro de SP". G1. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  37. ^ "Bombeiros apontam ao menos uma vítima sob escombros de incêndio; 34 pessoas são procuradas". UOL. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  38. ^ "Greve de caminhoneiros, no 5º dia, causa reflexos pelo país". G1. Globo.com. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  39. ^ "Líder dos caminhoneiros diz que greve só será suspensa com fim do PIS/Cofins sobre diesel". O Globo. 24 May 2018.
  40. ^ "Greve dos caminhoneiros afeta abastecimento de perecíveis em supermercados e paralisa produção de frigoríficos". G1. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  41. ^ "Com superávit de US$ 67 bilhões, balança comercial registra em 2017 o melhor resultado em 29 anos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
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  43. ^ "Incêndio de grandes proporções destrói o Museu Nacional, na Quinta da Boa Vista". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 September 2018.
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  47. ^ Kaniak, Thais; Paris, Letícia; Gimenes, Erick; D'Agostino, Rosanne (11 September 2018). "PT anuncia candidatura de Fernando Haddad à presidência no lugar de Lula". G1. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  48. ^ "Mulheres lideram multidão contra Bolsonaro em São Paulo, Rio e Recife". El País. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  49. ^ "Bolsonaro e Haddad se enfrentarão no segundo turno". Folha de S.Paulo. Uol. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  50. ^ "Eleições 2018 Brasil TSE Apuração e Resultados". Eleições 2018 (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  51. ^ "Jair Bolsonaro: Far-right candidate wins Brazil poll". BBC News. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  52. ^ "Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro to move embassy to Jerusalem". AP via Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  53. ^ "Multiple fatalities in mudslide near Rio de Janeiro". The Guardian. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  54. ^ "Hostages die in foiled Brazil bank robberies". BBC News. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  55. ^ "Brazil shooting: Five dead as gunman opens fire in cathedral". BBC News. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
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  57. ^ "Justiça decreta prisão de João de Deus após denúncias de abusos sexuais em Abadiânia". g1. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  58. ^ "João de Deus, suspeito de abusos sexuais, se entrega à polícia em Goiás". g1. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  59. ^ "Morre Humberto Coutinho, presidente da Assembleia Legislativa do Maranhão". G1. Archived from the original on January 2, 2018.
  60. ^ "Corpo do ex-ministro Armando Monteiro Filho é cremado no Grande Recife". G1. Archived from the original on January 5, 2018.
  61. ^ "Ex-atacante do Botafogo morre vítima de infarto no interior do Rio de Janeiro". Archived from the original on January 7, 2018.
  62. ^ "Carlos Heitor Cony morre aos 91 anos". G1. Archived from the original on January 7, 2018.
  63. ^ "Atualizado - Cachoeirenses dizem adeus a Dom Remídio". Archived from the original on January 10, 2018.
  64. ^ Silveira, Lucas. "Nota de Falecimento: Dom Celio de Oliveira Goulart". Archived from the original on January 22, 2018.
  65. ^ "Fiéis católicos se despedem de Dom Antônio Agostinho Marochi na Catedral de Presidente Prudente". G1. Archived from the original on January 30, 2018.
  66. ^ "Fallece ex jugador del Águila y Metapán". El Gráfico. Archived from the original on February 3, 2018.
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  68. ^ Morre o ator e diretor Oswaldo Loureiro, aos 85 anos Archived 2018-02-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
  69. ^ "Eva Sopher, guardiã do Theatro São Pedro, morre aos 94 anos". GZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  70. ^ "Bishop Agenor Girardi, M.S.C." Archived from the original on 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  71. ^ "Robert Lichtwardt". Legacy.com. Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  72. ^ "Jogador paulista sofre infarto durante treino e morre aos 32 anos". Archived from the original on 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  73. ^ "Muere el intelectual brasileño Theotonio dos Santos". Archived from the original on February 28, 2018.
  74. ^ "Pioneiro na luta trans no Brasil, João W. Nery morre aos 68 anos" (in Portuguese). guiagaysaopaulo.com.br. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  75. ^ "Atriz Tônia Carrero morre aos 95 anos". Folha de S.Paulo. March 4, 2018. Archived from the original on March 10, 2018.
  76. ^ "Aos 29 anos, morre no Rio o escritor Victor Heringer". O Globo. March 7, 2018. Archived from the original on June 23, 2018.
  77. ^ "Former Brazil volleyball coach Freitas dies at 68". Archived from the original on 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  78. ^ "Vereadora do PSOL é morta a tiros no Rio de Janeiro". Folha de S.Paulo. March 14, 2018. Archived from the original on March 15, 2018.
  79. ^ "Carlos Eduardo Miranda morre aos 56 anos em SP". G1. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019.
  80. ^ Mello, Bruna (24 May 2018). "Mãe de prefeita, a ex-deputada Adelaide Neri morre aos 77 anos" [Mother of mayor, former deputy Adelaide Neri dies at 77]. A Gazeta do Acre [pt] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 September 2022.
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  82. ^ "Guilherme Uchoa, presidente da Assembleia Legislativa de PE, morre no Recife, aos 71 anos". G1. Archived from the original on July 3, 2018.
  83. ^ "Morre em São Paulo a atriz Beatriz Segall". Notícias (in Portuguese). 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  84. ^ Morre, aos 81 anos, o sambista Wilson Moreira [A sambista Wilson Moreira died at the age of 81] (in Portuguese)
  85. ^ "Zíbia Gasparetto morre em São Paulo aos 92 anos" (in Portuguese). G1. October 10, 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  86. ^ Arthur Maia, excepcional baixista que ia do funk ao jazz, morre aos 56 anos em Niterói (in Portuguese)
  87. ^ "Cantora Miúcha morre no Rio aos 81 anos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 27 December 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  88. ^ "Mãe Stella de Oxóssi morre aos 93 anos na Bahia". O Globo. 2018-12-27. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  89. ^ "Morre a atriz Etty Fraser".