2015 in Brazil

Events in the year 2015 in Brazil:

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Dilma Rousseff
• Vice President: Michel Temer

Governors

• Acre:
• Alagoas:
• Amapa:
• 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

• Acre:
• Alagoas:
• Amapá:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• Espírito Santo:
• Goiás:
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso:
• Mato Grosso do Sul:
• Minas Gerais:
• Pará:
• Paraíba:
• Paraná:
• Pernambuco:
• Piaui:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• Rondônia:
• Roraima:
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:
• Tocantins:

Events

January

• January 6 - Two commuter trains collide at Mesquita, Rio de Janeiro, injuring 158 people.[1]

February

• February 24 - The judge in the insider trading trial of Eike Batista is videotaped driving one of his seized vehicles.[2]

March

• March 15
  • Hundreds of thousands of people in Brazil protest against corruption and denounce the government of President Dilma Rousseff.[3]
  • 51 people die in a bus accident near Joinville.[4]

September

• September 17 - The Supreme Court of Brazil ruled that campaign donations from businesses should be illegal.[5]

November

• November 5 - An iron ore tailings dam in Bento Rodrigues, a subdistrict of Mariana, Brazil, suffered a catastrophic failure, causing flooding, killing 17 and injuring 16.

Arts and culture

• 2014–15 Brazil network television schedule
• 2015–16 Brazil network television schedule
• 2015 in Brazilian television
• List of Brazilian films of 2015

Sports

• 2015 in Brazilian football
• Brazil at the 2015 Pan American Games
• UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Mir

Deaths

• January 4 – Haroldo Lara, 80, Brazilian Olympic swimmer (1952, 1956).[6]
• January 12 – Inge Vermeulen, 30, Brazilian-born Dutch field hockey player (national team), European champion (2009).[7]
• January 16 – Vivaldo Frota, 86, Brazilian politician, Governor of Amazonas (1990–1991).[8]
• January 20 – Ricardo dos Santos, 24, Brazilian surfer, shot.[9]
• January 24 – Maria Della Costa, 89, Brazilian actress (Brasileiras e Brasileiros), pulmonary edema.[10]
• January 29 – José Martins da Silva, 78, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Porto Velho (1982–1997).[11]
• February 2 – Dalmo Gaspar, 82, Brazilian footballer (Santos).[12]
• February 4 – Odete Lara, 85, Brazilian actress, heart attack.[13]
• February 12 – Tomie Ohtake, 101, Japanese-born Brazilian artist, heart failure.[14]
• February 20 – David Martins Miranda, 78, Brazilian evangelist, founder of the God is Love Pentecostal Church.[15]
• February 22 – Renato Rocha, 53, musician and songwriter (Legião Urbana), cardiac arrest.[16]
• March 3 – Octávio Mobiglia, 83, Brazilian Olympic swimmer (1952, 1956).[17]
• March 8 – Inezita Barroso, 90, Brazilian folk singer.[18]
• March 14 – Therezinha Zerbini, 86, Brazilian lawyer and feminist activist.[19]
• March 22 – Cláudio Marzo, 74, Brazilian actor, pneumonia.[20]
• March 27 – Carlos Falchi, 70, Brazilian-born American accessories designer.[21]
• April 9 – João Alves dos Santos, 58, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Paranaguá.[22]
• April 10 – Bárbara Heliodora, 91, Brazilian theatre critic.[23]
• April 12 – Paulo Brossard, 90, Brazilian jurist and politician.[24]
• April 13 – Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Caetité (1981–2002).[25]
• April 20 – Cláudio Cunha, 68, Brazilian actor.[26]
• April 20 – Pedro Eugênio, 65, Brazilian politician, MP (1998–2014), complications from surgery.[27]
• April 23 – Roberto Talma, 65, Brazilian television director and producer.[28]
• April 27 – Inês Etienne Romeu, 72, Brazilian political prisoner.[29]
• April 28 – Antônio Abujamra, 82, Brazilian actor and director.[30]
• April 29 – Valmir Louruz, 71, Brazilian football manager (Juventude, Pelotas).[31]
• April 29 – Rodrigo Gularte, 42, Brazilian drug trafficker
• May 2 – Sarah Correa, 22, Brazilian swimmer, struck by car.[32]
• May 4 – Vicente Joaquim Zico, 88, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Archbishop (1980–1990) and Archbishop of Belém do Pará (1990–2004).[33]
• May 10 – Luiz Henrique da Silveira, 75, Brazilian politician, Senator (since 2011), Governor of Santa Catarina (2003–2006, 2007–2010), Minister of Science and Technology (1987–1988), heart attack.[34]
• May 14 – Geraldo Majela de Castro, 84, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Bishop (1982–1988) and Archbishop of Montes Claros (1988–2007).[35]
• May 16 – Elias Gleizer, 81, Brazilian actor, circulatory failure.[36]
• May 26 – Ubirajara Ribeiro Martins, 82, Brazilian entomologist.[37]
• June 8 – Aldo da Rosa, 97, Brazilian electrical engineer.[38]
• June 12 – Fernando Brant, 68, Brazilian writer.[39]
• June 12 – José Messias, 86, Brazilian musician and television personality.[40]
• June 14 – Zito, 82, Brazilian footballer, World Cup-winning team member (1958, 1962), complications of a stroke.[41]
• June 22 – Carlinhos, 77, Brazilian football player and coach.[42]
• June 24 – Cristiano Araújo, 29, Brazilian singer and songwriter, traffic collision.[43]
• June 24 – Clovis Bueno, 74, Brazilian art director (Kiss of the Spider Woman).[44]
• July 21 – Luiz Paulo Conde, 80, Brazilian politician and architect, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro (1997–2001).[45]
• August 2 – Içami Tiba, 74, Brazilian psychiatrist and writer.[46]
• August 26 – Carmelo Domênico Recchia, 93, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, last Territorial Abbot of Claraval (1976–1999).[47]
• September 4 – Joel Rufino dos Santos, 74, Brazilian historian and writer.[48]
• September 5 – Alacid Nunes, 90, Brazilian politician, Governor of Pará (1966–1971, 1979–1983).[49]
• September 13 – Betty Lago, 60, Brazilian actress, gallbladder cancer.[50]
• September 13 – Vivinho, 54, Brazilian footballer (Vasco).[51]
• September 16 – Clovis Acosta Fernandes, 60, Brazilian celebrity, cancer.[52]
• September 30 – Caio César Ignácio Cardoso de Melo, 27, Brazilian voice actor (Harry Potter) and policeman, shot.[53]
• October 4 – José Eduardo Dutra, 58, Brazilian businessman (Petrobras) and politician, Senator (since 1994).[54]
• October 4 – João Leithardt Neto, 57, Brazilian footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1984), liver cancer.[55]
• October 7 – Maria Lúcia Prandi, 70, Brazilian academic and politician, cancer.[56]
• October 7 – Jorge Andrade, 73, Brazilian footballer (S. C. Internacional), cancer.[57]
• October 7 – Ângelo da Cunha Pinto, 66, Brazilian-Portuguese chemist.[58]
• October 9 – Cláudia Barroso, 83, Brazilian singer.[59]
• October 14 – Luiz Carlos Miele, 77, Brazilian music producer and television director.[60]
• October 15 – Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, 83, Brazilian military officer, cancer.[61]
• October 18 – João Carlos Sobreira, 32, Brazilian motorcyclist (Superbike), race collision.[62]
• October 20 – Lourival de Almeida Filho, 74, Brazilian footballer (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista).[63]
• October 20 – Yoná Magalhães, 80, Brazilian actress.[64]
• October 21 – Sylvia Athayde, 75, Brazilian professor (UFBA) and museologist.[65]
• October 25 – Elmo Braz Soares, 72, Brazilian politician and lawyer, MLA of Minas Gerais (1975–2000), helicopter crash.[66]
• October 27 – Ada Chaseliov, 63, Brazilian telenovela actress, lymphoma.[67]
• October 28 – Jorge Scarso, 99, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Patos de Minas (1967–1992).[68]
• October 29 – Wilson Campos, 65, Brazilian footballer (Santos, Guarani), liver cancer.[69]
• October 29 – Lucídio Portela Nunes, 93, Brazilian politician, Governor of Piauí (1979–1983).[70]
• October 29 – Harry Bernardo Schwarz, 91, Brazilian footballer (SC Internacional).[71]
• November 3 – Dorival Mateus da Costa, 53, Brazilian footballer (Coritiba), heart attack.[72]
• November 6 – Bob Lester, 102, Brazilian musician and tap dancer.[73]
• November 6 – Beni Veras, 80, Brazilian politician, Governor of Ceará (2002).[74]
• November 7 – João Verle, 75, Brazilian politician, Mayor of Porto Alegre (2002–2004).[75]
• November 9 – Sebastião do Rego Barros Netto, 75, Brazilian lawyer and diplomat, Ambassador to Russia (1990–1994) and Argentina (1999–2001), fall from building.[76]
• November 10 – Sandra Moreyra, 61, Brazilian journalist (TV Globo), cancer.[77]
• November 17 – Luiz de Carvalho, 90, Brazilian gospel singer.[78]
• November 27 – José Benedito Simão, 64, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Assis (since 2009).[79]
• November 28 – Nauro Machado, 80, Brazilian poet.[80]
• December 5 – Marília Pêra, 72, Brazilian actress (Pixote, Better Days Ahead), lung cancer.[81]
• December 9 – Juvenal Juvêncio, 81, Brazilian lawyer and sports director.[82]
• December 19 – Selma Reis, 55, Brazilian actress and singer.[83]
• December 21 – Jupiter Apple, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (TNT, Os Cascavelletes), multiple organ failure.[84]
• December 25 – Geraldo Roca, 61, Brazilian singer, gunshot.[85]

See also

• 2015 in Brazilian football

References

1. "Brazil train collision leaves 158 injured". 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
2. Dan Horch (February 24, 2015). "Judge in Batista's Insider Trading Case Acknowledges Driving Seized Porsche". DealBook. New York Times. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
3. Magalhaes, Luciana; Jelmayer, Rogerio (15 March 2015). "Protesters Across Brazil Demonstrate Against President on Sunday". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
4. "Up to 51 dead after bus crash in southern Brazil". Reuters. 2017-03-15. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
5. Anthony Boadle (September 17, 2015). "Brazil's top court bans corporate money in election campaigns". Reuters. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
6. Ex-nadador olímpico, Haroldo de Melo Lara morre aos 80 anos (in Portuguese)
7. Hockeyster Inge Vermeulen (30) overleden (in Dutch)
8. Morre Vivaldo Frota, ex-governador do Amazonas Archived 2015-02-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
9. Shock as Brazilian surfer Ricardo dos Santos shot dead
10. Atriz Maria Della Costa morre aos 89 anos no Rio (in Portuguese)
11. Archbishop José Martins da Silva
12. Fallece Dalmo, uno de los héroes del mejor Santos de todos los tiempos (in Spanish)
13. Morre Odete Lara aos 85 anos (in Portuguese)
14. Tomie Ohtake: Painter and sculptor who moved to Brazil, where she became noted for her public artworks
15. Morre fundador da Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor, David Miranda Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
16. Ex-baixista do Legião Urbana é encontrado morto em Guarujá, diz PM (in Portuguese)
17. Ex-nadador Otávio Mobiglia morre aos 83 anos Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
18. Morre em SP, aos 90 anos, a dama da música caipira, Inezita Barroso (in Portuguese)
19. Morre Therezinha Zerbini, fundadora do Movimento Feminino pela Anistia (in Portuguese)
20. Ator Cláudio Marzo morre no Rio (in Portuguese)
21. Carlos Falchi Dies at 70, Fashion Community Mourns Designer
22. Bishop João Alves dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap.
23. Morre aos 91 anos a crítica de teatro Bárbara Heliodora (in Portuguese)
24. Nota de pesar pelo falecimento do ministro aposentado Paulo Brossard (in Portuguese)
25. Bishop Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende
26. Morre em Porto Alegre o ator Claudio Cunha(in Portuguese)
27. Morre o ex-deputado federal Pedro Eugênio (PT-PE) (in Portuguese)
28. Morre no Rio o director e productor Roberto Talma (in Portuguese)
29. Brazilian torture survivor Romeu dies
30. Ator e diretor Antônio Abujamra morre em São Paulo (in Portuguese)
31. Técnico campeão da Copa do Brasil pelo Juventude, Valmir Louruz morre em Porto Alegre (in Portuguese)
32. 22-year old Pan Ams silver medalist Sarah Correa dies after being hit by car
33. Archbishop Vicente Joaquim Zico, C.M.
34. Senador Luiz Henrique da Silveira morre em Joinville (in Portuguese)
35. Archbishop Geraldo Majela de Castro
36. Morre o ator Elias Gleizer, aos 81 anos (in Portuguese)
37. Falecimento do Prof. Dr. Ubirajara Ribeiro Martins de Souza Archived 2015-05-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
38. Aldo Vieira da Rosa
39. http://www.otempo.com.br/cidades/morre-fernando-brant-escritor-e-compositor-mineiro-1.1054415 Morre Fernando Brant, escritor e compositor mineiro (in Portuguese)
40. Morre José Messias, jurado do programa Raul Gil, aos 86 anos, no Rio (in Portuguese)
41. Football - World Cup winner Zito dies Archived 2015-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
42. Morre Carlinhos, ídolo como jogador e técnico do Flamengo (in Portuguese)
43. Cantor Cristiano Araújo morre após acidente de carro em GO, diz hospital Archived 2015-06-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
44. Actor and director Clovis Bueno dies at age 74
45. Políticos lamentam morte de Luiz Paulo Conde, ex-prefeito do Rio (in Portuguese)
46. Içami Tiba, autor de ‘Quem ama, Educa!’, morre aos 74 anos (in Portuguese)
47. Abbot Carmelo Domênico Recchia
48. Professor e escritor Joel Rufino dos Santos morre no Rio (in Portuguese)
49. Governo e Prefeitura decretam luto oficial pela morte de ex-governador (in Portuguese)
50. Betty Lago morre vítima de câncer no Rio (in Portuguese)
51. Morre Vivinho, autor de gol histórico em São Januário (in Portuguese)
52. 'Saddest man in Brazil' Clovis Acosta Fernandes, World Cup icon, dies aged 60
53. J.K. Rowling Mourns the Death of Brazilian Voice of Harry Potter at Age 27
54. Former Petrobras CEO Dutra Dead at 58, Workers' Party Says
55. Kita, algoz do Palmeiras no Paulista de 1986, morre aos 57 anos (in Portuguese)
56. http://g1.globo.com/sp/santos-regiao/noticia/2015/10/morre-deputada-federal-maria-lucia-prandi-aos-70-anos.html
57. Jorge Andrade, ex-lateral do Inter, morre aos 73 anos em Porto Alegre (in Portuguese)
58. Nota de falecimento do professor Angelo da Cunha Pinto (in Portuguese)
59. http://musica.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2015/10/09/rainha-da-musica-brega-claudia-barroso-morre-aos-83-anos.htm
60. Luiz Carlos Miele morre no Rio (in Portuguese)
61. Feared Brazil ex-army intelligence chief Brilhante Ustra dies
62. Piloto paulista morre após sofrer acidente durante corrida em Goiânia (in Portuguese)
63. Ex-goleiro do Corinthians, Barbosinha morre aos 74 anos (in Portuguese)
64. Morre Yoná Magalhães, aos 80 anos, no Rio (in Portuguese)
65. Morre em Salvador, aos 75 anos, museóloga Sylvia Athayde (in Portuguese)
66. Ex-deputado mineiro morre em queda de helicóptero em Guarani (MG)
67. Morre atriz Ada Chaseliov aos 63 anos na madrugada desta terça-feira (in Portuguese)
68. Morre na Itália o Bispo Emérito de Patos de Minas, Dom Jorge Scarso (in Portuguese)
69. Vítima de câncer, ex-companheiro de Pelé e Sócrates morre em Campinas (in Portuguese)
70. Morre aos 93 anos o ex-governador e senador do Piauí Lucídio Portela (in Portuguese)
71. Morre Harry Bernardo Schwarz, ex-goleiro do Inter (in Portuguese)
72. Campeão brasileiro pelo Coritiba, Toby morre aos 53 anos (in Portuguese)
73. Morre no Rio o sapateador Bob Lester, de 102 anos (in Portuguese)
74. Morre aos 80 anos o ex-governador do Ceará e ex-ministro Beni Veras (in Portuguese)
75. Morre, aos 75 anos, João Verle ex-prefeito de Porto Alegre (in Portuguese)
76. Embaixador Sebastião do Rego morre ao cair de prédio no Rio (in Portuguese)
77. Jornalista Sandra Moreyra, da Globo, morre no Rio aos 61 anos (in Portuguese)
78. Morre Luiz de Carvalho, pioneiro da música gospel no país (in Portuguese)
79. Bishop José Benedito Simão
80. Morre o poeta e escritor Nauro Machado, em São Luís (in Portuguese)
81. Morre a atriz Marília Pêra, aos 72 anos (in Portuguese)
82. Ex-presidente do São Paulo, Juvenal Juvêncio morre aos 83 anos Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
83. Atriz e cantora Selma Reis morre em Teresópolis, no RJ Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
84. Morre em Porto Alegre o músico Júpiter Maçã (in Portuguese)
85. Geraldo Roca, compositor de 'Trem do Pantanal', é encontrado morto (in Portuguese)