2020 in Brazil

Events in the year 2020 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

President- Jair Bolsonaro[1]

President of the Chamber of Deputies- Rodrigo Maia

President of the Federal Senate- Davi Alcolumbre

President of the Supreme Federal Court- Dias Toffoli

Governors

• Acre: Gladson Cameli
• Alagoas: Renan Filho
• Amapa: Waldez Góes
• Amazonas: Wilson Lima
• Bahia: Rui Costa (politician)
• Ceará: Camilo Santana
• Distrito Federal: Ibaneis Rocha
• Espírito Santo: Renato Casagrande
• Goiás: Ronaldo Caiado
• Maranhão: Flávio Dino
• Mato Grosso: Mauro Mendes
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Reinaldo Azambuja
• Minas Gerais: Romeu Zema
• Pará: Helder Barbalho
• Paraíba: João Azevedo
• Paraná: Ratinho Júnior
• Pernambuco: Paulo Câmara
• Piauí: Wellington Dias
• Rio de Janeiro: Wilson Witzel & Cláudio Castro
• Rio Grande do Norte: Fátima Bezerra
• Rio Grande do Sul: Eduardo Leite
• Rondônia: Marcos Rocha
• Roraima: Antonio Denarium
• Santa Catarina: Carlos Moisés
• São Paulo: João Doria
• Sergipe: Belivaldo Chagas
• Tocantins: Mauro Carlesse

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: Ranolfo Vieira Júnior
• Rondônia:
• Roraima:
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:
• Tocantins:

Events

• January 17 - Roberto Alvim who was Special Secretary for Culture under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism,[2] only to be fired on January 17, 2020 after appearing to quote a speech by German Nazi politician Joseph Goebbels in a government-sanctioned video.[3][4]
• January 21 – Journalist Glenn Greenwald (The Intercept) is charged with cybercrimes in connection to his reporting on corruption.[5]
• January 22 – Brazil is seen as the seventh most corrupt country in the world.[6]
• January 29 – The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says that it has started sending Brazilians back into Mexico as increasing numbers seek asylum in the U.S.[7]

Deaths

March

• March 25 – Martinho Lutero Galati, conductor (b. 1953).
• March 26 – Naomi Munakata, conductor (b. 1955).
• March 27 – Daniel Azulay, cartoonist (b. 1947).

April

• April 14 – Aldo di Cillo Pagotto, archbishop (b. 1949).
• April 21 – Gerson Peres, journalist (b. 1931).
• April 25 – Ricardo Brennand, art collector and entrepreneur (b. 1927).
• April 27 – Asdrubal Bentes, politician (b. 1939).

May

• May 1 – Fernando Sandoval, water polo player (b. 1942).
• May 4 – Aldir Blanc, composer (b. 1946).
• May 5 – Ciro Pessoa, singer-songwriter (b. 1957).
• May 7 – Daisy Lúcidi, actress (b. 1929).
• May 8
  • Lúcia Braga, politician (b. 1934).
  • Vicente André Gomes, politician and physician (b. 1952).
• May 9
  • Carlos José, singer-songwriter (b. 1934).
  • Abraham Palatnik, artist (b. 1928).
• May 10
  • David Corrêa, singer-songwriter (b. 1937).
  • Sérgio Sant'Anna, writer (b. 1941).

References

1. Janeiro, Tom Phillips Dom Phillips in Rio de (2018-10-29). "Jair Bolsonaro declared Brazil's next president". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
2. "NOTA À IMPRENSA - Integração Turismo e Cultura - Ministério do Turismo" [NOTE TO THE PRESS - Tourism and Culture Integration - Ministry of Tourism] (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
3. Cowie, Sam (2020-01-17). "Brazil culture secretary fired after echoing words of Nazi Goebbels". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
4. Vasco Cotovio; Jack Guy. "Brazil's culture secretary fired after appearing to quote Nazi leader Joseph Goebbels in a video". CNN. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
5. 'Beyond Disturbing': Right-Wing Bolsonaro Government Charges Journalist Glenn Greenwald With Cybercrimes byEoin Higgins, Common Dreams, 21 Jan 2020
6. "México es señalado como el segundo país más corrupto del mundo, a pesar del discurso de López Obrador" [Mexico is designated as the second most corrupt country in the world, despite López Obrador's speech]. Infobae (in Spanish). Jan 22, 2020.
7. US now forcing asylum seekers from Brazil to wait in Mexico Al Jazeera, 29 Jan 2020