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Hundreds of thousands of people all over Brazil protest against corruption and denounce the government of President Dilma Rousseff. [309] 9 June: A bus plunges over a ravine in Brazil's São Paulo state, resulting in at least 18 people killed and 28 injured. [310] 5–21 August: The 2016 Summer Olympics are held in Rio de Janeiro. [311] 31 August
Brazil: The Once and Future Country (2nd ed. 1998), an interpretive synthesis of Brazil's history. Fausto, Boris, and Arthur Brakel. A Concise History of Brazil (Cambridge Concise Histories) (2nd ed. 2014) excerpt and text search; Garfield, Seth. In Search of the Amazon: Brazil, the United States, and the Nature of a Region. Durham: Duke ...
9 July – 2024 Brazil wildfires: Wildfires burn 760,000 hectares (1.8 million acres) of the Pantanal, destroying over 4% of Brazil's largest wetland. [ 23 ] 17 July – A massive fishkill suspected to have been caused by the dumping of industrial waste from a sugar and ethanol plant results in the deaths of between 10 and 20 tons of fish in ...
In 2009, Brazil's economic rise was temporarily halted by the worldwide financial crisis, forcing the government to implement a temporary tax relief policy in strategic segments of the economy like automobiles and construction. These measures helped the country prevent a long-term recession and ensured a quick recovery to Brazil's economic ...
Brazil’s Federal Council of Medicine said the loss of the doctors left Brazil’s medical world in mourning, and expressed its solidarity for the victims' friends and relatives. They were ...
May 3: Brazil reaches the 100,000 mark of confirmed COVID-19 cases. [31] May 15: Nelson Teich resigns as the Minister of Health. [32] May 16: General Eduardo Pazuello assumes the position of Health Minister. [33] May 22: With over 330,000 infections, Brazil overtakes Russia to become the second country with the highest confirmed number of COVID ...
During Bolsonaro's tenure as president of Brazil, his allies and supporters floated the idea of an assault like the United States Capitol attack of 6 January 2021 in the event he lost his re-election bid. [29] Bolsonaro supporters alleged that the 2022 Brazilian general election suffered from widespread electoral fraud that caused Bolsonaro's ...
Date: 7 September 1822; 202 years ago (): Location: Brazil: Participants: Pedro, Prince Royal Archduchess Maria Leopoldina José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva: Outcome: Independence of the Kingdom of Brazil from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves and subsequent formation of the Empire of Brazil under Emperor Dom Pedro I (1798–1834; reigned 1822–1831)