- 2007 in Brazil
Events from the year
2007 inBrazil Events
January
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January 9 :YouTube is unblocked inBrazil as a São Paulo state court revises its ruling forDaniela Cicarelli video clips.February
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February 16 : The G8 countries, plusBrazil , China,India ,Mexico andSouth Africa , approve the 'Washington Declaration,' proposing a globalCarbon emissions trading system to replace theKyoto Protocol by2009 . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6364663.stm | title = Politicians sign new climate pact | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]March
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March 8 : U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush departs on a tour ofLatin America that will take him toBrazil ,Uruguay ,Colombia ,Guatemala andMexico . Upon arrival inSão Paulo he is greeted withprotest demonstrations. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6430951.stm | title = Bush greeted by clashes in Brazil | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
March 18 : Cesare Battisti, convicted "in absentia " of two murders inItaly in the 1970s and who later became a crime writer inFrance , is arrested inBrazil . [cite news | url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,259508,00.html | title = Italian Fugitive-Turned-Writer Found, Arrested | publisher = "Fox News" | accessdate=2008-03-02]April
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April 11 : Trade officials from theUnited States ,European Union ,India andBrazil meet inNew Delhi ,India , to revive theWorld Trade Organization 's Doha round of negotiations.*
April 20 : The G4 group of nations, which includesBrazil ,India ,Germany andJapan , says that it would revive efforts for United Nations Security Council reform. [cite news | url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070009377 | title = G-4 ready for talks on UN reforms | publisher = "NDTV" | accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite news | url=http://english.people.com.cn/200704/20/eng20070420_368277.html | title = G-4 officials discuss UN reform in Brazil | publisher = "People's Daily" | accessdate=2008-03-02]May
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May 9 :Pope Benedict XVI arrives inBrazil on his first visit toLatin America to reaffirmCatholicism in the region. [cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1918991.htm | title = Pope kicks off anti-abortion mission in Brazil | publisher = "ABC News Australia" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
May 10 :Pope Benedict XVI urges tens of thousands of youngBrazil ianCatholic s packing the Pacaembu stadium inSão Paulo to resist the temptations of wealth, power and other "snares of evil," and tells them to promote life from "its beginning to natural end."*
May 11 :Pope Benedict XVI canonize sBrazil 's first native-bornsaint ,Frei Galvão , an18th century Franciscan monk .*
May 22 :Silas Rondeau , the Energy Minister ofBrazil , resigns over allegations of corruption in a public works project. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6682537.stm | title = Brazilian energy minister resigns | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]June
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June 26 :Bolivia reclaims two oil refineries fromBrazil ian state-owned energy companyPetrobras . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6243802.stm | title = Bolivia reclaims oil refineries | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]July
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July 7 : TheNew Seven Wonders of the World are announced. These areThe Great Wall of China ,Petra inJordan , the Christ the Redeemer statue inBrazil ,Machu Picchu inPeru ,Mexico 'sChichen Itza Mayan site, theColosseum inRome and theTaj Mahal inIndia . [cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/08/1972797.htm | title = Opera House snubbed as new Wonders unveiled | publisher = "ABC News Australia" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 7 :Live Earth gets underway with concerts inAustralia , theUnited States ,Germany ,South Africa , theUnited Kingdom ,Brazil ,Japan andChina . [cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/global-extravaganza-underway/2007/07/07/1183351498368.html?s_cid=rss_smh | title = Sydney kicks off Live Earth series | publisher = "Sydney Morning Herald" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 10 : PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva announces plans to build a nuclear-powered submarine to patrol the waters offBrazil 's coast at a cost of US$500 million. [cite news | url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N03232022.htm | title = Brazil to invest $500 mln in nuclear-powered sub | publisher = "Reuters Alertnet" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 13 : The Fifteenth Pan American Games begin inRio de Janeiro ,Brazil .*
July 15 : Brazil defeats Argentina 3-0 in the2007 Copa América final. [cite news | url=http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/brazil-demolish-argentina-to-win-eighth-copa-america/20070716-nxz.html | title = Brazil demolish Argentina to win eighth Copa America | publisher = "Brisbane Times" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 17 :TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054 carrying 186 people crashes inCongonhas International Airport ,São Paulo ,Brazil . The death toll is estimated to be at least 200 people. [cite news | url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19815779/ | title = Toll in Brazil plane crash could climb past 189 | publisher = "MSNBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/07/17/brazil.plane.crash/index.html | title = Fiery plane crash at São Paulo airport kills at least 200 | publisher = "CNN" | accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6903837.stm | title = Brazilian plane crash 'kills 200' | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite news | url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289696,00.html | title = Plane Crash in Brazil Leaves at Least 189 Dead | publisher = "Fox News" | accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/18/1981490.htm | title = At least 200 feared dead in Brazil air crash | publisher = "ABC News Australia" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 20 : ThePresident of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva orders an inquiry into the crash ofTAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054 .*
July 21 : Aradar failure disrupts international air travel toBrazil causing disruption to thousands of travellers. [cite news | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/22/world/main3086040.shtml | title = Brazil Suffers More Air Safety Problems | publisher = "CBS" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 25 : ThePresident of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva removes Defense MinisterWaldir Pires , who is responsible forcivil aviation , from his Cabinet and replaces him with former Justice MinisterNelson Jobim after two major crashes in ten months. [cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/25/world/asia/25cnd-brazil.html?ex=1343016000&en=0d45f8bacf5b785e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss | title = Brazil’s Head of Aviation Is Fired | publisher = "New York Times" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 29 : Approximately 5,000Brazil ians demonstrate inSão Paulo over the recent crash ofTAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054 . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6921584.stm | title = Brazilians protest over air crash | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]August
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August 3 : TwoCuba n boxers,Guillermo Rigondeaux Olympicbantamweight champion and amateurwelterweight world championErislandi Lara , who deserted their team at the2007 Pan American Games are found inRio de Janeiro ,Brazil and will be sent back to Cuba. [cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/03/cuba.brazil.reut/ | title = Cuban boxers to be sent home from Brazil | publisher = "CNN" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 4 :Brazil ian Defense MinisterNelson Jobim fires the head of the Brazilian airports authority,José Carlos Pereira for recent problems including the crash ofTAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054 and hiresSergio Gaudenzi , the President of theBrazilian Space Agency . [cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/world/americas/05brazil.html?_r=2&ref=americas&oref=slogin&oref=slogin | title = Brazil Fires Airport Authority President | publisher = "New York Times" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 6 :Mexico andBrazil sign an agreement on developing technology foroil andnatural gas exploration and exploitation involving co-operation betweenPemex andPetrobras . [cite news | url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/07/america/LA-GEN-Mexico-Brazil-Energy.php | title = Mexico and Brazil sign energy agreement on deep-water exploration technology | publisher = "IHT" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 7 :Juan Carlos Ramirez-Abadia ,Colombian cocaine trafficker boss of theNorte del Valle Cartel is apprehended inBrazil and faces extradition to theUnited States . The US Government had offered a reward of US$5 million dollars. [cite news | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN07209474200 | title = Brazil nabs Colombian drug lord wanted in U.S. | publisher = "Reuters" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 16 : The iBovespa falls by 3,500 points in the afternoon session on the São Paulo Stock Exchange.Brazil 's stock market recorded its biggest one-day drop since theSeptember 11, 2001 attacks . [cite news | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN1635924120070816?rpc=44 | title = Brazil's Bovespa index slumps more than 7 pct | publisher = "Reuters" | accessdate=2008-03-02]eptember
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September 3 :Tomás Medina Caracas (known by hisnom de guerre "Negro Acacio"), one ofFARC 's most important leaders and the liaison between thisColombia nguerrilla andBrazil ian drug dealers, is killed in action by Colombian armed forces inGuaviare . [cite news | url=http://www.eltiempo.com/conflicto/noticias/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3705955.html | title = Jefe guerrillero 'Negro Acacio' fue muerto por el Ejército en combate | publisher = "El Tiempo" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
September 5 : A Congressional committee has voted to remove the President of theSenate of Brazil Renan Calheiros as a result of a corruption scandal. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6981004.stm | title = Brazil moves against top senator | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
September 24 : PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva says that he will defendBrazil 's record on globalclimate change when he addresses theUnited Nations General Assembly this week. [cite news | url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N24265098.htm | title = Lula says Brazil doing its part on climate change | publisher = "Reuters" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
September 24 : Brazil's stock market rises to a record 58,393.75 points and the country's currency, thereal , gains 0.11 percent to 1.867 per U.S. dollar.October
November
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November 4 : At least six people are killed as aLearjet 35 crashes into a residential district inSão Paulo ,Brazil . [cite news | url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,22705112-401,00.html | title = Six killed in Brazil air crash | publisher = "News Limited" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
November 25 : At least eight football fans die when part of the Fonte Novastadium inSalvador de Bahia ,Brazil , collapses. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7112558.stm | title = Seven Brazil football fans killed | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]December
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December 2 :Brazil starts free-to-air digital television transmissions inSão Paulo , but broadcasting companies must transmit signals in both analogue and digital formats until June 2016. [cite news | url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/dinheiro/ult91u331183.shtml | title = "TV digital vai estrear para ninguém", diz diretor da TVA | publisher = "Folha de S. Paulo" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
December 17 : The leaders ofBrazil ,Bolivia , andChile agree to build a highway by 2009 that will link the Atlantic (in Santos, Brazil) and thePacific (in Iquique, Chile) coasts ofSouth America . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7147941.stm | title = Nations agree S American highway | publisher = "BBC News" | accessdate=2008-03-02]Deaths
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February 4 :José Carlos Bauer , 81, World Cup footballer.
*March 5 :Ivo Lorscheiter , 79, CatholicBishop and advocate ofliberation theology , multiple organ failure.
*April 16 :Maria Lenk , 92, Olympic swimmer (1932, 1936), rupture ofaortic aneurysm .
*April 17 :Nair Bello , 75,actress ,heart failure .
*April 29 :Octavio Frias , 94, publishing magnate,kidney failure .
*May 6 :Enéas Carneiro , 68,politician ,leukemia .
*June 1 :Marly de Oliveira , 69, poet ("O Mar de Permeio"),multiple organ failure .
*July 17 :Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza , 60, chairman of SCI, attorney for Corinthians, plane crash.
*July 17 :Júlio Redecker , 51, leader of the Social Democracy Party, plane crash.
*August 2 :Franco Dalla Valle , 62,Roman Catholic Bishop of Juína.
*October 1 :Tetsuo Okamoto , 75, swimmer and Brazil's first Olympic swimming medallist (1952),respiratory failure .
*October 8 :Constantine Andreou , 90, painter and sculptor.
*October 12 :Paulo Autran , 85, actor,lung cancer .
*October 26 :Hans Stern , 85,jeweler , founder of the company H. Stern.
*December 9 :Rafael Sperafico , 26, racing driver, race crash.
*December 11 :Ottomar Pinto , 76 ,politician , Governor ofRoraima (2004–2007),heart attack .
*December 15 :Ryan Gracie , 33,martial artist .
*December 21 :Norton Nascimento , 45,actor ,heart failure .
*December 23 :Aloísio Lorscheider , 83, cardinal,heart failure .
*December 24 :Cláudio Camunguelo , 60,composer andsinger ,diabetes .
*December 27 :Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza , 94,pretender to the titleEmperor of Brazil .
*December 29 :Olayr Coan , 48,actor andtheater director ,car accident .References
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