{{short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title alone is adequate; see WP:SDNONE --> {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Year in Brazil|2012}}
Events from the year '''2012 in Brazil'''.
== Incumbents == === Federal government === * '''President''': Dilma Rousseff * '''Vice President''': Michel Temer
===Governors=== * '''Acre''': Binho Marques * '''Alagoas''': Teotônio Vilela Filho * '''Amapa''': Camilo Capiberibe * '''Amazonas''': Omar Aziz * '''Bahia''': Jaques Wagner * '''Ceará''': Cid Gomes * '''Espírito Santo''': José Roberto Arruda * '''Goiás''': Marconi Perillo * '''Maranhão''': Roseana Sarney * '''Mato Grosso''': Blairo Maggi * '''Mato Grosso do Sul''': André Puccinelli * '''Minas Gerais''': Aécio Neves * '''Pará''': Ana Júlia Carepa * '''Paraíba''': José Maranhão * '''Paraná''': Roberto Requião * '''Pernambuco''': Eduardo Campos * '''Piauí''': Wellington Dias * '''Rio de Janeiro''': Sérgio Cabral Filho * '''Rio Grande do Norte''': Wilma de Faria * '''Rio Grande do Sul''': Yeda Crusius * '''Rondônia''': Ivo Cassol * '''Roraima''': José de Anchieta Júnior * '''Santa Catarina''': Luiz Henrique da Silveira * '''São Paulo''': José Serra * '''Sergipe''': Marcelo Déda * '''Tocantins''': Carlos Henrique Amorim
===Vice governors=== * '''Acre''': Carlos César Correia de Messias * '''Alagoas''': José Thomaz da Silva Nonô Neto * '''Amapá''': Doralice Nascimento de Souza * '''Amazonas''': José Melo de Oliveira * '''Bahia''': Otto Alencar * '''Ceará''': Domingos Gomes de Aguiar Filho * '''Espírito Santo''': Givaldo Vieira da Silva * '''Goiás''': José Eliton de Figueiredo Júnior * '''Maranhão''': Joaquim Washington Luiz de Oliveira * '''Mato Grosso''': Francisco Tarquínio Daltro * '''Mato Grosso do Sul''': Simone Tebet * '''Minas Gerais''': Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior * '''Pará''': Helenilson Cunha Pontes * '''Paraíba''': Rômulo José de Gouveia * '''Paraná''': Flávio José Arns * '''Pernambuco''': João Soares Lyra Neto * '''Piauí''': Wilson Martins * '''Rio de Janeiro''': Luiz Fernando Pezão * '''Rio Grande do Norte''': Robinson Faria * '''Rio Grande do Sul''': Jorge Alberto Duarte Grill * '''Rondônia''': Airton Pedro Gurgacz * '''Roraima''': Francisco de Assis Rodrigues * '''Santa Catarina''': Eduardo Pinho Moreira * '''São Paulo''': Guilherme Afif Domingos * '''Sergipe''': Jackson Barreto * '''Tocantins''': João Oliveira de Sousa
== Events == === February === *'''February 13''': Lindemberg Alves Fernandes goes on trial for the death of ex-girlfriend Elóa Pimentel, in the city of Santo André.<ref>[http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2012/02/14/15/ ''Tiros aconteceram entre explosão e entrada da PM, diz amiga de Eloá''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223958/http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2012/02/14/15/ |date=December 2, 2013 }} (primeira página do caderno ''Cotidiano''), ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (14 de fevereiro de 2012).</ref> *'''February 16''': **Lindemberg Alves Fernandes is convicted of all 12 crimes with which he is charged, and sentenced to 98 years and 10 months of imprisonment; Brazilian law meant that this would be limited to 30 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/noticia/2012/02/lindemberg-alves-e-condenado-pela-morte-de-eloa-pimentel.html|title = Justiça condena Lindemberg Alves a 98 anos e 10 meses de prisão|date = February 16, 2012}}</ref> **The Supreme Federal Court decides that the Clean Record Law is constitutional and valid for that year's municipal elections.<ref>[http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2012/02/17/2/ ''Lei da Ficha Limpa vale já para as eleições deste ano''] (primeira página do 1° caderno), ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (17 de fevereiro de 2012).</ref> *'''February 25''': A fire destroys part of the Brazilian scientific station in Antarctica, leaving two dead and a Brazilian Navy soldier injured.<ref>[http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2012/02/26/2/ ''Fogo destroi base na Antártida e mata 2''] (página 12 do 1° caderno), ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (26 de fevereiro de 2012).</ref> *'''February 29''': Federal Police arrest 31 people suspected of hacking slot machines in Goiás, including businessman Carlos Augusto Ramos and Carlinhos Cachoeira.<ref>[http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2012/03/01/15/ ''PF prende 31 em operação contra caça-níquel em Goiás''] (página 9 do caderno ''Cotidiano''), ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (1 de março de 2012).</ref>
=== March === *'''March 29''': President Dilma Rousseff attends the 4th BRICS summit, held in New Delhi, India.<ref>[http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2012/03/30/2/ ''Banco dos Brics fica para cúpula de 2014''] (página 20 do 1° caderno), ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (30 de março de 2012).</ref>
=== April === *'''April 7'''-'''8''': The first Brazilian version of the Lollapalooza music festival is held at the Jockey Club in São Paulo.<ref>[http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2012/04/08/2/ ''Público se rende ao Foo Fighters na 1ª noite do Lollapalooza, em SP''] (página 14 do 1° caderno), ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (8 de abril de 2012).</ref><ref>[http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2012/04/09/2/ ''Quase, Lolla, quase''] (página 1 do caderno ''Ilustrada''), ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (9 de abril de 2012).</ref> *'''April 25''': The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approves the project for the New Forest Code, which reduces environmental protection.<ref>[http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2012/04/26/2/ ''Dilma é derrotada, e nova lei diminui proteção ambiental''] (primeira página do 1° caderno), ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (26 de abril de 2012).</ref>
=== May === *'''May 25''': President Dilma Rousseff partially vetoed modifications to the Forest Law that protects the Amazon.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/may/25/brazil-amazon-rainforest-law |title=Brazil's leader vetoes portions of new Amazon rainforest law: Dilma Rousseff sends back parts of congressional bill that loosened country's protection of forest |author=Jonathan Watts |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
=== July === *'''July 1''': The cultural landscape of the city of Rio de Janeiro is elevated to the status of Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.<ref>[http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2012/07/02/15/ ''Rio: Patrimônio Cultural''] (página 5 do caderno ''Cotidiano''), ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (2 de julho de 2012).</ref>
=== August === *'''August 2''': The Supreme Federal Court begins the trial of the 38 defendants accused of participating in the Mensalão scandal.<ref>[http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2012/08/02/2/ ''STF começa julgamento com ministro sob pressão''] (página 4 do 1° caderno), ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (2 de agosto de 2012).</ref> *'''August 8''': The sixth annual International Female Orgasm Day is celebrated. The holiday was established by José Arimatéia Dantas Lacerda of Esperantina.<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.com/international-day-female-orgasm-brings-pleasure-brazilian-women-742490 International Day Of The Female Orgasm Brings Pleasure To Brazilian Women] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203173221/http://www.ibtimes.com/international-day-female-orgasm-brings-pleasure-brazilian-women-742490 |date=December 3, 2013 }} International Business Times, August 8, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.cosmopolitan.com/cosmo-latina/blog/international-female-orgasm-day What You Should Know About International Female Orgasm Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202232418/http://www.cosmopolitan.com/cosmo-latina/blog/international-female-orgasm-day |date=December 2, 2013 }} Cosmopolitan, August 9, 2012.</ref>
=== September === *'''September 27''': Cabo Bruno, who was accused of more than 50 murders in the 1980s, is murdered after 20 gunshots at Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo; a month after leaving prison.<ref>[http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2012/09/28/2/ ''Solto há 1 mês, Cabo Bruno é assassinado com 20 tiros''] (primeira página do 1° caderno), ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (28 de setembro de 2012).</ref>
=== October === *'''October 7''': First round of voting in the Brazilian municipal elections, 2012. *'''October 28''': Second round of the Brazilian municipal elections, 2012.<ref>UOL Eleições. [http://noticias.bol.uol.com.br/brasil/2012/07/30/eleitorado-brasileiro-cresce-6-em-quatro-anos-e-chega-a-mais-de-138-milhoes.jhtm "Eleitorado brasileiro cresce 6%, e supera os 138 milhões; mulheres são maioria"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801221121/https://noticias.bol.uol.com.br/brasil/2012/07/30/eleitorado-brasileiro-cresce-6-em-quatro-anos-e-chega-a-mais-de-138-milhoes.jhtm |date=August 1, 2018 }}. BOL. July 30, 2012.</ref>
=== November === *'''November 25''': The 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix is held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, and is won by British driver Jenson Button for McLaren; it would be the victory of his Formula One career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/9701489/Brazilian-Grand-Prix-2012-as-it-happened.html|title=Brazilian Grand Prix 2012: as it happened|date=November 25, 2011|work=Daily Telegraph UK|access-date=November 26, 2012 }}</ref>
=== December === *'''December 16''': Corinthians wins the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup over Chelsea, with a score of 1-0.<ref name="match report">{{cite news |title=Match Report |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/97/27/18/08_1216_cor-che_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222033901/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/97/27/18/08%5F1216%5Fcor-che%5Ffulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 December 2012 |work=FIFA |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=16 December 2012 |access-date=17 December 2012}}</ref> *'''December 17''': The Supreme Federal Court concludes the trial of the politicians accused in the Mensalão scandal. <ref>[http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2012/12/18/2/ ''STF manda Câmara cassar os deputados e conclui julgamento''] (primeira página do 1° caderno), ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (18 de dezembro de 2012).</ref>
== Deaths == ===January=== *'''January 2''': Beatriz Bandeira, 102, activist and writer *'''January 10''': José Freire de Oliveira Neto, 83, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mossoró (1984–2004)<ref>{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bfreion|Bishop José Freire de Oliveira Neto|21 January 2015}}</ref> *'''January 30''': Al Rio, 49, comic book artist, suicide.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/01/31/al-rio-passes|title=Al Rio Passes Away|newspaper=Bleeding Cool News and Rumors |date=31 January 2012|publisher=Bleedingcool.com|access-date=2012-10-28}}</ref> ===February=== *'''February 22''': João Mansur, 88, politician, Governor of Paraná (1973).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jmnews.com.br/noticias/regiao/2,18359,24,02,joao-mansur-ex-governador-do-pr-morre-em-curitiba-aos-88-anos.shtml|title=João Mansur dead|publisher=JMNews.com.br|access-date=16 October 2012|language=pt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231221501/http://www.jmnews.com.br/noticias/regiao/2,18359,24,02,joao-mansur-ex-governador-do-pr-morre-em-curitiba-aos-88-anos.shtml|archive-date=31 December 2012}}</ref> *'''February 24''': **Pery Ribeiro, 74, singer, myocardial infarction.<ref>{{cite web|author=Staff|url=http://www.rd1audiencia.com/famosos/morre-aos-74-anos-pery-ribeiro-filho-de-dalva-de-oliveira-e-herivelto-martins|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628033702/http://www.rd1audiencia.com/famosos/morre-aos-74-anos-pery-ribeiro-filho-de-dalva-de-oliveira-e-herivelto-martins|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-06-28|title=Morre, aos 74 anos, Pery Ribeiro, filho de Dalva de Oliveira e Herivelto Martins|publisher=Rd1audiencia.com|date=2012-02-24|access-date=2012-10-16|language=pt}}</ref> **Eliana Tranchesi, 56, chief executive (Daslu).<ref>{{cite web|author=Do G1, em São Paulo|url=http://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/noticia/2012/02/morre-em-sao-paulo-eliana-tranchesi-dona-da-daslu-diz-hospital.html|title=Morre a empresária Eliana Tranchesi, ex-dona da Daslu|publisher=G1.globo.com|access-date=2012-10-16|language=pt|date=2012-02-24}}</ref>
===March=== *'''March 16''': Aziz Ab'Sáber, 87, geologist, heart attack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/vidae,morre-o-geografo-aziz-absaber,849376,0.htm |title=Morre o geógrafo Aziz Ab'Saber |newspaper=O Estado de S. Paulo |date=2012-03-16 |access-date=2012-08-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723110117/http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/vidae%2Cmorre-o-geografo-aziz-absaber%2C849376%2C0.htm |archive-date=2012-07-23|language=pt}}</ref> *'''March 23''': Chico Anysio, 80, comedian, multiple organ failure<ref>{{cite web|title=Morre aos 80 anos Chico Anysio|url=http://televisao.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2012/03/23/morre-aos-80-anos-chico-anysio.htm|work=uol.com.br|access-date=23 March 2012|language=pt}}</ref> ===April=== *'''April 14''' : Paulo César Saraceni, 78, film director.<ref name="Saraceni">{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/noticia/2012/04/morre-no-rio-aos-79-anos-o-cineasta-paulo-cezar-saraceni.html|title=Morre no Rio, aos 79 anos, o cineasta Paulo Cezar Saraceni|access-date=2013-03-24|work=globo|date=14 April 2012}}</ref> *'''April 26''' : José Martins Ribeiro Nunes, 85, naval pilot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infonet.com.br/cidade/ler.asp?id=127413|title=Cidade – Zé Peixe: 85 anos de uma vida quase toda dedicada ao mar|publisher=Infonet|date=26 April 2012|access-date=29 June 2012|language=pt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318052113/http://www.infonet.com.br/cidade/ler.asp?id=127413|archive-date=18 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===May=== *'''May 31''' : Nélson Jacobina, 58, songwriter ("Maracatu Atômico"), lung cancer.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://rollingstone.com.br/noticia/morre-aos-58-anos-nelson-jacobina/|title=Morre aos 58 anos Nélson Jacobina, autor de "Maracatu Atômico"|date=May 31, 2012|magazine=Rolling Stone Brasil|language=pt|access-date=May 31, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603035858/http://rollingstone.com.br/noticia/morre-aos-58-anos-nelson-jacobina|archive-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref>
===June=== *'''June 14''' : Carlos Reichenbach, 67, filmmaker, cardiac arrest.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/cinema/noticia/2012/06/morre-aos-67-anos-o-cineasta-carlos-reichenbach.html|title=Morre aos 67 anos o cineasta Carlos Reichenbach|publisher=G1|access-date=14 June 2012}}</ref> ===July=== *'''July 7''' : Ronaldo Cunha Lima, 76, poet and politician, Governor of Paraíba (1991–1994), lung cancer.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ronaldo Cunha Lima morre aos 76 anos|url=http://www.band.com.br/noticias/brasil/noticia/?id=100000515487|newspaper=band.com.br|date=7 July 2012|access-date=8 July 2012|language=pt}}</ref> *'''July 31''' : Alfredo Ramos, 87, footballer and coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esportes.terra.com.br/sao-paulo/noticias/0,,OI6037498-EI19381,00-Morre+Alfredo+Ramos+exlateral+esquerdo+e+treinador+do+Sao+Paulo.html|title=Morre Alfredo Ramos, ex-lateral esquerdo e treinador do São Paulo|publisher=Esportes.terra.com.br|access-date=2 August 2012|language=pt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803005129/http://esportes.terra.com.br/sao-paulo/noticias/0,,OI6037498-EI19381,00-Morre+Alfredo+Ramos+exlateral+esquerdo+e+treinador+do+Sao+Paulo.html|archive-date=2012-08-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===August=== *'''August 24''' : Félix Miélli Venerando, 74, footballer, cardiac arrest.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/felix-goalkeeper-in-brazils-greatest-football-team-8099842.html|title=Félix: Goalkeeper in Brazil's greatest football team|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=2012-09-01|location=London|first=Ivan|last=Ponting|date=2012-09-01}}</ref>
===September=== *'''September 19''': Leopoldo Penna Franca, 53, mathematician, heart attack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netlib.org/na-digest-html/12/v12n40.html#1|title=Leopoldo Franca, 1959-2012|access-date=2013-01-18}}</ref> *'''September 27''': Cabo Bruno, 53, serial killer, multiple gunshot wounds. *'''September 29''': Hebe Camargo, 83, television presenter, cardiac arrest.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/noticia/2012/09/hebe-camargo-morre-aos-83-anos.html|title=Hebe Camargo morre aos 83 anos|publisher=G1.globo.com|language=pt|access-date=September 29, 2012}}</ref>
===October=== *'''October 27''': Regina Dourado, 59, actress, breast cancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/bahia/noticia/2012/10/morre-em-salvador-atriz-baiana-regina-dourado.html |title=Morre em Salvador a atriz baiana Regina Dourado |publisher=g1.globo.com |language=pt |date=2012-10-27 |access-date=2012-11-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030202010/http://g1.globo.com/bahia/noticia/2012/10/morre-em-salvador-atriz-baiana-regina-dourado.html |archive-date=2012-10-30 }}</ref> ===November=== *'''November 3''': Carmélia Alves, 89, baião singer, multiple organ seizure.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130126173732/http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/brazils-queen-of-baiao-carmelia-alves-dies-at-89/19655 Brazil's "Queen of Baiao" Carmelia Alves Dies at 89]}}</ref> *'''November 29''': Joelmir Beting, 75, journalist and writer, stroke.<ref>[http://oglobo.globo.com/economia/morre-aos-75-anos-jornalista-joelmir-beting-6867082 Morre aos 75 anos o jornalista Joelmir Beting]</ref>
===December=== *'''December 2''': Décio Pignatari, 85, poet, essayist and translator, respiratory failure.<ref>[http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2012/12/decio-pignatari-1927-2012/ Décio Pignatari, 1927–2012]</ref> *'''December 5''': Oscar Niemeyer, 104, architect, respiratory infection.<ref>{{cite news|agency=Reuters|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/world/americas/oscar-niemeyer-modernist-architect-of-brasilia-dies-at-104.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|title=Oscar Niemeyer, Architect Who Gave Brasília Its Flair, Dies at 104|publisher=NY Times|access-date=December 5, 2012}}</ref> *'''December 20''': Thelma Reston, 75, actress (''Entranced Earth''), breast cancer.<ref name=vol>{{cite news|first=Carla|last=Neves|title=Morre, aos 75 anos, a atriz Thelma Reston |url=http://televisao.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2012/12/20/morre-aos-75-anos-a-atriz-thelma-reston.htm |work=Universo Online |date=20 December 2012 |accessdate=8 January 2013}}</ref>
== See also == * 2012 in Brazilian football * 2012 in Brazilian television * List of Brazilian films of 2012
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{commons category}}
{{Years in Brazil}} {{South America topic|2012 in}}
Category:2012 in Brazil Category:2010s in Brazil Brazil Brazil Category:Years of the 21st century in Brazil