2007 in Brazil

none April 2020 2007 Events from the year 2007 in Brazil. Incumbents Federal government President: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Vice President: José Alencar Gomes da Silva Governors Acre: Jorge Viana (until 1 January) Binho Marques (from 1 January) Alagoas: Luís Abílio de Sousa Neto (until 1 January) Teotônio Vilela Filho (from 1 January) Amapa: Waldez Góes Amazonas: Eduardo Braga Bahia: Paulo Souto (until 1 January) Jaques Wagner (from 1 January) Ceará: Lúcio Alcântara (until 1 January) Cid Gomes (from 1 January) Espírito Santo: Paulo Hartung Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Maranhão: José Reinaldo Tavares (until 1 January) Jackson Lago (starting 1 January) Mato Grosso: Blairo Maggi Mato Grosso do Sul: José Orcírio Miranda dos Santos Minas Gerais: Aécio Neves Pará: Simão Jatene (until 1 January) Ana Júlia Carepa (from 1 January) Paraíba: Cássio Cunha Lima Paraná: Hermas Eurides Brandão (until 1 January) Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva (from 1 January) Pernambuco: Mendonça Filho (until 1 January) Eduardo Campos (from 1 January) Piauí: Wellington Dias Rio de Janeiro: Rosinha Garotinho (until 1 January) Sérgio Cabral Filho (from 1 January) Rio Grande do Norte: Wilma Maria de Faria Rio Grande do Sul: Germano Rigotto (until 1 January) Yeda Rorato Crusius (from 1 January) Rondônia: Ivo Narciso Cassol Roraima: Ottomar de Sousa Pinto (until 11 December) José de Anchieta Júnior (from 14 December) Santa Catarina: Eduardo Moreira (until 1 January) Luiz Henrique da Silveira (from 1 January) São Paulo: Cláudio Lembo (until 1 January) José Serra (from 1 January) Sergipe: João Alves Filho (until 1 January) Marcelo Déda (from 1 January) Tocantins: Marcelo Miranda Vice governors Acre: Arnóbio Marques de Almeida Júnior (until 1 January) Carlos César Correia de Messias (from 1 January) Alagoas: Luís Abílio de Sousa Neto (until 1 January) José Wanderley Neto (from 1 January) Amapá: Pedro Paulo Dias de Carvalho Amazonas: Omar José Abdel Aziz Bahia: Eraldo Tinoco Melo (until 1 January) Edmundo Pereira Santos (from 1 January) Ceará: Francisco de Queiroz Maia Júnior (until 1 January) Francisco José Pinheiro (from 1 January) Espírito Santo: Wellington Coimbra (until 1 January) Ricardo de Rezende Ferraço (from 1 January) Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho (until 1 January) Ademir de Oliveira Meneses (from 1 January) Maranhão: Jurandir Ferro do Lago Filho (until 1 January) Luís Carlos Porto (from 1 January) Mato Grosso: Iraci Araújo Moreira (until 1 January) Silval da Cunha Barbosa (from 1 January) Mato Grosso do Sul: Egon Krakheche (until 1 January) Murilo Zauith (from 1 January) Minas Gerais: Clésio Soares de Andrade (until 1 January) Antonio Augusto Junho Anastasia (from 1 January) Pará: Valéria Pires Franco (until 1 January) Odair Santos Corrêa (from 1 January) Paraíba: Lauremília Lucena (until 1 January) José Lacerda Neto (from 1 January) Paraná: Orlando Pessuti Pernambuco: José Mendonça Bezerra Filho (until 1 January) João Soares Lyra Neto (from 1 January) Piauí: Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior (until 1 January) Wilson Martins (from 1 January) Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Paulo Conde (until 1 January) Luiz Fernando Pezão (starting 1 January) Rio Grande do Norte: Antônio Jácome (until 1 January) Iberê Ferreira (from 1 January) Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Carlos Hohlfeldt (until 1 January) Paulo Afonso Girardi Feijó (from 1 January) Rondônia: Odaísa Fernandes Ferreira (until 1 January) João Aparecido Cahulla (from 1 January) Roraima: Erci de Moraes (until 1 January) José de Anchieta Júnior (from 1 January) Santa Catarina: Eduardo Pinho Moreira (until 1 January) Leonel Pavan (from 1 January) São Paulo: Vacant (until 1 January) Alberto Goldman (from 1 January) Sergipe: Marília Mandarino (until 1 January) Belivaldo Chagas Silva (from 1 January) Tocantins: Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos (until 1 January) Paulo Sidnei Antunes (from 1 January) Events January January 6: MTV Brasil VJ and model Daniella Cicarelli sues YouTube after it hosted a video recorded by the paparazzi, where she and her boyfriend are having sexual intercourse on a Spanish beach; the video did not contain explicit content. The lawsuit asks that YouTube will be blocked in Brazil until all copies of the video are removed.https://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/04/youtube_shutdown/ The Independent Brazilian court orders YouTube shutdown: Model obtains injunction over beach sex romp vid Lester Haines January 4, 2007 September 24, 2012 pt live https://web.archive.org/web/20121004041712/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/04/youtube_shutdown/ October 4, 2012 mdy-all http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6233693.stm BBC News Brazil model wins YouTube battle January 5, 2007 January 9: YouTube is unblocked in Brazil as a São Paulo state court revises its ruling for Daniela Cicarelli video clips.2007-01-21 Brazil court revises ban on YouTube over sex video en Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-brazil-youtube-idUSN0948365620070109 2022-12-29 February February 7: A six-year-old boy named João Hélio dies after being dragged for 7 km by a car driven by criminals during a robbery in Rio de Janeiro.http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/noblat/posts/2007/02/13/nunca-mais-48341.asp Nunca Mais! OGlobo.com 2007-02-13 Portuguese 2011-09-25 July 14, 2012 https://archive.today/20120714033124/http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/noblat/posts/2007/02/13/nunca-mais-48341.asp dead http://veja.abril.com.br/140207/p_046.shtml Sem limites para a barbárie veja.com Portuguese 2007-02-14 2011-10-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20121015015612/http://veja.abril.com.br/140207/p_046.shtml 2012-10-15 dead February 16 The G8 countries, plus Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa, approve the Washington Declaration, proposing a global carbon emissions trading system to replace the Kyoto Protocol by 2009.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6364663.stm Politicians sign new climate pact BBC March 2, 2008 February 16, 2007 March March 8: U.S. president George W. Bush departs on a tour of Latin America that takes him to Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico. Upon arrival in São Paulo he is greeted with protests and demonstrations.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6430951.stm Bush greeted by clashes in Brazil BBC March 2, 2008 March 9, 2007 March 18: Convicted in absentia of two murders in Italy during the late 1970s, Cesare Battisti is arrested in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,259508,00.html Italian Fugitive-Turned-Writer Found, Arrested Fox News Channel March 2, 2008 March 18, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20080413182147/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,259508,00.html April 13, 2008 dead mdy-all "Condenado por terror na Itália é preso em Copacabana" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (19 de março de 2007). April April 11: Trade officials from the United States, European Union, India and Brazil meet in New Delhi, India, to revive the World Trade Organization's Doha round of negotiations.https://www.mercurynews.com/2007/04/11/top-trade-officials-meet-in-india-to-revive-deadlocked-wto-talks/ Top trade officials meet in India to revive deadlocked WTO talks Mercury News April 11, 2007 April 20: The G4 group of nations, which includes Brazil, India, Germany and Japan, says that it would revive efforts for United Nations Security Council reform.http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070009377 G-4 ready for talks on UN reforms NDTV March 2, 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070929134651/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070009377 September 29, 2007 http://english.people.com.cn/200704/20/eng20070420_368277.html G-4 officials discuss UN reform in Brazil People's Daily March 2, 2008 May May 9: Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Brazil for a five-day visit to reaffirm Catholicism in the region.http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1918991.htm Pope kicks off anti-abortion mission in Brazil ABC News Australia March 2, 2008 April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes "Papa apóia excomunhão dos políticos pós-aborto" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (10 de maio de 2007)."Marxismo e capitalismo falharam, diz Bento 16" (página 4 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (14 de maio de 2007). May 10: Pope Benedict XVI urges tens of thousands of young Brazilian Catholics packing the Pacaembu stadium in São 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 10: Benedict XVI asked young Brazilians to be apostles of “a lost youth”" FSSPX.NEWS (May 10, 2007). May 11: Pope Benedict XVI canonizes Brazil's first native-born saint, Frei Galvão, an 18th-century Franciscan friar."Pope names Brazil's first saint". BBC News. May 11, 2007. May 22: Minister of Energy Silas Rondeau resigns over allegations of corruption in a public works project.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6682537.stm Brazilian energy minister resigns BBC March 2, 2008 May 23, 2007 June June 26: Bolivia reclaims two oil refineries from Brazilian state-owned energy company Petrobras.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6243802.stm Bolivia reclaims oil refineries BBC March 2, 2008 June 27, 2007 June 27: The Military Police of Rio de Janeiro invade the favelas of Complexo do Alemão as a result of an ongoing conflict between drug traffickers. 19 people are killed and several others are injured. Eleven of those killed had no relations with drug trafficking whatsoever."Ação policial mata ao menos 19 no Rio" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (28 de junho de 2007)."OAB suspeita de execução em operação no Rio" ("OAB suspects of execution in police operation in Rio") https://web.archive.org/web/20090816103750/http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/brasil/2007/06/29/sinopse_da_imprensa_oab_suspeita_de_execucao_em_operacao_no_rio_903604.html 2009-08-16 . Último Segundo. June 29, 2007. Retrieved November 2, 2007. July 200px|thumb|Wreckage of TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054 July 7: The New Seven Wonders of the World are announced: The Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan, Christ The Redeemer in Brazil, Machu Picchu in Peru, Mexico's Chichen Itza Mayan site, the Colosseum in Rome, and the Taj Mahal in India.http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/08/1972797.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20070712115954/http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/08/1972797.htm dead July 12, 2007 Opera House snubbed as new Wonders unveiled ABC News Australia March 2, 2008"Cristo é uma das 7 novas maravilhas" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (8 de julho de 2007). Live Earth gets underway with concerts in Sydney, Johannesburg, New Jersey, Rio de Janeiro, Antarctica, Tokyo, Kyoto, Shanghai, London, Hamburg, Washington, D.C., and Rome.https://www.smh.com.au/news/music/global-extravaganza-underway/2007/07/07/1183351498368.html?s_cid=rss_smh Sydney kicks off Live Earth series The Sydney Morning Herald March 2, 2008 July 7, 2007 July 10: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announces plans to build a nuclear-powered submarine to patrol the waters off Brazil's coast at a cost of US$500 million.http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N03232022.htm Brazil to invest $500 mln in nuclear-powered sub Reuters Alertnet March 2, 2008 July 13 – 29: The Fifteenth Pan American Games are held in Rio de Janeiro. July 15: Brazil defeats Argentina 3-0 to win the 2007 Copa América. This is Brazil's eighth Copa America title.http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/brazil-demolish-argentina-to-win-eighth-copa-america/20070716-nxz.html https://archive.today/20120711065201/http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/brazil-demolish-argentina-to-win-eighth-copa-america/20070716-nxz.html dead July 11, 2012 Brazil demolish Argentina to win eighth Copa America Brisbane Times March 2, 2008 July 17: TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054 carrying 187 people crashes into the company's own cargo depot in Congonhas International Airport, São Paulo. The crash kills everyone on board and 12 on the ground.https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19815779 https://web.archive.org/web/20070809015359/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19815779/ live August 9, 2007 Toll in Brazil plane crash could climb past 189 MSNBC March 2, 2008http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/07/17/brazil.plane.crash/index.html Fiery plane crash at São Paulo airport kills at least 200 CNN March 2, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20071224171750/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/07/17/brazil.plane.crash/index.html December 24, 2007 dead http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6903837.stm Brazilian plane crash 'kills 200' BBC March 2, 2008 July 18, 2007https://www.foxnews.com/story/plane-crash-in-brazil-leaves-at-least-189-dead Plane Crash in Brazil Leaves at Least 189 Dead Fox News Channel March 2, 2008 July 19, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20080413182044/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289696,00.html April 13, 2008 live mdy-all http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/18/1981490.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20070824141957/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/18/1981490.htm dead August 24, 2007 At least 200 feared dead in Brazil air crash ABC News Australia March 2, 2008 July 20: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva orders an investigation into the crash of TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-crash/brazil-lula-tries-to-blunt-crash-criticism-idUSN2025570620070721 Brazil Lula tries to blunt crash criticism Reuters July 20, 2007 July 21: A radar failure disrupts international air travel to Brazil causing disruption to thousands of travellers.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brazil-suffers-more-air-safety-problems/ Brazil Suffers More Air Safety Problems CBS March 2, 2008 July 22, 2007 July 25: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva removes Defense Minister Waldir Pires, who is responsible for civil aviation, from his Cabinet. He is replaced by former Justice Minister Nelson Jobim after two major crashes in ten months.https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/25/world/asia/25cnd-brazil.html?ex=1343016000&en=0d45f8bacf5b785e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Brazil's Head of Aviation Is Fired The New York Times March 2, 2008 Alexei Barrionuevo July 25, 2007 July 29: Approximately 5,000 Brazilians in São Paulo, protest over the recent crash of TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6921584.stm Brazilians protest over air crash BBC March 2, 2008 July 29, 2007 August August 3: Boxers Guillermo Rigondeaux and Erislandi Lara are deported back to Cuba, after being detained in Rio de Janeiro. They had previously deserted their team at the 2007 Pan American Games and possibly seeking to go to Europe.https://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/03/cuba.brazil.reut/ Cuban boxers to be sent home from Brazil CNN March 2, 2008 August 3, 2007 August 4: Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim fires the head of the Brazilian airport authority, José Carlos Pereira for recent problems including the crash of TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054. Sergio Gaudenzi, President of the Brazilian Space Agency, replaces him.https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/world/americas/05brazil.html?_r=2&ref=americas&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Brazil Fires Airport Authority President The New York Times March 2, 2008 August 5, 2007 August 6: Mexico and Brazil sign an agreement on developing technology for oil and natural gas exploration and exploitation, involving a co-operation between Pemex and Petrobras.http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/07/america/LA-GEN-Mexico-Brazil-Energy.php Mexico and Brazil sign energy agreement on deep-water exploration technology International Herald Tribune March 2, 2008 August 7: Colombian drug lord of the Norte del Valle Cartel, Juan Carlos Ramirez-Abadia, is apprehended in Brazil and faces extradition to the United States. The US Government had offered a reward of US$5 million leading to his capture.https://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN07209474200 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192240/https://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN07209474200 March 3, 2016 Brazil nabs Colombian drug lord wanted in U.S. Reuters March 2, 2008 dead August 16: The iBovespa falls by 3,500 points in the afternoon session on the São Paulo Stock Exchange. This is the biggest one-day drop in Brazil's stock since the September 11, 2001 attacks.https://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN1635924120070816?rpc=44 Brazil's Bovespa index slumps more than 7 pct Reuters March 2, 2008 August 16, 2007 September September 3: Tomás Medina Caracas (nicknamed Negro Acacio), one of FARC's most important leaders and liaison between Colombian guerrillas and Brazilian drug dealers, is killed by Colombian armed forces in Guaviare.http://www.eltiempo.com/conflicto/noticias/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3705955.html Jefe guerrillero 'Negro Acacio' fue muerto por el Ejército en combate El Tiempo March 2, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231926/http://www.eltiempo.com/conflicto/noticias/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3705955.html September 26, 2007 live September 5: A Congressional committee has voted to remove the President of the Senate Renan Calheiros as a result of a corruption scandal.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6981004.stm Brazil moves against top senator BBC March 2, 2008 September 6, 2007 Gary Duffy September 24: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he will defend Brazil's record on global climate change, when he addresses the United Nations General Assembly this week.http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N24265098.htm Lula says Brazil doing its part on climate change Reuters March 2, 2008 Brazil's stock market rises to a record 58,393.75 points and the real gains 0.11 percent to 1.867 per U.S. dollar.https://www.reuters.com/article/markets-brazil/brazil-stocks-rise-to-record-real-up-on-inflows-idUKN2426725920070924 Brazil stocks rise to record, real up on inflows Reuters September 24, 2007 October October 21: Kimi Raikkonen wins the Brazilian Grand Prix and the Championship against Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. October 30: Brazil is confirmed by FIFA to host the 2014 World Cup."Lula anuncia mais R$ 1 bi para TV digital" (primeira página do caderno Dinheiro), Folha de S.Paulo (3 de dezembro de 2007). November November 4: At least six people are killed after a Learjet 35 crashed into a residential district in São Paulo, Brazil.http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,22705112-401,00.html Six killed in Brazil air crash March 2, 2008 July 31, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210731085129/https://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,22705112-401,00.html dead November 25: At least seven football fans are killed after part of the Fonte Nova stadium in Salvador de Bahia collapses.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7112558.stm Seven Brazil football fans killed BBC March 2, 2008 November 26, 2007 December December 2: Brazil starts free-to-air digital television transmissions in São Paulo. However, broadcasting companies must transmit signals in both analogue and digital formats until June 2016.https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/dinheiro/ult91u331183.shtml "TV digital vai estrear para ninguém", diz diretor da TVA Folha de S.Paulo March 2, 2008"Lula anuncia mais R$ 1 bi para TV digital" (primeira página do caderno Dinheiro), Folha de S.Paulo (3 de dezembro de 2007). December 4: Senator Renan Calheiros resigns as president of the Federal Senate of Brazil and is acquitted for the second time."Acordo salva Renan pela 2ª vez" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (5 de dezembro de 2007)."Renan deixa cargo e escapa da cassação" (primeira página do 1° caderno), O Estado de S. Paulo (5 de dezembro de 2007). December 17: Presidents Lula da Silva (Brazil), Michelle Bachelet (Chile), and Evo Morales (Bolivia) agree to build a highway by 2009 that will link the Atlantic (in Santos, Brazil) and the Pacific (in Iquique, Chile) coasts of South America.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7147941.stm Nations agree S American highway BBC News March 2, 2008 December 17, 2007 December 20: The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by Pablo Picasso and O Lavrador de Café by Cândido Portinari, are stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art. 20 December 2007 Picasso stolen from Brazil museum http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7154101.stm BBC News London 2 June 2023 Deaths January January 4: Padre Léo, priest of the Dehonians (born 1961) February February 4: José Carlos Bauer, footballer (born 1925) March March 5: Ivo Lorscheiter, 79, Catholic Bishop and advocate of liberation theology (born 1927) April April 16: Maria Lenk, Olympic swimmer (1932, 1936) (born 1915). April 17: Nair Bello, actress (born 1931) April 29: Octavio Frias, publishing magnate (born 1912) May May 6: Enéas Carneiro, politician (born 1938) June June 1: Marly de Oliveira, poet ("O Mar de Permeio") (born 1938) July July 17: Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza, chairman of SCI and attorney for Corinthians (born 1945) Júlio Redecker, leader of the Social Democracy Party (born 1956) August August 2: Franco Dalla Valle, Roman Catholic Bishop of Juína (born 1945) October October 1: Tetsuo Okamoto, swimmer and Brazil's first Olympic swimming medallist (1952) (born 1932) October 8: Constantine Andreou, painter and sculptor (born 1917) October 12: Paulo Autran, 85, actor (born 1922) October 26: Hans Stern, jeweler and entrepreneur (born 1922) December December 9: Rafael Sperafico, racing driver (born 1981) December 11: Ottomar Pinto, Governor of Roraima (2004–2007), (born 1931) December 15: Ryan Gracie, martial artist (born 1974) December 21: Norton Nascimento, actor (born 1962) December 23: Aloísio Lorscheider, cardinal (born 1924) December 24: Cláudio Camunguelo, composer and singer (born 1947) December 27: Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, pretender to the title Emperor of Brazil (born 1913) December 29: Olayr Coan, actor and theater director (born 1959) See also 2007 in Brazilian football 2007 in Brazilian television List of Brazilian films of 2007 References 2007 in Category:2000s in Brazil Category:Years of the 21st century in Brazil Brazil Brazil