2000 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 2000 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso^[1]
• Vice President: Marco Maciel

Governors

• • • Acre: Jorge Viana Alagoas: Ronaldo Lessa Amapa: João Capiberibe
• Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes
  • • • • Bahia: César Borges Ceará: Tasso Jereissati Espírito Santo: José Ignácio Ferreira Goiás: Marconi Perillo Maranhão: Roseana Sarney
• Mato Grosso: Dante de Oliveira
• Mato Grosso do Sul: José Orcírio Miranda dos Santos
  • • • • • Minas Gerais: Itamar Franco Pará: Almir Gabriel Paraíba: José Maranhão Paraná: Jaime Lerner Pernambuco: Jarbas Vasconcelos Piauí: Mão Santa
• Rio de Janeiro: Anthony Garotinho
  • • • • • • • Rio Grande do Norte:Garibaldi Alves Filho Rio Grande do Sul: Olívio Dutra Rondônia: José de Abreu Bianco Roraima: Neudo Ribeiro Campos Santa Catarina: Esperidião Amin São Paulo: Mário Covas Sergipe: Albano Franco Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos

Vice governors

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Acre: Edison Simão Cadaxo Alagoas: Geraldo Costa Sampaio Amapá: Maria Dalva de Souza Figueiredo Amazonas: Samuel Assayag Hanan Bahia: Otto Alencar Ceará: Benedito Clayton Veras Alcântara Espírito Santo: Celso José Vasconcelos Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho Maranhão: José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares Mato Grosso: José Rogério Sales Mato Grosso do Sul: Moacir Kohl Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso Pará: Hildegardo de Figueiredo Nunes Paraíba: Antônio Roberto de Sousa Paulino Paraná: Emília de Sales Belinati Pernambuco: José Mendonça Bezerra Filho Piauí: Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior Rio de Janeiro: Benedita da Silva
        • Rio Grande do Norte: Fernando Freire Rio Grande do Sul: Miguel Soldatelli Rossetto Rondônia: Miguel de Souza Roraima: Francisco Flamarion Portela Santa Catarina: Paulo Roberto Bauer
  • São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin Sergipe: Benedito de Figueiredo
• Tocantins: João Lisboa da Cruz

Events

January

• January 18: A leak in a Petrobrás pipeline spills more than 500,000 liters of oil into Guanabara Bay, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, the worst environmental accident since 1975.^[2]

March

• March 10: Nicéia Pitta denounces corruption in the administration of the mayor of São Paulo and her ex-husband Celso Pitta, who was removed from office by the justice system for 18 days.^[3]

April

• April 9: A 6-year-old boy is attacked and devoured by lions at a circus in Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco.^[4]
• April 22: The 500th anniversary of the Discovery of Brazil takes place in Porto Seguro, Bahia. Clashes and technical problems with a replica of Pedro Álvares Cabral's ship turn the celebrations into a disaster.^[5]

June

• June 10: A plane crash in Maripá de Minas kills actor and swimmer Rômulo Arantes and co-pilot Fábio Amorim Ruivo.^[6]
• June 12: Bus line 174 is hijacked by Sandro Barbosa do Nascimento, who held ten hostages for four hours, in Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro.^[7]
• June 28: The Federal Senate revokes the mandate of Senator Luiz Estêvão for breach of parliamentary decorum, by 52 votes to 18. This is the first time in Brazilian history that a member of the house loses his position.^[8]

July

• July 28: A runaway CPTM train collides with another at the Perus Station in São Paulo, killing 9 people and leaving 115 injured.^[9]

August

• August 18

A VASP Boeing 737-2A1 (registration PP-SMG) en route from Foz do Iguaçu to Afonso Pena International Airport in Curitiba is hijacked by 5 people with the purpose of robbing BRL 5 million (approximately US$2.75 million) that the aircraft was transporting. The pilot is forced to land at Porecatu where the hijackers fled with the money. No one was injured.^{[10] [11]}

October

• October 1: The first round of elections for mayors and councilors across the country take place.^{[12] [13]}
• October 29: The second round of mayoral elections take place in 31 cities across the country.^[12]

November

• November 21: Banco Banespa is privatized by the Cardoso administration and sold to the Spanish bank Santander for a bid of R$7.05 billion.^[14]

December

• December 8: Retired judge Nicolau dos Santos Neto surrenders to federal agents in Rio Grande do Sul, after being accused of embezzlement. He is arrested in São Paulo after spending 227 days on the run.^[15]
• December 30: Around the 23 minute mark of the Copa João Havelange final (equivalant to the Brazilian Championship of the season), between Vasco da Gama and São Caetano, a part of the fence at the São Januário Stadium falls and disrupts the game. The game is suspended by order of Rio de Janeiro governor Anthony Garotinho and rescheduled for January of the following year.^{[16] [17]}

Births

January

• January 16  - Brenner, footballer

February

• February 23  - Antony, footballer

May

• May 23  - Felipe Drugovich, racing driver

July

• July 12  - Vinícius Júnior, footballer
• July 15  - Paulinho, footballer

Deaths

April

• April 4: Brandãozinho, footballer, 74
• April 8: Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, footballer, 79

May

• May 1: Cláudio Christovam de Pinho, footballer, 77
• May 18: Domingos da Guia, footballer, 87

June

• June 10: Rômulo Arantes, swimmer and actor, 42
• June 12: Sandro Rosa do Nascimento, hijacker, 21^[18]
• June 25: Wilson Simonal, singer, 62

July

• July 6: Barbosa Lima Sobrinho, lawyer and historian, 103
• July 17: Dona Neuma, samba dancer, 78^[19]

September

• September 26: Baden Powell, guitarist, 63

December

• December 21: Décio Esteves, footballer, 73

See also

• 2000 in Brazilian football
• 2000 in Brazilian television
• List of Brazilian films of 2000

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fernando Henrique Cardoso Biography & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 23 June 2020 . en.
2. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2000/01/20/2/ Mancha de óleo no RJ passa de 80km²
3. Web site: 2023-06-04. CPDOC-Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação História Contemporânea do. pt-br. Brasil. Celso Roberto Pitta do Nascimento. CPDOC - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil.
4. Web site: 2022-04-10. pt-BR. Criança é devorada por leoes em circo de PE - Diário do Grande ABC - Notícias e informações do Grande ABC: nacional. www.dgabc.com.br. 10 April 2000 .
5. Web site: De nau a pior.
6. https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u1032.shtml Acidente de avião mata o ator e nadador Rômulo Arantes
7. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2000/06/13/2/ Sequestro de ônibus acaba com 2 mortos
8. Web site: 21 December 2012. folha.uol.com.br. Em 2000, acidente com trens em SP deixou 9 mortos e 115 feridos.. Folha de S.Paulo.
9. Web site: 21 December 2012. folha.uol.com.br. Em 2000, acidente com trens em SP deixou 9 mortos e 115 feridos.. Folha de S.Paulo.
10. Web site: Incident description PP-SMG . Aviation Safety Network . 16 May 2011.
11. Web site: PF liga sequestro de avião da VASP à rebelião em penitenciária em Roraima . Folha Online . 21 August 2000 . 16 May 2011 . pt . José . Maschio.
12. Web site: 9 March 2012. 2012-02-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20120223155500/http://www.tse.jus.br/eleicoes/cronologia-das-eleicoes. Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. Cronologia das eleições no Brasil (1945 - 2008).
13. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2000/10/02/2/ Marta e Maluf vão ao 2° turno; PT já busca o apoio de tucanos
14. Web site: 13 December 2021. folha.uol.com.br. Santander paga R$ 7,05 bi por banco; ágio vai a 281%. Folha de S.Paulo.
15. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2000/12/09/2/ Ex-juiz Nicolau se entrega à PF
16. https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/esporte/fk3112200004.htm O final da Copa JH
17. Web site: Fence collapse hits soccer final . BBC News . 27 July 2019 . 30 December 2000.
18. Book: Gustavo Procopio Furtado. Documentary Filmmaking in Contemporary Brazil: Cinematic Archives of the Present. 7 December 2018. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-086707-2. 153.
19. News: Rocha. Jan. 26 July 2000. Neuma Goncalves da Silva. The Guardian. 19 December 2020.