2012 in Brazil

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2012 in Brazil
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Events from the year 2012 in Brazil.

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January[]

February[]

  • February 13 – Lindemberg Alves Fernandes goes on trial for the death of ex-girlfriend Elóa Pimentel, in the city of Santo André.[1]
  • February 13 – 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.[2]

March[]

  • May 25 – President Dilma Rousseff partially vetoed modifications to the Forest Law that protects the Amazon.[3]

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May[]

June[]

July[]

August[]

  • August 8 – The sixth annual International Female Orgasm Day is celebrated. The holiday was established by José Arimatéia Dantas Lacerda of Esperantina.[4][5]

September[]

October[]

  • October 7 – First round of voting in the Brazilian municipal elections, 2012.
  • October 28 – First round of the Brazilian municipal elections, 2012.[6]

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.[7]

December[]

Deaths[]

  • September 29 – Hebe Camargo, 83, television presenter, cardiac arrest.[8]
  • December 5 – Oscar Niemeyer, 104, architect, respiratory infection.[9]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Tiros aconteceram entre explosão e entrada da PM, diz amiga de Eloá (primeira página do caderno Cotidiano), Folha de S.Paulo (14 de fevereiro de 2012).
  2. ^ "Justiça condena Lindemberg Alves a 98 anos e 10 meses de prisão". February 16, 2012.
  3. ^ Jonathan Watts. "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". The Guardian.
  4. ^ International Day Of The Female Orgasm Brings Pleasure To Brazilian Women International Business Times, August 8, 2012.
  5. ^ What You Should Know About International Female Orgasm Day Cosmopolitan, August 9, 2012.
  6. ^ UOL Eleições. "Eleitorado brasileiro cresce 6%, e supera os 138 milhões; mulheres são maioria". BOL. July 30, 2012.
  7. ^ "Brazilian Grand Prix 2012: as it happened". Daily Telegraph UK. November 25, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
  8. ^ "Hebe Camargo morre aos 83 anos" (in Portuguese). G1.globo.com. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  9. ^ "Oscar Niemeyer, Architect Who Gave Brasília Its Flair, Dies at 104". NY Times. Reuters. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
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