2016 in Brazil

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Events in the year 2016 in Brazil :

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March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Arts and culture

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Republicans (Brazil)</span> Political party in Brazil

Republicans, formerly known as Brazilian Republican Party and originally formed as the Municipalist Renewal Party is a Brazilian political party. Its electoral number, the numerical assignment for Brazilian political parties, is 10.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dilma Rousseff</span> President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016

Dilma Vana Rousseff is a Brazilian economist and politician who has been the Chair of the New Development Bank since March 2023. Previously, she served as the 36th president of Brazil from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first woman to have held the Brazilian presidency. She also previously served as the chief of staff to former and current president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from 2005 to 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michel Temer</span> President of Brazil from 2016 to 2019

Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 1 January 2019. He took office after the impeachment and removal from office of his predecessor Dilma Rousseff. He had been the 24th vice president of Brazil since 2011 and acting president since 12 May 2016, when Rousseff's powers and duties were suspended pending an impeachment trial.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">First inauguration of Dilma Rousseff</span>

The first inauguration of Dilma Rousseff as the 36th president of Brazil took place on Saturday, January 1, 2011. This inauguration marked the beginning of the four-year term of Dilma Rousseff as President and Michel Temer as Vice President. The event had been awaited with some expectation, since Rousseff became the first woman in the history of Brazil to take office as President. It was also the first inaugural ceremony of the New Republic and of the democratic rule in which an outgoing President passed his office to a successor belonging to the same political party as him – the Workers' Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 Brazilian general election</span>

General elections were held in Brazil on 5 October 2014 to elect the president, the National Congress, and state governorships. As no candidate in the presidential election received more than 50% of the vote in the first round on 5 October 2014, a second-round runoff was held on 26 October 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Corruption in Brazil</span>

Corruption in Brazil exists on all levels of society from the top echelons of political power to the smallest municipalities. Operation Car Wash showed central government members using the prerogatives of their public office for rent-seeking activities, ranging from political support to siphoning funds from state-owned corporation for personal gain. The Mensalão scandal for example used taxpayer funds to pay monthly allowances to members of congress from other political parties in return for their support and votes in congress. Politicians also used the state-owned and state-run oil company Petrobras to raise hundreds of millions of reais for political campaigns and personal enrichment.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 in Brazil</span>

Events from the year 2013 in Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 in Brazil</span>

Events from the year 2012 in Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 in Brazil</span>

Events in the year 2014 in Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 in Brazil</span>

Events in the year 2015 in Brazil:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015–2016 protests in Brazil</span>

In 2015 and 2016, a series of protests in Brazil denounced corruption and the government of President Dilma Rousseff, triggered by revelations that numerous politicians allegedly accepted bribes connected to contracts at state-owned energy company Petrobras between 2003 and 2010 and connected to the Workers' Party, while Rousseff chaired the company's board of directors. The first protests on 15 March 2015 numbered between one and nearly three million protesters against the scandal and the country's poor economic situation. In response, the government introduced anti-corruption legislation. A second day of major protesting occurred 12 April, with turnout, according to GloboNews, ranging from 696,000 to 1,500,000. On 16 August, protests took place in 200 cities in all 26 states of Brazil. Following allegations that Rousseff's predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, participated in money laundering and a prosecutor ordered his arrest, record numbers of Brazilians protested against the Rousseff government on 13 March 2016, with nearly 7 million citizens demonstrating.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 Brazilian general election</span>

General elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 2018 to elect the president, National Congress and state governors. As no candidate in the presidential election received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a runoff round was held on 28 October.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff</span> 2015 impeachment of then-President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff for administrative misconduct

The impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, the 36th president of Brazil, began on 2 December 2015 with a petition for her impeachment being accepted by Eduardo Cunha, then president of the Chamber of Deputies, and continued into late 2016. Dilma Rousseff, then more than 12 months into her second four-year term, was charged with criminal administrative misconduct and disregard for the federal budget in violation of article 85, items V and VI, of the Constitution of Brazil and the Fiscal Responsibility Law, Article 36. The petition also accused Rousseff of criminal responsibility for failing to act on the scandal at the Brazilian national petroleum company, Petrobras, on account of allegations uncovered by the Operation Car Wash investigation, and for failing to distance herself from the suspects in that investigation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 Brazilian economic crisis</span> Crisis that began during the presidency of Dilma Rousseff

From mid-2014 onward, Brazil experienced a severe economic crisis. The country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell by 3.5% in 2015 and 3.3% in 2016, after which a small economic recovery began. That recovery continued until 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began to impact the economy again.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 in Brazil</span>

Events in the year 2017 in Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Major Olímpio</span> Brazilian politician (1962–2021)

Sérgio Olímpio Gomes, best known as Major Olímpio, was a Brazilian police officer and politician, member of the Social Liberal Party (PSL). He was a state deputy for São Paulo, and leader of the Democratic Labor Party (PDT) during his term in the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo (ALESP). In the 2014 Brazilian general election, he was elected federal deputy for São Paulo. In 2018 he was elected to the Federal Senate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 in Brazil</span>

Events in the year 2018 in Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luis Carlos Heinze</span> Brazilian politician

Luis Carlos Heinze is a federal senator of Brazil representing his home state of Rio Grande do Sul. He was previously served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1999 to 2019 and was mayor of São Borja from 1993 to 1996.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caio Narcio</span> Brazilian politician (1986–2020)

Caio Narcio Rodrigues da Silveira, often simply known as Caio Narcio, was a Brazilian politician and a social scientist. Born in Minas Gerais, he served as a state representative from 2015 to 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016–2017 Brazilian protests</span> Brazilian demonstrations in 2016 and 2017

The 2016–2017 Brazilian protests were popular demonstrations that took place in different regions of Brazil after Dilma Rousseff's impeachment. The marches were marked by the slogan "Fora Temer".

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