2025 in Brazil

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Events in the year 2025 in Brazil .

Incumbents

Federal government

• President
  • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
• Vice President
  • Geraldo Alckmin
• President of the Chamber of Deputies
  • Arthur Lira
• President of the Federal Senate
  • Rodrigo Pacheco
• President of the Supreme Federal Court
  • Luís Roberto Barroso

Events

January

• January 6 – At the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, Fernanda Torres becomes the first Brazilian actress to win the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama. ^[1]
• January 10 – Two members of the Landless Workers Movement are killed in an attack in Tremembé, São Paulo State. ^[2]
• January 12 – Ten people are reported killed in landslides caused by heavy rains across Minas Gerais, including nine in Ipatinga. ^[3]
• January 13 – A law restricting the usage of smartphones in schools nationwide comes into effect. ^[4]
• January 17 – Six suspected bank robbers are killed in a police raid on a ranch in Ponta Grossa, Parana State. ^[5]

February

• February 7 – A Beechcraft King Air aircraft crashes into a bus in the Barra Funda district of São Paulo, killing two people. ^[6]
• February 12 – A fire guts a factory in Rio de Janeiro producing costumes for the Rio Carnival, injuring 21 people. ^[7]
• February 15 – A light aircraft crashes in Quadra, São Paulo, killing two people. ^[8]
• February 19 – Brazilian investigation into Elon Musk: Supreme Federal Court justice Alexandre de Moraes imposes a fine of 8.1 million Brazilian reais ($1.4 million) on X for refusing to provide registration data for a profile attributed to an ally of former President Jair Bolsonaro accused of spreading disinformation. ^[9]
• February 20 – A bus carrying students of the University of Franca collides with a truck near Nuporanga, São Paulo, killing 12 people and injuring 21 others. ^[10]

Predicted and scheduled

• 22–30 March – 2025 Copa América de Futsal Femenina ^{[11] [12]}
• 6–7 July – 17th BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro. ^[13]

Art and entertainment

• List of 2025 box office number-one films in Brazil
• List of Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Brazil

Source: ^{[14] [15]}

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 3–4 March – Carnival
• 18 April – Good Friday
• 21 April – Tiradentes's Day
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 19 June – Feast of Corpus Christi
• 7 September – Independence Day
• 12 October – Our Lady of Aparecida
• 2 November – All Souls' Day
• 15 November – Republic Day
• 20 November – Black Consciousness Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day

Deaths

January

• 14 January – Benedito de Lira, 82, federal deputy (1995–1999, 2003–2019) and mayor of Barra de São Miguel, Alagoas (since 2021). ^[16]

February

• 14 February – Carlos Diegues, 84, film director ( Ganga Zumba , Bye Bye Brasil , Deus é Brasileiro ). ^[17]

See also

• Mercosur
• Organization of American States
• Organization of Ibero-American States
• Community of Portuguese Language Countries

References

1. Rubin, Rebecca (5 January 2025). "'I'm Still Here' Star Fernanda Torres Wins Golden Globe 26 Years After Her Mom Was Nominated in Same Category". Variety. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
2. "Brazilian police investigate attack on workers' settlement that killed 2". AP News. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
3. "At least 10 dead in Brazil landslides". France 24. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
4. "New Brazil law restricts use of smartphones in elementary and high schools". AP News. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
5. "Brazilian police kill 6 suspects in operation to dismantle bank heist gang". AP News. 18 January 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
6. "Two killed as small plane crashes into bus on busy road in Brazilian city of São Paulo". CNN. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
7. "Fire at Rio de Janeiro Carnival costume factory injures 21". France 24. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
8. "Small plane crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing two". AP News. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
9. "Brazil's top court justice orders X to pay $1.4 million fine for non-compliance". AP News. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
10. "12 university students killed when their bus and a truck collide in Brazil". AP News. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
11. "Brasil sediará Copa América de Futsal Feminino em 2025" [Brazil will host the Women's Futsal Copa América in 2025.]. ge.globo.com (in Portuguese). 17 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
12. "La CONMEBOL confirma el calendario de competencia para el 2025" [CONMEBOL confirms the competition schedule for 2025.]. fcf.com.co (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
13. "Brazil to host next BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro in July". AP News. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
14. "Brazil Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
15. "Holidays and Observances in Brazil in 2025". Time and Date. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
16. Benedito de Lira, prefeito da Barra de São Miguel e pai de Arthur Lira, morre aos 82 anos em Maceió (in Portuguese)
17. "Cacá Diegues, renowned Brazilian filmmaker and leading figure in Cinema Novo, dies at 84". AP News . 14 February 2025.

External links

• Online calendar