Hermeto Pascoal is a Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Lagoa da Canoa, Alagoas, Brazil. Pascoal is a significant figure in the history of Brazilian music, mainly known for his abilities in orchestration and improvisation, as well as being a record producer and contributor to many Brazilian and international albums.
Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli was a Brazilian politician who was appointed as caretaker President of Brazil for two short terms, in 1961 and 1964.
Delúbio Soaresde Castro is a Brazilian trade unionist who has had a long professional association with the Brazilian Workers Party (PT). He is particularly noted for his involvement in the mensalão scandal.
Ana Tereza Milanez de Lossio e Seiblitz or Tereza Seiblitz is a Brazilian actress.
Pasquale Scotti is an Italian criminal and boss of the Camorra—a Mafia-type organisation in Naples and Campania—involved in the Nuova Camorra Organizzata (NCO), headed by Raffaele Cutolo.
Andrew "Andrucha" Waddington is a Brazilian film director, producer, and screenwriter.
The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil is the supreme law of Brazil. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of Brazil and the federal government of Brazil. It provides the framework for the organization of the Brazilian government and for the relationship of the federal government to the states, to citizens, and to all people within Brazil.
Paraíso Tropical is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from 5 March and 28 September 2007, totaling 179 chapters.
Décio Sá was a Brazilian political journalist for O Estado do Maranhão and a blogger for Blog do Décio and at one time worked for Folha de S. Paulo. He was gunned down in a bar in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. Both the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders confirmed, as well as police, that his death was related to his journalism.
Ingra de Souza Liberato is a Brazilian actress. From 2016 she began to sign as Ingra Lyberato.
Roger Abdelmassih is a former Brazilian physician, an expert on human reproduction, and one of the pioneers of in-vitro fertilization in Brazil. In early 2009 he was accused of sexually abusing sedated patients. Abdelmassih was sentenced to 278 years in prison for 52 rapes and 39 attempted sexual abuses on women.
Eduardo Cosentino da Cunha, is a Brazilian politician and radio host, born in Rio de Janeiro. He was President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil from February 2015 till May 5, 2016, when he was removed from the position by the Supreme Court. BBC News labeled him the "nemesis" of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. He was indicted in the scandal known as Operation Car Wash involving the state-owned oil company Petrobras and other corporations. Cunha was suspended as speaker of the Chamber of Deputies by the Supreme Court on the request of the Prosecutor-General due to allegations that he had attempted to intimidate members of Congress and obstructed investigations into his alleged bribe-taking. Cunha resigned from his position later, on July 7, 2016, after a disciplinary process in Congress that had lasted nine months, making it the longest in Brazilian Congressional history. A series of legal manoeuvres had stalled the process and kept Cunha in charge of the Chamber of Deputies. While the Chamber's Commission of Ethics was divided on the issue until June, the Chamber of Deputies plenary, on September 12, 2016, voted 450–10 in favour of stripping Cunha of his position as federal deputy for breaching parliamentary decorum by lying about secret offshore bank accounts.
Rodrigo Muxfeldt Gularte was a Brazilian citizen who was executed in Indonesia by firing squad for drug trafficking.
Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira was a Brazilian citizen sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia in 2004 after being arrested while trying to enter the country with 13.4 kg of cocaine inside the tube of a hang glider. Archer was the first Brazilian citizen to be executed abroad.
Bruno Covas Lopes was a Brazilian lawyer, economist, and politician who was a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) and served as the mayor of São Paulo from 2018 until his death in 2021.
Mylla Christie Vitta Sartori is a Brazilian actress, model, singer, television presenter and businesswoman.
Francisco das Chagas Rodrigues de Brito is a Brazilian former miner and informal mechanic condemned by the courts as responsible for several homicides against children in the state of Maranhão, maintaining the abuse of the corpse and emasculation of the victims in common. Scientific evidence proved him as the perpetrator of the crimes when experts found several bodies in his residence, as well as limbs and fragments of children who had disappeared. Evidence points him as the real person responsible for the series of crimes of the same modus operandi that occurred in the municipality of Altamira, in Pará, since the accused lived in the region for more than 10 years. Francisco das Chagas Rodrigues de Brito is considered the biggest serial killer in the country.
The Altamira child emasculations refers to a series of crimes that occurred in the municipality of Altamira, in Pará, which involved boys aged 8–14. They were kidnapped, maimed and killed between 1989 and 1993. According to the Pará authorities, the crimes were committed for the purpose of satanic rituals and black magic, promoted by the "Superior Universal Lineage" sect, a mystical organization that, among other things, challenged the Western idea of divinity. However, after the case was closed, Maranhão police arrested Francisco das Chagas Rodrigues de Brito, a serial killer who claimed 42 murders committed against children, including 12 in Altamira, which brought uncertainty over the judicial outcome. The accused, who have always claimed to have no involvement with the crimes, asked the court to reinvestigate the cases. Due to the level of violence, the case quickly generated mainstream attention and international repercussion.
The Maranhão child emasculations refers to a series of crimes that occurred in Paço do Lumiar, São José de Ribamar, Codó and São Luís, in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, which involved boys aged 4-15. They were kidnapped, maimed and killed between 1991 and 2003.
Elias Pereira da Silva, also known as Elias Maluco, was one of Rio de Janeiro's most powerful drug traffickers. Maluco, a member of the criminal faction Comando Vermelho, commanded drug trafficking in thirty slums in the vicinity of Complexo do Alemão and Penha, Brazil. He was accused of killing over sixty people.
