1992 in Brazil
Events in the year 1992 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government
 President:
Fernando Collor de Mello (until 29 December)
Itamar Franco (starting 29 December)
 Vice President: 
Itamar Franco (until 29 December)
Vacant (starting 29 December)

Governors 
 Acre: 
Edmundo Pinto (until 17 May)
Vacant thereafter (starting 17 May)
 Alagoas: Geraldo Bulhões
 Amapa: Annibal Barcellos 
 Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
 Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães
 Ceará: Ciro Gomes
 Espírito Santo: Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo 
 Goiás: Iris Rezende
 Maranhão: Edison Lobão 
 Mato Grosso: Jaime Campos
 Mato Grosso do Sul: Pedro Pedrossian 
 Minas Gerais: Hélio Garcia 
 Pará: Jader Barbalho 
 Paraíba: Ronaldo Cunha Lima 
 Paraná: Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva 
 Pernambuco: Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti  
 Piauí: Freitas Neto 
 Rio de Janeiro: Leonel Brizola
 Rio Grande do Norte: José Agripino Maia 
 Rio Grande do Sul: Alceu de Deus Collares
 Rondônia: Oswaldo Piana Filho
 Roraima: Ottomar de Sousa Pinto 
 Santa Catarina: Vilson Kleinübing 
 São Paulo: Luís Antônio Fleury Filho 
 Sergipe: João Alves Filho 
 Tocantins: Moisés Nogueira Avelino

Vice governors
 Acre: 
Romildo Magalhães da Silva (until 17 May)
Vacant thereafter (starting 17 May)
 Alagoas: Francisco Roberto Holanda de Melo
 Amapá: Ronaldo Pinheiro Borges 
 Amazonas: Francisco Garcia Rodrigues 
 Bahia: Paulo Souto 
 Ceará: Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara 
 Espírito Santo: Adelson Antônio Salvador 
 Goiás: Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela 
 Maranhão: José de Ribamar Fiquene 
 Mato Grosso: Osvaldo Roberto Sobrinho
 Mato Grosso do Sul: Ary Rigo 
 Minas Gerais: Arlindo Porto Neto 
 Pará: Carlos José Oliveira Santos 
 Paraíba: Cícero Lucena Filho 
 Paraná: Mario Pereira 
 Pernambuco: Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes 
 Piauí: Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo 
 Rio de Janeiro: Nilo Batista
 Rio Grande do Norte: Vivaldo Costa 
 Rio Grande do Sul: João Gilberto Lucas Coelho 
 Rondônia: Assis Canuto 
 Roraima: Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias 
 Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis 
 São Paulo: Aloysio Nunes 
 Sergipe: José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira 
 Tocantins: Paulo Sidnei Antunes

Events

April
April 6-11: A boy, named Evandro Ramos Caetano disappears in Guaratuba, Paraná. His body would later be found five days later in a forest in the city, without several organs, as well as amputated hands and feet. This case would have great repercussions in the country during the 1990s.

May 
May 11: Four stars, representing the states of Amapá, Roraima, Rondônia e Tocantins, founded in the last 10 years, are added to the flag of Brazil.
May 17: The governor of Acre, Edmundo Pinto is assassinated, after being shot twice in a hotel apartment in São Paulo.

June 
June 3–14: Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
June 5: Convention on Biological Diversity in Rio de Janeiro.

August 
August 16: Protesters, from the Caras-Pintadas movement, take to the streets across the country to ask for the departure of President Fernando Collor de Mello.
August 23: A special commission in Brazil concludes that there is sufficient evidence to begin impeachment proceedings against President Fernando Collor de Mello, finding he had accepted millions of dollars worth of illegal payments from business interests.

September 
September 29: After a series of protests and accusations of corruption, president Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached and removed from congress and his powers are suspended. Itamar Franco becomes the acting president.

October 

October 2: The Military Police of the State of São Paulo, led by Colonel Ubiratan Guimarães, kill 111 prisoners during a rebellion, in the Carandiru Penitentiary, in São Paulo.
October 12: Politician Ulysses Guimarães dies in a helicopter crash, off Angra dos Reis in Rio de Janeiro.

December 
December 28: Actress Daniella Perez is murdered in Rio de Janeiro, after being stabbed 18 times with scissors by actor Guilherme de Pádua and his then-wife Paula Thomaz. The crime shocked the nation, due to both the victim and the murderer being romantic partners in the telenovela De Corpo e Alma, which aired on TV Globo.
December 29: Brazil's president Fernando Collor de Mello is found guilty on charges that he stole more than $32 million from the government, preventing him from holding any elected office for eight years. Collor resigns the presidency hours sentence is passed by the Supreme Federal Court.
December 31: The program Xou da Xuxa comes to an end. It is considered to be the most successful children's show in Brazilian television history and would consecrate Xuxa Meneghel.

Date unknown 
 Quaternaglia Guitar Quartet is founded.
 The Professor Paulo Neves de Carvalho Government School is established.

Television
Você Decide debuts.
Felicidade ends.

Music

 The bands Charlie Brown Jr., Dazaranha, É o Tchan!, Os Travessos and Pato Fu are formed.

Sport

 1992 in Brazilian football 
 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix
 1992 Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix
 1992 Maceió Open
 1992 Recopa Sudamericana
 1992 South American Cross Country Championships held in São Paulo.
 Brazil at the 1992 Summer Olympics
 Brazil at the 1992 Winter Olympics
 Associação Desportiva Guarujá, Atlético Clube Lagartense, Misto Esporte Clube, Osasco Futebol Clube Associação Desportiva Perilima, Serra Macaense Futebol Clube, Tubarão Futebol Clube and Veranópolis Esporte Clube Recreativo e Cultural are founded.

Births

January
 January 1: Graciele Herrmann, swimmer
 January 6: Rodrigo Simas, actor

February
 February 5: Neymar, footballer
 February 23: Casemiro,  footballer

June
 June 12: Philippe Coutinho, footballer
 June 30: Chay Suede, actor, singer, and composer

August
 August 13: Lucas Moura, footballer
 August 20: Carolina Horta, beach volleyball player
 August 21: Felipe Nasr, racing driver
 August 29: Oliver Minatel, footballer

October
 October 2: Alisson, footballer
 October 30: MC Daleste, singer, songwriter and rapper (died 2013)

December
 December 15: Alex Telles, footballer

Deaths

February
February 16: Jânio Quadros, 22nd President of Brazil (born 1917)

March
March 13: Sister Dulce, Catholic Franciscan Sister (born 1914)

May
May 24: Luiz Eça, samba and bossa nova pianist (born 1936)

August
August 14: Russinho, footballer (born 1902)

September
September 17: Herivelto Martins, composer and singer (born 1912)

October
October 12: Ulysses Guimarães, politician (born 1916)

December
December 12: Togo Renan Soares, basketball coach (born 1906)
December 28: Daniella Perez, actress (born 1970)

See also 
1992 in Brazilian football
1992 in Brazilian television

References

 
1990s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
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