2018 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Michel Temer
• Vice President: vacant

  Governors

• Acre:
• :pt:Lista_de_governadores_de_Alagoas|Alagoas:
• Amapa:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• Espírito Santo:
• :pt:Lista_de_governadores_de_Goiás|Goiás:
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso:
• Mato Grosso do Sul:
• Minas Gerais:
• :pt:Lista_de_governadores_de_Pará|Pará:
• :pt:Lista_de_governadores_da_Paraíba|Paraíba:
• Paraná:
• :pt:Lista_de_governadores_de_Pernambuco|Pernambuco:
• :pt:Lista_de_governadores_do_Piauí|Piauí:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• Rondônia:
• Roraima:
• :pt:Lista_de_governadores_de_Santa Catarina|Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• :pt:Lista_de_governadores_de_Sergipe|Sergipe:
• Tocantins:

  Vice governors

• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_do_Acre|Acre:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_de_Alagoas|Alagoas:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_do_Amapá|Amapá:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_do_Amazonas|Amazonas:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_da_Bahia|Bahia:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_do_Ceará|Ceará:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_do_Espírito_Santo|Espírito Santo:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_de_Goiás|Goiás:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_do_Maranhão|Maranhão:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_de_Mato_Grosso|Mato Grosso:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_de_Mato_Grosso_do_Sul|Mato Grosso do Sul:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_de_Minas_Gerais|Minas Gerais:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_do_Pará|Pará:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_da_Paraíba|Paraíba:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores do Paraná|Paraná:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_de_Pernambuco|Pernambuco:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_do_Piauí|Piaui:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte|Rio Grande do Norte:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_do_Rio_Grande_do_Sul|Rio Grande do Sul:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_de_Rondônia|Rondônia:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_de_Roraima|Roraima:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_de_Santa Catarina|Santa Catarina:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_de_São_Paulo|São Paulo:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_de_Sergipe|Sergipe:
• :pt:Lista_de_vice-governadores_do_Tocantins|Tocantins:

  Events

January

• January 1 – An apparent gang riot at Colônia Agroindustrial prison in Goiânia results in nine deaths and 14 inmates injured. Authorities report 233 prisoners escaped; 29 were recaptured, and 109 prisoners returned voluntarily.
• January 3 – Petrobras announced it would pay $2.95 billion to settle a shareholder lawsuit in the United States stemming from the bribes and kickbacks in the Operation Car Wash scandal. The company said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it had been a victim of dishonesty but that it had decided that it was in its best interest to settle and minimize uncertainty and risk.
• January 18
• *An appeals court upheld the corruption conviction of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, by far the frontrunner in the upcoming presidential election. It also increased his sentence to twelve years. Lula's lawyers planned to appeal and Lula expressed intentions of campaigning for office until physically prevented from doing so.
• *The public prosecutor in São Paulo filed a civil suit against BNY Mellon alleging mishandling of postal worker retirement funds for Postalis.
• January 19 – Fifteen people are injured and an infant killed after a car hit a group of pedestrians near Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. The police report the driver had an epileptic seizure.
• January 25 – The Workers' Party insisted that former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would be their candidate for the upcoming presidential election even as a conviction for corruption bars him from participating.

  February

• February 1
• * Brazilian federal police issue 100 search warrants as they launch an investigation into allegations of fraud at Postalis, a pension fund for postal workers.
• * Postalis had lost billion reais to embezzlement, police announced.
• February 5 - Saying that the Fundação Nacional do Índio and Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation had failed to take action against illegal mining in the Munduruku Indigenous Territory, indigenous leaders said they would take matters into their own hands. The group had previously taken over the Belo Monte Dam in 2013.
• February 7 – Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned oil company, announced plans to sell an oil refinery in Pasadena, Texas whose purchase featured prominently in the Operation Car Wash investigation
• February 10 - Police said they had found no evidence to support the charge that Michel Temer caused a benefit to Rodrimar SA, who operate the Port of Santos, Latin America's busiest port, and that a video made by cooperating witness of a conversation on the subject with Temer's leagal advisor essentially showed a refusal.
• February 11 - Temer pledged assistance to the northern state of Roraima with a massive influx of refugees from Venezuela. State capital Boa Vista reported 40,000 displaced Venezuelans in the city of 400,000, many living in the streets.
• February 12 - BNDES announced that it had extended a $2 billion line of credit to Angola for economic development.
• February 14 - Kinross Gold Corporation acquired two hydroelectric power plants in Brazil and reported a profit for 4th quarter 2017.
• February 28 - Reports show that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his father Kim Jong-il used fraudulently-obtained Brazilian passports in order to apply for visas to visit Western countries in the 1990s.

  March

• March 14 – Brazilian politician and outspoken police critic Marielle Franco is killed along with her driver in a drive-by shooting in Rio de Janeiro.

  April

• April 5 – Federal judge Sérgio Moro orders the arrest of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by late Friday to begin serving a 12-year sentence for corruption.
• April 7 – Former President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva gives a public address alongside his impeached successor Dilma Rousseff in Sao Bernardo do Campo, saying he will comply with an arrest warrant and begin a 12-year term for corruption after two failed appeals to have the warrant withdrawn. He maintains his innocence.
• April 8 – Former President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva surrenders to police following a two-day stand-off at a steelworkers' union building in São Bernardo do Campo.
• April 27 – FIFA hands a lifetime ban to Marco Polo Del Nero, President of the Brazilian Football Confederation, for taking bribes. He is also fined one million francs.

  May

• May 1 – Edifício Wilton Paes de Almeida, a 26-story tower block in São Paulo, Brazil, is destroyed by a fire and consequent collapse. Neighbouring buildings are also damaged by fire. Authorities warn the casualty toll is "likely to be high".

  August

• August 31 – The Superior Electoral Court of Brazil rules that former President and Workers' Party presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva cannot run in the election because he does not qualify under the Clean Slate law. The Court also ruled that PT cannot run political ads featuring Lula.

  September

• September 2 – A massive fire destroys most of the Paço de São Cristóvão, which houses the National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro. The museum holds important archaeological and anthropological objects, including the remains of the Luzia Woman, Marajoara vases and Egyptian mummies.
• September 6 – Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is stabbed on 6 September 2018 while campaigning in the city of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais and interacting with supporters.

  October

• October 7 – First round of general election.
• October 28 – Second round of general election.
• * Brazilians elect Jair Bolsonaro of the Social Liberal Party as president, with 55% of the vote, in the second round of the presidential election.

  November

• November 2 – The president-elect of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, states that he will honor his campaign pledge to move the country's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
• November 10 – A landslide leaves at least 10 people dead while eleven others are injured in Niterói.

  December

• December 7 – Eleven people die, including five hostages, as armed police battle robbers who had tried to raid two banks in Milagres.
• December 11 – A gunman kills four people and injures four others at a Catholic cathedral in Campinas. The gunman shot himself after the attack.

  Arts and culture

• 2017–18 Brazil network television schedule
• List of Brazilian films of 2018

  Sports

• 2018 in Brazilian football

  Deaths

• January 1 – Humberto Coutinho, 71, politician and doctor, bowel cancer.
• January 2 – Armando Monteiro Filho, 92, politician, Minister of Agriculture.
• January 3 – Darci Miguel Monteiro, 49, footballer, heart attack.
• January 5 – Carlos Heitor Cony, 91, journalist and writer, multiple organ failure.
• January 6 – Remídio José Bohn, 67, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul.
• January 19 – Célio de Oliveira Goulart, 73, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of São João del Rei.
• January 28 – Antônio Agostinho Marochi, 92, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Presidente Prudente.
• February 2 – Fábio Pereira de Azevedo, 41, Brazilian-born Togolese footballer, traffic collision.
• February 2 – Paulo Roberto Morais Júnior, 33, footballer, leukemia.
• February 3 – Oswaldo Loureiro, 85, actor.
• February 8 – Agenor Girardi, 66, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of União da Vitória.
• February 9 – Robert W. Lichtwardt, 93, Brazilian-born American mycologist.
• February 13 – Danilo Caçador, 32, footballer, heart attack.
• February 18 – Theotônio dos Santos, 81, economist.
• March 3 – Tônia Carrero, 95, actress, complications from surgery.
• March 7 – Victor Heringer, 29, novelist, translator and poet, Prêmio Jabuti laureate, suicide by jumping.
• March 13 – Bebeto de Freitas, 68, Olympic volleyball coach and football manager, World Championship, heart attack.
• March 14 – Marielle Franco, 38, politician, shot.
• March 22 – Carlos Eduardo Miranda, 56, musician, record producer and reality television judge.
• May 4 – Alexandre Wollner, 89, graphic design pioneer, stroke.
• July 3 – Guilherme Uchoa, 71, politician, President of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco, pulmonary edema.