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2017 in Brazil

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{{See also|2015-2017 Brazilian economic crisis}}

{{Year in Brazil|2017}}

Events in the year 2017 in Brazil.

Incumbents

= Federal government =

=Governors=

=Vice governors=

Events

=January=

{{see also|2017 Brazil prison riots}}{{cite web

|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/06/06/brazil-has-become-a-gangland-prison-riot/ |title=Brazil Has Become a Gangland: With the country's politics plagued by scandal and corruption, Brazil's gangs are fighting a deadly and brazen turf war — inside and out of the broken prison system.|author=Chris Feliciano Arnold|work=FP}}

  • January 2: At least 56 people are killed in a prison riot in Manaus at the Anisio Jobim penitentiary complex in Amazonas.{{cite web|title=Dozens killed in prison riot in Brazil city of Manaus|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/dozens-killed-prison-riot-brazil-city-manaus-170102140358459.html|website=Al-Jazeera|access-date=2 January 2017}}{{cite news|title=Around 60 killed as drug gangs clash in Brazil prison massacre|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-prison-riot-idUSKBN14M0QB|website=Reuters|date=2 January 2017 |access-date=2 January 2017}}
  • January 6: Members of the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) prison gang kill 31 inmates at the Monte Cristo Agricultural Penitentiary in Roraima, in revenge for an earlier massacre in Amazonas that killed 56 inmates.{{cite web|access-date=20 January 2017|date=16 January 2017|publisher=IstoÉ|title=Mortes em rebeliões de presídios chegam a 119 no ano; PCC mata 26 no RN|url=http://istoe.com.br/pcc-decapita-26-presos-rivais-em-motim-de-14h-na-maior-prisao-do-rn/}}{{cite news|title=After riots in Manaus and Roraima, Minister of Justice sees no wave of riots in prisons|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/geral-roraima-presidio-mortos-idBRKBN14Q2DZ|website=Reuters|date=6 January 2017 |access-date=5 August 2023}}
  • January 13: Police raid multiple Rio de Janeiro locations in an investigation of Caixa Econômica Federal lending practices.{{cite news|publisher=Reuters|title=UPDATE 4-Brazil police raid offices in probe of Caixa loans| url= https://www.reuters.com/article/brazil-corruption-caixa-ec-federal/update-4-brazil-police-raid-offices-in-probe-of-caixa-loans-idUSL1N1F30H6 |author1=By Pedro Fonseca | author2=Brad Haynes|access-date=February 14, 2018}}
  • January 15:
  • At least 10 inmates are killed in a prison riot between rival gangs in Natal.{{cite news|title=Brazil prisoners beheaded in riot at Natal prison|work=BBC News |date=15 January 2017 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38626821|access-date=15 January 2017}}
  • Another 33 prisoners are killed in a fresh outbreak of violence at Alcacuz prison in Rio Grande do Norte.{{cite news|title=Dozens killed and wounded in Alcacuz prison riot|date=15 January 2017|publisher=Al-Jazeera|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/dozens-killed-wounded-alcacuz-prison-riot-170116034708371.html

|access-date=11 February 2017}}

  • January 19: A small plane carrying Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki crashes into the sea near the tourist town of Paraty; killing the magistrate and four other people. Zavascki had been handling the politically-charged, Operation Car Wash corruption trials.{{cite news|title=Brazil Supreme Court judge handling graft probe killed in plane crash|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-crash-idUSKBN1532WH?il=0|website=Reuters| date=19 January 2017 |access-date=19 January 2017}}
  • January 21: Brazilian police enter the Alcacuz prison outside of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte after a week of fighting left 26 inmates dead. At least 126 people have been killed in Brazil's prisons since the beginning of the year.{{cite web|title=Police enter Brazil prison after gang clash; control tenuous|url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_BRAZIL_PRISON_KILLINGS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-01-21-18-42-30|website=AP|access-date=22 January 2017}}
  • January 30: Brazilian police arrest EBX Group CEO Eike Batista for allegedly bribing officials in Rio de Janeiro, including former governor Sérgio Cabral Filho.

{{cite news|title=Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista held in corruption probe|work=BBC News |date=30 January 2017 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38796393|access-date=30 January 2017}}{{cite web|access-date=27 June 2017|date=30 January 2017|first=Ana Cristina|last=CAMPOS|publisher=Agência Brasil|title=Empresário Eike Batista é transferido para Bangu 9|url=http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/geral/noticia/2017-01/empres%C3%A1rio-eike-batista-e-transferido-para-bangu-9}}

=February=

  • February 2: STF Minister Edson Fachin is selected as the new rapporteur for Operation Lava Jato, after the death of Teori Zavascki.{{cite web|access-date=2 February 2017|author=Mariana Oliveira|publisher=Globo.com|title=Ministro Edson Fachin é sorteado novo relator da Lava Jato no STF|url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/operacao-lava-jato/noticia/fachin-e-escolhido-novo-relator-da-lava-jato-no-stf.ghtml|work=G1}}
  • February 3: Espírito Santo experiences the biggest security crisis in the state.{{cite journal|date=2017-02-06|journal=Espírito Santo|language=pt-BR|title=Sem policiamento, Vitória suspende aulas e atendimento de saúde|url=http://g1.globo.com/espirito-santo/noticia/2017/02/sem-policiamento-vitoria-suspende-aulas-e-atendimento-de-saude.html}}
  • February 6: President Michel Temer deploys the Brazilian Army to the southeastern state of Espírito Santo, where a police strike leads to a wave of violence and looting, including dozens of murders in the state capital, Vitória.{{cite news|title=Brazil sends troops to state torn by violence due to police strike|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-violence-espirito-santo-idUSKBN15L26A|website=Reuters|date=6 February 2017 |access-date=7 February 2017}}{{cite web|title=Brazil sends 200 troops to control lethal violence sparked by police strike|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/06/brazil-police-strike-crimewave-troops-espirito-santo|website=The Guardian|date=6 February 2017 |access-date=7 February 2017}}
  • February 8: TRE-RJ determines the impeachment of the mandates of the Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Fernando Pezão and vice governor Francisco Dornelles.{{Citation|title=TRE-RJ determina cassação dos mandatos do governador Pezão e do vice Dornelles - GloboNews - Jornal das Dez - Catálogo de Vídeos|url=http://g1.globo.com/globo-news/jornal-das-dez/videos/v/tre-rj-determina-cassacao-dos-mandatos-do-governador-pezao-e-do-vice-dornelles/5638754/|accessdate=2017-02-20}}
  • February 9: Supreme Court justice Edson Fachin authorizes an investigation into efforts to impede the Operation Car Wash kickback investigation. Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot accuses former President and current Senator José Sarney, as well as Senators Romero Juca and Renan Calheiros of obstruction of justice, citing conversations secretly recorded by cooperating witness Sergio Machado, former president of Transpetro.{{cite web|title=Brazil's Supreme Court probes former president, senators|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-brazil-corruption-court-idUKKBN15P00P|website=Reuters|date=9 February 2017 |access-date=6 August 2023}}

=March=

  • March 7: Economic figures released show that the Brazilian economy shrank 3.6% in 2016.{{cite news

|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/03/07/news/economy/brazil-gdp-2016/index.html|title=Brazil's worst recession: 8 consecutive quarters of contraction|author=Patrick Gillespie|work=CNNMoney|publisher=CNN|access-date=9 February 2017|date=7 March 2017}}

  • March 16: By using the fully expendable version of their Falcon 9 launch vehicle; SpaceX successfully launches the EchoStar 23 satellite, a direct-to-home television broadcast service for Brazil, into a geosynchronous transfer orbit.{{cite web|title=SpaceX launches expendable Falcon 9 with EchoStar 23|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/03/falcon-9-expendable-echostar-23/|website=NASA Spaceflight|date=15 March 2017 |access-date=21 March 2017}}
  • March 17:
  • Operation Carne Fraca begins, which investigates some of the largest meat processing companies in the country.

{{cite web

|url=http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/geral/noticia/2017-03/operacao-carne-fraca-mobiliza-1100-policiais-federais-em-seis-estados-e-no-df

| title=Justiça Federal no Paraná bloqueia R$1 bilhão dos maiores frigoríficos do país

|date=17 March 2017

|editor=Agência Brasil

|publisher =EBC

| access-date=18 March 2017

| language=pt}}

  • Share prices for meatpacker JBS S.A. drop 10%.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazil-police-launch-massive-anticorruption-investigation-of-meatpacking-industry-1489754884 | title=Brazil Police Launch Massive Anticorruption Probe of Meatpacking Industry: Police allege officials of companies including JBS SA and BRF SA bribed sanitary inspectors |author1=Rogerio Jelmayer | author2= Luciana Magalhaes |date=17 March 2017 |access-date=12 February 2018| publisher=Wall Street Journal}}
  • March 25: China, Chile, and Egypt lift their bans on importing meat from Brazil.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39394937| title=Brazil meat scandal: China and others lift ban |work=BBC News |date=25 March 2017 |access-date=26 March 2017}}

=April=

  • April 5: Former Secretary of Health of Rio de Janeiro Sérgio Côrtes is charged, along with two other people, with obstruction of justice for trying to get former under-secretary Cesar Romero to change his testimony in an Operation Car Wash investigation.{{cite news|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2018/02/08/gilmar-mendes-manda-soltar-ex-secretario-de-saude-do-rio.htm |title='Nossas putarias têm que continuar', escreveu ex-secretário de Cabral| author=Italo Nogueira |date=5 April 2017| publisher=UOL|trans-title="Our whores have to continue," wrote Cabral's former secretary |access-date=12 February 2018}}
  • April 11: STF Minister, Edson Fachin removes the secrecy of Odebrecht's accusations in the context of Operation Lava Jato. {{cite web|access-date=12 April 2017|date=11 April 2017|first=Fausto|last=Macedo|publisher=O Estado de São Paulo|title=Exclusivo: Fachin acaba com sigilo das delações da Odebrecht|url=http://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/fausto-macedo/exclusivo-fachin-acaba-com-sigilo-das-delacoes-da-odebrecht/|work=Estadão}}
  • April 13: A former Odebrecht executive, jailed for bribery, says that Michel Temer was involved in a scheme to funnel a $40 million dollar illegal campaign contribution to his party's campaign fund. Temer denies this.{{cite news

|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazil-president-michel-temer-allegedly-linked-to-40-million-bribe-1492095463

|publisher=Wall Street Journal

|date=13 April 2017

|title=Brazilian President Michel Temer Allegedly Linked to $40 Million Bribe: Former Odebrecht executive said he agreed to payment to Temer's party, PMDB, in exchange for construction contract

|access-date=9 February 2018}} firewall

  • April 17: A federal judge orders Petrobras to suspend the sale of its stake in an offshore prospect to Norway's Statoil. This is in response to the National Federation of Oil Workers petition, where there should have been an open bidding process for the transaction.{{cite news|title=Brazil court suspends Petrobras oilfield sale to Statoil|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-petrobras-divestiture-statoil-idUSKBN17J1U1?il=0|website=Reuters| date=17 April 2017 |access-date=18 April 2017}}
  • April 25: Around 50 armed men allegedly belonging to the Brazil-based First Capital Command, storm a security vault and police headquarters in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, escape with around $6 million in a daring cross-border raid.{{cite web|title='Heist of the century': Brazilian gang hits security vault and police HQ in Paraguay |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/25/paraguay-heist-brazil-gangsters-dynamite-speedboat

|website=The Guardian|date=25 April 2017

|access-date=25 April 2017}}

  • April 28:
  • A nationwide strike takes place against cuts to social security benefits and changes to labour laws by Michel Temer's government, including plans to raise the retirement age to 65.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/19/brazil-police-storm-congress-over-proposal-to-raise-retirement-age|title=Brazil police storm Congress over proposal to raise retirement age|date=19 April 2017|agency=Reuters|website=The Guardian}} This is the first general strike in Brazil in twenty years.{{cite news|title=Brazil faces nationwide strike threatening to paralyze country|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-politics-protests-idUSKBN17U0EX?il=0|work=Reuters|date=28 April 2017}}{{cite news|title=In Brazil, protesters clash with police as a general strike empties schools and brings business to a halt|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-brazil-strike-20170428-story.html|newspaper=LA Times|date=29 April 2017 |access-date=29 April 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/world/americas/brazil-general-strike.html |title=Brazil Gripped by General Strike Over Austerity Measures |work=New York Times| author=Simon Romero|date=28 April 2017|access-date=13 February 2018}}
  • Rocha Loures is filmed leaving a pizzeria with 500,000 reals in a carry-on he received from one of Joesley Batista's executives.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/operation-car-wash-brazil-s-endemic-corruption-laid-bare-1.3245703|title=Operation Car Wash: Brazil's endemic corruption laid bare: Presidents, politics and big business have become embroiled in a scandal that has cost the country over €33bn so far |date=7 October 2017|author=Tom Hennigan|publisher=The Irish Times|access-date=14 February 2018}}
  • Eike Batista is released from prison, whilst pending trial, by Supreme Court justice Gilmar Mendes. Batista had been charged with making $16.5 million in bribes to the former governor of Rio de Janeiro.{{cite news|title=Brazil Supreme Court releases former billionaire Batista from jail| work=Reuters |date=April 28, 2017 |access-date=February 18, 2018 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-batista/brazil-supreme-court-releases-former-billionaire-batista-from-jail-idUSKBN17U34V}}

=May=

  • May 4: The Brazilian geostationary satellite SGDC-1 is launched at the Kourou base in French Guiana. It was carried out by Arianespace, which was launched by the Ariane 5 rocket.[http://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,satelite-brasileiro-e-lancado-com-sucesso-na-guiana-francesa,70001763796 Satélite Brasileiro]
  • May 11: The federal government of Brazil informs the World Health Organization that it is ending its state of emergency concerning the Zika virus, following a 95.3% reduction in cases in early 2017 compared to early 2016.{{cite web|title=Brazil calls off Zika emergency|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/35476694/brazil-calls-off-zika-emergency/#page1|website=Seven News|access-date=12 May 2017|archive-date=11 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511223123/https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/35476694/brazil-calls-off-zika-emergency/#page1|url-status=dead}}
  • May 17: O Globo reports, that it has obtained recordings of President Michel Temer discussing a bribe for Eduardo Cunha. Cunha is imprisoned on a nine-year sentence for corruption, money laundering and tax evasion in return for not talking to prosecutors. Temer strongly denies the report.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39576896 |title=Brazil corruption probe: Key words and names#Michel Temer

|date=12 July 2017

|access-date=9 February 2018

|publisher=BBC

}}

{{cite web

|title=The long Brazilian Crisis, Part I: Latin America's largest economy is in disarray; its historic Workers Party faces destruction; and its radical left searches for a response.

|date=1 February 2018

|access-date=10 February 2018

|publisher=North American Congress on Latin America

|url=https://nacla.org/news/2018/02/08/long-brazilian-crisis-part-i}}

  • May 18: Police search the Rio de Janeiro apartment of Aécio Neves, who narrowly lost the 2014 presidential election to Dilma Rousseff in the second-round runoff. The Supreme Court, which has jurisdiction in criminal trials of sitting politicians, suspend Neves' senatorial status, due to his pending criminal trial. An Odebrecht executive seeking a lighter sentence on his own bribery charges, filmed Nueves discussing a payment of two million reals, roughly $638,000.{{cite web|work=Reuters |author= Staff|date=18 May 2017 |access-date=10 February 2018|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-neves/brazil-police-searches-rio-apartment-owned-by-senator-source-idUSKCN18E1H3|title=Brazil police searches Rio apartment owned by senator: source

}}

  • May 19:
  • The Supreme Court releases a plea bargain testimony from JBS S.A., revealing that the company paid 500 million reais in bribes to politicians, including current President Michel Temer; his predecessors Dilma Rousseff and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; and former presidential candidates Aécio Neves and José Serra.{{cite news|title=Brazil plea-bargain testimony says president took $4.6 million in bribes|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-idUSKCN18E1YX|website=Reuters|date=18 May 2017 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|access-date=27 June 2017|date=19 May 2017|publisher=UOL|title=Joesley diz que repassou R$ 500 milhões para políticos; assista depoimentos|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2017/05/19/joesley-batista-explica-por-que-resolveu-fazer-delacao-assista.htm}}
  • Protesters demand new elections after the release of an audio tape in which Temer appears to approve a hush money payment to Eduardo Cunha.{{cite news|title=Brazil's outraged opposition calls for scandal-hit Temer to step down: But opponents of unpopular president face uphill battle in their bid for new popular ballot|author=XOSÉ HERMIDA|location=São Paulo |date=19 May 2017 |url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/05/19/inenglish/1495192079_312731.html |access-date=February 20, 2017 |publisher=El País |language=en}}
  • May 24: Protestors set fire to the Ministry of Agriculture headquarters in Brasília, amid calls for the impeachment or resignation of Michel Temer as President of Brazil over allegations of corruption.{{cite news|title=Brazil protests: Ministerial building set on fire during clashes|work=BBC News |date=24 May 2017 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40038650|access-date=24 May 2017}}{{cite web|access-date=27 June 2017|date=24 May 2017|publisher=ZH|title=Ministério da Agricultura registra incêndio; todos os ministérios são evacuados na Esplanada|url=http://zh.clicrbs.com.br/rs/noticias/politica/noticia/2017/05/ministerio-da-agricultura-registra-incendio-todos-os-ministerios-sao-evacuados-na-esplanada-9798575.html}}

=June=

  • June 1: The first increase in GDP after eight consecutive quarterly declines is registered. The country is recovering from the 2014 economic crisis.{{cite journal|access-date=24 June 2017|date=1 June 2017|journal=Jornal Nacional|title=PIB do primeiro trimestre cresce 1% após oito quedas seguidas|url=http://g1.globo.com/jornal-nacional/noticia/2017/06/pib-do-primeiro-trimestre-cresce-1-apos-oito-quedas-seguidas.html}}
  • June 6: The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) reopens the illegal campaign funding case against President Michel Temer, the vice presidential candidate on former President Dilma Rousseff's ticket in 2014. Temer became president in August 2016 when Rousseff was impeached, and could be unseated if the court annuls the Rousseff–Temer election victory.{{cite news|title=Brazil court opens case that could unseat President Temer|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-politics-ticket-idUSKBN18X29O|website=Reuters|date=6 June 2017 |access-date=10 June 2017}}
  • June 7: TSE hears a motion on the admissibility of new allegations made in plea bargain testimony by construction company Odebrecht about illegal campaign contributions to the political ticket shared by then-president Dilma Rousseff and then-vice president Michel Temer, who replaced her after her impeachment.{{cite news | work=Reuters |title=Brazil court split over whether to accept new evidence in campaign |author=Ricardo Brito |date=7 June 2017 |access-date=11 February 2018 |url=http://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN18Y2X6}}
  • June 9: TSE votes 4–3 to reject the campaign finance case against Temer, which had also implicated Rousseff as his running mate.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/06/09/brazilian-court-weighs-president-temers-fate-over-2014-campaign-funds-case.html |title=Embattled Brazilian President Temer avoids removal from office with court victory |agency=Associated Press |author=Sarah DiLorenzo |website=Toronto Star |date=9 June 2017 |access-date=12 February 2018}}{{cite web|access-date=27 June 2017|date=10 June 2017|publisher=El País|title=TSE salva Temer por quatro votos a três|url=http://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2017/06/08/politica/1496919381_359827.html}}
  • June 13: Former governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Cabral Filho, is sentenced to 14 years and two months in prison for corruption and money laundering in a scheme involving kickbacks for construction contracts, such as a Rio petrochemical plant. Former Rio interior minister Wilson Carlos Carvalho, described as Cabral's right hand, is also found guilty and sentenced to ten years. Judge Sergio Moro said there wasn't enough evidence to convict Cabral's wife, Adriana Ancelmo.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40261501 |publisher=BBC |title=Rio state ex-governor Sergio Cabral sentenced to 14 years |date=13 June 2017 |access-date=13 February 2017}}
  • June 21:
  • Reports surface of a Temer administration plan to lift restrictions on foreign mining company operations within a 150-mile zone of the country's border.{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-21/as-supermodel-helps-save-amazon-a-much-bigger-battle-looms |title=After Rainforest Victory for Brazil's Environmentalists, a Mining Battle Looms |author=R.T. Watson |date=21 June 2017 |access-date=14 February 2018 |publisher=Bloomberg Politics}}
  • DataPoder puts Temer approval rating at 2%.{{cite web|url=http://www.poder360.com.br/datapoder360/para-79-michel-temer-deveria-renunciar-ou-ser-cassado-diz-datapoder360/|title=Para 79%, Michel Temer deveria renunciar ou ser cassado, diz DataPoder360|website=Poder360|language=pt|first=Rodrigo|last=Zuquim|date=21 June 2017|accessdate=2 May 2021}}
  • June 27:
  • President Michel Temer is charged with corruption by Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot. The case eventually goes to the Supreme Federal Court.{{cite web|title=Brazil faces fresh turmoil after President Temer charged with corruption|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/27/brazils-president-michel-temer-charged-over-alleged-corruption|website=The Guardian|date=27 June 2017 |access-date=27 June 2017}}
  • A federal court upholds João Vaccari Neto's appeal of his 15-year sentence for bribery and money laundering.

{{cite news

|url=http://g1.globo.com/jornal-nacional/noticia/2017/06/justica-do-parana-reverte-decisao-de-moro-e-absolve-joao-vaccari-neto.html

|title=TRF-4 reverte decisão de Moro e absolve João Vaccari Neto

|trans-title=TRF4 reverses decision of Moro and absolves João Vaccari Neto

|date=27 June 2017

|access-date=24 July 2017

|language=pt

|publisher=O Globo

}}

  • June 29: Ipsos Institute poll puts Temer disapproval rating at 93%.{{cite web|url=https://blogs.oglobo.globo.com/lauro-jardim/post/ipsos-2-consideram-o-governo-temer-otimo-ou-bome.html|title=Ipsos: 2% consideram o governo Temer 'ótimo' ou 'bom'|website=O Globo|language=pt|first=Bruno|last=Góes|date=25 July 2017|accessdate=2 May 2021}}

=July=

  • July 4: Temer's government introduces a legislative initiative described as labor reform.{{cite news

|title=Brazil senators set final vote on labor reform for July 11|date=4 July 2017 |access-date=6 August 2023|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-politics-labor/brazil-senators-set-final-vote-on-labor-reform-for-july-11-idUSKBN19P2H2|publisher=Reuters}}

  • July 11: Temer signs MP 759 into law, making significant changes to Brazilian land and agrarian reform policies that environmentalists say threaten to worsen deforestation and a massive asset transfer to large landowners.{{cite news

|title=Temer signs law that could see millions of acres lost in the Amazon

|author1=Sue Branford|author2=Maurício Torres|date=13 July 2017 |access-date=13 February 2018|url=https://news.mongabay.com/2017/07/temer-signs-law-that-could-see-millions-of-acres-lost-in-the-amazon/|publisher=Monga Bay}}

|url= https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/02/brazil-lula-carwash-corruption-temer-due-process-dilma/552056/

|title=The Rot at the Heart of Brazil's Anti-Corruption Crusade: Allegations of bias have tarnished the investigation against Lula, setting the stage for yet another institutional crisis in the country that decided Lula da Silva will be its candidate again in the 2018 election in Sao Paulo, Brazil

|date=2 February 2018

|access-date=19 February 2012

|publisher=The Atlantic

|author=Alex Quadro}}{{cite web|access-date=12 July 2017|date=12 July 2017|publisher=Abril|title=Lula é condenado a nove anos de prisão|url=http://veja.abril.com.br/politica/urgente-lula-e-condenado-a-nove-anos-e-meio-de-cadeia/|work=VEJA}}

  • July 25: Temer appoints Sérgio Sá Leitão as Minister of Culture.{{cite web |publisher=Folha de Sao Paulo | title=Temer escolhe jornalista Sérgio Sá Leitão para Ministério da Cultura |date=20 July 2017 |author=Bruno Boghossian |agency=UOL|access-date=6 August 2023|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2017/07/1902820-temer-escolhe-jornalista-sergio-sa-leitao-para-ministerio-da-cultura.shtml}}
  • July 27: Transparency NGO Contas Abertas (Open Accounts) said Temer spent 4.2 billion reals ($1.33 billion) since June, compared to 100 million reals in January through May, in advance of a vote in the lower house on corruption charges that could remove him from office.{{cite web |publisher=U.S. News & World Report | title=Brazil's Temer Scrambles for Support to Block Corruption Trial |date=27 July 2017 |author=Anthony Boadle |agency=Reuters|access-date=13 February 2018 |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-07-27/brazils-temer-scrambles-for-support-to-block-corruption-trial}}

= August =

  • August 2: The Chamber of Deputies bars accusations of passive corruption against President Michel Temer.{{cite web|access-date=2 August 2017|date=2 August 2017|publisher=Correio Braziliense|title=Na Câmara, Temer derruba possibilidade de ser investigado pelo STF|url=http://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/outros/ultimas-noticias/63,37,63,14/2017/08/02/internas_polbraeco,614722/na-camara-temer-derruba-possibilidade-de-ser-investigado-pelo-stf.shtml}}
  • August 3: In association football, Paris Saint-Germain sign Neymar from FC Barcelona for a world-record transfer fee of €222 million (£200 million, US$264 million).{{cite news|title=Neymar: Paris St-Germain sign Barcelona forward for world record 222m euros|work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40762417|access-date=4 August 2017}}
  • August 6: Police and soldiers raid five poor suburbs of Rio de Janeiro looking for those responsible for a string of truck hijackings.{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/08/06/world/crime-legal-world/troops-storm-rio-slums-catch-gang-leaders/#.WoTjiehubIU|publisher=Japan Times |title=Troops storm Rio slums to catch gang leaders|agency=AFP-JIJI |date=6 August 2017 |access-date=14 February 2018 |language=en}}
  • August 11:
  • Sérgio Côrtes, former Secretary of Health of Rio de Janeiro, states in court that $3 million US had been deposited for his use in a Swiss bank account in connection with an overbilling scheme involving prosthesis at a Rio trauma center.{{cite news|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2017/11/08/secretario-de-cabral-diz-que-acusado-de-fraudar-licitacoes-pagou-a-ele-ate-r-80-mil-em-viagens-por-ano.htm |trans-title=Entrepreneur banked R $ 70,000 / year in travel and deposited US $ 3 million in Switzerland, says former secretary |author1=Hanrrikson de Andrade |author2=Paula Bianchi |publisher=UOL |date=11 August 2017 |language=pt|title=Empresário bancou R$ 70 mil/ano em viagens e depositou US$ 3 milhões na Suíça, diz ex-secretário}}
  • Petrobras discovers "oil accumulation in the Campos basin's pre-salt layer, in the area of Marlim Sul field."{{cite web|url=http://www.worldoil.com/news/2017/8/11/petrobras-discovers-oil-accumulation-in-campos-basin-pre-salt-layer |title=Petrobras discovers oil accumulation in Campos basin pre-salt layer |date=11 August 2017 |access-date=13 February 2018 |publisher=World Oil}}
  • August 16: Justice Minister Torquato Jardim stated at a conference that Brazil's informal economy accounted for 16% of its gross domestic product.{{cite news|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/16/c_136529083.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025410/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/16/c_136529083.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2018|title=Brazil's informal economy accounts for 16 pct of GDP: official|publisher=Xinhua| date=16 August 2017|access-date=14 February 2018}}
  • August 21: Temer administration announces plans to privatize Eletrobras, the Petrobras subsidiary that produces 40% of Brazil's electricity.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eletrobras-privatisation/brazils-move-to-privatize-eletrobras-sparks-investor-euphoria-idUSKCN1B12E5|title=Brazil's move to privatize Eletrobras sparks investor euphoria

|publisher=Reuters| date=21 August 2017|access-date=6 August 2023}}

  • August 22: The passenger ship Comandante Ribeiro sinks in the Xingu River near Porto de Moz, where at least ten people lost their lives.{{cite web |url=https://www.shipwrecklog.com/log/2017/08/comandante-ribeiro/ |title=Comandante Ribero |date=23 August 2017 |publisher=shipwrecklog |access-date=24 August 2017 }}
  • August 23: News emerges that Michel Temer has abolished the protected status of a huge piece of land in the remote northern Amazon known as the National Reserve of Copper and Associates (Renca).

{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/24/brazil-abolishes-huge-amazon-reserve-in-biggest-attack-in-50-years

|work=The Guardian|title=Brazil abolishes huge Amazon reserve in biggest attack in 50 years}}

  • August 25: President Michel Temer abolishes the 46,000 km2 National Reserve of Copper and Associates (Renca) ecological reserve, which spans the borders of Amapá and Pará in northern Brazil. More than 20 domestic and multinational firms have expressed interest in accessing the area's deposits of gold, copper, tantalum, iron ore, nickel and manganese.{{cite web|title=Governo lança 57 privatizações e abre reserva na Amazônia à mineração.|url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/blog/matheus-leitao/post/governo-lanca-57-privatizacoes-e-abre-reserva-na-amazonia-mineracao-jornais-de-quinta-24.html|website=G1|access-date=25 August 2017|language=pt}}
  • August 29: An injunction is issued against the revocation of Renca, stating that Michel Temer has exceeded his authority and that the area's ecological protections can only be undertaken by the legislative branch.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/world/americas/brazil-amazon-mining-temer-environmentalists-judge.html |title=Brazilian Judge Stymies Plan to Allow Mining in Amazon Region |author1=ERNESTO LONDOÑO |author2=SHANNON SIMS |date=30 August 2017| work=New York Times |access-date=11 February 2017}}

= September =

  • September 5: - The Federal Police makes the biggest seizure of cash in the nation's history, during a search and seizure in Operation Lost Treasure.{{cite web|access-date=7 September 2017|author=Julia Affonso, Fausto Macedo, Fabio Serapião e Fabio Fabrini|date=6 September 2017|publisher=Estadão|title=Acabou a contagem: R$ 51 milhões no bunker de Geddel|url=http://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/fausto-macedo/acabou-a-contagem-r-51-milhoes-no-bunker-de-geddel/}}{{cite web|access-date=7 September 2017|date=6 September 2017|publisher=Globo.com|title=PF levou 14 horas para contar os R$ 51 milhões achados em 'bunker' que seria de Geddel|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/pf-levou-14-horas-para-contar-os-51-milhoes-achados-em-bunker-que-seria-de-geddel-21791443|work=O Globo}}{{cite web|access-date=7 September 2017|date=6 September 2017|publisher=iG|title=PF contabiliza R$ 51 milhões no 'bunker de Geddel'|url=http://odia.ig.com.br/brasil/2017-09-06/pf-contabiliza-r-51-milhoes-no-bunker-de-geddel.html|work=O Dia}}{{cite web|access-date=7 September 2017|author=Andreza Matias e Marcelo de Moraes|date=5 September 2017|publisher=Estadão|title=PF acha bunker onde Geddel escondia propina|url=http://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/coluna-do-estadao/pf-acha-bunker-onde-geddel-escondia-propina/}}{{cite web|access-date=7 September 2017|date=6 September 2017|publisher=Abril|title=Polícia Federal encontra local onde Geddel escondia propina|url=http://veja.abril.com.br/politica/policia-federal-encontra-local-onde-geddel-escondia-propina/|work=VEJA}}
  • September 6: Prosecutors file corruption charges in connection with Operation Carwash against ex-presidents Dilma Rousseff and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. This is the first time allegations had been made against Rousseff, whereas Lula has previously been charged in connection with a beach house that prosecutors say was a bribe.{{cite news|title=Brazilian ex-presidents charged in corruption case|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41170460|publisher=BBC |date=6 September 2017|access-date=9 February 2018}}
  • September 8: Prosecutor Rodrigo Janot files charges in the Supreme Court against officials in President Michel Temer's Brazilian Democratic Movement Party accusing them of forming a criminal organization.{{cite news|title=Brazil prosecutor charges members of Temer's party with criminal organization|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-temer/brazil-prosecutor-charges-members-of-temers-party-with-criminal-organization-idUSKCN1BJ2PU|website=Reuters|date=8 September 2017 |access-date=9 September 2017}}
  • September 10: Fundação Nacional do Índio (Funai), the Brazilian agency for indigenous people, report that a group of miners had boasted of killing as many as ten members of an uncontacted tribe.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/world/americas/brazil-amazon-tribe-killings.html|title='Uncontacted' Amazon Tribe Members Reported Killed in Brazil|first=Shasta|last=Darlington|date=10 September 2017|work=New York Times|access-date=2018-05-28}}
  • September 11:
  • Authorities investigate the reported murder of ten members of an Amazonian tribe in the Javari Valley.{{cite web|title=Brazil investigates reports of massacre among Amazonian tribe by gold miners|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/sep/12/brazil-investigates-reports-of-massacre-among-amazon-tribe-javari-valley|website=The Guardian|date=12 September 2017 |access-date=12 September 2017}}
  • Brazilian prosecutors announce a joint investigation with Venezuela, regarding a scheme in which the Venezuelan government agency PDVSA overpaid for agricultural equipment from Brazil's America Trading by $64 million. Investigators say that most of the payments wound up in accounts in Panama, Switzerland and the United States.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-pdvsa-corruption/brazil-probes-alleged-money-laundering-on-sales-to-venezuelas-pdvsa-idUSKCN1BM2RV |publisher=Reuters |title=Brazil probes alleged money laundering on sales to Venezuela's PDVSA |author=Lisandra Paraguassu |date=11 September 2017 |access-date=14 February 2018}}
  • September 15: Additional corruption charges are filed against Michel Temer in relation to illegal campaign contributions from JBS S.A.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41275822 |title=Brazil President Michel Temer faces more criminal charges |date=15 September 2017 |publisher=BBC |access-date=12 February 2018}}
  • September 16: Brazil imposes a 20% tariff on imports of US ethanol.{{cite news |url=http://www.omaha.com/money/u-s-producers-not-happy-after-brazil-adds-percent-tariff/article_695f0f6c-9a3d-11e7-b033-03e465135af4.html |publisher=Omaha World-Herald |title=U.S. producers not happy after Brazil adds 20 percent tariff to ethanol imports |author=Russell Hubbard |date=16 September 2017 |access-date=14 February 2018}}
  • September 28: Brazil auctions oil leases, raising more than one billion dollars.{{cite web|url=https://phys.org/news/2017-09-brazil-oil-field-auctions.html |title=Brazil holds record oil field auctions |date=September 28, 2017 |agency=AFP |publisher=phys.org |access-date=February 20, 2018}}

= October =

  • October 4: Brazilian police detain Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti, after he was attempting to flee across the border into Bolivia, in order to avoid extradition back to Italy. If extradited, he faces a life sentence in prison for four murders he committed during the 1970s.{{cite news|title=Brazil detains Italian fugitive Battisti leaving country|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-italy-battisti/brazil-detains-italian-fugitive-battisti-leaving-country-idUSKBN1C92QO?il=0|website=Reuters| date=4 October 2017 |access-date=4 October 2017}}
  • October 5 – In the town of Janaúba, Minas Gerais state, a recently dismissed security guard set fire to a childcare center killing ten children and three teachers, and leaving, mostly children aged four and five, injured.{{cite news|title=Brazil nursery attack: Children set on fire in Minas Gerais|work=BBC News |date=5 October 2017 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41515503|access-date=6 October 2017}}
  • October 18: The Tribunal de Contas da União (Federal Accounting Court) said Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) paid 20% too much for the shares it bought of JBS S.A., from Joesley and Wesley Batista, causing an $89 million loss.{{cite news|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/business/2017/10/1928020-bndes-unduly-paid-20-more-for-jbs-shares-says-federal-accounting-court.shtml|author=Fábio Fabrini|title=BNDES Unduly Paid 20% More for JBS Shares, Says Federal Accounting Court |publisher=Folha de S. Paulo |date=18 October 2018 |access-date=13 February 2018|language=en}}
  • October 26 – Brazil's Chamber of Deputies voted 233–251 on a motion to approve impeachment proceedings against President Michel Temer. The motion required a two-thirds majority (342 votes) to proceed. Brazilian law requires Chamber of Deputies approval of a Supreme Court trial; criminal charges cannot be brought against a sitting president under Brazilian law.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41755666 |title=Brazil's President Temer avoids corruption trial |date=26 October 2017 |access-date=11 February 2018}}
  • October 27: Brazil auctions offshore oil leases to ExxonMobil, Statoil and Shell.{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/business/energy-environment/brazil-oil.html| title= Brazil Draws Broad Interest in Offshore Oil Drilling Rights |author= Vinod Sreeharsha |date= October 27, 2017 |work= New York Times |access-date= February 20, 2018}}

= November =

  • November 8: Commission approves a bill restricting abortion, even in cases of rape.{{cite web|access-date=11 November 2017|date=8 November 2017|title=Comissão aprova projeto que restringe aborto até em caso de estupro|url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/comissao-aprova-projeto-que-restringe-aborto-ate-em-caso-de-estupro}}
  • November 12: The Brazilian Grand Prix takes place at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in the Interlagos neighborhood of São Paulo. It is the final home race for Felipe Massa and is won by Sebastian Vettel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2017/Brazil.html|title=Brazil|website=Formula1.com|access-date=13 November 2017|archive-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412160458/https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2017/Brazil.html|url-status=dead}}

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|date=November 21, 2017 |author=PATRÍCIA CAMPOS MELLO |access-date=February 15, 2018 |url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/world/2017/11/1936915-immigration-bill-is-signed-into-law-but-amendments-are-subject-to-criticism.shtml}}

  • November 30: The Supreme Court upholds a national ban on the use of asbestos.{{cite news|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/business/2017/11/1939473-brazilian-supreme-court-bans-use-of-asbestos-in-brazil.shtml |publisher=Folha de S. Paulo |title=Brazilian Supreme Court Bans Use of Asbestos in Brazil |date=30 November 2017 |author=LETÍCIA CASADO |access-date=11 February 2018}}

= December =

  • December 6: Alleged drug lord Rogério da Silva, known as Rogério 157, is arrested in Rocinha, in an operation involving 3,000 members of the Brazilian military and police forces.{{cite news |publisher=Folha de S. Folha|title=Brazilian Police Arrest Drug Lord Rogério 157, Pivot of War in Rio Slum|date=December 7, 2017|author=Luiza Franco}}Dom Phillips, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/06/most-wanted-trafficker-brazil-rogerio-da-silva-in-rio-arrested-3000-strong-operation Rio police hail arrest of drug kingpin in 3,000-strong favela operation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329104011/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/06/most-wanted-trafficker-brazil-rogerio-da-silva-in-rio-arrested-3000-strong-operation |date=2018-03-29 }}, The Guardian (December 6, 2017).Dom Phillips & Júlio Carvalho, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/10/brazil-rio-favela-rogerio-da-silva-drugs Arrest of Rio drug kingpin brings fear of power grab – and further violence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329121328/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/10/brazil-rio-favela-rogerio-da-silva-drugs |date=2018-03-29 }}, The Guardian (December 10, 2017).
  • December 9: The Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) selects Geraldo Alckmin as its presidential candidate in the upcoming 2018 general election.{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/psdb-elege-geraldo-alckmin-como-presidente-nacional-do-partido.ghtml|title=Por 470 votos a 3, PSDB elege Geraldo Alckmin presidente nacional do partido|publisher=}}
  • December 12: Charges are filed in the 10th Federal Court in Brasília against Rodrigo Santos da Rocha Loures, after accepting a bribe as an aide to Michel Temer. Loures was filmed leaving a São Paulo pizzeria with a bag containing 500,000 reis which was, according to prosecutors, supposed to be a down payment on a R38 million project, to be paid over nine months. Temer was charged as well, but the Chamber of Deputies voted against allowing the Supreme Court to try the charge. A prosecution of Temer on that charge thereupon cannot proceed until he leaves office. This filing represents a move forward in a criminal case against Rocha Lourdes.{{cite news|author=Fabio Fabrini |publisher=Folha de S. Paulo |date=12 December 2017 |access-date=14 February 2018 |title=Former Temer Aide Rocha Loures Named as Defendant in Corruption Probe

|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2017/12/1942625-former-temer-aide-rocha-loures-named-as-defendant-in-corruption-probe.shtml}}

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|title=Odebrecht case: Politicians worldwide suspected in bribery scandal

|access-date=February 15, 2018

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  • December 19: Marcelo Odebrecht is released from prison after two and a half years. Seven years of his reduced sentence remain, but he's been greenlighted to serve the remainder of his sentence at his luxury home in São Paulo. Originally sentenced to 9 years, Odebrecht's sentence is reduced in return for his cooperation in Operation Car Wash.{{cite news |work=BBC News

|access-date=February 15, 2018

|title=Brazil corruption: Jailed former Odebrecht chief to serve term at home

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|date=December 19, 2017}}

  • December 21: Relations between Brazil and Guyana are intensified after a new cooperation agreement between the countries.{{cite web|access-date=21 December 2017|date=21 December 2017|periodical=Agência Brasil|title=Brasil e Guiana firmam acordos de cooperação|url=http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/politica/noticia/2017-12/brasil-e-guiana-firmam-acordos-de-cooperacao}}
  • December 28: Supreme Court chief justice Cármen Lúcia upholds the appeal of chief prosecutor Raquel Dodge against Temer's Christmas pardon, which he expanded to cover first offenders with convictions for non-violent crimes who served at least one fifth of their sentence. Corncerns have been expressed that the change was intendeded to benefit politicians convicted under the Operation Car Wash investigation.{{cite news|publisher=Financial Times |agency=Reuters |title=Brazil court suspends parts of 'Christmas pardon': Critics complain of softened terms for politicians convicted in corruption case |author=Joe Leahy |date=28 December 2017|access-date=14 February 2018|url=https://www.ft.com/content/7f194cc8-ec13-11e7-bd17-521324c81e23}}

Arts and culture

Sports

Deaths

=January=

  • January 3: Vida Alves, 88, actress, multiple organ failure.{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/noticia/morre-aos-88-anos-vida-alves-atriz-do-1-beijo-e-do-1-beijo-gay-da-tv-brasileira.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106134231/http://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/noticia/morre-aos-88-anos-vida-alves-atriz-do-1-beijo-e-do-1-beijo-gay-da-tv-brasileira.ghtml|url-status=dead|title=Vida Alves, atriz do 1º beijo e do 1º beijo gay da TV brasileira, morre aos 88 anos|archivedate=January 6, 2017|website=G1}}
  • January 19:
  • Loalwa Braz, 63, singer-songwriter ("Lambada").{{Cite web |url=http://gulftoday.ae/portal/98399025-00fe-4dcb-8550-f62dfb19d2c6.aspx |title='Lambada' singer Loalwa Braz found dead in Brazil: Police |access-date=2017-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123185809/http://gulftoday.ae/portal/98399025-00fe-4dcb-8550-f62dfb19d2c6.aspx |archive-date=2017-01-23 |url-status=dead }}
  • Teori Zavascki, 68, Supreme Court judge, Operação Lava Jato reporter, plane crash.{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-crash-idUSKBN1532WH?il=0 |title=Plane carrying Brazil Supreme Court judge crashes into sea |newspaper=Reuters |date=19 January 2017 |access-date=2017-07-02 |archive-date=2022-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408055136/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-crash-idUSKBN1532WH?il=0 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/relator-da-lava-jato-no-stf-teori-morre-aos-68-anos-apos-queda-de-aviao-em-paraty.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114203449/https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/relator-da-lava-jato-no-stf-teori-morre-aos-68-anos-apos-queda-de-aviao-em-paraty.ghtml|url-status=dead|title=Relator da Lava Jato no STF, Teori Zavascki morre aos 68 anos após queda de avião em Paraty|archivedate=November 14, 2022|website=G1}}
  • January 20: Carlos Alberto Silva, 77, football manager (Guarani, Porto, Corinthians, Deportivo La Coruña, Brazil national football team).{{Cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/mg/futebol/noticia/2017/01/ex-tecnico-carlos-alberto-silva-morre-aos-77-anos-em-belo-horizonte.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121124556/http://globoesporte.globo.com/mg/futebol/noticia/2017/01/ex-tecnico-carlos-alberto-silva-morre-aos-77-anos-em-belo-horizonte.html|url-status=dead|title=Ex-técnico Carlos Alberto Silva morre aos 77 anos em Belo Horizonte|first=Por GloboEsporte comBelo|last=Horizonte|archivedate=January 21, 2017|website=globoesporte.com}}

=February=

  • February 1: Albano Bortoletto Cavallin, 86, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarapuava (1986–1992) and Archbishop of Londrina (1992–2006), surgical complications.{{Cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/pr/norte-noroeste/noticia/2017/02/morre-dom-albano-bortoletto-cavallin-arcebispo-emerito-de-londrina.html|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170317062928/http://g1.globo.com/pr/norte-noroeste/noticia/2017/02/morre-dom-albano-bortoletto-cavallin-arcebispo-emerito-de-londrina.html|url-status=dead|title=Morre Dom Albano Bortoletto Cavallin, arcebispo emérito de Londrina|first=Do G1|last=PR|date=February 1, 2017|archivedate=March 17, 2017|website=Norte e Noroeste}}
  • February 3: Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, 66, trade unionist, First Lady (2003–2010), stroke.{{Cite web|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2017/02/02/ex-primeira-dama-marisa-leticia-tem-morte-cerebral-em-sp-apos-avc.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202235508/https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2017/02/02/ex-primeira-dama-marisa-leticia-tem-morte-cerebral-em-sp-apos-avc.htm|url-status=dead|title=Marisa Letícia tem morte cerebral, e família autoriza doação de órgãos|archivedate=February 2, 2017|website=noticias.uol.com.br}}
  • February 11: Fab Melo, 26, professional basketball player (Boston Celtics).{{Cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18668751/former-syracuse-boston-celtics-center-fab-melo-dies-brazil |title=Former Syracuse, Boston Celtics center Fab Melo dies in Brazil |date=12 February 2017 |access-date=2017-02-12 |archive-date=2017-02-23 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170223062447/http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18668751/former-syracuse-boston-celtics-center-fab-melo-dies-brazil |url-status=live }}
  • February 13: Paulo Henrique Filho, 52, footballer.{{Cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/flamengo/noticia/2017/02/ex-jogador-e-tecnico-do-flamengo-paulo-henrique-morre-aos-52-anos.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004011930/http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/flamengo/noticia/2017/02/ex-jogador-e-tecnico-do-flamengo-paulo-henrique-morre-aos-52-anos.html/|url-status=dead|title=Ex-jogador e técnico do Flamengo, Paulo Henrique morre aos 52 anos|first=Por GloboEsporte comRio de|last=Janeiro|archivedate=October 4, 2020|website=globoesporte.com}}
  • February 28: Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira, 90, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ipameri (1975–1985) and Archbishop of Goiânia (1985–2002).{{Cite web |url=http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/briol.html |title=Archbishop Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira |access-date=2017-03-27 |archive-date=2022-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114203440/http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/briol.html |url-status=live }}

=March=

  • March 25: Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira, 88, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarabira (1981–1989), Archbishop of Paraíba (1995–2004).[http://www.reporterpb.com.br/noticia/religiao/2017/03/25/morreu-aos-88-anos-dom-marcelo-pinto-carvalheira-acebispo-do-recife/60220.html Morreu aos 88 anos, Dom Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira, Acebispo do Recife] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327172024/http://www.reporterpb.com.br/noticia/religiao/2017/03/25/morreu-aos-88-anos-dom-marcelo-pinto-carvalheira-acebispo-do-recife/60220.html |date=2017-03-27 }} {{in lang|pt}}
  • March 29: João Gilberto Noll, 70, writer.{{Cite web|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/livros/morre-escritor-joao-gilberto-noll-vencedor-de-cinco-jabutis-aos-70-1-21128194|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402214120/http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/livros/morre-escritor-joao-gilberto-noll-vencedor-de-cinco-jabutis-aos-70-1-21128194|url-status=dead|title=Morre o escritor João Gilberto Noll, vencedor de cinco Jabutis, aos 70|date=March 29, 2017|archivedate=April 2, 2017|website=O Globo}}

=April=

  • April 4: Clóvis Frainer, 86, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Manaus (1985–1991) and Juiz de Fora (1991–2001).{{Cite web|url=https://www.a12.com/redacaoa12/igreja/morre-aos-86-anos-dom-clovis-frainer-arcebispo-emerito-de-juiz-de-fora-mg|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415103203/http://www.a12.com/noticias/detalhes/morre-aos-86-anos-dom-clovis-frainer-arcebispo-emerito-de-juiz-de-fora-mg|url-status=dead|title=Morre aos 86 anos, Dom Clóvis Frainer - A12.com|archivedate=April 15, 2017|website=www.a12.com}}
  • April 6:
  • Bona Medeiros, 86, Governor of Piauí (1986–1987).{{Cite web|url=https://www.portalodia.com/noticias/politica/morre-em-teresina-o-ex-governador-bona-medeiros-aos-87-anos-296520.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517121514/http://www.portalodia.com/noticias/politica/morre-em-teresina-o-ex-governador-bona-medeiros-aos-87-anos-296520.html|url-status=dead|title=Morre em Teresina o ex-governador Bona Medeiros aos 86 anos - Política|first=Portal O.|last=Dia|archivedate=May 17, 2017|website=Portal O Dia}}
  • Newton Holanda Gurgel, 93, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Crato (1993–2001).{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.diariodonordeste.com.br/cariri/cidades/crato/morre-aos-93-anos-dom-newton-holanda-gurgel-quarto-bispo-da-diocese-de-crato/15350|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408083111/http://blogs.diariodonordeste.com.br/cariri/crato/morre-aos-93-anos-dom-newton-holanda-gurgel-quarto-bispo-da-diocese-de-crato/|url-status=dead|title=Morre, aos 93 anos, dom Newton Holanda Gurgel, quarto bispo da diocese de Crato|first=Diário do|last=Nordeste|archivedate=April 8, 2017|website=blogs.diariodonordeste.com.br}}
  • April 23: Jerry Adriani, 70, singer and actor, cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/musica/noticia/jerry-adriani-morre-aos-70-anos-no-rio.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425135247/http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/musica/noticia/jerry-adriani-morre-aos-70-anos-no-rio.ghtml|url-status=dead|title=Jerry Adriani morre aos 70 anos no Rio|archivedate=April 25, 2017|website=G1}}
  • April 30: Belchior, 70, singer and composer.{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/ceara/noticia/cantor-cearense-belchior-morre-aos-70-anos-no-rio-grande-do-sul.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430231530/http://g1.globo.com/ceara/noticia/cantor-cearense-belchior-morre-aos-70-anos-no-rio-grande-do-sul.ghtml|url-status=dead|title=Cantor Belchior morre aos 70 anos no Rio Grande do Sul|archivedate=April 30, 2017|website=G1}}

=May=

  • May 2: Eduardo Portella, 84, essayist, author and politician, Minister of Education (1979–1980).[http://journaloleme.com/2017/05/03/morre-o-ex-ministro-e-acad-mico-eduardo-portella.html Morre o ex-ministro e acadêmico Eduardo Portella]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|pt}}
  • May 5: Almir Guineto, 70, sambista, kidney disease and diabetes.{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/musica/noticia/sambista-almir-guineto-morre-no-rio.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506001600/http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/musica/noticia/sambista-almir-guineto-morre-no-rio.ghtml|url-status=dead|title=Sambista Almir Guineto morre aos 70 anos no Rio|archivedate=May 6, 2017|website=G1}}
  • May 7: Elon Lages Lima, 87, mathematician.{{Cite web|url=https://impa.br/noticias/morre-no-rio-o-matematico-elon-lages-lima-ex-diretor-do-impa-aos-87-anos/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824010808/https://impa.br/page-noticias/morre-no-rio-o-matematico-elon-lages-lima-ex-diretor-do-impa-aos-87-anos/|url-status=dead|title=Morre no Rio o matemático Elon Lages Lima, ex-diretor do IMPA|archivedate=August 24, 2017|website=IMPA - Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada}}
  • May 10: Nelson Xavier, 75, actor (The Guns, A Queda), lung disease.{{Cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2017/05/1882704-morre-o-ator-nelson-xavier-aos-75-anos-em-minas-gerais.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513073038/http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2017/05/1882704-morre-o-ator-nelson-xavier-aos-75-anos-em-minas-gerais.shtml|url-status=dead|title=Ator e diretor Nelson Xavier morre aos 75 anos em Minas Gerais - 10/05/2017 - Ilustrada|archivedate=May 13, 2017|website=Folha de S.Paulo}}
  • May 12: Antonio Candido, 98, literary critic and sociologist.{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/noticia/critico-literario-antonio-candido-morre-aos-98-em-sao-paulo.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515134131/http://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/noticia/critico-literario-antonio-candido-morre-aos-98-em-sao-paulo.ghtml|url-status=dead|title=Antonio Candido, crítico literário e sociólogo, morre aos 98 anos em São Paulo|archivedate=May 15, 2017|website=G1}}
  • May 19: Kid Vinil, 62, musician and record producer.{{Cite web|url=https://musica.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2017/05/19/morre-aos-62-anos-o-cantor-e-produtor-kid-vinil.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519222456/https://musica.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2017/05/19/morre-aos-62-anos-o-cantor-e-produtor-kid-vinil.htm|url-status=dead|title=Morre, aos 62 anos, o cantor e produtor Kid Vinil|archivedate=May 19, 2017|website=musica.uol.com.br}}

=June=

  • June 12: Pessalli, 26, footballer (Grêmio, Angers, Paraná), traffic collision.{{Cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/pr/futebol/noticia/ex-gremio-e-parana-meia-jonas-pessalli-morre-apos-acidente-de-carro-em-curitiba.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616191955/http://globoesporte.globo.com/pr/futebol/noticia/ex-gremio-e-parana-meia-jonas-pessalli-morre-apos-acidente-de-carro-em-curitiba.ghtml|url-status=dead|title=Ex-Grêmio e atualmente no Paraná, meia Jonas Pessalli morre após acidente de carro|archivedate=June 16, 2017|website=ge}}
  • June 13: José Odon Maia Alencar, 88, Governor of Piauí (1966), Mayor of Pio IX (1959–1962).{{Cite web|url=https://www.portalenoticias.com.br/morre-o-ex-prefeito-de-pio-ix-jose-odon-maia-alencar/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811012234/https://www.portalenoticias.com.br/morre-o-ex-prefeito-de-pio-ix-jose-odon-maia-alencar/|url-status=dead|title=Morre o ex-prefeito de Pio IX José Odon Maia Alencar|first=Jeremias|last=Carvalho|date=June 13, 2017|archivedate=August 11, 2017}}
  • June 15: Wilma de Faria, 72, governor of Rio Grande do Norte (2003–2010), cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/rn/rio-grande-do-norte/noticia/ex-governadora-do-rn-wilma-de-faria-morre-em-natal.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618225312/http://g1.globo.com/rn/rio-grande-do-norte/noticia/ex-governadora-do-rn-wilma-de-faria-morre-em-natal.ghtml|url-status=dead|title=Ex-governadora do RN, Wilma de Faria morre em Natal|archivedate=June 18, 2017|website=G1}}
  • June 16: Eliza Clívia, 37, singer, traffic collision.{{Cite web|url=https://f5.folha.uol.com.br/celebridades/2017/06/morre-ex-vocalista-do-cavaleiros-do-forro-eliza-clivia-em-acidente-de-transito.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722032914/http://f5.folha.uol.com.br/celebridades/2017/06/morre-ex-vocalista-do-cavaleiros-do-forro-eliza-clivia-em-acidente-de-transito.shtml|url-status=dead|title=Morre ex-vocalista do Cavaleiros do Forró, Eliza Clívia, aos 37 anos, em acidente de trânsito|date=June 16, 2017|archivedate=July 22, 2017|website=F5}}
  • June 27: João Oneres Marchiori, 84, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Caçador (1977–1983) and Lages (1987–2009).{{Cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmarcjo.html |title=Bishop João Oneres Marchiori |access-date=2017-07-21 |archive-date=2017-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009013138/http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmarcjo.html |url-status=live }}

=July=

  • July 3: Ângelo Angelin, 82, Governor of Rondônia (1985–1987).{{Cite web|url=https://www.rondoniagora.com/politica/morre-o-ex-governador-de-rondonia-angelo-angelin|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725014806/http://www.rondoniagora.com/politica/morre-o-ex-governador-de-rondonia-angelo-angelin|url-status=dead|title=Morre o ex-governador de Rondônia, Ângelo Angelin|date=July 3, 2017|archivedate=July 25, 2017|website=rondoniagora.com}}
  • July 4: Maria d'Apparecida, 91, opera singer.{{Cite web|url=https://teatrojornal.com.br/2021/08/a-voz-oceanica-do-pensamento/,%20https://teatrojornal.com.br/2021/08/a-voz-oceanica-do-pensamento/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525230605/https://teatrojornal.com.br/2021/08/a-voz-oceanica-do-pensamento/|url-status=dead|title=A voz oceânica do pensamento | Teatrojornal|first=Valmir|last=Santos|archivedate=May 25, 2022}}
  • July 7: Johnson Kendrick, 25, footballer (Al-Gharafa), shot.{{Cite web |url=https://sports.naij.com/1113954-brazilian-footballer-johnson-kendrick-costa-shot-dead-attempted-robbery-braz.html |title=Brazilian footballer Johnson Kendrick Costa shot dead in attempted robbery in Brazil |date=8 July 2017 |access-date=2017-07-21 |archive-date=2017-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804121541/https://sports.naij.com/1113954-brazilian-footballer-johnson-kendrick-costa-shot-dead-attempted-robbery-braz.html |url-status=live }}
  • July 10: Elvira Vigna, 69, writer, cancer.{{Cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2017/07/1899964-morre-a-escritora-elvira-vigna-em-sao-paulo-aos-69-anos.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109014129/http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2017/07/1899964-morre-a-escritora-elvira-vigna-em-sao-paulo-aos-69-anos.shtml|url-status=dead|title=Morre a escritora Elvira Vigna, em São Paulo, aos 69 anos - 10/07/2017 - Ilustrada|archivedate=January 9, 2019|website=Folha de S.Paulo}}
  • July 20: Marco Aurélio Garcia, 76, politician, heart attack.{{Cite web|url=https://valor.globo.com/politica/noticia/2017/07/20/morre-marco-aurelio-garcia-ex-assessor-especial-de-lula-e-dilma.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722212641/http://www.valor.com.br/politica/5047086/morre-marco-aurelio-garcia-ex-assessor-especial-de-lula-e-dilma|url-status=dead|title=Morre Marco Aurélio Garcia, ex-assessor especial de Lula e Dilma|archivedate=July 22, 2017|website=Valor Econômico}}
  • July 23: Waldir Peres, 66, footballer (São Paulo, national team), world championship bronze medalist (1978), heart attack.{{Cite web |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/soccer-brazils-1982-world-cup-goalkeeper-peres-dies/articleshow/59730217.cms |title=Soccer-Brazil's 1982 World Cup goalkeeper Peres dies |access-date=2017-07-23 |archive-date=2017-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807033756/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/soccer-brazils-1982-world-cup-goalkeeper-peres-dies/articleshow/59730217.cms |url-status=dead }}
  • July 24: Domingo Alzugaray, 84, Argentine-born Brazilian actor and journalist, founder of ISTOÉ, complications of Alzheimer's disease.{{Cite web|url=https://veja.abril.com.br/brasil/morre-o-fundador-da-editora-3-domingo-alzugaray-aos-84-anos/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728195459/http://veja.abril.com.br/brasil/morre-o-fundador-da-editora-3-domingo-alzugaray-aos-84-anos/|url-status=dead|title=Morre o fundador da Editora Três, Domingo Alzugaray, aos 84 anos|archivedate=July 28, 2017|website=VEJA}}
  • July 26: Maxlei dos Santos Luzia, 42, footballer (Botafogo, AA Portuguesa, Vila Nova), cerebral edema.[https://www.futebolinterior.com.br/futebol/Botafogo-RJ/noticias/2017-07/Max-ex-goleiro-do-Botafogo-tem-morte-cerebral-confirmada-por-medicos Max, ex-goleiro do Botafogo, tem morte cerebral confirmada por médicos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802040939/https://www.futebolinterior.com.br/futebol/Botafogo-RJ/noticias/2017-07/Max-ex-goleiro-do-Botafogo-tem-morte-cerebral-confirmada-por-medicos |date=2017-08-02 }} {{in lang|pt}}
  • July 27: Perivaldo Dantas, 64, footballer (national team, Botafogo, São Paulo Futebol Clube), pneumonia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2017/07/27/lateral-da-selecao-brasileira-de-1982-morre-aos-64-anos.htm|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170729085342/https://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2017/07/27/lateral-da-selecao-brasileira-de-1982-morre-aos-64-anos.htm|url-status=dead|title=Lateral da seleção brasileira de 1982 morre aos 64 anos|archivedate=July 29, 2017|website=www.uol.com.br}}
  • July 29: José Osvaldo de Meira Penna, 100, diplomat and writer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/rodrigo-constantino/artigos/morre-o-centenario-jose-osvaldo-de-meira-penna-icone-liberalismo-brasileiro/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731153424/http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/rodrigo-constantino/artigos/morre-o-centenario-jose-osvaldo-de-meira-penna-icone-liberalismo-brasileiro/|url-status=dead|title=Morre o centenário José Osvaldo de Meira Penna, ícone do liberalismo brasileiro|first=Rodrigo|last=Constantino|archivedate=July 31, 2017|website=Gazeta do Povo}}

=August=

  • August 4: Luiz Melodia, 66, actor, singer and songwriter, bone marrow cancer.{{Cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/musica/blog/mauro-ferreira/post/luiz-melodia-morre-aos-66-anos-em-decorrencia-de-cancer-de-medula.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804174030/http://g1.globo.com/musica/blog/mauro-ferreira/post/luiz-melodia-morre-aos-66-anos-em-decorrencia-de-cancer-de-medula.html|url-status=dead|title=Luiz Melodia morre aos 66 anos, em decorrência de câncer de medula | G1 Música Blog do Mauro Ferreira|archivedate=August 4, 2017|website=Mauro Ferreira}}
  • August 5: Ralph Biasi, 69, Mayor of Americana (1973–1977) and Minister for Science and Technology (1988–1989).{{Cite web|url=http://liberal.com.br/cidades/americana/ex-prefeito-de-americana-ralph-biasi-morre-aos-69-anos-635733/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819184022/http://liberal.com.br/cidades/americana/ex-prefeito-de-americana-ralph-biasi-morre-aos-69-anos-635733/|url-status=dead|title=Ex-prefeito de Americana, Ralph Biasi morre aos 69 anos|archivedate=August 19, 2017}}
  • August 11: Luiz Vicente Bernetti, 83, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Apucarana (2005–2009).{{Cite web|url=https://diocesedeapucarana.com.br/portal/noticia/989/o-adeus-a-dom-luis-vincenzo-bernetti-|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814224504/http://diocesedeapucarana.com.br/portal/noticia/989/o-adeus-a-dom-luis-vincenzo-bernetti-|url-status=dead|title=O adeus a Dom Luís Vincenzo Bernetti - D.A Online|archivedate=August 14, 2017|website=diocesedeapucarana.com.br}}
  • August 17: Paulo Silvino, 78, actor and humorist (A Praça É Nossa, Zorra Total), stomach cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/morre-o-ator-paulo-silvino-no-rio.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817205508/http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/morre-o-ator-paulo-silvino-no-rio.ghtml|url-status=dead|title=Paulo Silvino, ator e humorista, morre aos 78 anos no Rio|archivedate=August 17, 2017|website=G1}}
  • August 22: Pedro Pedrossian, 89, Governor of Mato Grosso (1966–1971) and Mato Grosso do Sul (1980–1983, 1991–1995).{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/mato-grosso-do-sul/noticia/morre-pedro-pedrossian-ex-governador-de-mato-grosso-do-sul.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904060135/http://g1.globo.com/mato-grosso-do-sul/noticia/morre-pedro-pedrossian-ex-governador-de-mato-grosso-do-sul.ghtml|url-status=dead|title=Morre Pedro Pedrossian, ex-governador de Mato Grosso do Sul|archivedate=September 4, 2017|website=G1}}
  • August 26: Wilson das Neves, 81, percussionist and singer, cancer.{{Cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/musica/blog/mauro-ferreira/post/baterista-que-cantava-wilson-das-neves-sai-de-cena-no-rio-aos-81-anos.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905043107/http://g1.globo.com/musica/blog/mauro-ferreira/post/baterista-que-cantava-wilson-das-neves-sai-de-cena-no-rio-aos-81-anos.html|url-status=dead|title=Baterista que cantava, Wilson das Neves sai de cena no Rio aos 81 anos | G1 Música Blog do Mauro Ferreira|archivedate=September 5, 2017|website=Mauro Ferreira}}
  • August 27: José Maria Pires, 98, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Araçuaí (1957–1965) and Archbishop of Paraíba (1965–1995), pneumonia.{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/pb/paraiba/noticia/arcebispo-emerito-da-paraiba-dom-jose-maria-pires-morre.ghtml|title=Morre Dom José Maria Pires, arcebispo emérito da Paraíba|website=G1}}

=September=

  • September 4: Rogéria, 74, actress and drag queen, septic shock.{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/atriz-rogeria-morre-aos-74-anos-no-rio.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908233302/http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/atriz-rogeria-morre-aos-74-anos-no-rio.ghtml|url-status=dead|title=Atriz Rogéria morre aos 74 anos no Rio|archivedate=September 8, 2017|website=G1}}
  • September 15: Izidoro Kosinski, 85, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Três Lagoas (1981–2009).[http://cnbb.net.br/morre-aos-85-anos-o-bispo-emerito-da-diocese-de-tres-lagoas-ms-dom-izidoro-kosinski/ Morre aos 85 anos o bispo emérito da Diocese de Três Lagoas (MS), Dom Izidoro Kosinski] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918154354/http://cnbb.net.br/morre-aos-85-anos-o-bispo-emerito-da-diocese-de-tres-lagoas-ms-dom-izidoro-kosinski/ |date=2017-09-18 }} {{in lang|pt}}
  • September 16: Marcelo Rezende, 65, journalist and television presenter, complications from pancreatic and liver cancer.{{Cite web|url=http://noticias.r7.com/sao-paulo/marcelo-rezende-morre-aos-65-anos-em-sao-paulo-29062022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917012049/http://noticias.r7.com/sao-paulo/marcelo-rezende-morre-aos-65-anos-em-sao-paulo-16092017|url-status=dead|title=Marcelo Rezende morre aos 65 anos em São Paulo|date=September 16, 2017|archivedate=September 17, 2017|website=R7.com}}
  • September 17: Laudir de Oliveira, 77, percussionist (Sérgio Mendes, Marcos Valle, Chicago) and producer.{{Cite web|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/percussionista-laudir-de-oliveira-morre-aos-77-anos-21835178|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918021549/https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/percussionista-laudir-de-oliveira-morre-aos-77-anos-21835178|url-status=dead|title=Percussionista Laudir de Oliveira morre, aos 77 anos|date=September 17, 2017|archivedate=September 18, 2017|website=O Globo}}
  • September 22: Elizete da Silva, 46, heptathlete, South American champion (2001, 2005, 2006), traffic collision.{{Cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/pr/noticia/ex-atleta-elizete-gomes-da-silva-morre-em-acidente-de-carro-no-parana.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045512/https://globoesporte.globo.com/pr/noticia/ex-atleta-elizete-gomes-da-silva-morre-em-acidente-de-carro-no-parana.ghtml|url-status=dead|title=Ex-atleta Elizete Gomes da Silva morre em acidente de carro no Paraná|archivedate=September 24, 2017|website=ge}}

=October=

  • October 5:
  • Heley de Abreu Silva Batista, 43, teacher (Janaúba Tragedy), burns.{{Cite web|url=https://www.viomundo.com.br/voce-escreve/a-professora-helley-abreu-que-se-encantou-salvando-alunos-presente.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206181216/http://www.viomundo.com.br/voce-escreve/a-professora-helley-abreu-que-se-encantou-salvando-alunos-presente.html|url-status=dead|title=À professora Helley Abreu, que se encantou, salvando alunos: Presente!|date=October 6, 2017|archivedate=December 6, 2017}}
  • Ruth Escobar, 81, Portuguese-born Brazilian actress (The Jew) and politician, founder of Teatro Ruth Escobar.{{Cite web|url=https://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/teatro-e-danca,aos-81-anos-morre-ruth-escobar,70002028976|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402081726/https://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/teatro-e-danca,aos-81-anos-morre-ruth-escobar,70002028976|url-status=dead|title=Aos 81 anos, morre Ruth Escobar - Cultura|archivedate=April 2, 2019|website=Estadão}}
  • October 8: Michel Fernando Costa, 36, footballer (SK Slavia Prague), leukemia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/fotbal-ceska-1-liga-se-slavii-vybojoval-historickou-ucast-v-lize-mistru-nyni-ale-podlehl-vazne-nemoci-923958|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012043721/https://www.sport.cz/fotbal/synot-liga/clanek/923958-se-slavii-vybojoval-historickou-ucast-v-lize-mistru-nyni-ale-podlehl-vazne-nemoci.html|url-status=dead|title=Se Slavií vybojoval historickou účast v Lize mistrů. Nyní ale podlehl vážné nemoci - Sport.cz|archivedate=October 12, 2017|website=www.sport.cz}}
  • October 11: Nélio José Nicolai, 77, electrotechnician, inventor of Caller ID.{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/distrito-federal/noticia/inventor-do-bina-nelio-nicolai-morre-em-brasilia-aos-77-anos.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131181303/https://g1.globo.com/distrito-federal/noticia/inventor-do-bina-nelio-nicolai-morre-em-brasilia-aos-77-anos.ghtml|url-status=dead|title=Inventor do Bina, Nélio Nicolai morre em Brasília aos 77 anos|archivedate=January 31, 2018|website=G1}}
  • October 22:
  • Ângela Lago, 71, writer and illustrator.{{cite news|title=Morre a escritora e ilustradora mineira Ângela Lago|trans-title=The writer and illustrator Ângela Lago from Minas Gerais dies|url=https://istoe.com.br/morre-a-escritora-e-ilustradora-mineira-angela-lago/|work=Istoé|language=pt|date=22 October 2017|accessdate=6 August 2021}}
  • Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier, 80, French-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guajará-Mirim (1980–2011), hemorrhagic stroke.{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/ro/guajara-mirim-regiao/noticia/bispo-emerito-de-guajara-mirim-ro-dom-geraldo-verdier-morre-aos-80-anos.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024051353/https://g1.globo.com/ro/guajara-mirim-regiao/noticia/bispo-emerito-de-guajara-mirim-ro-dom-geraldo-verdier-morre-aos-80-anos.ghtml|url-status=dead|title=Bispo emérito de Guajará-Mirim, RO, Dom Geraldo Verdier morre aos 80 anos|archivedate=October 24, 2017|website=G1}}

=November=

  • November 4: Tallys, 30, footballer (Paysandu), traffic collision.[https://www.futebolinterior.com.br/futebol/3/noticias/2017-11/luto-ex-jogador-de-brasiliense-tallys-morre-apos-bater-em-poste Luto: Ex-jogador de Brasiliense e Gama, Tallys, morre após bater carro em poste em SC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107005321/https://www.futebolinterior.com.br/futebol/3/noticias/2017-11/luto-ex-jogador-de-brasiliense-tallys-morre-apos-bater-em-poste |date=2017-11-07 }} {{in lang|pt}}
  • November 5: Dionatan Teixeira, 25, Brazilian-born Slovak footballer (Košice, Stoke City), heart attack.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41879684 |title=Stoke City: Former defender Dionatan Teixeira dies aged 25 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=2018-02-14 |archive-date=2017-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107235721/http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41879684 |url-status=live }}
  • November 7: Amelia Toledo, 90, sculptor and painter.{{Cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2017/11/1933733-aos-90-anos-morre-artista-plastica-amelia-toledo.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205040208/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2017/11/1933733-aos-90-anos-morre-artista-plastica-amelia-toledo.shtml|url-status=dead|title=Aos 90 anos, morre artista plástica Amelia Toledo - 08/11/2017 - Ilustrada|archivedate=February 5, 2019|website=Folha de S.Paulo}}
  • November 10:
  • Moniz Bandeira, 81, political scientist, historian and poet.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/morre-aos-83-anos-o-cientista-politico-moniz-bandeira/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111095220/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/morre-aos-83-anos-o-cientista-politico-moniz-bandeira|url-status=dead|title=Referência na ciência política, Moniz Bandeira morre aos 81 anos|date=November 10, 2017|archivedate=November 11, 2017}}
  • Márcia Cabrita, 53, actress (Sai de Baixo, Sete Pecados, Novo Mundo), ovarian cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/noticia/marcia-cabrita-morre-aos-53-anos.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110211650/https://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/noticia/marcia-cabrita-morre-aos-53-anos.ghtml|url-status=dead|title=Márcia Cabrita morre aos 53 anos|archivedate=November 10, 2017|website=G1}}
  • November 15: Frans Krajcberg, 96, Polish-born Brazilian artist.{{Cite web|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/artes-visuais/morre-artista-plastico-frans-krajcberg-aos-96-anos-22071797|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20171117101438/https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/artes-visuais/morre-artista-plastico-frans-krajcberg-aos-96-anos-22071797|url-status=dead|title=Morre o artista plástico Frans Krajcberg, aos 96 anos|date=November 15, 2017|archivedate=November 17, 2017|website=O Globo}}
  • November 26: José Doth de Oliveira, 79, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Iguatu (2000–2009), complications from Alzheimer's disease.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iguatunoticias.com/2017/11/morre-bispo-emerito-de-iguatu-dom-jose.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114203442/https://www.iguatunoticias.com/2017/11/morre-bispo-emerito-de-iguatu-dom-jose.html|url-status=dead|title=Morre bispo emérito de Iguatu, dom José Doth de Oliveira; diocese decretou luto por sete dias|archivedate=November 14, 2022}}

=December=

  • December 5: Victor Fontana, 101, Vice-Governor of Santa Catarina (1983–1987).{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/sc/santa-catarina/noticia/ex-vice-governador-de-sc-victor-fontana-morre-aos-101-anos.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231210318/http://projects.registerguard.com/rg/opinion/34889297-63/first-lady-pat-straub-was-a-class-act-in-denim.html.csp|url-status=dead|title=Ex-vice-governador de SC Victor Fontana morre aos 101 anos|archivedate=December 31, 2017|website=G1}}
  • December 8: Ocimar Versolato, 56, fashion designer, aneurysm following a stroke.{{Cite web|url=http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/12/09/deces-du-couturier-bresilien-ocimar-versolato-a-56-ans_a_23302273/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227203041/http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/12/09/deces-du-couturier-bresilien-ocimar-versolato-a-56-ans_a_23302273/|url-status=dead|title=Décès du couturier brésilien Ocimar Versolato, à 56 ans|archivedate=December 27, 2017}}
  • December 10: Eva Todor, 98, Hungarian-born Brazilian actress, pneumonia.{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/morre-a-atriz-eva-tudor.ghtml|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20171210234526/https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/morre-a-atriz-eva-tudor.ghtml|url-status=dead|title=Morre aos 98 anos a atriz Eva Todor|archivedate=December 10, 2017|website=G1}}
  • December 21:
  • Francelino Pereira, 96, Senator (1995–2003), Governor of Minas Gerais (1979–1983), and Deputy (1963–1979).{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/mg/minas-gerais/noticia/ex-governador-de-minas-gerais-francelino-pereira-morre-em-belo-horizonte.ghtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051600/https://g1.globo.com/mg/minas-gerais/noticia/ex-governador-de-minas-gerais-francelino-pereira-morre-em-belo-horizonte.ghtml|url-status=dead|title=Ex-governador de Minas Gerais Francelino Pereira morre em Belo Horizonte|archivedate=December 22, 2017|website=G1}}
  • Renan Martins Pereira, 20, footballer (Avaí), brain cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://esporte.ig.com.br/futebol/2017-12-21/jogador-renanzinho-avai-morte.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221142201/http://esporte.ig.com.br/futebol/2017-12-21/jogador-renanzinho-avai-morte.html|url-status=dead|title=Jogador do Avaí morre aos 20 anos de idade, vítima de um tumor no cérebro|first=iG São|last=Paulo|date=December 21, 2017|archivedate=December 21, 2017|website=Portal iG}}

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