8 January – Twenty-five people are killed and six others are injured in a crash involving a truck and a tourist minibus on a highway near São José do Jacuípe, Bahia.[1]
20 January – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes Acre and Amazonas states, making it the strongest recorded earthquake to hit Brazil. No casualties or damage are reported.[3]
29 May – Brazil withdraws its ambassador to Israel amid criticism over the latter's war in Gaza.[17]
June
10 June – 2024 Brazil wildfires: 32,000 hectares (79,000 acres) of tropical wetland in the Pantanal are affected, a 935% increase in the number of fires over the same period last year.[18] A state of emergency is subsequently declared in the region on 25 June.[19]
1 July – Air Europa Flight UX045 makes an emergency landing at Natal Airport after encountering severe turbulence near the Brazilian coast on its way from Madrid to Montevideo. Thirty of the aircraft's 325 passengers and crew are injured.[21]
5 July – Ten people are killed and 42 others are injured after a bus crashes into a bridge near Itapetininga, São Paulo state.[22]
17 July – A massive fishkill suspected to have been caused by the dumping of industrial waste from a sugar and ethanol plant results in the deaths of between 10 and 20 tons of fish in the Piracicaba River in São Paulo state.[24]
8 August – Brazil orders the expulsion of the Nicaraguan ambassador in retaliation for the expulsion of its ambassador in Managua amid a diplomatic row over criticism by President Lula da Silva of the authoritarian regime of President Daniel Ortega.[33]
22 August – 2024 Brazil wildfires: Nearly 1,500 firefighters are dispatched to contain intense wildfires that are causing dense hazardous smoke to fully "engulf" Porto Velho, with the total number of wildfires in Brazil reaching 59,000 since the start of the year.[36]
23 August – Two people are killed in a wildfire that his an industrial plant in Urupes, São Paulo State.[37]
27 August – Forty-eight cities issue red alerts for prolonged heavy, hazardous smog coming from extensive wildfires, with Brasília being covered in toxic hazardous smog for two days.[38]
1 September – The number of wildfires in the Amazon rainforest reaches its highest number in fourteen years at 38,266 fire hotspots as a result of an ongoing drought in South America.[40]
2 September – The Supreme Federal Court unanimously upholds justice Alexandre de Moraes' decision to block X in Brazil. De Moraes also sets a daily fine of R$50,000 (US$8,900) for people or companies using VPNs to access the site.[41]
6 September – President Lula dismisses human rights minister Silvio Almeida following complaints of sexual misconduct against the latter.[44]
9 September – Fifty-nine percent of Brazil's landmass is reported to be suffering from its worst recorded drought, which also cause historically low water levels in the Amazon basin levels and contribute to at least 160,000 wildfires causing widespread air pollution.[45]
21 September – Three players of the Coritiba Crocodiles American football team are killed after their bus overturns on their way to a match in Rio de Janeiro.[46]
23 September – A judge in Pernambuco orders the arrest of singer Gusttavo Lima on charges of money laundering and illegal gambling.[47] The order is suspended the following day by another judge.[48]
25 September – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Brazil and China of using their proposed peace plan for ending the Russo–Ukrainian War to boost their geopolitical power "at Ukraine's expense" by urging developing nations to agree to it.[49]
30 September – A suspect is convicted of obstructing the investigation into the assassination of Marielle Franco and is sentenced to five years' imprisonment.[50]
8 October – The Supreme Federal Court lifts its ban on X after the latter complies with conditions to end its suspension and settles around $5.2 million in fines.[52]
One person is killed and 12 others are injured in an attack by Palmeiras ultras on a bus carrying Cruzeiro supporters in Mairiporã, São Paulo State.[57]
29 October – The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) imposes fines totaling $64 million in fines against 23 meatpacking companies and their suppliers, including JBS, for buying and selling up to 18,000 heads of cattle raised illegally on deforested land in the Amazon.[58]
19 November – Five members of the security forces are arrested on suspicion of plotting to assassinate President Lula, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes as part of a coup d'état.[65]
24 November – A bus falls off a ravine in Alagoas, killing 17 people.[66]
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