{"id":8353,"date":"2019-12-31T21:53:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T21:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=8353"},"modified":"2019-12-27T22:13:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T22:13:42","slug":"retrospectiva-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/retrospectiva-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Retrospectiva 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boa noite, caros leitores! Good evening, dear readers! Como foi o ano de voc\u00eas? How has your year been? The Brazilian people are known for their joy, but in 2019 this character trait was put to the test. This is mostly due to the fact that it has been quite a tough year, with a range of unfortunate events. The population faces to the end of the year approaching with the hope that 2020 might bring some positive surprises. So how about we go over the main events of 2019?<\/span><\/p>\n

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A primeira-dama Michelle Bolsonaro e o presidente Jair Bolsonaro durante cerim\u00f4nia de transmiss\u00e3o da Faixa Presidencial, no Pal\u00e1cio do Planalto (Marcelo Camargo\/Ag\u00eancia Brasil (EBC) [CC BY 4.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0)])<\/p><\/div>\n

Posse do presidente Jair Bolsonaro | <\/b>Inauguration of President Jair Bolsonaro<\/b><\/h3>\n

In 2018, state and federal elections were held. 2019 therefore began with the <\/span>posse<\/span><\/i> (inauguration) of elected representatives in those spheres. The most relevant issue on the <\/span>primeiro dia do ano<\/span><\/i> (first day of the year) was, of course, the inauguration of Brazil’s <\/span>atual<\/span><\/i> (current) commander-in-chief, Jair Bolsonaro. The two top discussed topics of the day were the <\/span>imprensa <\/span><\/i>(press) restrictions – with whom Bolsonaro has been having ongoing conflict throughout the year – and the <\/span>discurso<\/span><\/i> (speech) of his wife, the <\/span>primeira-dama<\/span><\/i> (first lady) Michelle Bolsonaro, in <\/span>Libras<\/span><\/i> (Brazilian Sign Language).<\/span><\/p>\n

Rompimento da barragem em Brumadinho | Dam breaking in Brumadinho<\/b><\/h3>\n
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O rompimento da barragem em Brumadinho (Photo by Felipe Werneck\/Ibama at Flickr)<\/p><\/div>\n

Still in <\/span>janeiro<\/span><\/i> (January), Brazilians had to deal with what can now be decisively considered the most shocking tragedy of the year. On the 25th, <\/span>uma barragem<\/span><\/i> (a dam) from a <\/span>mineradora<\/span><\/i> (a mining company) Vale <\/span>rompeu<\/span><\/i> (broke) in Brumadinho, a town around the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais. As a result, there were 257 <\/span>mortos<\/span><\/i> (dead). And <\/span>bombeiros<\/span><\/i> (firefighters) are still working even today to search for 13 <\/span>pessoas desaparecidas<\/span><\/i> (missing people)<\/span>.<\/span><\/i> Unforgettable losses of an unforgivable accident. <\/span>\u00a0Leia mais<\/span><\/i> (read more) about the causes leading up to it and its consequences on this previous post:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Brumadinho disaster<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n