Retrospective 2022: Check out the main news of July

The month of July was marked by crimes that shocked public opinion. On the 9th, a discussion about politics led to the murder of municipal guard Marcelo Aloizio de Arruda, in Foz do Iguaçu (PR). He was PT treasurer and was celebrating his 50th birthday at the time of the crime. The person who fired the shots, federal criminal police officer Jorge Jose da Rocha Guaranho, was hospitalized in serious condition. The crime was not classified as political. Rio de Janeiro councilor and youtuber Gabriel Monteiro (PL) became a defendant in the process in which he is investigated for the crimes of harassment and sexual harassment against a 26-year-old former advisor. On the 10th, the anesthesiologist Giovanni Quintella Bezerra was arrested red-handed for rape of a sedated patient. The doctor performed the act during a cesarean section at the Hospital da Mulher Heloneida Studart, in São João de Meriti, in Baixada Fluminense. Watch on TV Brasil At the end of the month, Brazil learned of the case of a woman and two children who were released after spending 17 years in private prison. According to the Military Police (PM), the three were found tied up in their home in the neighborhood of Guaratiba (RJ). CoronaVac for the little ones On the 13th, the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) brought good news for the children’s parents: authorization for the emergency application of the CoronaVac vaccine in children aged 3 to 5 years old. Listen on the National Radio Agency Arrival of 59,800 doses of the CoronaVac vaccine (17.03.2021) Photo: Breno Esaki/Agência Saúde DF – Breno Esaki/Agência Saúde DF Politics On the 12th, the Budget Guidelines Law (LDO) of 2023 was approved. The main point of the LDO concerned the execution of the so-called amendments by the general rapporteur of the Budget (RP9), which add up to R$ 16.5 billion, but could reach R$ 19 billion next year. Initially, the project required the execution of these amendments, but after several criticisms of this obligation, the rapporteur, Senator Marcos Do Val (Podemos-ES), changed his mind. On the 14th, the Amendment to the Constitution was enacted, which provides for the creation of a state of emergency to extend the payment of social benefits until the end of the year. Many opposition parliamentarians considered the UN proposal as electoral. Brazil assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the 1st. The country will be in charge of the main multilateral body responsible for international peace and security for the entire month of July. This is Brazil’s 11th elective term during the 2022-2023 biennium. The UN also reported on the 11th that global life expectancy at birth had dropped to 71 years in 2021, down from 72.8 in 2019, interrupting a five-decade streak of growth. The information came out in a report on population prospects in 2022. Caixa Economist Daniella Marques Consentino had her name approved on the first day of the month by the Eligibility Committee of Caixa Econômica Federal and signed the term of office as president of Caixa. Former Special Secretary for Productivity and Competitiveness at the Ministry of Economy, Daniella Consentino will replace Pedro Guimarães, who resigned on June 29, following allegations of sexual harassment that are being investigated by the Federal Public Ministry and the Public Ministry of Labor. He denied the allegations in the resignation letter. Special Secretary for Productivity and Competitiveness, Daniella Marques Consentino, is interviewed on the program A Voz do Brasil – Valter Campanato/Agência Brasil Mortes Former Minister of Culture Sergio Paulo Rouanet died on the 3rd, in Rio, aged 88. He was the author of the Culture Incentive Law and, together with his wife, the German-born philosopher Barbara Freitag, founded the Rouanet Institute. Rouanet was Minister of Culture and creator of a law to encourage the sector – Guilherme Gonçalves / Arquivo ABL Cardinal Dom Cláudio Hummes, archbishop emeritus of São Paulo, died on the 4th, in São Paulo, aged 87. The information was confirmed, in a note, by Cardinal Dom Odilo Scherer, Archbishop of São Paulo. According to the note, he died “after a prolonged illness, which he endured with patience and faith in God”. US actor James Caan, who played gangster Sonny Corleone in the mafia movie The Godfather, has died aged 82, his family said in a statement on the 7th. governed Africa’s second-largest oil producer for nearly four decades, died aged 79 on the 8th, the country’s presidential office said. Actress Maria Fernanda, daughter of poet Cecília Meireles, died on the 30th, in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 96. She was hospitalized at Casa de Saúde São José, in the Humaitá neighborhood, in the southern part of the capital of Rio de Janeiro. According to the medical unit, she did not resist bacterial pneumonia. International Attack on a mall in Denmark – Reuters/RITZAU SCANPIX/Rights Reserved At the beginning of the month (3) several people died during shootings in a shopping center in Copenhagen, Denmark. Police arrested a 22-year-old Dane. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, resigned on the 7th, in response to requests from ministers and MPs from the Conservative Party. “The process of choosing a new leader must begin now,” Johnson said outside 10 Downing Street, the government’s official residence. On the 8th, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a rally in the city of Nara, near Kyoto and died. Shinzo Abe, 67 years old, was Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and later from 2012 to 2020. He was the longest serving Japanese leader. President Jair Bolsonaro mourned Abe’s death. Watch on TV Brazil

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