Events from the year 2007 in Brazil .
Vice governors
Acre :
Arnóbio Marques de Almeida Júnior (until 1 January)
Carlos César Correia de Messias (from 1 January)
Alagoas :
Luís Abílio de Sousa Neto (until 1 January)
José Wanderley Neto (from 1 January)
Amapá : Pedro Paulo Dias de Carvalho
Amazonas : Omar José Abdel Aziz
Bahia :
Eraldo Tinoco Melo (until 1 January)
Edmundo Pereira Santos (from 1 January)
Ceará :
Espírito Santo :
Goiás :
Alcides Rodrigues Filho (until 1 January)
Ademir de Oliveira Meneses (from 1 January)
Maranhão :
Jurandir Ferro do Lago Filho (until 1 January)
Luís Carlos Porto (from 1 January)
Mato Grosso :
Mato Grosso do Sul :
Minas Gerais :
Pará :
Valéria Pires Franco (until 1 January)
Odair Santos Corrêa (from 1 January)
Paraíba :
Lauremília Lucena (until 1 January)
José Lacerda Neto (from 1 January)
Paraná : Orlando Pessuti
Pernambuco :
José Mendonça Bezerra Filho (until 1 January)
João Soares Lyra Neto (from 1 January)
Piauí :
Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior (until 1 January)
Wilson Martins (from 1 January)
Rio de Janeiro :
Rio Grande do Norte :
Rio Grande do Sul :
Antônio Carlos Hohlfeldt (until 1 January)
Paulo Afonso Girardi Feijó (from 1 January)
Rondônia :
Odaísa Fernandes Ferreira (until 1 January)
João Aparecido Cahulla (from 1 January)
Roraima :
Santa Catarina :
Eduardo Pinho Moreira (until 1 January)
Leonel Pavan (from 1 January)
São Paulo :
Sergipe :
Marília Mandarino (until 1 January)
Belivaldo Chagas Silva (from 1 January)
Tocantins :
Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos (until 1 January)
Paulo Sidnei Antunes (from 1 January)
July
Wreckage of TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054
July 7 :
The New Seven Wonders of the World are announced: The Great Wall of China , Petra in Jordan, Christ The Redeemer in Brazil, Machu Picchu in Peru, Mexico's Chichen Itza Mayan site, the Colosseum in Rome, and the Taj Mahal in India.[22] [23]
Live Earth gets underway with concerts in Sydney, Johannesburg, New Jersey, Rio de Janeiro, Antarctica, Tokyo, Kyoto, Shanghai, London, Hamburg, Washington, D.C., and Rome.[24]
July 10 : President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announces plans to build a nuclear-powered submarine to patrol the waters off Brazil's coast at a cost of US$500 million.[25]
July 13 – 29 : The Fifteenth Pan American Games are held in Rio de Janeiro .
July 15 : Brazil defeats Argentina 3-0 to win the 2007 Copa América . This is Brazil's eighth Copa America title.[26]
July 17 : TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054 carrying 187 people crashes into the company's own cargo depot in Congonhas International Airport , São Paulo. The crash kills everyone on board and 12 on the ground.[27] [28] [29] [30] [31]
July 20 : President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva orders an investigation into the crash of TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054 .[32]
July 21 : A radar failure disrupts international air travel to Brazil causing disruption to thousands of travellers.[33]
July 25 : President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva removes Defense Minister Waldir Pires , who is responsible for civil aviation , from his Cabinet. He is replaced by former Justice Minister Nelson Jobim after two major crashes in ten months.[34]
July 29 : Approximately 5,000 Brazilians in São Paulo , protest over the recent crash of TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054 .[35]
"Nunca Mais!" (in Portuguese). OGlobo.com. February 13, 2007. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2011 .