August 3: The end of censorship and torture, as well as freedom of intellectual expression and the press in the country, is approved, by a vote of 313 to 5, by the National Constituent Assembly.[6]
Septemberedit
September 29: VASP Flight 375, made by a Boeing 737-300, is hijacked by an unemployed person, with the intention of crashing the plane into the Planalto Palace and killing President José Sarney. The kidnapping ends unsuccessfully.[7]
Octoberedit
October 5: The country's current constitution is created. According to the new constitution, Roraima becomes Brazil's 24th state.[8]
Novemberedit
November 29: Presidents José Sarney of Brazil and Raúl Alfonsin of Argentina, sign the Treaty of Integration, Cooperation and Development in Buenos Aires, which stipulates a deadline for the creation of a free trade area between the two countries.[9]
December 31: The Bateau Mouche cruise ship capsized and sank in the South Atlantic off Rio de Janeiro with the loss of at least 51 of the 149 people on board.[11]
^Hollywood Rock quer reviver grandes festivais (primeira página do caderno Ilustrada), Folha de S.Paulo (6 de janeiro de 1988).
^50 mil ingresso já foram vendidos para noite de hoje (página 31 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (9 de janeiro de 1988).
^O Hollywood Rock começa em SP (página 29 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (13 de janeiro de 1988).
^Supertramp espera a maior platéia de sua carreira (página 31 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (16 de janeiro de 1988).
^"História". PSDB (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^Constituinte assegura fim da Censura (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (4 de agosto de 1988).
^Polícia abate sequestrador do 737 (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (30 de setembro de 1988).
^"Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil". WIPO. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^Brasil e Argentina preparam mercado comum para 1999 (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (30 de novembro de 1988).
^Hall, Anthony L. (1997). Sustaining Amazonia: grassroots action for productive conservation. Manchester University Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-7190-4698-8.
^Margolis, Mac (3 January 1989). "Rio ship operators charged as toll from sinking rises". The Times. No. 63281. London. col C-E, p. 5.
^Third World Guide. Editora Terceiro Mundo. 1989. p. 113.
^"Waltercio Caldas é artista brasileiro com mais visibilidade desde 1987; veja lista". Folha de S. Paulo. 16 January 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
^Walton Beacham (1993). Beacham's Guide to Environmental Issues & Sources. Beacham Pub. p. 2977. ISBN 978-0-933833-31-9.
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