1. “The besT
news years
80s”
Vintage news
Vol. I . . . No. 007
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1989
The day February 10 , 1980 has been contemplated as the official date
th
of the founding of PT.
However, since the year 1978, the proposed
2/10/80. The day was marked
as the foundation of PT,
because the meeting held at
Sion School, fulfilled is a
formality
essential
to
according to the Organic
Law on Political Parties, for
the record of the new politic
society became possible: To
praise of manifesto with at
least of 101subscriptions by
expressed goals and the main
lines of thought that should
be the basis of the proposed
the party.
organization of a workers' party had been the
subject of heated discussions around trade union.
Direct Elections Now
Direct
Elections
Now was a political and
democratical move with
high popular participation
that occurred in 1984. This
movement was favorable
and
supported
the
amendment
by
Mr.
Congressman Dante de
Oliveira that would reestablish direct elections for
President of the Republic in
Brazil. These popular events included the participation of
thousands of Brazilians at rallies and marches.

2. Vintage News
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1989
Victory Tranquedo Neves
Indirect Elections and early death of
On January 15th, 1985 occurred indirect
elections and Tancredo Neves was elected the
president of Brazil. The first civil president elected
after the period of military rule in Brazil, was deemed
clinically dead on April 12, 1985, his body was kept
for appliances and with the help
of drugs until the 21st of the same
month (historic date that recalls
the death of Tiradentes) when
death was officially announced
at 22h23. After 38 days of
agony, and seven surgeries, the
first elected civil president since
the military coup, died and took
over the vice plate , José Sarney.
Coincidentally or not, with him,
the power remained in the hands
of those who supported military
rule. Many believe that his death
was a plan built by leaders the
authoritarian rule, when they
realized that their victory was
inevitable.
Constitution of 1988
Brazil's
Federal
Constitution of 1988, also
known as the Citizen
Constitution, was the
seventh Constitution of
Brazil
since
the
Independence.
Elaborated
by
558
constituents for 20 months
it was enacted on October
5th, 1988. It has 245
articles, divided into nine
titles. This Constitution
was considered the most complete, mainly to ensure
citizenship rights for the Brazilian people.

3. Vintage News
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3st1, 1989.
We became the Federated States
Amapá, Roraima and tocantins
In October 5th, 1988, Amapá and Roraima territories and cease to become
states. Still October 1988, was created the state of Tocantins from a division in the
state of Goiás.
Open the floodgates of Itaipu Dam
Over five thousand people appeared to the grandstands
mounted on both banks of the Paraná River, to witness the official
inauguration of the civil works of the dam, with the presidents of
Brazil, João Figueiredo, and Paraguay, Alfredo Stroessner. The
plant was constructed by the two countries in Foz do Iguaçu, in a
stretch of border
between Brazil and
Paraguay. The large
was opening in the
afternoon once of
the14 spillway gates
of the plant that
formed
in
30
minutes, a huge
wave that added to
the insistent rain soaked the audience,
eventually drive him
away.

4. Vintage News
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31 , 1989.
The first visit of Pope to Brazil
The first pope who visited
that country was João Paulo II,
with only two years of his papacy.
He has led a crowd of 4.5 million
Catholic sand non-Catholics to
the streets and shook Brazil. The
pope arrived June 30 to Brasilia,
where he made the famous act of
kneeling and kiss the floor,
hailing the land that had just
tread. Until July 11, when left
back to the Vatican, he passed
through Belo Horizonte (MG),
Rio de Janeiro (RJ), São Paulo
(SP), Aparecida (SP), Porto changed. This passage of João Paulo II was the biggest
Alegre (RS), Curitiba (PR), popular movements ever recorded in our country. For the
Manaus (AM), Recife (PE), coming of the pontiff, was built a heavy security,
Salvador (BA), Belém do Pará considered the largest in history. About 9000 men were
(PA), Teresina (PI) and Fortaleza deployed to take care of the pope and the faithful who
(CE).During the days of the visit, followed. João Paulo II made his speeches clearly and
banks and government offices outspoken about the military regime, defended social
closed, theater performances and justice, freedom of association, agrarian reform, human
delayed road schemes were rights and sex education.
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1989.

5. The SBT on air
In 1981 Silvio Santos received a concession to make
their network television. He already had a channel in the
city of Rio de Janeiro since 1976, the TV Studios. The
station's first broadcast was on August 19, showing live
the ceremony of signing
the concession contract
direct from Brasilia. The
Silvio Santos’s show is the
most enduring attraction of
the station and it was
consecrated in Brazil since
1962, the year that the
presenter started his career
in television.The SBT has
inherited a large collection
of cartoons from TVSand
became a reference to this
shape
of
television
program aimed at children
with Bozo debut in
1981.The attractions are
constituted of talk shows.
Born a Brazilian star
Xuxa's
TV
program
premiered on June 30, 1986. She
has dealt the children with a
irreverent way. Since then, she
has been famous and known
such as Little's Queen. Besides
she founded an important
institution to support children it
called Xuxa Meneghel. She has
presented many concerts in
Brazil. Until today she keeps her
fame on Globo TV, now to adult
audience. She was born on
March 27, 1963 and became
queen too young at age 23.

6. Vintage News
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1989.
Rock in Rio
The first edition of the
festival was held from January
11–20, 1985. Queen, George
Benson, Rod Stewart, AC/DC
and Yes were the headliners,
each occupying top spot for
two nights (Benson, however,
ceded it to James Taylor for
their second night in the same
bill, due to the huge delay
Taylor's extended performance
had caused to his concert two
days before). About 1.4 million
people attended the 10-daylong festival. The great fame of
the event was due to the fact
that, until its completion, the
major international music stars do not usually visit South
America, so the local audience was there the first opportunity to
see firsthand the idols of international rock and pop.

7. Vintage News
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1989.
International Artists who performed:
ACDC
The Australian group demanded as a condition
for being able to play at the festival using a half-ton
bell, played by vocalist Brian Johnson on the song
"Hells Bells." The apparatus came by ship, however,
was too heavy for the structure of the stage, forcing
one of the set designers to make the festival, secretly
and hurriedly, a bell cast for the occasion.
Iron maiden
The band members
consider their appearance in
the event one of the most
remarkable experiences of
their careers.
James Taylor
The singer said he was, touched by the
unexpected reception from the public, and there
decided that it would resume the reins of his
career. In honor occurred, Taylor composed the
ballad "Only a Dream in Rio"in which recites
verses as"I was there that very day and my heart
came back alive".
Stars peak of the event, all
members of the Queen agree that
presentation qualify as one of the
five most exciting group, and
Freddie Mercury qualify the
execution of the song "Love of My
Life" as the best ever made by the
banda. At the time, the English
group was on tour album The
Works.

8. Vintage News
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1989.
National artists who performed:
Paralamas do sucesso
The trio Carioca Brazilian
rock was considered the great
revelation of the festival promoting
his second album.
In the 15th show, the quintet Rio
was the only Brazilian group that was not
booed and got the boot applause heavy
metal fans interested in the shows of AC /
DC and Scorpions. The band closed the
show playing "Happy Sunrise Pro Day,"
with the chorus from the audience in
unison chorus.
For the singer, the festival represented the
apex of his career. He almost lost his voice
during his presentation at the event and asked
for the support of the audience in the
performance of his songs.
Even finding an audience hostile to most
Brazilian artists, Pepeu was cheered and
reconsecrated.

9. Vintage News
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1989.
Born the first test tube baby in Brazil.
The first test tube baby in this country was Anna Paula Caldeira. The technique
used for the design of girl, at that time, unprecedented in Brazil, is known as in vitro
fertilization, where the egg is fertilized in the laboratory. Anna Paula was born on
October 07, 1984, Only six years after the first test tube baby in history, English
Louise Brown.
Piquet felt in the
Formula 1 Champion
clouds with his
Ayrton Senna first
championship
The last race of the Formula One
World-1 of 1983 happened under the
scorching sun of South Africa. When he
left the car, under the screams of the
crowd, he could not speak. He did not
look very tired with the 77 lap race. But
the excitement of Nelson Piquet was
huge. That day, despite having come
third in the race, Piquet became double
world champion in Formula 1. Title
achieved only once by a Brazilian driver:
Emerson Fittipaldi.
In
1988,
he
joined
Frenchman Alain Prost (that
would be his biggest rival in his
career) at McLaren-Honda and
years lived by the victorious team.
Both together have won 15 of the
16 Grands Prix that season, and
Senna won the world champion for
the first time.