1970 in Brazil

Events in the year 1970 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President: General Emílio Garrastazu Médici
 * Vice President: General Augusto Rademaker

Governors

 * Acre: Vacant
 * Alagoas: Antônio Simeão de Lamenha Filho
 * Amazonas: Danilo Duarte de Matos Areosa
 * Bahia: Luís Viana Filho
 * Ceará: Plácido Castelo
 * Espírito Santo: Cristiano Dias Lopes Filho
 * Goiás: Otávio Lage
 * Guanabara:
 * Francisco Negrão de Lima (until 15 March)
 * Antonio de Pádua Chagas Freitas (starting 15 March)
 * Maranhão:
 * José Sarney (until 14 May)
 * Antônio Jorge Dino (from 14 May)
 * Mato Grosso: Pedro Pedrossian
 * Minas Gerais: Israel Pinheiro da Silva
 * Pará: Alacid Nunes
 * Paraíba: João Agripino Maia
 * Paraná: Pablo Cruz Pimentel
 * Pernambuco: Nilo Coelho
 * Piauí:
 * Helvídio Nunes (until 14 May)
 * João Turíbio Monteiro de Santana (14 May-15 May)
 * João Clímaco d'Almeida (from 15 May)
 * Rio de Janeiro: Geremias de Mattos Fontes
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Walfredo Gurgel Dantas
 * Rio Grande do Sul: Walter Peracchi Barcelos
 * Santa Catarina: Ivo Silveira
 * São Paulo: Roberto Costa de Abreu Sodré
 * Sergipe:
 * Lourival Baptista (until 14 May)
 * Wolney Leal de Melo (14 May-4 June)
 * João de Andrade Garcez (from 4 June)

Vice governors

 * Alagoas: Manoel Sampaio Luz
 * Amazonas: Deoclides de Carvalho Leal
 * Bahia: Jutahy Magalhães
 * Ceará: Humberto Ellery
 * Espírito Santo: Isaac Lopes Rubim
 * Goiás: Osires Teixeira
 * Maranhão:
 * Antonio Jorge Dino (until 14 May)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
 * Mato Grosso: Lenine de Campos Póvoas
 * Minas Gerais: Pio Soares Canedo
 * Pará: João Renato Franco
 * Paraíba: Antônio Juarez Farias (from 12 September)
 * Paraná: Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa
 * Pernambuco: Salviano Machado Filho
 * Piauí:
 * João Clímaco d'Almeida (until 14 May)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
 * Rio de Janeiro: Heli Ribeiro Gomes
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Clóvis Motta
 * Santa Catarina: Jorge Bornhausen
 * São Paulo: Hilário Torloni
 * Sergipe:
 * Manoel Paulo Vasconcelos (until 14 May)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)

January

 * January 26: After Leila Diniz's controversial interview to O Pasquim, the government signs Decree-Law Nº 1.077/1970, which censors material "subversive of morals and good customs"

March

 * March 11: Japanese consul-general in São Paulo, Nobuo Okuchi is kidnapped by the leftist guerrilla group Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária.
 * March 14: Five political prisoners are released in exchange for the release of Japanese consul Nobuo Okuchi.
 * March 15: Japanese consul Nobuo Okuchi is released in the early evening, 97 hours and 45 minutes after being kidnapped by members of the VPR.
 * March 25: President Emílio Garrastazu Médici signs a decree-law, providing for the expansion of the Brazilian territorial sea from 12 to 200 nautical miles.

June

 * June 11: West German ambassador Ehrenfried von Holleben is kidnapped in Rio de Janeiro, by the Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária and Ação Libertadora Nacional.
 * June 21: Brazil defeats Italy 4–1 to win the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. It is the third time Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup.

July

 * July 1: Four Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária (VPR) members unsuccessfully attempt to hijack a Cruzeiro do Sul plane with 34 passengers and 7 crew on board. The aircraft was stormed and the hijackers arrested.
 * July 31: Brazilian consul Aloísio Mares Dias Gomide is kidnapped in Montevideo, Uruguay, by the Tupamaros; an Uruguayan urban guerrilla group.

November

 * November 15: General elections for senators, federal and state deputies, mayors, and councilors are held.

December

 * December 7: Giovanni Enrico Bucher, the Swiss ambassador to Brazil, is kidnapped by the Ação Libertadora Nacional in Rio de Janeiro; kidnappers demand the release of 70 political prisoners.

January

 * January 1 – João Miguel, actor
 * January 20 – Andrucha Waddington, director and producer

April

 * April 18 – Patrícia Bastos, singer
 * April 20 – Adriano Moraes, rodeo performer

May

 * May 22 – Pedro Diniz, racing driver

June

 * June 7 –
 * Ronaldo da Costa, long-distance runner
 * Cafu, footballer


 * June 8 – Seu Jorge, Musical artist

August

 * August 11 – Daniella Perez, actress (died 1992)
 * August 27 – Edinho,  footballer and manager

September

 * September 4 – Igor Cavalera, drummer
 * September 19 – Sonny Anderson, footballer

February

 * February 20 – João Café Filho, 18th President of Brazil (b. 1899)