1993   A Brazilian police officers kills 8 kids in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

1999   345 prisoners escape through the front gate of Putim prison in São José dos Campos, Brazil.

2003   Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes office as President of Brazil.

2003   A Brazilian Space Agency rocket explodes on the launch pad in Alcântara, Brazil, killing twenty-one people.

2003   Mad cow disease is discovered in U.S. cattle for the first time. Several countries ban U.S. beef including Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Russia, and Australia.

2004   Brazil successfully launches its first rocket into space

2005   United Kingdom British police shoot and kill Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes after they mistake him for a suicide bomber.