July 20: The airline Varig ceases operations after entering into a judicial recovery process.[9][10]
July 22: Suzane von Richthofen and her ex-boyfriend Daniel Cravinhos are sentenced to 39 years and six months in prison for the murder of her parents.[11]
Beting, Gianfranco; Beting, Joelmir (2009). Varig: Eterna Pioneira (in Portuguese). Porto Alegre and São Paulo: EDIPUCRS and Beting Books. p.252. ISBN978-85-7430-901-9.