Brazil Cities Finalize New Year’s Eve Operations as Millions Expected at Municipal Celebrations

Overview

• São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista event is planned for a circulation of about 8 million people with 1,950 Military Police, over 1,100 municipal guards, seven medical posts, 500 extra buses and CET traffic closures from the early hours of December 31 into January 2.
• Fortaleza’s Aterro da Praia de Iracema hosts two days of shows with an estimated 1.5 million for the turn of the year, 270 traffic agents, up to 267 municipal guards and 11 lifeguards on December 31, multiple medical units and a reserved accessibility area.
• Manaus will run simultaneous programs at Ponta Negra, Parque Amazonino Mendes and Educandos, adopt low-noise fireworks and enforce access rules that ban glass containers, weapons, fireworks, drones and bulky items, with performances extending to dawn on January 1.
• Cubatão schedules a 15-minute silent-fireworks display, concerts by Paralamas do Sucesso on December 30 and Maiara e Maraisa on December 31, traffic interdictions along Avenida Beira-Mar and late-night bus service after the countdown.
• A spokesperson for Fundação Cacique Coral claimed spiritual actions to avoid rain at Rio’s Réveillon and divert clouds toward São Paulo reservoirs, a reported assertion that lacks scientific corroboration.