Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

UP TO APRIL 2019, MONITORING OPERATIONS OF THE AMAZON FOREST REDUCE IN 70% COMPARED TO 2018

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about the rapid increase of deforestation under Bolsonaro here [1] [2], the drop of environmental fines here [3] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Apr 01 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

AFTER VISIT TO THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL, BOLSONARO LABELS NAZISM AS ‘LEFTIST’ AND SAYS HOLOCAUST COULD BE ‘FORGIVEN’

Theme(s)
International relations, Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the statements made here [1] [2]

Apr 02 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ORDINANCE ALLOWS THE USE OF THE NATIONAL PUBLIC SECURITY FORCE ON THE INSTITUTE FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION (‘ICMBio’) OPERATIONS

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Environment
Emergency Measures
Increased police power

Read more about this – in Portuguese [find out here] and check more information on the dismantling of environmental protection under Bolsonaro Administration [1] [2][

Apr 02 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

EDUCATION MINISTER DENIES THAT 1964 MILITARY COUP HAPPENED AND MAINTAINS THAT SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS WILL BE ALTERED TO ‘INCLUDE BROADER VERSION OF HISTORY’

Theme(s)
Dictatorship and memory, Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about it here [1]

Apr 03 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO SUSPENDS THE NATIONAL AGRARIAN REFORM FAIR, PROMOTED BY THE BRAZILIAN LANDLESS WORKERS MOVEMENT (‘MST’), AMID DESTRUCTION OF AGRARIAN REFORM POLICIES BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Theme(s)
Agrarian reform, Social movements
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities
State
São Paulo

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about agrarian reform and Brazilian Landless Workers Movement here [1] [2]. Watch an organizer of the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement talk about land reform and Bolsonaro here [3]

Apr 05 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO SAYS IT IS NOT HIS ROLE TO CRITICIZE THE BRAZILIAN ARMY OPERATION THAT SHOT 80 TIMES INTO A CAR WITH A MUSICIAN AND HIS FAMILY

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about it here [1] [2] [3] [4]

Apr 08 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT GOES AGAINST EXPERT ADVICE AND AUTHORIZES AUCTION OF OIL FIELDS NEAR NATIONAL PARK

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here [1]

Apr 08 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT MERGES PUBLIC TV CHANNEL WITH TV STATION RESPONSIBLE FOR ANNOUNCING GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS

Theme(s)
Information, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]

Apr 09 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BRAZILIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND STATISTICS FOUNDATION (‘IBGE’) ANNOUNCES 25% BUDGET CUT FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL CENSUS

Theme(s)
Information, Transparency
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here [1]

Apr 09 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ISSUES DECREE TO EXTINGUISH WORKING GROUPS, COMMITTEES AND PUBLIC POLICY COUNCILS THAT ALLOW FOR PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY

Theme(s)
Administration, Civil society participation
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here], about the curtailment of civil society participation in Brazil [2] and about the Supreme Court (‘STF’) decision limiting the presidential decree [3]

Apr 11 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ENACTS DECREE THAT DEVIATES FROM THE PREVIOUS DAMAGE CONTROL MODEL IN FAVOUR OF DRUG WITHDRAWAL, WHICH MAY BE A SETBACK FOR NATIONAL DRUG POLICY

Theme(s)
Health, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about the decree here [1]

Apr 11 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CREATES CENTERS FOR CONCILIATION BETWEEN DEFENDANTS AND GOVERNMENT BODIES RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFRINGEMENT FINES, WHICH CAN INCREASE IMPUNITY

Theme(s)
Administration, Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here [1] and read more about the decrease of environmental fines under Bolsonaro Administration here [2] [3]

Apr 11 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT ARMY DID NOT KILL ANYONE IN OPERATION THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A MUSICIAN WHOSE CAR WAS SHOT 80 TIMES, CALLING IT AN ‘INCIDENT’

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about it here [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Apr 12 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

SERIES OF JOB RESIGNATIONS IN THE INSTITUTE FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION (‘ICMBIO’) FOLLOWS AFTER ENVIRONMENT MINISTER THREAT TO SUE ITS EMPLOYEES

Theme(s)
Administration, Security and Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy
State
Rio Grande do Sul

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about environmental laws under the Bolsonaro administration here [1]

Apr 13 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT PROHIBITS CIVIL SERVANTS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL BODIES TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION WITHOUT ITS AUTHORIZATION

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here [1]

Apr 13 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO VETOES BRAZILIAN BANK ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN THAT INCLUDED RACIAL AND SEXUAL DIVERSITY

Theme(s)
Artistic freedom, Culture, Gender and sexual orientation, Race and ethnicity
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about this episode here [1] [2] and about the government’s interference in communication, setbacks for LGBT+ community in 2019 and structural racism – in Portuguese [3] [4] [5]

Apr 14 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

IN HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH, NEW EDUCATION MINISTER CRITICIZES PATRON OF BRAZILIAN EDUCATION PAULO FREIRE

Theme(s)
Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the anti-intellectualist policy under the Bolsonaro Administration here [1]

Apr 16 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO CHANGES COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL FOR THE DEFENSE OF HISTORICAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL, ARTISTIC AND TOURISTIC HERITAGE (‘CONDEPHAAT’), REDUCING CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION

Theme(s)
Administration, Civil society participation, Culture
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
State
São Paulo

Read about about this event here – in Portuguese [find out here]. The tendency to reduce civil society participation is also present in Bolsonaro Administration [1] [2]

Apr 16 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

JUSTICE MINISTER AUTHORIZES THE PRESENCE OF EXCEPTIONAL SECURITY FORCE IN DEMONSTRATIONS ON THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY

Theme(s)
Indigenous people, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Federal District

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the protests here [1] and about the indigenous people conditions in Brazil here [2]

Apr 17 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER EXONERATES DIRECTOR OF PLANNING OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) AND APPOINTS ARMY OFFICER TO THE POSITION

Theme(s)
Administration, Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about the militarization of public environmental protection agencies here [1] and remember about the number of military officers in environmental bodies here [find out here], which folllows a trend in the executive branch in general [find out here]

Apr 18 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS HE INTENDS TO CLASSIFY THE BRAZILIAN LANDLESS WORKERS MOVEMENT (‘MST’) AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION

Theme(s)
Agrarian reform, Security and Environment, Social movements
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read similar previous claim made by a government official in January here [1] and about the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement here [2] [3] [4]

Apr 19 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT DROPS CHARGES AGAINST ILLEGAL SOY PLANTATIONS AFTER MEETING BETWEEN POLITICIANS, BUSINESSPEOPLE AND THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF THE INSTITUTE

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
State
Santa Catarina

Read more about this decision here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about environmental laws under the Bolsonaro administration here [1]

Apr 20 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF ECONOMY DENIES REQUEST BASED ON THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION LAW TO DATA SUPPORTING GOVERNMENT-PROPOSED PENSION REFORM

Theme(s)
Information, Transparency
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the pension reform here [1], about government’s attemps to reduce transparency here [2] [3] [4] [5]. Amid covid-19 pandemic, the government stopped releasing the number of deaths in the country temporarily [6] [find out here]

Apr 21 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE ASKS ENVIRONMENT MINISTER TO END THE LIST OF ENDANGERED AQUATIC SPECIES DUE TO FISHING INDUSTRY LOSSES

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about this episode here [1]

Apr 21 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL COMMITTEE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPENSATION, RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSERVATION UNITS BUDGET ALLOCATION, HAS ITS STAFF COMPOSITION CHANGED

Theme(s)
Administration, Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here], the dismantling of environmental protection policies [1] and the resignation of the former Environment Minister [find out here]

Apr 23 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
State

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO LAUNCHES PARLIAMENTARY INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE TO VERIFY ‘IDEOLOGICAL INTERFERENCE’ ON STATE UNIVERSITIES

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy
State
São Paulo

Read more about it here [1]

Apr 24 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

GOVERNMENT CENTRALIZES CONTROL OVER PUBLIC COMPANIES’ ADVERTISING AND DETERMINES PRIOR SUBMISSION OF ANY CONTENT TO THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT FOR SOCIAL COMMUNICATION (‘SECOM’)

Theme(s)
Advertising and propaganda
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese – here [find out here] [1]

Apr 24 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ATTACKS MINORITIES, DECLARING THAT ‘BRAZIL SHALL NOT BECOME GAY TOURISM PARADISE’ WHILE INCITING SEXUAL TOURISM WITH WOMEN

Theme(s)
Gender and sexual orientation
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here [1]

Apr 25 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT MINISTRY OF EDUCATION CONSIDERS INVESTMENT CUTS IN PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY COURSES, WHICH HE REGARDS AS ‘LESS ECONOMICALLY PROFITABLE’

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Budget, Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1] [2]. Bolsonaro has repeatedly interfered with universities’ autonomy and funding and about past related events here [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here].

Apr 26 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER TAKES DOWN CONSERVATION AREAS MAPS FROM OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT SITE

Theme(s)
Environment, Transparency
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and the dismantling of environmental protection policies [1]

Apr 26 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

EDUCATION MINISTER STATES THAT STUDENTS ARE ENTITLED TO RECORD TEACHERS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR CONSENT, WHEN THEY ARE IN A CLASSROOM

Theme(s)
Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about Bolsonaro Administration relationship to teachers and education here [1] and about this statement – in Portuguese [find out here]

Apr 28 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO WANTS TO CHANGE BRAZILIAN PATRON OF EDUCATION, TITLE CURRENTLY GIVEN TO PAULO FREIRE

Theme(s)
Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1] [2]. Read more about who was Paulo Freire here [3], his importance to the development of education here [4] [5] and his influence until today [6]. Also remember past occasions when the president criticized Paulo Freire [find out here] [find out here].

Apr 29 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO INTENDS TO EXEMPT LANDOWNERS WHO VIOLENTLY REACT AGAINST LAND ‘INVADERS’ FROM PUNISHMENT AND DEFENDS PURGES IN THE INSTITUTE FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION (‘ICMBIO’) AND THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT (‘IBAMA’)

Theme(s)
Agrarian reform, Security and Environment, Social movements
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about land conflicts here [1] and about environmental agencies here [2]

Apr 29 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION THREATENS FEDERAL UNIVERSITY BUDGET CUTS FOR ‘TURMOIL’ AND THEN ANNOUNCES ACROSS-THE-BOARD 30% CUT IN FEDERAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS’ RESOURCES

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Budget, Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]. Bolsonaro has repeatedly interfered with universities autonomy and funding, read more about past events here [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here].

Apr 30 2019
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