Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER CLAIMS THAT DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON IS ZERO IN RELATIVE VALUES, IN SPITE OF DATA SHOWING THE BIGGEST RATE OF DEFORESTATION IN THE LAST DECADE

Theme(s)
Environment, Negationism
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]. A few days earlier eight former environment ministers wrote a letter criticizing the destruction of Brazil’s environment policies [2]. For an analysis of the deforestation in Amazon under President Bolsonaro’s government, read here [3] [4]. For 2020 data read here [5]. Hear podcast about this broader context [6], or listen to Minister’s interview to BBC [7].

Jul 04 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICE ACTION IN ECOLOGICAL STATION IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO LEADS TO DEMOLITION OF HOUSES BELONGING TO TRADICIONAL PEOPLE (‘CAIÇARAS’)

Theme(s)
Security and Environment, Social movements, Traditional populations
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
São Paulo

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

Jul 04 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT CHILD LABOUR DIGNIFIES CHILDREN INSTEAD OF HARMING THEIR DEVELOPMENT

Theme(s)
Child and adolescent, Work
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here [1]

Jul 05 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

JUSTICE MINISTER CELEBRATES DECREASE IN MURDER RATES BASED ON UNRELIABLE DATABASE

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

Read about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and the stance taken by the Minister here [1]

Jul 06 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS EXCLUDES CONTENTS FROM LIST OF REQUIRED CONTENTS FOR THE DIPLOMATIC CAREER ADMISSION’S EXAM, SUCH AS INFORMATION ON PREVIOUS LEFTIST ECONOMIC POLICIES, AND SUPPRESSES MENTIONS TO GENDER AND RACE

Theme(s)
Gender and sexual orientation, International relations, Political positioning, Race and ethnicity
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about the positions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here [1], remember its stance on gender policies [find out here] and read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jul 08 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT USES FAKE NEWS TO ATTACK THE AMAZON FUND, WHICH HAS BEEN CREATED TO COLLECT RESOURCES TO PREVENT THE AMAZON DEFORESTATION

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], about the Amazon Fund here [1] and about the dismantling of environmental policies under Bolsonaro Administration here [2]

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

FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES CONTROL COUNCIL (‘COAF’) DOES NOT CLARIFY WHETHER IT IS INVESTIGATING JOURNALIST GLENN GREENWALD, WHICH PUBLISHED ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES BY PUBLIC SERVANTS INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION ‘CAR WASH’

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

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Jul 09 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO DECLARES HIS INTENTION TO APPOINT HIS SON AS AMBASSADOR IN THE US

Theme(s)
Administration
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

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

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

BOLSONARO PRAISES GENERAL ATTORNEY OF THE UNION (‘AGU’), HIGHLIGHTS HIS ‘TERRIBLY EVANGELICAL’ CHARACTER AND DECLARES THAT HE COULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR A POSITION AT THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’)

Theme(s)
Gender and sexual orientation, Religion
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about it here [1]

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

AT BREAKFAST WITH MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT OF THE EVANGELICAL CAUCUS, BOLSONARO SAYS THAT HE IS AGAINST UNIVERSITIES’ AUTONOMY

Theme(s)
Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. In 2020, Bolsonaro used the pandemic as an excuse to give veto power to the Ministry of Education over the appointment of rectors of Federal Universities [1] [find out here]. Read more about threats to academic freedom and universities’ autonomy under Bolsonaro here [2] [3] [4]. Also read report on Academic Freedom in Brazil here [5]

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

BOLSONARO GOVERNMENT OMITS KEY ISSUES SUCH AS ‘GENDER’, ‘TORTURE’ AND ‘MIGRATION’ IN APPLICATION FOR THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

Theme(s)
International relations, Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Jul 11 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ACRE SAYS THAT RURAL PRODUCERS SHOULD NOT PAY ANY MORE ENVIRONMENTAL FINES

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy
State
Acre

Read more about deforestation in the Amazon [1], Bolsonaro’s perspective on the matter [2], on the importance of the Amazon rainforest [3] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

NATIONAL WATER AGENCY (‘ANA’) PUBLISHES RESOLUTION THAT ALLOWS THE USE OF WATER RESOURCES IN AREAS SURROUNDING INDIGENOUS LANDS, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF HYDROELETRIC PLANTS, WITHOUT THE PARTICIPATION OF THE NATIONAL INDIAN FOUNDATION (‘FUNAI’) IN THE PROCESSES

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. In February 2020, at an official ceremony, Bolsonaro presented draft to allow minig and energy generation in indigenous lands [1]

Jul 15 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
Federal

PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT SUSPENDS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS THAT USED DATA GATHERED BY ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES WITHOUT PREVIOUS JUDICIAL CONSENT AND, AS A CONSEQUENCE, MONEY LAUNDERING INVESTIGATION THAT INVOLVED FLÁVIO BOLSONARO IS SUSPENDED

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

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

Jul 16 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER DELIVERS SPEECH SUPPORTING LOGGERS TWO WEEKS AFTER ATTACKS ON THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) IN ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTION ON INDIGENOUS LANDS

Theme(s)
Indigenous people, Security and Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about it here [1]

Jul 17 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER JUSTIFIES WITHDRAWAL OF MENTION TO LGBT RIGHTS FROM OFFICIAL CANDIDATURE DOCUMENT TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CLAIMING THAT THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSAL IS TO DEFEND ‘REAL HUMAN RIGHTS OF REAL HUMAN PEOPLE’

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

Read more about the stance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on gender policies here [1], remember previous measures on this matter – in Portuguese [find out here] [find out here], and more about the anti-gender government policy here [2]

Jul 17 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO TRANSFERS HIGHER CINEMA COUNCIL TO MINISTER WITH CABINET LOCATED AT THE PRESIDENCY’S OFFICE AND THREATENS TO EXTINGUISH THE NATIONAL FILM AGENCY IF HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO SELECT WHICH MOVIES WILL RECEIVE PUBLIC FUNDING

Theme(s)
Culture, Gender and sexual orientation
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about the cuts on public funding for the Brazilian film industry here [1] [2]

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

BOLSONARO QUESTIONS DATA ON THE INCREASE OF DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH (‘INPE’)

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

Jul 19 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS THERE IS NO HUNGER IN BRAZIL DURING CONFERENCE WITH INTERNATIONAL PRESS

Theme(s)
Administration
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here [1] [2]

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

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE EXCLUDES THE PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE NATIONAL DRUG POLICIES COUNCIL (‘CONAD’)

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

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Jul 19 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO LIES ABOUT JOURNALIST TORTURED DURING THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP IN BRAZIL AND SAYS SHE IS DRAMATIC

Theme(s)
Dictatorship and memory, Gender and sexual orientation
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

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

Jul 19 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

IN CONVERSATION WITH CHIEF OF STAFF, BOLSONARO USES SLUR TO REFER TO NORTHEASTERN GOVERNORS, ADDING THAT ‘THE WORST ONE’ IS THE GOVERNOR OF MARANHÃO STATE, A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF BRAZIL

Theme(s)
Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1]

Jul 19 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO DECLARES THAT THE POLICE ‘SENT A CLEAR MESSAGE TO CRIMINALS’ IN COMMENT ABOUT THE RISE OF DEATHS BY THE POLICE DURING OPERATIONS

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

Read more about the shoot-to-kill policy defended by the governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro here [1] [2] [3], remember past praise from the president to police brutality here [find out here]. Also read more about the police killings in 2019 [4] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jul 22 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CLAIMS INTERNATIONAL NGOs TO BE ‘ECO-RADICALS’ AND ACCUSES THEM OF SLANDERING BRAZIL’S IMAGE INTERNATIONALLY

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here], analysis on Bolsonaro government regarding environmental issues [1] [2] and watch video on Bolsonaro’s attacks towards NGOs related to Amazon fires [3]

Jul 23 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

GOVERNMENT DENIES GLOBAL WARMING AND SHOWS DISREGARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AT INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

Theme(s)
Environment, Negationism
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the stance Bolsonaro government has been taking on deforestation here [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jul 25 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SECURITY MINISTER ISSUES ORDINANCE THAT FORESEES THE POSSIBILITY OF SUMMARY DEPORTATION FOR FOREIGNERS CONSIDERED DANGEROUS

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO STATES HE INTENDS TO GET CLOSER TO THE U.S. TO EXPLORE MINING IN INDIGENOUS LAND

Theme(s)
Environment, Indigenous people
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about mining in indigenous lands [1] [2] [3] [4]

Jul 27 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS GLENN GREENWALD MAY SERVE TIME IN BRAZIL AND CLAIMS THAT THE JOURNALIST ADOPTED HIS CHILDREN IN BRAZIL TO AVOID DEPORTATION

Theme(s)
Gender and sexual orientation, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Jul 27 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

CONCERT IN WHICH REMARKS AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY AND ATTACKS AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE MADE IS INTERRUPED BY THE MILITARY POLICE, WHO REMOVES THE AUDIENCE FROM THE CONCERT AREA

Theme(s)
Artistic freedom, Culture, Political positioning, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about the increase in of violence against indigenous people in the Bolsonaro government here [1], about the erosion of freedom here [2] [3] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jul 27 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ONLY MATTER ‘TO VEGANS WHO EAT ONLY VEGETABLES’, SAYS BOLSONARO

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

Jul 27 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CLAIMS HE CAN TELL THE PRESIDENT OF THE BRAZILIAN BAR’S ASSOCIATION (‘OAB’) HOW HIS FATHER DISAPPEARED DURING THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP, TRIVIALIZING THE FACT THAT HE WAS ASSASSINED

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

Read more about it here [1] [2] [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s statements on the Brazilian military coup and dictatorship here [3] [4] [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO SAYS HE DOUBTS THE MURDER OF INDIGENOUS LEADER EMYRA WAIÃPI BY MINERS AND DECLARES HE INTENDS TO LEGALIZE MINING IN INDIGENOUS LANDS

Theme(s)
Indigenous people, Security and Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Jul 29 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO ENDORSES COMPULSORY HOSPITALIZATION POLICY FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE

Theme(s)
Chemical addiction, Health
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about this episode [1] [2] and about police killings in the State of Rio de Janeiro [3]

Jul 30 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SUGGESTS HE DOES NOT WORRY ABOUT KILLED INMATES WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT ALTAMIRA MASSACRE

Theme(s)
Penal and socioeducational system
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about Altamira massacre and the likelihood of prison massacres in Brazil here [1] [2] [3] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jul 30 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO BELITTLES NATIONAL COMMISSION OF TRUTH REPORTS AS ‘GIBBERISH’

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

Read more about this episode [1], watch video on the National Commission of Truth and on the Brazilian dictatorship [2], check the complete report of the National Commission of Truth on torture and other practices during the Brazilian dictatorship – in Portuguese [3] and read more about the context of the Brazilian dictatorship [4]

Jul 30 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CHANGES FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURE OF THE NATIONAL LABOR COUNCIL, REDUCING ITS IMPORTANCE

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

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

Jul 30 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

WITHIN JUST ONE WEEK, BOLSONARO CRITICISES THE LEGAL DEFINITIONS OF SLAVE LABOUR TWICE

Theme(s)
Work
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here [1] and about the Brazilian law on labor analogous to slavery here [2]

Jul 30 2019
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