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].
Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]
Read more about it here [1]
Read about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and the stance taken by the Minister here [1]
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]
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]
Read more about it here [1]
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]
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]
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]
Read more about it here [1]
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]
Read more about it here [1]
Read more about this context here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]
Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1]
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]
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]
Read more about the stance Bolsonaro government has been taking on deforestation here [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]
Read more about it here [1]
Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about mining in indigenous lands [1] [2] [3] [4]
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]
Read more about it here [1]
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]
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]
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]
Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]
Acts that employ tools of constant authoritarian reinvention. Authoritarian manifestations that coexist with the democratic regime and affect democracy as a system of choice of legitimate representatives or as institutional dynamics that protect rights and guarantee pluralism.
Acts justified by tackling the covid-19 pandemic or another emergency. Under the democratic constitutional regime, emergency acts must respect the Constitution and protect the rights to life and health. Even so, because they create exceptional restrictions related to the health crisis, they require constant control over their necessity, proportionality and temporal limitation. In the long run, they demand attention so as not to become an anti-democratic 'new normal' beyond the moment of emergency.