Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MAJOR PUBLIC FEDERAL BANK ‘CAIXA ECONÔMICA FEDERAL’ CREATES NEW RULES TO ALLOW EXHIBITION OF CULTURAL PROJECTS IN ITS SPACES AND INCLUDES THE POLITICAL STANCE FROM ARTISTS AS CRITERIA

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

Read more about artist’s and cultural freedom here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO SAYS TO MINERS THAT THE FOREIGN INTEREST IN THE AMAZON IS NOT RELATED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OR BIODIVERSITY

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

Read more about this episode here [1] and an analysis on this matter [2]

Oct 01 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO SUGGESTS THAT CLOSING NATIONAL BORDERS WITH SOME COUNTRIES WOULD REDUCE VIOLENCE IN RIO DE JANEIRO

Theme(s)
Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. The governor is known for promoting police violence as a mean to reduce organized crime, and his ‘shoot to kill’ policy [1] [2] [3]. Read more about the police killings in 2019 here [4]

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

DURING OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT CEREMONY, BOLSONARO STATES THAT HE RESCUED THE ‘HONOR’ OF MILITARY DICTATORSHIP TORTURER

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

Read more about it here [1]. Bolsonaro has celebrated this torturer, Brilhante Ustra, on numerous different occasions; even before reaching the presidency, he did it while voting for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff [2] [3], he also had an official visit with Colonel’s widow, already in the presidency [4]

Oct 02 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
State

STATE OF SÃO PAULO COURT OF LAW JUDGE DETERMINES SECRECY ABOUT REGULAR PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO AVOID INQUIRIES

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

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

Oct 03 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO PRAISES MILITARY POLICE OFFICERS WHO KILL ON DUTY

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

Read more about police brutality in Brazil here [1] [2]

Oct 04 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

CITIZENSHIP MINISTER DISCHARGES 19 PUBLIC SERVANTS FROM THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION OF ARTS (‘FUNARTE’); DIRECTOR OF THE FOUNDATION SAYS IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESTRUCTURE THE FOUNDATION WITH PEOPLE LOYAL TO THE GOVERNMENT, BUT LATER BACKTRACKS ON THE DECISION

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

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about art and cultural censorship under the Bolsonaro administration here [1]

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

WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT HIS SON’S FORMER ADVISOR, FABRÍCIO QUEIROZ, BOLSONARO RESPONDS IN AN OFFENSIVE TONE THAT ‘HE MUST BE SLEEPING WITH HIS MOTHER’

Theme(s)
Information
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and find more information about the corruption case involving Bolsonaro’s family and Fabrício Queiroz [1]

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

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT VETOING WORKS OF ART IS NOT CENSORSHIP, BUT RATHER PROTECTION OF ‘CHRISTIAN VALUES’

Theme(s)
Artistic freedom, Culture
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about art and cultural censorship under the Bolsonaro administration here [1]

Oct 05 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTES JOIN FORCES TO SPEED UP ENVIRONMENTAL LICENSING PROCEDURES THAT AFFECT CONSERVATION UNITS

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

Read more about rainforests deforestation in Brazil here [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Oct 06 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO RAISES SUSPICION OVER MEDIA CONSPIRACY TO OVERTHROW HIS GOVERNMENT AND CRITICIZES MEDIA COVERAGE

Theme(s)
Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about this episode here [1] and Bolsonaro’s attacks on the media [2] [3]

Oct 07 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

EDUCATION MINISTER CRITICIZES JOURNALIST AND PROMOTES ATTACKS AGAINST HER ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and Bolsonaro’s attacks on the media [1] [2]

Oct 07 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER APPOINTS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT (‘IBAMA’) FOR THE STATE OF PARAÍBA DESPITE LACK OF TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION

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

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and several other cases of state superintendents appointed by the Environment Minister despite the lack of technical qualification [find out here] [find out here] [red id=1349-IN] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]

Oct 07 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO DISMISSES PUBLIC PROSECUTION’S OFFICE COMPLAINT ABOUT TORTURE IN PRISONS AS ‘NONSENSE’ AND ABRUPTLY ENDS INTERVIEW AFTER BEING QUESTIONED

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

Read more about it here [1] and about prision violence in Brazil here [2] [3]

Oct 08 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER APPOINTS SUPERINTENDENT WITH NO TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS TO THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) IN THE STATE OF PARÁ

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]. In may 2020 a new Superintendent is nominated, also from the military and without technical qualifications [find out here]. Members of the military without the necessary tecnhical qualifications were also nominated in 2020 as superintendents in the states of Amapá [find out here], Amazonas [find out here], Goiás [find out here] and Espírito Santo [find out here], for example. Read about the context of ‘militarization’ of the environmental protection public bodies here [1]

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

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES DECREE CREATING A NEW DATABASE TO GATHER CITIZENS’ DATA AND SHARE IT WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF STATE ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR PUBLIC POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; DECREE HAS TOO BROAD OBJECTIVES AND COULD ALLOW GOVERNMENT ABUSE AND STATE VIGILANCE, SPECIALISTS WARN

Theme(s)
Data protection, Information
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about it here [1] and about the Brazilian’s Data Protection Law here [2]

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

AGRIBUSINESS GROUPS SET FIRES TO THE AMAZON RAINFOREST AS A DEMONSTRATION OF SUPPORT OF BOLSONARO (‘FIRE DAY’); DESPITE IDENTIFICATION OF A LARGE NUMBER OF PROPERTIES WITH FIRE SPOTS, ONLY 5.7% WERE CHARGED BY FISCALIZATION.

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO VETOES COMPULSORY NOTICE TO POLICE BY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES IN CASES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

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

Read more about violence against women in 2019 here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Oct 10 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
State

LAWMAKERS INVADE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN RIO DE JANEIRO TO CONDUCT UNAUTHORIZED ‘POLITICAL INSPECTION’, RECORDING STUDENTS’ WORKS WITH POLITICAL CONNOTATION

Theme(s)
Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about the interventions in education concerning ‘leftist ideology’ and vigilantism here [1] [2] [3], sexual education and LGBTQ+ rights here [4] [5], and historical revisionism here [6]. Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]

Oct 11 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

THE STATE OF GOIÁS IS THE ONLY BRAZILIAN STATE THAT HASN’T DISCLOSED THE NUMBER OF DEATHS CAUSED BY POLICE IN THE FIRST SEMESTER OF 2019; PUBLIC SECURITY SECRETARIAT CLAIMS DATA TO BE CONFIDENTIAL

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about police brutality in Brazil here [1] [2] [3]

Oct 14 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO PROPOSES CLOSING ACCESS ROADS TO SLUMS (‘FAVELAS’) IN AN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE CARGO THEFT

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

Read more about it here [1] and more about the context here [2]

Oct 16 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO APPOINTS CATTLE BREEDER FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COLONIZATION AND AGRARIAN REFORM (‘INCRA’), MEETING THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE AGRICULTURAL LOBBY

Theme(s)
Agrarian reform, Land regularization, Security and Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here], Bolsonaro government perspective on social movements and agrarian reform [1] and agricultural lobby in Brazil [2]

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

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION ISSUES EMERGENCY DECREE TO TURN ENVIRONMENTAL FINES INTO DISCOUNTED PAYMENTS

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

Read more about the unenforced environmental fines [1] [2] and about the private fund and its criticisms here [3]

Oct 18 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

EDUARDO BOLSONARO CALLS FORMER ALLY ‘PEPPA PIG’

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

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

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

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS REMOVES STATUE OF FORMER CHANCELLOR AND PATRON OF INDEPENDENT FOREIGN POLICY, THEORY CRITICISED BY THE MINISTER

Theme(s)
Artistic freedom, International relations
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it, in Portuguese, here [find out here] and here [1] and read more about the brazilian foreign policy [2] and the Foreign Minister of Bolsonaro’s government [3].

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

IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’), FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER DEFENDS THAT THE JUDICIARY CANNOT RULE ON THE COUNTRY’S FOREIGN POLICY

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

Read more about the anti-gender ideology in Brazilian foreign policy here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Oct 21 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER CRITICIZES GREENPEACE AND BLAMES NGO FOR OIL SPILL ON BRAZIL’S NORTHEAST COASTLINE

Theme(s)
Civil society participation, Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the oil spill accident here [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKES 41 DAYS TO IMPLEMENT CONTINGENCY PLAN AFTER DETECTION OF OIL SPILLS IN THE NORTHEAST OF BRAZIL

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

Read more about this context here [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] and about this omission of the government here – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO CONSIDERS TO ISOLATE ARGENTINA ON MERCOSUR IF THE LEFT WINS NATIONAL ELECTIONS

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

Read more about it here [1] [2] and read more about Bolsonaro’s response to the Argentine election result here [3]

Oct 23 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTERY OF CITIZENSHIP NOMINATES JOURNALIST WHO SUPPORTS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION ‘CASA RUI BARBOSA’, DISREGARDING HER LACK OF ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE AND IGNORING THE CANDIDATES SUGGESTED BY RESEARCHERS

Theme(s)
Culture
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about the context of Bolsonaro’s choices of underqualified officials for government here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

JUSTICE MINISTER ISSUES ORDINANCES WITH NEW GUIDELINES FOR FEDERAL PUBLIC SECURITY FUNDING FOR FACIAL RECOGNITION PROJECTS AND OTHER SURVEILLANCE MECHANISMS

Theme(s)
Data protection, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read it more about the debate around face recognition technologies in Brazil [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO CLASSIFIES PROTESTS IN CHILE AS ‘TERRORIST ACTS’ AND THE ADMINISTRATION STUDIES HOW TO FACE SIMILAR PROTESTS IN BRAZIL

Theme(s)
Armed Forces
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about thes protests here [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Oct 24 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
Federal

PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) DETERMINES THE DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS OF OVER 600 THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS AND LEGAL ENTITIES IN ORDER TO ANALYZE FINANCIAL REPORTS, BUT BACKS DOWN RIGHT AFTER

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

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

Oct 25 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

EDUARDO BOLSONARO, PRESIDENT’S SON AND LAWMAKER, PRAISES TORTURER FROM MILITARY DICTATORSHIP

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

Remember other statement from Bolsonaro concerning the military dictatorship here [find out here] and from Eduardo Bolsonaro here [find out here], and read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Oct 25 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
Federal

AFTER 1 MONTH IN OFFICE, PROSECUTOR GENERAL (‘PGR’) DEMONSTRATES ALIGNMENT WITH THE PRESIDENT’S INTERESTS, FILING SUITS AGAINST MINORITIES AND DEFENDING THE INCUMBENT’S INTERESTS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

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

Read more about the nomination of the Prosecutor General and his positions here [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]. On the next year, the same parciality suspicion still remains [find out here]

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

IN MILITARY CERIMONY, BOLSONARO CRITICIZES SUPPOSED LACK OF GOVERNMENT ATTENTION TO NATIONAL DEFENSE FOR IDEOLOGICAL REASONS AND CLAIMS THAT BRAZIL NEEDS TO REARM ITSELF, AND SIGNS COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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

Read more about promises from Bolsonaro to combat ‘ideologies’ here [1] [2] [3] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO POSTS VIDEO ON TWITTER MOCKING THE PRESS, POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’)

Theme(s)
Power conflicts, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1] [2]

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

PRESIDENT BOLSONARO PUBLISHES VIDEO ATTACKING LARGEST COMMERCIAL BRAZILIAN TV NETWORK AND THREATENS PRESS FREEDOM

Theme(s)
Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

Oct 29 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
Federal

PROSECUTOR GENERAL (‘PGR’) REQUESTS DISMISSAL OF COMPENSATION CLAIM FILED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CALLING FOR INDENIZATION DUE TO HYDROELECTRIC DAM CONSTRUCTION IN DICTATORSHIP

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

Read about the expansion of dams construction in Brazil and its impacts [1], listen to lecture on Itaipu history during the Brazilian dictatorship [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO STATES THAT HE INTENDS TO CHANGE THE COMMAND OF EMBASSIES TO IMPROVE HIS IMAGE ABROAD, CHOOSING IDEOLOGICAL ALLIES AS AMBASSADORS

Theme(s)
International relations, Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

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

Oct 30 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

MILITARY POLICE ALLEGEDLY KILLS 17 PEOPLE IN MANAUS, AMONGST THEM A CHILD, DURING POLICE OPERATION, AND STATE GOVERNOR REACTS BY POSTING COMPLIMENTS TO THE FIGHT AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA

Theme(s)
Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Amazonas

Read more about it here [1] and about police brutality in prison riots in Manaus [2]

Oct 30 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

EDUARDO BOLSONARO, PRESIDENT’S SON AND BRAZILIAN LAWMAKER, SUGGESTS ENACTING A NEW REPRESSIVE DECREE FROM THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP (‘AI-5’) ‘IF THE LEFT RADICALIZES’

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

Read more about what was the AI-5 here [1] and about this episode [2]

Oct 31 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ANNOUNCES CANCELLING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S SUBSCRIPTION TO MAJOR BRAZILIAN NEWSPAPER KNOWN FOR CRITICIZING HIM AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Oct 31 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SUPPORTS SECRETARY OF FISHERY’S CLAIM THAT OIL SPILLS DO NOT KILL FISH BECAUSE THEY ARE ‘INTELLIGENT CREATURES’

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

Read more about this statement here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the 2019 Brazilian oil spill here [1] and about environmental laws during Bolsonaro administration here [2]

Oct 31 2019
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