Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO EMPLOYS PHRASE USED DURING THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP FOR EXECUTION SITES TO REQUEST PUNITIVE MEASURES AGAINST GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE WHO CRITICIZED HIM ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Theme(s)
Administration, Dictatorship and memory, Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about the praise of the military dictatorship in Bolsonaro’s speech here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Nov 01 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO REVOKES DECREE THAT PREVENTED THE EXPANSION OF SUGARCANE PLANTATIONS INTO THE AMAZON RAINFOREST AND INDIGENOUS LANDS

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO PROMISES MINERS TO TAKE STEPS AGAINST LEGAL MEASURES IMPOSED BY ADMINISTRATION TO PREVENT FURTHER DEFORESTATION

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

Read news related to this event [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

PRESIDENT SIGNS DECREE TRANSFERRING THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF CULTURE FROM THE MINISTRY OF CITIZENSHIP TO THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM

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

Read more about it here – In Portuguese [find out here]. One of the first measures of Bolsonaro’s government was to dissolve the Culture Ministry [1] [2] and the president has been on a constant fight with artists to implement his take on Brazilian culture [3] [4]

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

MINISTER OF THE INSTITUTIONAL SECURITY OFFICE DEFENDS 1964 COUP D’ÉTAT AND CALLS FORMER PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF A ‘TERRORIST’

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

Read more about former military officers in Bolsonaro government [1], on the attempts of rewriting the Brazilian dictatorship past [2] [3] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

FOR THE FIRST TIME, NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EXAM (‘ENEM’) CONTAINS NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP; BOLSONARO SAYS IT DID NOT CONTAIN ‘MISINFORMATION’

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. The president had previously announced he would have a commission to analyze the exam questions as to not include what he calls ‘gender ideology’ [1].

Nov 07 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ORDINANCE EASES THE ACQUISITION OF GUNS BY PUBLIC SECURITY AGENTS

Theme(s)
Gun control, Public security, Security and Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about Bolsonaro’s vows to loosen gun rules during the presidential campaign here [1], about gun import and ownership [2] and about the revoked decrees here [3]

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

ORDINANCE EXTENDS RULES ON GUN ACQUISITIONS BY THE BRAZILIAN ARMED FORCES

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

Read more about the increase of firearms registrations in 2019 here [1] [find out here], Bolsonaro’s campaign vows to loosen gun rules here [2] [3] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO THREATENS TO USE NATIONAL SECURITY LAW AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT LULA

Theme(s)
Dictatorship and memory, Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the National Security Law here [1], its use by the president [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENACTS EMERGENCY DECREE THAT REDUCES LABOUR RIGHTS

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

Read more about it here [1]

Nov 12 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

SPECIAL SECRETARIAT FOR SOCIAL COMMUNICATION (‘Secom’) CHANGES BUDGET DISTRIBUTION RULES TO BENEFIT TV CHANNELS THAT SUPPORT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Theme(s)
Advertising and propaganda, Information, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Remind the role played by Secom under Bolsonaro administration [find out here], with ongoing interventions on TV providers [find out here] and public resources for communication outlets in favour of allies [find out here]

Nov 12 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) CHANGES REGULATION MAKING IT HARDER TO FINE PURCHASING FROM ILLEGAL LOGGING

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

Read more about ilegal Amazon logging here [1] [2] [3] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Nov 14 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

SECRETARIAT FOR CULTURE IN THE STATE OF GOIÁS CANCELS CONCERT OF THE SINGER ITAMAR CORREIA DUE TO ITS POLITICAL CONTENT

Theme(s)
Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Goiás

Read more about this context here, in Portuguese, here [find out here] and here [1] and read more about how the military dictatorship influenced brazilian music [2].

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

EDUCATION MINISTER SAYS THAT THE PROCLAMATION OF THE REPUBLIC WAS ‘THE FIRST STATE COUP IN BRAZIL’, PRAISES THE MONARCHY AND PROVOKES FEMINISTS BY SAYING THAT DURING THE MONARCHY WOMEN WERE ‘EDUCATED, INTELLIGENT AND HONEST’

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the rise of monarchy supporters in Bolsonaro’s government here [1] [2]

Nov 15 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

SECRETARY OF CULTURE STATES AT UNESCO THAT BRAZILIAN ART FAVOURS THE LEFTIST AGENDA

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

WOMEN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL CHANNEL TO REPORT ‘IMPROPER CONTENT’ IN SCHOOLS, SUCH AS ATTACKS ON TRADITIONAL MORAL VALUES, RELIGION AND ETHICS

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Education, Religion
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

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

Nov 19 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

LAWMAKER AND SUPPORTER OF BOLSONARO’S ADMINISTRATION RIPS UP A CARTOON THAT DENOUNCES THE GENOCIDE OF BLACK PEOPLE IN BRAZIL

Theme(s)
Artistic freedom, Race and ethnicity
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about this episode [1] and police brutality and racism in Brazil [2] [3]

Nov 19 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
State

SÃO PAULO’S STATE LAWMAKER PROPOSES HOMAGE TO FORMER CHILEAN DICTATOR AUGUSTO PINOCHET TO BE HELD IN THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES

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

Read more about former Chilean dictator Augusto PInochet and the Chilean dictatorship here [1] [2] and read more about Chile’s Museum of Memory and Human Rights here [3] and here, in Spanish [4], about Brazil and other Latin American dictatorships here [5] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Nov 20 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO STATES THAT DEFORESTATION IS ‘CULTURAL’ IN BRAZIL AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE DISTURBED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

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

Read more about this episode here [1] [2], deforestation in the Amazon [3], and on the importance of the Amazon rainforest [4]

Nov 20 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

DIFFERENTLY FROM FORMER PRESIDENTS, BOLSONARO DOES NOT CELEBRATE THE NATIONAL BLACK AWARENESS DAY

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s denial of the existence of racism in Brazil here [1] [2] and about what is the Black Awareness Day here [3]

Nov 20 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

EDUCATION MINISTER STATES IN INTERVIEW THAT FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES HOLD MARIJUANA PLANTATIONS AND CHEMICAL LABS DEVELOPING SYNTHETIC DRUGS

Theme(s)
Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

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

EDUCATION MINISTER CALLS THE PATRON OF BRAZILIAN EDUCATION, PAULO FREIRE, A ‘VOODOO WITHOUT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE’

Theme(s)
Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the anti-intellectualist policy under the Bolsonaro Government here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO ANNOUNCES BILL PROPOSING EXCLUSIONARY RULE TO INHIBIT THE PROSECUTION OF POLICE AND MILITARY OFFICERS THAT USE EXCESSIVE FORCE DURING OPERATIONS

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

Read more about anti-crime policy in Brazil under Bolsonaro Government [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

JUSTICE MINISTER REQUESTS OPENING AN INVESTIGATION TO ASCERTAIN SLANDER BY FORMER PRESIDENT ‘LULA’ AGAINST BOLSONARO

Theme(s)
Dictatorship and memory, Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the statements by Lula after being freed from prison here [1] [2], read a response to Bolsonaro from major newspaper to accusations of ‘evils and slander’ here [3] and about the National Security Law here [4]

Nov 22 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HIDES DATA ON REDUCTION OF ITS MAIN CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM, ‘BOLSA FAMÍLIA’

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 ‘Bolsa Familia’ here [1] and watch about it here [2]

Nov 22 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COLONIZATION AND AGRARIAN REFORM (‘INCRA’) DISCONTINUES SETTLEMENTS IN 66 AVAILABLE AGRARIAN REFORM PROJECTS

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the paralyzation of land reform under Bolsonaro here [1] and remind some setbacks on this matter [find out here] [find out here]

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

NATIONAL STATE-RUN TV CHANNEL CENSORS MUSIC VIDEO FROM THE SINGER ARNALDO ANTUNES THAT CRITICIZES MILITIAS AND ‘TERRAPLANISTS’

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

Read more about this context, in Portuguese, here [find out here] and here [1] and read more about the dismantling of Brazil’s public media [2] and the relations between militias and politics in Brazil [3].

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

MINISTER OF THE ECONOMY STATES THAT NO ONE SHOULD BE SURPRISED WITH A NEW REPRESSIVE DECREE FROM THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP (‘AI-5’)

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

Read more about the AI-5 here [1], about this episode [2] [3] and remember previous statement from Eduardo Bolsonaro on this matter [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO AIMS TO SUBMIT BILL TO PROVIDE LEGAL SAFEGUARDS FOR URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENTS’ VIOLENT MEASURES TAKEN AGAINST TRESPASSERS

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

Read more about land conflicts in 2019 here [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO INTENDS TO PROPOSE BILL THAT ALLOWS GUARANTEE OF LAW AND ORDER (‘GLO’) MISSIONS IN RURAL LAND EVICTIONS

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Security and Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about the bill and the Guarantee of Law and Order (‘GLO’) missions here [1] [2] [3], about Bolsonaro’s policy in the countryside [4] [5] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Nov 25 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

POLICE ARRESTS NGO FIRE BRIGADE VOLUNTEERS CHARGING THEM FOR SETTING FIRE IN THE AMAZON FOREST

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

Read more about it here [1] [2]

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

LEGAL EXPERTS’ REPORT REQUESTED BY THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL POINTS OUT 36 VIOLATIONS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and read report on the violations of human rights in Brazil in 2019 here [1] and of 2020 here [2]

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

BOLSONARO FILES BILL THAT EASES LAW THAT ESTABLISHES HIRING QUOTA FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Theme(s)
Person with disabilities, Work
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here [1]

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

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPOINTS FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE PUBLIC FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF BLACK CULTURE IN BRAZIL (‘FUNDAÇÃO PALMARES’) A JOURNALIST WHO PUBLICLY DENIES THE EXISTENCE OF RACISM IN THE COUNTRY

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO IS BROUGHT TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (‘ICC’) BY NGOS FOR STANDING BY ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES AND IMPLEMENTING PREDATORY POLICIES AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

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

Read more about it here [1] [2]

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

BOLSONARO GOVERNMENT EXCLUDES CIVIL SOCIETY FROM THE COMMISSION OF DEFORESTATION CONTROL

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

Read study by specialized NGO about the government’s environmental policy in 2020 [1]. Find out more about this specific episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Nov 28 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MAJOR BRAZILIAN NEWSPAPER IS EXCLUDED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S REGULAR PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS OF PAPERS AND MAGAZINES

Theme(s)
Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about press freedom in Brazil here [1] [2], see report on that matter here [3] and read about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO CLAIMS HE WILL BOYCOTT PRODUCTS ANNOUNCED IN ONE OF THE MAIN NEWSPAPERS IN THE COUNTRY AND ENCOURAGES POPULATION NOT TO BUY IT

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

Read more about this statement here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s attacks against the Brazilian press here [1]

Nov 29 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL DEPUTY CLAIMS THAT THE ‘AMAZON RAINFOREST’ HAS NEVER BURNT SO LITTLE’ AMID ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the Amazon rainforest fires here [1], about the military and the Amazon here [2] and about the environmental laws during the Bolsonaro administration here [3]

Nov 29 2019
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