Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

POLICE OPERATION IN SÃO PAULO LEAVES NINE YOUNG PEOPLE DEAD

Theme(s)
Public security, Race and ethnicity
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
São Paulo

Read more about it here [1]

Dec 01 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
Federal

PROSECUTOR GENERAL REMOVES SUB-PROSECUTOR GENERAL FROM NATIONAL COUNCIL OF HUMAN RIGHTS (‘CNDH’) AFTER REQUEST FROM HUMAN RIGHTS AND WOMEN’S MINISTER

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

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

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

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION APPOINTS CANDIDATES WITH PAST INTOLERANT BEHAVIOUR AS NEW PRESIDENTS OF THE NATIONAL ART FOUNDATION (‘FUNARTE’) AND NATIONAL LIBRARY

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

Read more about this episode here [1] [2]

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

NATIONAL FILM AGENCY (‘ANCINE’) REMOVES BRAZILIAN FILM POSTERS FROM THE WALLS OF ITS HEADQUARTERS

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

Read more about this context here [1] and read more about how the audiovisual sector conflicts with Bolsonaro’s policies [2] and how the government undermines the social function of art [3],

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

EDUCATION MINISTER CALLS RESULT ON OECD PISA EDUCATIONAL TEST A ‘TRAGEDY’ AND BLAMES FAILURE ON BRAZILIAN PATRON OF EDUCATION PAULO FREIRE AND WORKER’S PARTY ‘PT’

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

Read more about Brazil’s rank in the OECD’s Pisa test (Program for International Student Assessment) 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]

Dec 03 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER IMPLEMENTS ATTENDANCE RECORD SYSTEM INCOMPATIBLE WITH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT’S (‘IBAMA’) FUNCTIONS

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] and the dismantling of environmental protection policies [1] [2]

Dec 03 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

JUSTICE MINISTER PUBLISHES ORDINANCE THAT DISREGARDS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL MECHANISM FOR PREVENTION AND FIGHT AGAINST TORTURE (‘MNPCT’) TO PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE NATIONAL PENITENCIARY FUND

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO CRITICIZES THE EXTENT OF SELF-DEFENSE LEGAL PROVISION AND PROMISES PROJECT TO EXPAND ITS INTERPRETATION

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

Read more about Bolsonaro’s promotion of self-defense expansion here, aiming at public security agents mainly [1] [2] [3]. Also read more about violence in Brazil relating to gun ownership among civilians [4] and among police here [5] [6]

Dec 04 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
State

LAWMAKER OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO CALLS TRADE UNIONISTS ‘TRAMPS’

Theme(s)
Political positioning, Social movements
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
São Paulo

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

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

ORDINANCE EASES RULES ON GUN COLLECTING, SPORT SHOOTING AND HUNTING

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER FREEZES AMAZON FUND WHILE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES SUFFER WITH ILLEGAL MINING AND INVASIONS AND DEFORESTATION SPIKES IN AMAZON RAINFOREST

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

Read more about the environmental emergency in Amazon here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

JUSTICE MINISTER’S ORDINANCE GRANTS PROTECTION TO INDIGENOUS GROUP GUAJAJARA BUT DOES NOT EXTEND IT TO AREAS INVADED BY TREE LOGGERS

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

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the Guajajaras here [1] [2].

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

BOLSONARO ENACTS EMERGENCY DECREE THAT ENCOURAGES LAND GRABBING

Theme(s)
Agrarian reform, Land regularization, Security and Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Dec 10 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO DISMISSES ACCUSATIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE KILLED FOR PROTECTING THE AMAZON AND CALLS YOUNG CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG A ‘BRAT’

Theme(s)
Indigenous people, Security and Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about this episode here [1] [2] [3]

Dec 10 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL HISTORICAL AND ARTISTIC HERITAGE (‘IPHAN’) EXONERATED DUE TO SENATOR AND BUSINESSMAN PRESSURE

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

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

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

BOLSONARO STATES THAT HE WILL SUBMIT CORRUPT MINISTERS TO A ‘PARROT’S PERCH’, WICH IS A TORTURE INSTRUMENT COMMONLY USED DURING THE BRAZILIAN DICTATORSHIP

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

Read more about Bolsonaro’s perspective on the Brazilian dictatorship, human rights violations during the period and the National Commission of Truth [1] [2] [3] , watch video on the National Commission of Truth and on the Brazilian dictatorship [5], check the complete report of the National Commission of Truth on torture and other practices during the Brazilian dictatorship – in Portuguese [6] and read more about the context of the Brazilian dictatorship [7]. Also read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BRAZILIAN INTELIGENCE AGENCY (‘ABIN’) MONITORS BRAZILIAN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENTS AT UN CONVETION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (COP-25)

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BRAZILIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (‘ABIN’) SURVEILS BRAZILIAN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTIES DURING 2019 UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE (COP25)

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

Read more about this episode here [1]

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

BOLSONARO CALLS BRAZILIAN PATRON OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION PAULO FREIRE ‘DELUDED’ AND SAYS THE BRAZILIAN PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING TELEVISION NETWORK ‘MISEDUCATES’

Theme(s)
Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more statements on Paulo Freire made by Bolsonaro here [1] [2], about who was Paulo Freire here [3] and his importance to the development of education here [4] [5] and his influence until today [6]

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

BOLSONARO STATES HE WILL NOT RENEW SUBSCRIPTIONS TO PRINTED NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES FOR THE PLANALTO PALACE, THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICIAL WORKPLACE

Theme(s)
Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the unsubscription here [1] and here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the context of attacks on the press here [2] [3] [4]

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

BOLSONARO CRITICIZES THE INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL HISTORICAL AND ARTISTIC HERITAGE (‘IPHAN’) AND DOWNPLAYS ITS ROLE

Theme(s)
Culture
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
State
Distrito Federal

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and more about the IPHAN [1] and the recent attacks it has undergone [find out here] [find out here]

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

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER ALERTS TO ‘COMMUNIST THREAT’, WHICH WOULD TRY TO ‘STRANGLE’ BRAZIL, IN OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE MINISTRY

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

Read more about this alleged comunist conspirancy here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO DEFENDS LIVESTOCK FARMING IN INDIGENOUS LANDS TO REDUCE MEAT PRICE

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

Read more about this episode here [1] and Bolsonaro’s proposed bill on farming and mining on indigenous lands [2]

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

BOLSONARO REACTS WITH AGGRESSIVE AND DISCRIMINATORY REMARKS ON REPORTERS WHEN ASKED ABOUT POLICE INVESTIGATION OF HIS SON

Theme(s)
Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the attacks on the press by Bolsonaro here [1] [2], read report on press freedom in the 2019 here [3] and read more about the reaction from the brazilian press here [4]

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

BOLSONARO GRANTS SPECIAL CHRISTMAS LEAVE FOR PUBLIC SECURITY AGENTS CONVICTED OF NON INTENTIONAL CRIMES, WHICH IS CRITICIZED AS DISCRIMINATORY AMONG ALL INMATES

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

Read more about it here [1]. On the following year, Bolsonaro takes similar measure [find out here]

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

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT USES COPYRIGHT ACT TO PUT SOCIAL NETWORK MONITORING REPORTS MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT IN SECRECY

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]

Dec 23 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive, Legislative
Power Level
Federal

NATIONAL CONGRESS APPROVES ‘ANTI-CRIME PACKAGE’, DRAFTED BY THE JUSTICE MINISTER, WHICH TOUGHENS THE CRIMINAL LAW AND CONTAINS VIGILANTISM MECHANISMS

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

Read more about the ‘Anti-Crime Package’ here [1] [2]

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

BOLSONARO ENACTS EMERGENCY DECREE INTERVENING IN THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS OF PRESIDENTS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES

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

Read more about the attacks on the higher education system here [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO SIGNS BILL THAT ENDS DISCIPLINARY IMPRISONMENT FOR MILITARY POLICE (‘PM’), WHICH IS REGARDED AS AN INTERFERENCE ON STATE’S AUTONOMY SINCE PMs ARE DISCIPLINED AT STATES LEVEL

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Power conflicts, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about Bolsonaro’s strategy to strenghten political support among police officers here [1]

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

PRESIDENT OF THE BRAZILIAN INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) CONTRADICTS TECHNICAL OPINIONS AND AUTHORIZES DEFORESTATION FOR HYDROELETRIC POWER PLANT CONSTRUCTION

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

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese – here [find out here] and find more information about the environmental policies dismantlement in Bolsonaro government [1] [2]

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

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DISSOLVES DELIBERATIVE BOARD OF CENTER FOR STUDIES AND RESEARCH IN SOCIAL SCIENCES (‘FUNDAJ’)

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], and remember previous occasion when civil society participation in government was curtailed – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

IN THE FIRST YEAR OF BOLSONARO’S ADMINISTRATION, THE NUMBER OF INVESTIGATIONS INTO VIOLATIONS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT, CREATED IN THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP TO RESTRICT ACCESS TO PUBLIC DATA, HITS A RECORD HIGH

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

Read more about it here [1] [2] [3] [4], about the authoritarian origins of National Security Law in Brazil [5] and its recent inflated application [6],

Dec 31 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

IN CONTEXT OF PRO GUN POLICIES, FIREARMS REGISTRY INCREASES BY 48% WHEN COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD OF 2018

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

Read more about this episode here [1] and gun market in Brazil in Bolsonaro government [2]

Dec 31 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

IN RIO DE JANEIRO, SIX CHILDREN DIED IN 2019 DUE TO POLICE BRUTALITY

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

Read more about it here [1] [2]. Police in Brazil killed at least 2,215 children and adolescents in the country between 2017 and 2019 [3]

Dec 31 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALLOCATES 70% OF FUNDING DESTINED THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES TO COMMUNITIES RUN BY RELIGIOUS ENTITIES, WHICH HAVE BEEN DENOUNCED FOR HUMAN RIGHTS’ VIOLATIONS

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], and remember other setbacks on the national drug policy [find out here]

Dec 31 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SIGNED 536 DECREES, 48 EMERGENCY DECREES AND ACCUMULATED 58 ACTIONS IN THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) ABOUT THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF THESE DECREES IN 2019

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

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

Dec 31 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION LIMITS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL OF PUBLIC SERVANTS, LIMITING THE NUMBER OF SCIENTISTS AND PROFESSORS FROM FEDERAL INSTITUTES AND UNIVERSITIES ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN CONFERENCES AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC EVENTS NATIONWIDE AND ABROAD

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

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

Dec 31 2019
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