Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
State

AFTER CRITICIZING A STATE CONGRESSMAN ONLINE, A CITIZEN WAS SUMMONED BY THE STATE’S LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY TO TESTIFY FOR A PARLIAMENTARY INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE ABOUT CYBERCRIMES.

Theme(s)
Information
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Espírito Santo

Read more about it here [1]

Mar 03 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT THE PRESS CONSIDERS HIM THE VIRUS ITSELF, CRITICIZING THE MEDIA COVERAGE ON MEASURES TAKEN BY HIS ADMINISTRATION AMID PANDEMIC

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Bolsonaro has, since the beginning, criticized the media coverage of the pandemic as exaggerated [1]. Recent developments caused a slight shift on the rhetoric of the President [2]

Mar 03 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

EDUCATION MINISTER AFFIRMS THAT THE ‘GAY KIT’ – FAKE NEWS ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS PROMOTING HOMOSEXUALITY BY THE OPPOSITION GOVERNMENT, SPREAD BY BOLSONARO’S CAMPAIGN – AND PAULO FREIRE – BRAZILIAN PATRON OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION – DO NOT BELONG TO BOLSONARO’S GOVERNMENT

Theme(s)
Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

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

Mar 05 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO GOVERNMENT ORDERS EXPULSION OF VENEZUELAN DIPLOMATS, SAYING THAT ALL CHAVISTA DIPLOMATS IN BRAZIL MUST LEAVE

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

Read more about it here [1]

Mar 05 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ORDINANCE FROM THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) PROHIBITS CIVIL SERVANTS IN LEADING POSITIONS FROM TALKING TO THE PRESS

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

Read more about it here [1]

Mar 05 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF BOLSONARO’S GOVERNMENT, 8 MINISTRIES AND 2.897 OFFICE POSTS IN THE EXECUTIVE POWER ARE HELD BY MILITARY OFFICERS

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

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Mar 06 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION CLOSES AGREEMENT WITH USA RELIGIOUS COACHING COLLEGE WITH A HISTORY OF OFFERING UNACCREDITED COURSES IN BRAZIL

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1]

Mar 07 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CLAIMS AGAIN THAT THE 2018 GENERAL ELECTION, THROUGH WHICH HE WAS ELECTED, WAS FRAUDED AND HE WOULD HAVE WON IN THE FIRST ROUND; THOUGH HE PRESENTS NO PROOF FOR THE STATEMENT

Theme(s)
Elections
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

Mar 09 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION POSTS MESSAGE ON SOCIAL NETWORK WISHING THAT TRANSEXUAL INMATE AND PHYSICIAN WHO SHOWED HER SOLIDARITY ‘END UP IN HELL’, AFTER THE BROADCASTING OF A STORY ABOUT THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF TRANSEXUAL INMATES IN BRAZIL IN A POPULAR TV SHOW.

Theme(s)
Gender and sexual orientation, Penal and socioeducational system, Prisons
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about this context here [1]

Mar 09 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

GOVERNMENT BOLSONARO APPOINTS UNIDENTIFIED OFFICIAL OF THE BRAZILIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (ABIN) TO COORDINATE BODY OF INTERLOCUTION WITH CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS. THE ACTION IS PART OF A BROADER CONTEXT OF ATTACKS BY PRESIDENT BOLSONARO AGAINST CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT.

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

Read more about it here [1]

Mar 10 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ORDINANCE EXTINGUISHES COLLEGIATE ORGANS OF PUBLIC ENTITY FOR THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF BLACK CULTURE IN BRAZIL (‘FUNDAÇÃO PALMARES’); THE CHANGE AFFECTS THE DECISION-MAKING CHAIN IN THE ORGANIZATION, CONCENTRATING POWERS IN THE FOUNDATION’S PRESIDENT

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

Read more about the denial context of racism [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 10 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CRITICIZES EXCESS OF DEMARCATION OF LANDS BELONGING TO TRADITIONAL POPULATIONS

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

Read more about the demarcation process here [1], about the Bolsronaro ‘zero demarcation’policy, which endangers the access of indigenous peoples to public policies [2][/link] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Mar 10 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ORDINANCE OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH PROVIDES FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF COMPULSORY EXAMINATIONS AND TESTS, AS WELL AS THE USE OF PERSONAL AND BUSINESS ASSETS ON BEHALF OF THE PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Health
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about the ordinance here – in Portuguese [1]

Mar 11 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

CRIMINAL EXECUTION BODY SUSPENDS ALL VISITS FOR INMATES AND CONTACTS WITH ATTORNEYS IN FEDERAL PRISONS

Theme(s)
Penal and socioeducational system, Prisons
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about this episode here [1] and about prisons in Brazil during covid-19 crisis [2]

Mar 15 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

AGAINST PREVIOUS SPEECH DISCOURAGING PROTESTS AND ALSO HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS, BOLSONARO ATTENDS PRO-GOVERNMENT RALLY

Theme(s)
Federalism, Power conflicts, Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about this episode here [1] and about this context – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 15 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST 5 ACTS AND TALKS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH, AMID PANDEMIC, TAKING PART IN A PRO-GOVERNMENT RALLY AND CONTINUING TO DENY THE GRAVITY OF CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

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

Read more about the denial of the crisis here [1] [2] and all the acts against the recommendations – in Portuguese [find out here]

Mar 15 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

MULTIPLE STATES IN BRAZIL ANNOUNCE COMMERCIAL LOCKDOWN, SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES AND QUARANTINE

Theme(s)
Administration, Social distancing
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about it here [1]

Mar 16 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

PRESIDENT BOLSONARO SAYS THAT FOLHA DE SÃO PAULO, ONE OF THE BIGGEST NEWSPAPERS IN THE COUNTRY, IS ‘GARBAGE’

Theme(s)
Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the attacks on the press here [1] and this episode here – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 16 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ORDINANCE OF THE MINISTRIES OF JUSTICE AND HEALTH AUTHORIZES THE USE OF POLICE FORCE TO ENSURE ISOLATION AND COMPULSORY INTERNMENT AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Public security, Social distancing
Emergency Measures
Increased police power

Read more about this episode here [1]

Mar 17 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

CONSIDERING THE GROWING NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES, BRAZILIAN STATES CANCEL CLASSES

Theme(s)
Education, Social distancing
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about the context of closing schools and inequalities here [1] and here – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 17 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

SERIAL MEASURES RESTRICT ENTRY INTO THE COUNTRY OF NON-RESIDENT FOREIGNERS FROM SOME LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES, EUROPE AND OTHER CONTINENTS

Theme(s)
Health, Transport
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about some of these measures here [1] [2]

Mar 17 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

DECREE ALLOWS GOVERNMENT TO SHARE CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL DATA WITH OTHERS PUBLIC BODIES WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION FROM CITIZENS

Theme(s)
Administration, Data protection, Transparency
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about the context of data sharing here [1] and this decree here – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 18 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ORDINANCES PROVIDE FOR ISOLATION OF PRISONERS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING TAPES ON THE FLOOR IN CELLS TO DIVIDE CONTAMINATED AND UNCONTAMINATED BY COVID-19

Theme(s)
Penal and socioeducational system, Prisons
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about the context of covid-19 in prisons here [1]

Mar 18 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ORDINANCE DEFINES GUIDELINES FOR ACTION BY THE ARMED FORCES TO SUPPORT FIGHTING THE PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Armed Forces
Emergency Measures
Increased police power

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [1]

Mar 18 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

CONGRESSMAN EDUARDO BOLSONARO CRITICIZES CHINESE ACTION IN PANDEMIC, COMPARING IT WITH THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER, WHICH WAS INITIALLY CONCEALED BY THE GOVERNMENT

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

Read more about this episode here [1]

Mar 18 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION IMPOSES DISCRIMINATORY MEASURES TO THE ENTRY OF VENEZUELANS IN BRAZIL

Theme(s)
Migration, Xenophobia
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about it here [1] [2] [3] [4]

Mar 18 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive, Judiciary
Power Level
State

CRIMINAL EXECUTION BODIES IN BRAZILIAN STATES ADOPT RESTRICTIVE MEASURES SUCH AS ISOLATION OF ELDERLY INMATES AND SUSPENSION OF VISITS TO CONTAIN THE CORONAVIRUS IN PRISONS

Theme(s)
Prisons, Public security
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about Brazilian prisons during covid-19 crisis here [1] and about this episode here – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 19 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

CONGRESS APPROVES LEGISLATIVE DECREE RECOGNIZING STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY UNTIL DECEMBER 2020

Theme(s)
Fiscal balance
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about the recognition of a state of public calamity in the country here [1]

Mar 20 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO REFUSES TO PROVIDE RESULTS FOR HIS COVID-19 TEST AND ALLEDGES RIGHT TO PRIVACY

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

Read more about Bolsonaro’s refusal to show covid-19 test on the following month [1] and this episode – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 20 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CRITICIZES MEASURES TAKEN BY GOVERNORS AGAINST THE PANDEMIC, ACCUSING THEM OF BEING TOO EXTREME

Theme(s)
Federalism, Power conflicts
Emergency Measures
Centralization of power

Read more about the attacks against governors here [1] and the denial of the pandemic by the president [2]

Mar 20 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

EMERGENCY DECREE PROVIDES FOR EXEMPTION FROM REGULAR PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THE PURCHASE OF GOODS, SERVICES AND INPUTS TO DEAL WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY

Theme(s)
Administration
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about this emergency decree here – in Portuguese [1]

Mar 20 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

EMERGENCY DECREES PROVIDE FOR CENTRALISATION OF SANITARY MEASURES AT FEDERAL LEVEL

Theme(s)
Administration
Emergency Measures
Centralization of power

Read more about the measures taken by the federal government amid pandemic [1]

Mar 20 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

DECREES LIST ACTIVITIES CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL DURING THE PANDEMIC INCLUNDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ASSISTANCE, PHARMACIES AND SUPERMARKETS

Theme(s)
Administration, Commerce, Health, Press, Religion
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about the controversies about the definition of essential activities amid pandemic – in Portuguese [1]

Mar 20 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST SEVEN ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE THIRD WEEK OF MARCH, AMID PANDEMIC, CRITICIZING THE CONGRESS AND SAYING THAT PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS CANNOT PLACE THE RESPONSIBILITY ON HIM FOR THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS

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

Read more about the weekly denial of covid-19 crisis by the president here [1] and all the acts against the recommendations – in Portuguese [find out here]

Mar 22 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

EMERGENCY DECREE RELAXES LABOUR RULES DURING PANDEMIC AND PERMITS, FOR EXAMPLE, SUSPENSION OF THE LABOUR CONTRACT FOR FOUR MONTHS, WHICH IS REVOKED ON THE FOLLOWING DAY DUE TO CRITICS

Theme(s)
Administration
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read an analysis of the impacts of the emergency decree here – in Portuguese [1]

Mar 22 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

EMERGENCY DECREE SUSPENDS DEADLINES AND APPEALS REQUESTING FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION

Theme(s)
Transparency
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about this measure here [1] and a research on the government transparency amid pandemic in Brazil – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 23 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE FILES A COMPLAINT IN THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’), REQUESTING THAT THE TERMS FOR THE EMERGENCY DECREES EDITED BY THE PRESIDENT BE INTERRUPTED FOR 30 DAYS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Administration, Power conflicts
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about measures taken amid pandemic here [1] and this episode – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 23 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO DISRESPECTS UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY BY APPOINTING THE SECOND MOST VOTED CANDIDATE BY THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY TO THE RECTORATE OF THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF ESPÍRITO SANTO

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

The president has already disresgarded internal votings at public universities many times before, remember some of them here [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]. Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and report on the Academic Freedom in Brazil here [1].

Mar 23 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CHANGES PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OPEN GOVERNMENT PLATFORM WITHOUT CONSULTING NEITHER TECHNICAL COUNCILS NOR THE POPULATION JUST AFTER REACHING A RECORD NUMBER OF OVER A MILLION PUBLIC DATA REQUESTS

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

Read more about it here [1]

Mar 23 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ASKS FOR ‘A RETURN TO NORMALITY’, CALLS COVID-19 ‘A LITTLE FLU’, CRITICIZES THE ACTIONS OF GOVERNORS IN FAVOR OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND ALSO THE MEDIA COVERAGE

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

Read more about this episodes here [1]

Mar 24 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

TRANSPARENCY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION PUBLIC BODY (‘CGU’) DEFENDS EMERGENCY DECREE THAT RESTRICTS TRANSPARENCY AND DISREGARDS ACCOUNTABILITY IN FAVOUR OF ALLEDGED SWIFTNESS TO FIGHT PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Transparency
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [1]

Mar 24 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL  LODGES APPEAL AGAINST FEDERAL SUPREME COURT’S PRELIMINARY RULING DECLARING STATES’ POWER TO ESTABLISH SOCIAL ISOLATION

Theme(s)
Federalism, Social distancing
Emergency Measures
Centralization of power

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [1]

Mar 25 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF REPORT ON POLLUTING ACTIVITIES BY COMPANIES AND PERSONS

Theme(s)
Environment
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about this measure here – in Portuguese [1].

Mar 25 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

DECREE INCLUDES RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES AS ESSENTIAL SERVICES DURING THE PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Religion, Social distancing
Emergency Measures
Centralization of power

Read more about the exemption of churches from social distancing measures here [1] and the relations between the government and religion here [2]

Mar 25 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ARMY GENERAL RESPONSIBLE FOR ALTERATION IN GUN REGULATION DIRECTIVE OF THE MILITARY IS EXONERATED, WHICH COULD BE RELATED TO ONGOING PRESSURE FROM GUN INDUSTRY LOBBYISTS

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Gun control, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about the gun politics under Bolsonaro [1] and this episode – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 25 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive, Legislative
Power Level
State

GOVERNMENT OF THE BRAZILIAN STATE OF PARAÍBA PASSES LAW THAT PUNISHES THE SPREAD OF FAKE NEWS AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Information, Press
Emergency Measures
Increased police power
State
Paraíba

Read more about the spread of ‘fake news’ laws around the world [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 25 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

SECRETARY OF CULTURE CRITICIZES QUARANTINE AND INSINUATES SELFISHNESS FROM THOSE WHO ISOLATE THEMSELVES

Theme(s)
Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

Mar 26 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN ‘BRAZIL CANNOT STOP’ AND ADVOCATES RELAXATION OF SOCIAL ISOLATION

Theme(s)
Economy, Health
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about this campaign here [1]

Mar 26 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

GOVERNMENT BOLSONARO PUBLISHES A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EVICTION OF QUILOMBOLAS (TRADITIONAL BLACK COMMUNITIES) AMID PANDEMIC.

Theme(s)
Quilombolas
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities
State
Maranhão

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Mar 26 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO POSTS MISLEADING INFORMATION ON SOCIAL NETWORKS AND HAS HIS POSTS DELETED

Theme(s)
Science, Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

Mar 29 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SECURITY AUTHORIZES USE OF NATIONAL SECURITY FORCE, FORMED BY THE MILITARY POLICE, TO FIGHT COVID-19

Theme(s)
Public security
Emergency Measures
Increased police power

Read more about this measure here [1]

Mar 30 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ORDINANCE DEFINES NEW RULES FOR THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS MANDATORY ISOLATION OF CHEMICAL DEPENDENTS

Theme(s)
Chemical addiction, Health
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1]

Mar 30 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

PRESIDENT BOLSONARO CRITICIZES RELEASE OF INMATES DUE TO PANDEMIC.

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

Read more about this context [1] and this episode – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 30 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUP THAT GAVE RISE TO THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP THE VICE PRESIDENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP IN HIS SOCIAL NETWORK AND STATES THAT THE MILITARY FOUGHT THE DISORDER

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

Read more about the celebration of the dictatorship by the president last year [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 30 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ADVOCATES FOR THE END OF ISOLATION MEASURES AND CALLS FOR NATIONAL UNITY

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

Read more about the polarization of the social distancing measures by the president [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 31 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ORDINANCE SUSPENDS PUNITIVE PROCEEDINGS IN THE AREAS OF FIREARMS CONTROL AND PRIVATE SECURITY ACTIVITIES DURING STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY

Theme(s)
Public security
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about this measure – in Portuguese [1]

Mar 31 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

HOUSE AND SENATE RELAX THE PROCEDURE FOR EMERGENCY DECREES DURING THE PANDEMIC, ALLOWING THE DEADLINE FOR EXAMINATION TO BE SHORTENED AND EXCLUDING JOINT COMMITTEE VOTING

Theme(s)
Administration
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] and a previous request from the Attorney General’s Office regarding the terms of emergency decress [find out here]

Mar 31 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO REFERS TO THE DAY OF THE BRAZILIAN MILITARY COUP AS ‘FREEDOM DAY’

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

Read more about the celebration of the dictatorship by the president last year [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 31 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST SEVEN ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN TWO WEEKS OF PANDEMIC, CALLING, FOR EXAMPLE, CORONAVIRUS A ‘LITTLE FLU’, CASTING DOUBT ON SAO PAULO’S DEATH TOLL AND ACCUSING THE STATE GOVERNORS OF MANIPULATING THE NUMBERS FOR POLITICAL ENDS

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

Read more about the denial of the crisis here [1] [2] and all the acts against the recommendations – in Portuguese [find out here]

Mar 31 2020
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