Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

EMERGENCY DECREE ALLOWS SUSPENSION OF CONTRACTS AND REDUCTION OF WAGES IN COMPANIES AND RAISES CONCERS ABOUT LABOUR RIGHTS

Theme(s)
Work
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about this emergency decree here [1] and an analysis of its impacts here – in Portuguese [2]

Apr 01 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS CORONAVIRUS IS LIKE RAIN: ‘YOU GET WET, BUT YOU DON’T DROWN’, IMPLYING THAT COVID-19 WOULDN’T HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO KILL PEOPLE

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

Read more about the denial of the pandemic [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [3]

Apr 01 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

AFTER PUBLIC SUPPORT FROM A RETIRED HEAD OF THE ARMY TO THE GOVERNMENT, ARMY DOCUMENT IN FAVOR OF QUARANTINE IS DELETED

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about the relationship between Bolsonaro and the army here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2]

Apr 02 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

AFTER RESISTANCE FROM THE ECONOMY MINISTER, EMERGENCY AID PACKAGE FOR SMALL BUSINESSMEN IS APPROVED AND PROBLEMS TO RECEIVE THE PAYMENT ARE REPORTED

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

Read more about the emergency aid [1], the process towards its approval [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [3]

Apr 02 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

AFTER DISPUTES OVER COVID MEASURES, BOLSONARO SAYS THAT THE HEALTH MINISTER, WHO IS IN FAVOR OF QUARANTINE MEASURES, IS NOT HUMBLE

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

Read more about this episode here [1] and the tensions between the President and the Health Minister – in Portuguese [2]

Apr 02 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT ESTABLISHES COMPENSATION IN CASES OF EXPROPRIATION IN PROTECTED AREAS AND FACILITATES EXPULSION OF INDIGENOUS POPULATION AND QUILOMBOLAS (TRADITIONAL BLACK COMMUNITIES)

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

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

Apr 02 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

STUDY SHOWS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY OF STATES’ DATA ON PANDEMIC, SUCH AS AS THE LACK OF INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF TESTS PERFORMED, NUMBER OF INFECTED AND NUMBER OF DEATHS

Theme(s)
Slums, Transparency
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about this lack of transparency here [1], the particular situation of slums during pandemic [2] check on the available comparative data regarding this matter among the states here – in Portuguese [3]

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

IN A DISCRIMINATORY TONE, EDUCATION MINISTER INSINUATES CHINESE BENEFIT WITH PANDEMIC

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

Read more about this episode here [1]

Apr 04 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST 6 ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL, AMID PANDEMIC; HE CALLED FOR DAY OF FASTING AND PRAYER TO ‘FREE BRAZIL FROM EVIL’ EPIDEMIC AND CONTINUED TO DEFEND THE USE OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE

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

Read more about these episodes here [1] [2] and all the acts against the recommendations – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

DECREE ESTABLISHES A PROMISE OF COUNTERPART TO COMPANIES AND PERSONS WHO DONATE TO THE GOVERNMENT DURING A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY

Theme(s)
Administration
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1]

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

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER GRANTS AMNESTY FOR DEFORESTERS AND AUTHORIZES PRODUCTION IN AREAS OF PERMANENT PRESERVATION

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

Read more about the politics against the environment here [1] and this episode – in Portuguese [2]

Apr 06 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

IN A NEW PUBLIC SPEECH, BOLSONARO TOUTS HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AS COVID TREATMENT AND POINTS TO THE DANGER OF UNEMPLOYMENT THROUGH SOCIAL ISOLATION

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

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

Apr 08 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
State

FEDERAL CONGRESSMAN SAYS THAT CORONAVIRUS WILL KILL LESS PEOPLE THAN THE SEASONAL FLU

Theme(s)
Negationism, Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Rio Grande do Sul

Read more about the context of Bolsonaro’s coronavirus denialism and cultural war here [1] and about this specific episode – in Portuguese [find out here].

Apr 08 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

UNDERCOVER MILITARY COP KILLS 20-YEAR-OLD BLACK MAN WHO WAS ON HIS WAY TO THE SUPERMARKET

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about police brutality against black people here [1] [2][/link]

Apr 08 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO VISITS HOSPITAL BUILDING PROJECT AND CAUSES NEW AGGLOMERATIONS

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

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

Apr 11 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE GOES AGAINST THE STATES’ AUTONOMY DECIDED BY FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) AND THREATENS TO FILE ACTIONS AGAINST LOCAL DECISIONS WHICH ‘RESTRICT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS’ IN ORDER TO DEFEND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGAINST CONFLICTS WITH GOVERNORS AND MAYORS

Theme(s)
Federalism, Health
Emergency Measures
Centralization of power

Read more about the Court’s decision [1] and this episode – in Portuguese [2]

Apr 11 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST 9 ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL, AMID PANDEMIC, SUCH AS SUPPORTING CHLOROQUINE TREATMENT FOR COVID-19 DESPITE SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY, AND CLAIMING THAT THERE IS AN ‘IDEOLOGICAL WAR’ IN THE CHLOROQUINE DEBATE

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

Read more about this context here [1] and all the acts against the recommendations – in Portuguese [find out here]

Apr 12 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO’S CABINET CLASSIFIES HIS COVID-19 TEST RESULTS AS CONFIDENTIAL

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

Read more about Bolsonaro’s refusal to show covid-19 test [1]

Apr 14 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

AFTER OPERATION AGAINST MINING, ENVIRONMENT MINISTER FIRES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIRECTOR OF THE BRAZILIAN INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’)

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

Read more about the context of dismissal of inspectors here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2]

Apr 14 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

TRADE REOPENING FORECASTS IN STATE DECREES BEGIN TO BE IMPLEMENTED

Theme(s)
Commerce
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about the reopening context here [1]

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

BOLSONARO ACCUSES RODRIGO MAIA, HOUSE SPEAKER, OF CONSPIRACY AND CRITICIZES HIS PERFORMANCE IN CONGRESS

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

Read more about this conspiratory claim here [1]

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

NATIONAL INDIAN FOUNDATION (‘FUNAI’) PUBLISHES RULE THAT ALLOWS LAND GRABBING IN INDIGENOUS RESERVES STILL WAITING FOR DEMARCATION

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO FIRES HEALTH MINISTER AFTER DISPUTES OVER CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE

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

Read more about the dismissal of the Health Minister [1] [2]

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

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER APPOINTS MILITARY OFFICIAL WITHOUT TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS AS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) IN THE STATE OF AMAZONAS

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the appointment of unqualified staff to executive bodies here [1]. Read also about the context of militarization of environmental protection public bodies here [2]. Members of the military without the necessary tecnhical qualifications were also nominated as superintendents in the states of Amapá [find out here] and Pará [find out here], for example.

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

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FIRES THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (‘CNPq’), WHO WAS FIGHTING THE INSTITUTIONAL AND BUDGETARY EMPTYING OF THE BODY

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

ORDINANCES ON TRACING, IDENTIFICATION AND LABELLING OF WEAPONS, AMMUNITION AND CONTROLLED GOODS ARE REVOKED UNDER PRESIDENT’S PRESSURE

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

Read more about the loosening of gun control in Brazil here [1] and about this episode [2]

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

EDUCATION MINISTER APPOINTS TEMPORARY RECTOR FOR FEDERAL INSTITUTE IN THE BRAZILIAN STATE OF SANTA CATARINA

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

Read more about it here [1] and about the state of academic freedom in Brazil [2]

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

EMERGENCY DECREE REQUIRES DATA TO BE SHARED BY TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES WITH BRAZILIAN PUBLIC INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS (‘IBGE’) FOR RESEARCH

Theme(s)
Data protection, Information
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about this case here [1]

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

EDUCATION MINISTER APPOINTS TEMPORARY RECTOR FOR FEDERAL INSTITUTE IN THE BRAZILIAN STATE OF RIO GRANDE TO NORTE

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy
State
Rio Grande do Norte

Read more about it here [1] and about the state of academic freedom in Brazil [2]

Apr 17 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

CONFLICTS WITH THE FEDERAL REVENUE OF BRAZIL AND OTHER COUNTRIES MARK THE IMPORT OF EQUIPMENT BY STATE GOVERNMENTS TO DEAL WITH THE PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Federalism, Health
Emergency Measures
Centralization of power

Read more about the difficulties to import equipment here [1] and here – in French [2] and about the role of the Federal Revenue within this context – in Portuguese [3]

Apr 18 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ATTENDS PRO-MILITARY INTERVENTION PROTEST CRITICIZING THE JUDICIARY AND THE CONGRESS

Theme(s)
Power conflicts, Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Apr 19 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST 5 ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE THIRD WEEK OF APRIL, AMID PANDEMIC, SUCH AS SAYING THAT THE ECONOMY MUST BE BACK ON TRACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND CLAIMING THAT THERE IS AN ‘EXCESSIVE FEAR’ OF THE VIRUS

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

Read more about the denial of coronavirus crisis here [1] and all the acts against the recommendations [find out here]

Apr 19 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
Federal

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OPENS INQUIRY ON STUDY THAT QUESTIONS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CHLOROQUINE

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

Read study about the state of academic freedom in the world in 2019 [1] and read more about this episode here [2] and here – in Portuguese [3]

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

BOLSONARO CLAIMS TO BE THE CONSTITUTION: ‘I AM, IN FACT, THE CONSTITUTION’

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER APPOINTS MILITARY OFFICER WITHOUT TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS AS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) IN THE STATE OF GOIÁS

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read about the context of ‘militarization’ of the environmental protection public bodies here [1]. Members of the military without the necessary tecnhical qualifications were also nominated as superintendents of Ibama in the states of Amapá [find out here], Amazonas [find out here], Pará [find out here] and Espírito Santo [find out here], for example.

Apr 20 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive, Judiciary, Legislative
Power Level
Federal

BRAZIL DROPS TWO POSITIONS IN GLOBAL PRESS FREEDOM REPORT, RANKING 107TH AMONG 180 COUNTRIES

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

Read more about it here [1] and check out the 2020 press freedom ranking here [2]

Apr 21 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE RECOMMENDS PRISONERS SUSPECTED OF CONTAMINATION TO BE PLACED IN CONTAINERS

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

Read more about the institutions involved in this case [1], the subsequent rejection of the recommendation [2] and why should the countries reduce jail population amid pandemic [3]

Apr 21 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO REFUSES TO TALK TO JOURNALISTS, WHO ALLEGEDLY DO NOT REPORT TRUE FACTS

Theme(s)
Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the menace to press freedom around the world amid pandemic [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2]

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

ORDINANCE INCREASES TWELVEFOLD THE ANNUAL PURCHASE LIMIT FOR FIREARMS AMMUNITION

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

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

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

SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS POINT OUT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REGARDING THE PANDEMIC DATA

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

Read the recommendations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rgihts for the governments – in Spanish [1], an analysis and report about the lack of transparency amid pandemic around the world [2] and the complaints from Brazilian institutions about the lack of transparency – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

NATIONAL INDIAN FOUNDATION (‘FUNAI’) DOES NOT DRAFT PLAN TO FIGHT COVID-19 AMONG INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND MISUSES MORE THAN 1 MILLION BRAZILIAN REAIS SENT FOR THIS PURPOSE

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

Read more about the omission of the government among indigenous people amid pandemic [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Apr 22 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMPARES SOCIAL ISOLATION TO NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS

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

Read more about it here [1]

Apr 22 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

SECRETARY OF GOVERNMENT OF THE PRESIDENCY CRITICIZES ‘BAD MEDIA COVERAGE’ ABOUT COVID-19

Theme(s)
Health, Information, Transparency
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the Bolsonaro administration’s response to the covid-19 pandemic here [1]

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

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (‘CNPq’) EXTINGUISHES JUNIOR SCIENTIFIC INITIATION SCHOLARSHIPS OUTSIDE ‘PRIORITY AREAS’

Theme(s)
Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the anti-intellectualist policy under Bolsonaro [1], the lack of credit of educational system [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO SAYS ‘THERE WILL BE NO ABORTION’ AS LONG AS HE IS PRESIDENT WHILE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) DECIDES ON TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY FOR WOMEN INFECTED WITH ZIKA VIRUS

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

Read more about zika virus disease [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2]

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

AMID DEBATES ABOUT EXCHANGE IN THE FEDERAL POLICE, BOLSONARO ADMITS HE HAS MADE REQUESTS

Theme(s)
Power conflicts, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about it here [1] [2]

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

SÉRGIO MORO RESIGNS, ACCUSES BOLSONARO OF MEDDLING IN FEDERAL POLICE AND IS ACCUSED OF EXCHANGING HIS INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT

Theme(s)
Power conflicts, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about it here [1] [2]

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

FORMER FEDERAL POLICE CHIEF RESIGNS AND A FRIEND OF THE PRESIDENT IS APPOINTED TO THE OFFICE

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

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Apr 27 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

‘SO WHAT?’, REPLIES BOLSONARO WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THE INCREASE OF DEATHS IN THE COUNTRY BY COVID-19

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

Read more about it here [1]

Apr 28 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

UP TO THIS DATE, MORE THAN 30 IMPEACHMENT REQUESTS HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST BOLSONARO, WHO MAY HAVE COMMITTED SEVERAL IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES

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

Read more about the paths to impeachment [1], reasons why the president should be impeached according to Brazilian scholars [2] and the requests here – in Portuguese [find out here]

Apr 28 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FORMER FEDERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL IS APPOINTED TO THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND SAYS HE IS A SERVANT OF BOLSONARO, WHO WOULD BE A PROPHET

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

Read more about it here [1] and read an analysis of the appointment here [2]

Apr 28 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

AGAINST THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (‘AGU’), BOLSONARO ATTACKS FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) AND SAYS THAT DECISION BARRING HIS NOMINATION FOR THE FEDERAL POLICE WAS POLITICAL

Theme(s)
Power conflicts, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about it here [1] and about the conflict between Bolsonaro and the Attorney General here – in Portuguese [find out here]

Apr 29 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO STATES THAT THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) ENCOURAGES HOMOSEXUALITY AND MASTURBATION AMONG YOUNG CHILDREN

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

Read more about it here [1]

Apr 29 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

GOVERNMENT ALLY, CONGRESSWOMAN CARLA ZAMBELLI USES FAKE NEWS TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF DEATHS BY COVID-19

Theme(s)
Information
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

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

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE EXCLUDES TWO MAJOR PUBLIC BANKS FROM DECISION MAKING BODY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND

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

Read the decree here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]

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

EMERGENCY DECREE POSTPONES ENTRY INTO FORCE OF GENERAL PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT

Theme(s)
Data protection
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about it here [1]

Apr 29 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
State

PUBLIC PROSECUTION OFFICE AT THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE DRAFTS REPORT ON ANTI-FASCIST SECURITY AGENTS

Theme(s)
Political positioning, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Rio Grande do Norte

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

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

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER APPOINTS MILITARY OFFICIAL WITHOUT TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS AS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) IN THE STATE OF AMAPA

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the appointment of unqualified staff to executive bodies here [1]. Read also about the context of militarization of environmental protection public bodies here [2]. Members of the military without the necessary technical qualifications were also nominated as superintendents in the states of Amazonas [find out here] and Pará [find out here], for example.

Apr 29 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO STATES THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING WAS USELESS, IN CONTRADICTION WITH SCIENTIFIC DATA

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

Read more about it here [1] and about authoritarianism amid pandemic [2]

Apr 30 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
State

THE FIRST BRAZILIAN LOCKDOWN IS DETERMINED IN THE STATE OF MARANHÃO BY A STATE JUDGE

Theme(s)
Health, Social distancing
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights
State
Maranhão

Read more about it here [1]

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

ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE (‘AGU’) DEFENDS THAT THERE ARE NO CONCRETE AND OFFICIAL ACTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) RECOMMENDATIONS

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

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

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

BOLSONARO ACCUSES THE BIGGEST TELEVISION COMPANY IN BRAZIL OF ‘MISREPRESENTING’ EVENTS, CALLS IT ‘GARBAGE’ AND RAISES THE POSSIBILITY OF NON-RENEWAL OF ITS BROADCASTING LICENCE

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

Read more about the attacks on media outlets by Bolsonaro [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2]

Apr 30 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive, Legislative
Power Level
State

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BRAZILIAN STATE OF CEARÁ PASSES ANTI-FAKE NEWS ACT, PUNISHING THE SPREAD OF FAKE NEWS, AND ANNOUNCES THE CREATION OF A FACT-CHECKING AGENCY

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

Read more about the spread of fake news laws here [1] and in Brazil at the federal [2] and states level – in Portuguese [3] [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST 6 ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF APRIL AMID PANDEMIC, SUGGESTING THE PEOPLE TO RETURN TO SPORTS AND UNDERESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF DEATHS BY THE COVID-19

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

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

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

PRESIDENT OF A PUBLIC ENTITY FOR THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF BLACK CULTURE IN BRAZIL (‘FUNDAÇÃO PALMARES’) CALLS THE BLACK MOVEMENT ‘CURSED SCUM’

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

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Apr 30 2020
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