Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ON THE LABOR DAY, BOLSONARO SAYS HE WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO GO BACK TO WORK AND THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC LIES WITH GOVERNORS

Theme(s)
Work
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the conflicts between Bolsonaro and governors here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO CAUSES NEW AGGLOMERATION IN A CITY NEAR THE BRAZILIAN CAPITAL AND GOES AGAINST HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS

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

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

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

BOLSONARO HEADLINED RALLY AGAINST THE CONGRESS AND THE BRAZILIAN FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) AND STATES THAT THE ARMED FORCES ARE ON HIS SIDE

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

DEFENSE MINISTRY SAYS THE MILITARY COUP WAS ‘A MILESTONE FOR DEMOCRACY’ AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE BRAZILIAN SUPREME COURT ALLOWS MANIFESTATION ON BEAHLFT OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH

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

Read more about it here [find out here]

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

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO DEFEND THE MANTEINANCE OF THE CALENDAR OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM (‘ENEM’) AMID JUDICIAL DISPUTE

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

Read more about how the Education Minister has handled the pandemic so far [1], the impact of covid-19 on education around the world [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 04 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

AFTER APPOINTING A FRIEND AND HAVING THE NOMINATION SUSPENDED BY THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’), BOLSONARO PICKS A RECOMMENDED AUTHORITY FROM THE SUSPENDED APOINTEE TO FEDERAL POLICE CHIEF

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

Read more about this nomination here [1] and the suspended apointee here [2]

May 04 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE EDITS DECREE AGAINST FAKE NEWS SPREAD AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Information, Press
Emergency Measures
Increased police power
State
Rio Grande do Norte

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about fake news debate in Brazil here [1], as well as fake news related to the pandemic [2], and remember some ohter states that passed similar laws amid pandemic [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here].

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

AFTER THE STATEMENT OF THE FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER SÉRGIO MORO, BOLSONARO JUSTIFIES APPOINTING THE FEDERAL POLICE CHIEF IN RIO DE JANEIRO FOR BEING ‘HIS STATE’

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

Read more about the accusations against Bolsonaro and the deposition of Sérgio Moro [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2]

May 05 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO MEETS RETIRED ARMY MAJOR IN CHARGE OF THE REPRESSION DURING THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP AND PRESS SECRETARIAT PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIM ON SOCIAL MIDIA

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

Read more about the speeches of Bolsonaro regarding the military dictatorship before he was elected [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 05 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO TELLS REPORTERS TO SHUT UP AND REFUSES TO ANSWER PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT FEDERAL POLICE COMMAND

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

SEVERAL TECHNICAL AND LOGISTIC PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE RELEASE OF THE EMERGENCY AID PACKAGE ARE DETECTED

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

Read more about the emergency aid [1], the challenges posed by pandemic to the most vulnerable [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [3] [find out here]

May 05 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 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 [find out here] and about the appointment of unqualified staff to executive bodies here . 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 Amazonas [find out here], for example.

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

EMERGENCY DECREE RELAXES PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONTROL AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Administration
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

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

May 06 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive, Legislative
Power Level
State

AFTER PARAÍBA AND CEARÁ, ACRE IS THE THIRD BRAZILIAN STATE TO PASS ACT AGAINST THE SPREAD OF FAKE NEWS AMID PANDEMIC

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

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]

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

BOLSONARO AUTHORIZES INTERVENTION BY THE ARMED FORCES IN AMAZON THROUGH SPECIAL ACTS (‘OPERATION TO GUARANTEE LAW AND ORDER’), ALREADY USED IN SLUMS (‘FAVELAS’) OF RIO DE JANEIRO TO ALLEDGEDLY CONTAIN VIOLENCE

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

Read more about it here [1] and about the federal intervention in Rio de Janeiro in 2018 [2]

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

CULTURE SECRETARY DOWNPLAYS DEATHS BY COVID-19 AND TORTURE IN MILITARY DICTATORSHIP BY STATING THAT HUMANITY DOESN’T STOP DYING

Theme(s)
Culture, Dictatorship and memory, Health
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST 5 ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY, AMID PANDEMIC, CAUSING PUBLIC AGGLOMERATION AND CRITICIZING QUARANTINE MEASURES

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

Read article about the need to take the pandemic seriously in Brazil [1] and all the acts against the recommendations [find out here]

May 07 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO GOES WITH BUSINESSMEN TO THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT ON FOOT AND, UNDER PRESSURE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT PRAISES THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 BY THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT

Theme(s)
Economy, Health, Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about it here [1] and about the pressure over the Federal Supreme Court here – in Portuguese [2]

May 07 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

STATE GOVERNORS DECREE RESTRICTIVE LOCKDOWN MEASURES IN SEVERAL STATES, DEFYING BOLSONARO’S SKEPTICISM ABOUT THE PANDEMIC

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

Read more about lockdown measures here [1] [2] [3]

May 07 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

BRAZILIAN CONGRESS APPROVES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT LOOSENS STATE BUDGET AND PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES TO FIGHT PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Budget
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about the voting process of the ‘war budget’ – as the amendment was labeled – here [1] and the amendment itself after approved – in Portuguese [2]

May 07 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR PROVISION OF ACCOUNTS FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIONS

Theme(s)
Education, Fiscal balance
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1]

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

THE PRESS SECRETARIAT OF THE PRESIDENCY (’SECOM’) RELEASES VIDEO WITH NAZI REFERENCES FOR A CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S ACTIONS AGAINST THE PANDEMIC

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

HEALTH MINISTER APPOINTS MILITARY OFFICERS TO KEY POSITIONS OF THE MINISTRY

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

Read more about the militarization of the Health Ministry here [1] [2] and the growing concerns on this matter [3]

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

BOLSONARO RECOGNIZES BEAUTY SALONS AND GYMS AS ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO REMAIN OPEN AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Commerce
Emergency Measures
Centralization of power

Read more about it here [1]

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

THE NATIONAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (‘FNDE’) DISMISSES SELECTIVE PROCESS FOR THE ADMISSION OF NEW AGENCY’S CHIEF, FACILITATING POLITICAL NOMINATION

Theme(s)
Education
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about what is the FNDE [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2]

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

BOLSONARO’S FAMILY FRIEND IS CHOSEN FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL HISTORICAL AND ARTISTIC PATRIMONY (‘IPHAN’)

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

Read more about the nomination here – in Portuguese [1], which is subsequently suspended by a judge [2]

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

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT CANCELS CREATION OF FOREST PROTECTION UNITS AND BOLSONARO TRANSFERS COMPETENCES FOR THE CONCESSION OF PUBLIC FORESTS FROM THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT TO MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

Theme(s)
Security and Environment
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about the acts of the government to dismantle environmental policies [1] and about these episodes – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

IGNORING THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) RECOMMENDATIONS, THE BRAZILIAN ARMY IMPLEMENTS MISSION WITHOUT PUNISHING INFRACTORS

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

Read more about the first operation in Amazon [1], the lack of punishment – in Portuguese [2] and the presence of the Army in the region [find out here]

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

AGAINST BRAZILIAN FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) DECISIONS, BOLSONARO ANNOUNCES BILL TO COMBAT ‘GENDER IDEOLOGY’; THE GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN NEW GUIDELINES IN THE AREA, CONTRADICTING PAST DIPLOMATIC ORIENTATIONS AND CHANGING ATTITUDES IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS SINCE LAST YEAR

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

Read analysis about it here [1], interview about an anti-gender offensive in Brazil [2], the recent anti-gender bills [3] and the acts of the Foreign Affairs Ministry last year – in Portuguese [find out here] [find out here]

May 12 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT VIDEO APPOINTED AS EVIDENCE OF HIS INTERFERENCE IN THE FEDERAL POLICE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED

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

Read more about the investigation on this matter [1] [2] and about this declaration – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE LOOSENS PESTICIDE REGULATIONS AND AUTHORIZES THE USE OF 22 PESTICIDES ON CROPS; THE COUNTRY IS ALREADY THE WORLD LEADER FOR HAZARDOUS PESTICIDES

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

Read more about the approval of hundreds of pesticides since last year [1], the research that labeled Brazil as the world leader in hazardous pesticide sales [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [3]

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

FEDERAL POLICE INVESTIGATES INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIPS AFTER REQUEST FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL INDIAN FOUNDATION (‘FUNAI’)

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

In 2021, indigenous head Sônia Guajara was targeted by police after government criticism, read more about it here [1]. Read more about the indigenous leaders stances on Bolsonaro administration here [2], and their actions against his Administration here [3] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

RIO DE JANEIRO POLICE OPEN INVESTIGATION AGAINST JOURNALIST DUE TO ARTICLE THAT UNCOVERS INFORMATION ON THE DEADLIEST POLICE OPERATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE (‘JACAREZINHO’)

Theme(s)
Political positioning, Press, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here], about the shootout in Jacarezinho, one of the deadliest in Rio de Janeiro’s history [1] [2] and more about the favela context here [3]

May 12 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
Federal

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF THE STATE OF PIAUI REQUIRES THE INCLUSION OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MILD SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19

Theme(s)
Health
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights
State
Piauí

Read global study on the lack of efficacy of chloroquine for the treatment of covid-19 patients [1] – which was retracted though; the subsequent interruption of trials with hidroxichloroquine by WHO [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 13 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ON THE CELEBRATION DAY FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN BRAZIL, THE PRESIDENT OF A PUBLIC ENTITY FOR THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF BLACK CULTURE IN BRAZIL (‘FUNDAÇÃO PALMARES’) MOCKS WITH ZUMBI, PROMINENT LEADER AGAINST SLAVERY IN BRAZILIAN HISTORY

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

Read more about who was Zumbi [1], about hostilities of the government on this matter [2], about who is the president of Fundação Palmares [3] and this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 13 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ISSUES EMERGENCY DECREE, MAKING PUBLIC OFFICIALS ONLY LIABLE WHEN THEY ACT WITH INTENT OR COMMIT GROSS ERROR AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Administration
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about it here [1] and the following restrictive interpretation given by the Supreme Court – in Portuguese [2]

May 13 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

AFTER THE OPENING OF AN INQUIRY TO INVESTIGATE THE PRESIDENT’S INTERFERENCE IN THE FEDERAL POLICE, BOLSONARO ATYPICALLY DEMANDS PRODUCTIVITY REPORTS OF THE INSTITUTION AND CRITICIZES THE BRAZILIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (‘ABIN’)

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

Read more about this investigation [find out here], the allegations of the president in this case [2] and about these episodes – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 13 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive, Legislative
Power Level
State

GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF MATO GROSSO PASSES LAW AGAINST FAKE NEWS AMID PANDEMIC

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

Read about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], remember other Brazilian states that passed similar laws [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] and read more about how governments around the world are handling the flood of misinformation amid pandemic [1] and how laws against fake news in the pandemic context are not proportionate and may violate human rights [2]

May 13 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

INSTITUTE FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION (‘ICMBio’) UNDERGOES RESTRUCTURING AND MILITARY OFFICERS TAKE UP ALMOST ALL OF ITS LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

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]. The restructuring comes in a context of militarization [find out here] [find out here] [1] and dismantlement of environmental protection policies [find out here] [find out here] [2]

May 13 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

VICE-PRESIDENT CRITICIZES THE LACK OF ALIGNMENT OF OTHER BRANCHES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND PRESS WITH THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

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

Read analysis about the relations between the president and the vice president [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 14 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST 5 ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SECOND WEEK OF MAY, AMID PANDEMIC, TAKING A SPIN ON A JET-SKI AND ATTACKING COVID-19 ‘NEUROSIS’ AS THE COUNTRY’S DEATH TOLL ROSE TO MORE THAN 10,000

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

Read more about the underestimation of the crisis by the president during this week [1] and all the acts against the recommendations [find out here]

May 14 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

EDUCATION MINISTER REAFFIRMS MAINTENANCE OF THE CALENDAR OF THE UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM (‘ENEM’) AND THAT ENEM DOES NOT AIM TO CORRECT SOCIAL INJUSTICES; THEN, HE RECONSIDERS THE DECISION

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

Read more about the previous acts of the Minister on this matter [find out here] and about this episode [1] [find out here]

May 14 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

IN A MEETING WITH BUSINESS LEADERS, BOLSONARO ENCOURAGES CLASHES WITH GOVERNORS AND CRITICIZES THE HOUSE SPEAKER

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

Read more about the clashes between Bolsonaro and governors [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 14 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO VETOES BILL AND TURNS EMERGENCY AID PACKAGE INTO A LOAN, IN ADDITION TO EXCLUDING CATEGORIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE AID

Theme(s)
Economy
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about it here [1]

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

NATIONAL HEALTH AGENCY (‘ANVISA’) RECOMMENDS THE NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE BRAZILIAN FEDERAL SUPREME COURT’S (‘STF’S) DECISION THAT AUTHORIZES BLOOD DONATION BY HOMOSEXUALS

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

Read more about the decision of the Supreme Court here [1], about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here] and the subsequent repeal of a discriminatory resolution by Anvisa in July [2]

May 14 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive, Legislative
Power Level
State

GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF RORAIMA APPROVES LAW AGAINST DISINFORMATION AMID PANDEMIC

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

Read more about the persistent spread of fake news related to covid-19 in Brazil here [1] or about this specific episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 14 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

IN LESS THAN A MONTH IN THE GOVERNMENT, NEW HEALTH MINISTER RESIGNS AND RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT EXCESSIVE INTERFERENCE BY THE PRESIDENT

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

HUMAN RIGHTS, FAMILY AND WOMEN MINISTER DAMARES ALVES ANNOUNCES ‘MIRACULOUS CURE OF CHLOROQUINE’ FOR COVID-19 IN THE STATE OF PIAUI

Theme(s)
Health, Science
Emergency Measures
Construction of enemies

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

May 15 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Municipal

POLICE HOLD STAFF RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING COVID-19 TESTS FOR NATIONAL RESEARCH ABOUT THE DISEASE

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

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

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

GOVERNMENT STUDIES IN SECRECY TO EXTINGUISH FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION ‘FUNDAÇÃO CASA RUI BARBOSA’, IMPORTANT PRODUCER OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE

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

Read report on academic freedom in Brazil [1], short index about what is Casa Rui Barbosa [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

AFTER INCREASED CORPORATE CARD SPENDING, GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES SECRECY FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES

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

Read analysis and report about the lack of transparency amid pandemic around the world [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

ATTORNEY GENERAL (‘AGU’) SUSTAINS THE EXISTENCE OF ‘DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS’ ABOUT THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP THAT REMAINED IN POWER FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS AND ALLOWS THE PRESS SECRETARIAT OF THE PRESIDENCY (‘SECOM’) TO PAY TRIBUTE TO TORTURER

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

Read more about some of the content published by Secom extolling the torturer [find out here], the praise of another torturer by the president last year [1], the conviction of this torturer – Curió – in 2019 [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO ATTENDED ON AVERAGE ONE AGGLOMERATION PER DAY DURING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about occasions in which Bolsonaro encouraged public gatherings and rallies [1] [2] [3]

May 17 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
State

JUDGE ORDERS WHATSAPP TO REVEAL AUTHORS OF MASS MESSAGING AGAINST STATE LAWMAKER OF THE STATE OF ALAGOAS

Theme(s)
Information
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights
State
Alagoas

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

May 18 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

14-YEAR-OLD BOY JOÃO PEDRO MATTOS PINTO IS ONE OF AT LEAST FOUR TEENAGERS KILLED BY THE POLICE IN RIO DE JANEIRO WITHIN FOUR DAYS

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

Read more about it here [1] [2] and about the police brutality in Brazil [3]

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

ORDINANCE GIVES POWER TO THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT TO REVIEW AND CANCEL LEGAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE INSTITUTE FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION (‘ICMBIO’)

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

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

May 18 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

21-YEAR-OLD YOUNG ADULT IAGO CÉSAR DOS REIS GONZAGA IS ONE OF AT LEAST FOUR TEENAGERS KILLED BY THE POLICE IN RIO DE JANEIRO WITHIN FOUR DAYS

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

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

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May 18 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

SPECIAL SECRETARIAT FOR SOCIAL COMMUNICATION AND MINISTRY OF TOURISM DETERMINE WORKPLACE REENTRY AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Negationism, Social distancing, Work
Emergency Measures
Centralization of power
State
Distrito Federal

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

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

MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE EXTENDS THE END TERM OF THE PERMISSIONS THAT ENABLE THE PORT OPERATIONS MANAGED BY PRIVATE COMPANIES DURING THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC CALAMITY

Theme(s)
Infrastructure
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

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

May 19 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

NATIONAL LAND TRANSPORTATION AGENCY (‘ANTT’) EXTENDS THE DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FROM COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE LAND SECTOR

Theme(s)
Infrastructure
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

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

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

RIGHT-WINGERS TAKE CHLOROQUINA, LEFT-WINGERS TAKE TUBAÍNA [BRAZILIAN SOFT DRINK]’, SAYS BOLSONARO IN ATTEMPT TO POLITICISE THE TOPIC

Theme(s)
Health
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1] and a subsequent praise of chloroquine by the president [2]

May 19 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FEW DAYS AFTER THE DISMISSAL OF THE SECOND HEALTH MINISTER DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, INTERIM MINISTER GIVES KEY POSITIONS TO MILITARY OFFICERS AND APPROVES A NEW PROTOCOL FOR THE USE OF CHLOROQUINE EVEN WITHOUT MEDICAL EVIDENCE ABOUT ITS EFFICACY

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

Read more about it here [1] [2] and about the risks involving the use of chloroquine [3]

May 19 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

AFTER BEING FIRED FROM THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT FOR CULTURE, REGINA DUARTE RECEIVES AN OFFER TO OCCUPY A POSITION AT ‘CINEMATECA BRASILEIRA’, THE LARGEST AUDIOVISUAL INSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY, CURRENTLY BEING DIRECTED BY MILITARY OFFICERS

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

Read more about it here [1] and about the context in which Duarte accepted to be the head of Culture earlier this year [2] [find out here]

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

EMERGENCY DECREE EXTENDS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS SIGNED BY THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SECURITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATIONAL SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC SECURITY (‘SINESP’)

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

Read more about what is Sinesp here – in Portuguese [1] and about this episode – also in Portuguese [find out here]

May 20 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

18-YEAR-OLD BOY JOÃO VITOR GOMES DA ROCHA IS ONE OF AT LEAST FOUR TEENAGERS KILLED BY THE POLICE IN RIO DE JANEIRO WITHIN FOUR DAYS

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

Read more about it here [1] [2] and about the police brutality in Brazil [3]

May 20 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
Federal

PROSECUTOR GENERAL FILES ACTIONS TO TAKE DOWN PUBLIC DEFENDER’S PREROGATIVES ON ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS

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

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and more about the Public Defender’s Office in Brazil [1]

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

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST 7 ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE THIRD WEEK OF MAY AMID PANDEMIC

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

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

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

NATIONAL AGENCY FOR PETROLEUM, NATURAL GAS AND BIOFUELS (‘ANP’) SIMPLIFIES PROCESS FOR AUTHORIZING FUEL STORAGE DURING THE STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY

Theme(s)
Administration
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

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

May 21 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive, Legislative
Power Level
Federal

AFTER COMPLAINT BY CITY COUNCILLOR CARLOS BOLSONARO ABOUT REMOVAL OF PUBLIC ADVERTISING FROM A SITE THAT SPREADS FAKE NEWS, THE ADS ARE REPUBLISHED

Theme(s)
Advertising and propaganda, Information
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about already investigated links between Carlos Bolsonaro, president’s son, and fake news racket [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

PRESS SECRETARIAT OF THE PRESIDENCY (‘SECOM’) PUBLISHES INFORMATIONS ABOUT THE USE OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE EVEN WITHOUT MEDICAL EVIDENCE

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

Read more about the institutional support for chloroquine [find out here] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 21 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

19-YEAR-OLD BOY RODRIGO CERQUEIRA DA CONCEIÇÃO IS ONE OF AT LEAST FOUR TEENAGERS KILLED BY THE POLICE IN RIO DE JANEIRO WITHIN FOUR DAYS

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

Read more about the other killings here [1] [2], about the police brutality in Brazil [3] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 21 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

LAWMAKER DEFENDS MILITARY INTERVENTION IN FAVOR OF BOLSONARO’S GOVERNMENT AND SAYS THAT ARMED FORCES SHOULD RESOLVE LEGAL INTERPRETATION CONFLICTS INSTEAD OF THE SUPREME COURT (‘STF’)

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about support for military intervention under the Bolsonaro administration here [1] and about attacks against the Supreme Court here [2]

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

VIDEO APPOINTED AS EVIDENCE OF HIS INTERFERENCE IN THE FEDERAL POLICE SHOWS THE PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTING HIS POWER OVER THE ARMED FORCES

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

Read more about the investigation on this matter [1] [2] [find out here] and about this episode [3]

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

IN VIDEO APPOINTED AS EVIDENCE OF PRESIDENTIAL INTERFERENCE IN THE FEDERAL POLICE THE EDUCATION MINISTER SAYS HE ‘HATES’ THE EXPRESSIONS ‘INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’ AND ‘ROMA PEOPLE’

Theme(s)
Education, Power conflicts
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about the investigation on this matter [1] [2] [find out here], about this episode [3] and read repudiation note of the declarations of the Education Minister [4]

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

IN VIDEO APPOINTED AS EVIDENCE OF HIS INTERFERENCE IN THE FEDERAL POLICE DECLARATIONS THE PRESIDENT MAKES DECLARATIONS AGAINST THE INDEPENDENCE OF INSTITUTIONS

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

Read more about the investigation on this matter [1] [2] [find out here] and about this episode [3]

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

AFTER SUPREME COURT’S JUSTICE SENDS LEGAL NOTIFICATIONS TO THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE REGARDING INVESTIGATIONS LINKED TO THE PRESIDENT, CHIEF MINISTER OF INSTITUTIONAL SECURITY OFFICE ISSUES OPEN STATEMENT AND WARNS OF ‘UNPREDICTABLE CONSEQUENCES FOR NATIONAL STABILITY’

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Power conflicts
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about it here [1] [2]

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

AFTER BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT THE MILITARIZATION OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, BOLSONARO STATES THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE MILITARY OFFICERS APPOINTED, ‘BECAUSE IT DIDN’T WORK OUT WITH CIVILIANS’

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

Read more about the militarization of the Health Ministry here [1] and about this statement – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

IN CABINET MEETING ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SUGGESTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PANDEMIC CONTEXT TO APPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL REFORMS AND EASE REGULATIONS

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO CRITICIZES THE PRESS, ACCUSING IT OF HIDING THE TRUTH; AT THE SAME DAY, MEDIA OUTLETS SUSPEND THE NEWS COVERAGE OF THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICIAL RESIDENCE DUE TO HOSTILITIES

Theme(s)
Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

May 25 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’) ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF A ‘NON-RACIST’ CERTIFICATION

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

Read more about the president, appointed last year, here [1], the dismantling of anti-racism policies [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

AFTER CRITICAL ARTICLE ABOUT THE FEDERAL POLICIES CONCERNING THE PANDEMIC AND TRAFFIC, FEDERAL HIGHWAY POLICE (‘PRF’) LIMITS PRESS COVERAGE AND DISMISS PUBLIC SERVANT

Theme(s)
Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy
State
Paraná

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

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

CHIEF OF STAFF AND SECRETARIAT OF THE PRESIDENCY DISCARD THE EXISTENCE OF A ‘MILITARY-WING’ AND ARMED FORCE’S INTERFERENCE IN GOVERNMENT

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

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

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

BOLSONARO VETOES PART OF A BILL THAT TRANSFERS LANDS UNDER FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY TO THE STATES OF AMAPÁ AND RONDÔNIA, WHICH MAY REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL GUARANTEES

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

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

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

PUBLIC ENTITY FOR THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF BLACK CULTURE IN BRAZIL (‘FUNDAÇÃO PALMARES’) EXCLUDES PREVIOUS CONSULTATION PROCESS TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ENERGY STATION

Theme(s)
Quilombolas
Emergency Measures
Centralization of power
State
Pará

Read more about the dismantling of Fundação Palmares [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 26 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

STUDY SHOWS THAT NUMBER OF VICTIMS OF POLICE BRUTALITY IN RIO DE JANEIRO INCREASED 43% DURING THE PANDEMIC

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

Read more about this study here [1] and read another analysis of the study itself – in Portuguese [2]

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

ETHICS COMMITTEE OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) WARNS ABOUT ‘INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR’ OF PUBLIC SERVANTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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

The alleged ‘inappropriate behaviour’ relates to criticizing the government publically. Read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 26 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
District

EMERGENCY DECREE INCREASES SALARIES OF FIREFIGHTERS, ARMED FORCES OFFICERS AND CIVIL POLICE A DAY BEFORE BOLSONARO’S VETO REGARDING INCREASES FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS SALARIES

Theme(s)
Administration, Budget, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
State
Distrito Federal

Read about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], or read more about this administration’s efforts to freeze public sector wages here [1]

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

EDUCATION MINISTER ASSOCIATES FEDERAL SUPREME COURT’S (‘STF’) DECISIONS WITH NAZISM

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

Read more about the investigations related to fake news, which are the object of the critic [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 27 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

EDUARDO BOLSONARO SAYS THAT AN INSTITUTIONAL RUPTURE IS NOT A MATTER OF ‘IF’, BUT OF ‘WHEN’, SUGGESTING THAT IT WILL BE AN EXECUTIVE ACT AGAINST THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT

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

Read more about it here [1]

May 27 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
State

STATE LAWMAKER INVADES A COVID FIELD HOSPITAL IN RIO DE JANEIRO TO MAKE AN ‘INSPECTION’ OF THE SUPPLY OF HOSPITAL BEDS

Theme(s)
Administration, Negationism
Emergency Measures
Increased police power
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about the context of discredit of official information and support given by the president to storm hospitals [1], the invasion of a hospital in São Paulo [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

OPPOSING TO THE OUTBREAK OF OPERATION AUTHORIZED BY THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT’S (‘STF’), PRESIDENT SAYS THAT ‘ABSURD ORDERS ARE NOT TO BE COMPLIED WITH’

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT HE WILL APPOINT TO THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) AN EVANGELICAL JUSTICE AND THAT AUGUSTO ARAS, THE MAIN REPONSIBLE FOR INVESTIGATIONS AGAINST HIM, COULD ALSO BE INDICATED IF THERE WERE VACANCIES LEFT

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

Read more about the president’s will to appoint an evangelical justice since last year [1], the quality of the rule of law in Brazil [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

CRIMINAL EXECUTION BODY PLANS THE ACQUISITION OF NON-LETHAL WEAPONS TO CONTAIN REBELLIONS IN PRISONS WITH BUDGET PREVIOUSLY PLANNED TO COMBAT THE CORONAVIRUS

Theme(s)
Administration, Prisons, Public security
Emergency Measures
Increased police power

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

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

BOLSONARO ENABLES THE EXPLORATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR INCLUDING CONSERVATION UNITS AND FISHING TERMINALS IN THE INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM (‘PPI’)

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
State
Amazonas, Pará, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Sul

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

May 28 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive, Legislative
Power Level
State

GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF BAHIA PASSES LAW AGAINST FAKE NEWS AMID PANDEMIC

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

Read about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], remember other Brazilian states that passed similar laws [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] and read more about how governments around the world are handling the flood of misinformation amid pandemic [1] and how laws against fake news in the pandemic context are not proportionate and may violate human rights [2]

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

BOLSONARO APPOINTS MILITARY POLICE COMMANDER TO THE PRESIDENCY OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION (‘FUNASA’)

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

Read more about the militarization of the executive branch here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

HEALTH MINISTER PLANS TO CREATE HEALTH UNITS IN SLUMS ONLY TWO MONTHS AFTER THE DECLARATION OF THE STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY

Theme(s)
Health, Slums
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

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

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

MINISTRY OF HEATLH RECOMMENDS OMITTING DATA ABOUT MEDICAL SUPPLIES SHORTAGES TO FIGHT COVID-19 DURING A MEETING

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

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

May 29 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

MILITARY POLICE OFFICER STEPS ON 51-YEAR-OLD BLACK WOMEN’S NECK

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST 8 ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE LAST TEN DAYS OF MAY AMID PANDEMIC

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

Read more about all of these acts against the recommendations here – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 31 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

POLICE BRUTALITY IS REPORTED IN ANTI-RACISM AND ANTI-FASCISM PROTESTS TAKING PLACE IN SEVERAL BRAZILIAN STATES

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

Read more about it here [1] and about anti-fascist movements emerging against Bolsonaro [2]

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

BOLSONARO SHARES VIDEO WITH FASCIST CATCHPHRASE: ‘IT IS BETTER TO LIVE ONE DAY AS A LION THAN 100 YEARS AS A LAMB’

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

Read an analysis of the government so far [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

UP TO THIS DATE, MORE THAN 40 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 [find out here]

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

MINISTRY OF HEALTH DENIES NEARLY 40% OF THE REQUESTS FOR ACCESS OF INFORMATION AMID PANDEMIC, DEMANDED THROUGH THE INFORMATION ACCESS ACT

Theme(s)
Health, Information, Transparency
Emergency Measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about the lack of transparency amid pandemic here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 31 2020
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