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    State

    SURVEY INDICATES THAT THE SATE OF SÃO PAULO HAS REGISTERED AN INCREASE OF 31% IN POLICE LETHALITY DURING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 2020

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

    Read more about it here [1] [2] and about police butality in Brazil [3] [4]

    Jun 01 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    State

    STATE LAWMAKER, WHO WOULD HAVE CREATED AN ‘OFFICE OF HATE’, AND LEAKED A DOSSIER CONTAINING PERSONAL DATA OF ANTIFASCIST ACTIVISTS, HAS BECOME THE TARGET OF INVESTIGATION

    Theme(s)
    Data protection, Information
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
    State
    São Paulo

    Read more about the ‘office of hate’ at federal level here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    EDUCATION MINISTER SUGGESTS CHANGING ‘THE NEW REPUBLIC’ RULES AGAINST LEFTIST THREATS

    Theme(s)
    Education
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies

    Read more about attacks promoted by the Education Minister here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL SAYS THAT INTERFERENCE OF ONE POWER OVER ANOTHER COULD CAUSE A REACTION FROM ARMED FORCES, BUT CORRECTS DECLARATION SHORTLY AFTER

    Theme(s)
    Armed Forces, Power conflicts
    Emergency Measures
    Increased police power

    Read more about it here [1]

    Jun 01 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    BOLSONARO APPOINTS POLITICAL ALLY FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COLONIZATION AND AGRARIAN REFORM (‘INCRA’), DESPITE LACK OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

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

    Read more about nominations under Bolsonaro [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    FOLLOWING PRESIDENT TRUMP, PRESIDENT BOLSONARO CALLS ANTI-FASCIST PROTESTERS ‘TERRORISTS’ AND ‘DELINQUENTS’; VP CALLS THEM ‘TROUBLEMAKERS’

    Theme(s)
    Race and ethnicity
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    UP TO THIS DATE, 11 MINISTRIES ARE HEADED BY MILITARY OFFICERS

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

    Read more about the militarization of the government here [1], look infographic with all military cabinet members – in Portuguese [2] [find out here] and remember the amount of military officers heading ministries last month [find out here]

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

    UP TO THIS DATE, BOLSONARO GOVERNMENT ISSUES 58 EMERGENCY DECREES AMID PANDEMIC

    Theme(s)
    Administration, Fiscal balance
    Emergency Measures
    Centralization of power

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1]

    Jun 03 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    BOLSONARO GOVERNMENT HAS USED PUBLICITY BUDGET TO FINANCE YOUTUBE CHANNELS ATTACKING DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATIONS

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here] and about the fake news investigation [2]

    Jun 03 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    UP TO THIS DATE, 10 MINISTRIES ARE HEADED BY MILITARY OFFICERS, AND ABOUT 2.900 EXECUTIVE OFFICES ARE OCCUPIED BY ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] and about the context of militarization here [find out here]

    Jun 03 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    AFTER MULTIPLE MINISTER EXCHANGES AMID PANDEMIC, THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH STARTS TO DELAY THE DISCLOSURE OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC DATA

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

    Read more about the health situation in Brazil here [1], the subsequent interruption of data release and the order of the Supreme Court towards restoration [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

    Jun 03 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    BOLSONARO VETOES BILLIONAIRE TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO STATES AND MUNICIPALITIES IN FAVOR OF PUBLIC DEBT PAYMENTS

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    BOLSONARO SAYS HE IS CONVINCED THAT THE LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER, JUSTICES OF THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’), AND THE GOVERNMENT OF SÃO PAULO WANT TO ‘TAKE HIM DOWN’

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

    Read more about here – in Portuguese and about similar accusation made by the president in April [2] [find out here]

    Jun 03 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    NATIONAL CONGRESS APPROVES EMERGENCY DECREE THAT POSTPONES THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF PROVISION OF DISBILITY INCLUSION ACT (STATUTE ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES)

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

    Read more about emergency decrees in Brazil, also known as provisional measures, here [1], about this Statute, approved in 2015 [2], and about the disregard for pluralism during Bolsonaro’s term [3]

    Jun 03 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    BOLSONARO GOVERNMENT FILES LAWSUIT IN FAVOR OF REGULARIZATION OF DEFORESTERS IN THE ATLANTIC FOREST

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

    Read more about anti-environmental policies promoted by the government here [1], the increasing deforestation of Atlantic forest under Bolsonaro [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    BOLSONARO PROMISES SUPPORTERS MORE MEASURES TO EASE GUN REGULATIONS

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

    Read more about the ease of gun regulation since last year [1], about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here] and other presidential acts regarding gun regulation amid pandemic [find out here], [find out here] [find out here].

    Jun 04 2020
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    State

    STATE LAWMAKER INVADES FIELD HOSPITAL IN ACT AGAINST COVID HEALTH MEASURES

    Theme(s)
    Negationism, Power conflicts
    Emergency Measures
    Increased police power
    State
    São Paulo

    Read more about the context of discredit of official information and support given by the president to storm hospitals [1] and the invasion of a hospital in São Paulo [2]

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

    MILITARY SCHOOL TEACHER SPEAKES AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY, MENTIONS FASCISM IN THE CLASSROOM AND IS DISMISSED

    Theme(s)
    Education
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies
    State
    Federal District

    Read more about the educational context under Bolsonaro here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    PUBLIC MEDIA OUTLET (‘EBC’) RELOCATES REPORTER WHO POSED A QUESTION CRITICIZING THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    FEDERAL POLICE REQUIRES THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) TO CANCEL OR POSTPONE OPERATIONS TARGETING BOLSONARO’S ALLIES, ALLEGING ‘UNNECESSARY RISK’ TO THE STABILITY OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS

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

    Read more about the operations targeting Bolsonaro’s allies here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    MINISTRY OF HEALTH SUSPENDS DAILY RELEASE OF TOTAL DEATHS DUE COVID-19 IN THE COUNTRY

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

    Read more about this data blackout here [1] after a series of delays [find out here]

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

    BOLSONARO SAYS THAT HE WILL CANCEL THE IMPORTATION TAX ON GUNS FOR PERSONAL USE

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

    Read more about the gun context under Bolsonaro here [1], about the concretization of the promise months later [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    BOLSONARO SAYS THAT BRAZIL MAY LEAVE THE WHO IF ITS ‘IDEOLOGICAL BIAS’ REMAINS.

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    PRESIDENT BOLSONARO DEFENDS USE OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES AGAINST PROTESTERS AND REFERS TO THEM AS ‘DELINQUENTS’ ONCE AGAIN

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

    Read more about it here [1] and about past declarations on this matter [find out here]

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

    MINISTRY OF HEALTH FIRES PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHO SIGNED TECHNICAL NOTES ABOUT WOMEN’S SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

    Theme(s)
    Administration, Gender and sexual orientation
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Violation of institutional autonomy

    Read more about it here [1] and look interview about anti-gender policies in Brazil [2]

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

    MINISTRY OF HEALTH SPENDS ONLY 10% OF THE AVAILABLE BUDGET TO FIGHT COVID-19

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] and updated report from the following month here [2]

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

    FAILURE OF THE EXECUTIVE POWER TO EMPLOY CLIMATE FUND RESULTS IN OPPOSITION PARTIES FILING SUIT AT THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT

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

    Read more about it here [1]

    Jun 05 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    LOWER HOUSE NEGLECTS RATIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

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

    Read more about the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol [1], the public campaign for the Brazilian ratification here [2] and about its neglect by the government here – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IGNORES HALF-PRICED COVID VACCINE OFFER

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

    Read more about it [1] [2] and Bolsonaro’s change of stance on the covid-19 vaccine purchase here [3]

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

    BRAZILIAN INTELIGENCE ANGENCY (ABIN) MAKES AGREEMENT TO ACCESS DATA OF CITIZENS WHO OWN A DRIVER’S LICENSE

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the recent threats to personal data protection by the government here [1]

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

    SPECIAL SECRETARIAT FOR SOCIAL COMMUNICATION (‘SECOM’) ATTACKS INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER ON ARTICLE ABOUT BRAZIL AND BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION

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

    Read the article by the Economist [1] and more about the Brazilian government reaction here [2]

    Jun 06 2020
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    State

    BRAZILIAN GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SANTA CATARINA ATTENDS PARTY WITHOUT MASK AMID PANDEMIC

    Theme(s)
    Health, Social distancing
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies
    State
    Santa Catarina

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

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

    BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST 9 ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOOMENDATIONS IN THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE, 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]

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

    FOR THE SECOND WEEKEND IN A ROLE, DEMONSTRATIONS IN SÃO PAULO AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT AND RACISM END UP IN POLICE VIOLENCE; PRO-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS HAPPEN WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    DEMONSTRATION AGAINST BOLSONARO IN THE STATE OF PARÁ RESULTS IN 112 DETENTIONS FOR CAUSING AGGLOMERATION

    Theme(s)
    Public security, Race and ethnicity
    Emergency Measures
    Increased police power
    State
    Pará

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

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

    30 OUT OF 69 FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES MAY HALT ACTIVITIES UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR DUE TO LOW BUDGET

    Theme(s)
    Academic freedom, Budget
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

    Read more about how budget cuts have affected Brazilian public universities here [1] [2] and about the overall dismantling of Brazilian higher education here [3] [4] [5]

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

    BOLSONARO STATES HAVING ACCESS TO FEDERAL COURT OF ACCOUNTS’ (‘TCU’) REPORT THAT PROVES OVERNOTIFICATION OF COVID DEATHS IN 2020; SHORTLY AFTER, THE COURT DISPROVES THESE ALLEGATIONS

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

    Read more about Bolsonaro’s denial of covid-19 deaths [1] [2] and the Federal Court of Accounts’ rebuttle here [3] [4]

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

    FEDERAL AMNESTY COMMISSION RESTRICTS CRITERIA TO GRANT POLITICAL AMNESTY

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

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

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

    PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC ENTITY FOR THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF BLACK CULTURE IN BRAZIL (‘FUNDAÇÃO PALMARES’) MISSES CULTURE COMISSION SESSION IN LOWER HOUSE AND CALLS ITS ATTENDEES ‘RACIST BLACKS’

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

    Read more about the controversies behind the Public Entity for the Promotion and Preservation of Black Culture in Brazil (‘Fundação Palmares’) here [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    INAUTHENTIC SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN USED INSIDE THE PRESIDENCY’S OFFICE AND OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES, ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL POLICE

    Theme(s)
    Advertising and propaganda, Information, Political positioning, Power conflicts
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies

    Read more about the investigation on fake news [1] and the suspention of inauthentic social networks’ accounts here [2] [3]

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

    TRANSPARENCY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION PUBLIC BODY (‘CGU’) ALTERS TRANSPARENCY RULES, BROADENING THE SCOPE OF ACTIONS KEPT UNDER SECRECY AND GOING AGAINST THE INFORMATION ACCESS ACT

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

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

    Jun 08 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    WOMAN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ANNULS POLITICAL AMNESTIES CONCEDED TO EX-OFFICIALS OF THE BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE PERSECUTED DURING THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP

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

    Read more about how the Bolsonaro government sees the military dictatorship [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

    Jun 08 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    GOVERNMENT APPOINTS LAND GRABBING DEFENDER TO COORDINATE THE ENVIRONMENT CHAMBER IN THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE

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

    Read more about it here, in Portuguese [1] and about anti-environment policies here [2]

    Jun 08 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    MINISTRY OF ECONOMY SUSPENDS THE CHARGING OF FINES FROM IRREGULARITIES IN CONTRACTUAL EXECUTION BETWEEN COMPANIES AND THE PUBLIC POWER, WITHIN UP TO 2 MONTHS AFTER THE END OF THE CALAMITY STATE.

    Theme(s)
    Administration, Economy
    Emergency Measures
    Flexibilization of control

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] and about the the Brazilian responses to covid-19 [2]

    Jun 08 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive, Judiciary, Public Prosecution Office
    Power Level
    Federal

    BRAZIL’S SCORE DECREASED IN INTERNATIONAL RANK THAT EVALUATES COUNTRIES’ CAPACITY TO FIGHT CORRUPTION IN 2020

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

    Read the study in full here [1]

    Jun 08 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Judiciary
    Power Level
    State

    JUDGE IN THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO SUSPENDS STATE AND MUNICIPAL DECREES DETERMINING THE RELAXATION OF SOCIAL DISTANCING, DEMANDING THE PRESENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY SUCH MEASURES

    Theme(s)
    Power conflicts, Social distancing
    Emergency Measures
    Curtailment of fundamental rights
    State
    Rio de Janeiro

    Read more about it here [1]

    Jun 08 2020
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Judiciary, Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    BOLSONARO’S HOUSE WHIP IN THE LOWER HOUSE THREATENS TO DISOBEY BRAZILIAN FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) SENTENCE

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

    Read more about the congressman and the political conflicts between powers here [1] [2]

    Jun 08 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    BOLSONARO ISSUES EMERGENCY DECREE THAT ALLOWS THE APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY RECTORS TO FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS OF EDUCATION AND EXCLUDES CONSULTATION TO THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY; SHORTLY AFTER, HE REVOKES THE MEASURE

    Theme(s)
    Academic freedom, Education
    Emergency Measures
    Centralization of power

    Read more about the educational context under Bolsonaro here [1] and about this episode [2] [find out here]

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

    GOVERNMENT REMAINS THREE MONTHS WITHOUT MEASURES TO PROTECT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND TRADITIONAL COMMUNITIES FROM COVID-19

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

    Read more about the vulnerability of indigenous people amid pandemic [1], further developments on this matter [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

    Jun 09 2020
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    State

    VICE-PRESIDENT GOES AGAINST DATA FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH (‘INPE’) AND AFFIRMS THAT AMAZON DEFORESTATION HAS DROPPED

    Theme(s)
    Environment
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies
    State
    Amazonas

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

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

    MINISTRY OF DEFENSE DISTORTS DATA ON THE FIGHT AGAINST DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON

    Theme(s)
    Environment
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies

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

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

    ENVIRONMENT MINISTER REQUESTS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO FILE ACTION AGAINST RESEARCHER FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH (‘Inpe’)

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

    Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and the context of attacks against scientific and academic freedom here [1]

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

    BOLSONARO RESTORES MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS, EXTINGUISHED IN THE BEGINNING OF HIS TERM, AND NAMES MINISTER WITH POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

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

    Read more about it here [1]

    Jun 10 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    NATIONAL CONGRESS APPROVES LAW IN EMERGENCY REGIME THAT SIMPLIFIES PRIVATE LAW RELATIONS AMID PANDEMIC

    Theme(s)
    Private Relations
    Emergency Measures
    Flexibilization of control

    Read more about it here [1] [find out here]

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

    MINISTRY OF HEALTH EXCLUDES STUDY ABOUT BLACK POPULATION’S HEALTH FROM ITS WEBSITE

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] and about the lack of data on black populations’ health amid pandemic [2]

    Jun 10 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 ESPÍRITO SANTO

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

    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 Goiás [find out here], for example.

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

    FEDERAL POLICE SUMMONS STATE UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS FOR PARTICIPATING IN ANTI-FASCIST PROTESTS

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the lawfare under Bolsonaro Administration against political opposition here [1]

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

    BOLSONARO RECOMMENDS THAT SUPPORTERS INSPECT HOSPITALS TO VERIFY BED OFFERS AND DOUBTS HEALTH SYSTEM COLLAPSE

    Theme(s)
    Administration, Negationism
    Emergency Measures
    Increased police power

    Read more about it here [1] and remember other episodes related: in Rio de Janeiro [find out here] and São Paulo [find out here] state lawmakers invaded field hospitals to verify bed offers

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

    MINISTRY OF THE FAMILY, WOMAN AND HUMAN RIGHTS EXCLUDES DATA ON POLICE BRUTALITY FROM REPORTS ABOUT VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    CHIEF MINISTER OF THE SECRETARIAT OF GOVERNMENT OF THE PRESIDENCY DENIES RISK OF COUP, BUT TELLS THE OPPOSITION NOT TO PROVOKE

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

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

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

    BOLSONARO SIGNS NOTE WITH VICE-PRESIDENT AND DEFENSE MINISTER, DEFENDING THAT THE ARMED FORCES ‘DO NOT FOLLOW ABSURD ORDERS’, REFERRING TO TENSION BETWEEN THE JUDICIARY AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

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

    Read more about it here [1]

    Jun 12 2020
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    State

    STATE LAWMAKERS INVADE FIELD HOSPITALS, FOLLOWING SUGGESTION OF PRESIDENT BOLSONARO TO INSPECT THE COVID-19 SITUATION

    Theme(s)
    Health, Negationism
    Emergency Measures
    Increased police power
    State
    Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo

    Remember Bolsonaro’s recommendation [find out here] and read more about it here – in Portuguese [1]

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

    NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUSTICE (‘CNJ’), JUDICIARY CONTROL BODY, POINTS TO AN INCREASE OF 800% IN COVID-19 CASES IN PRISONS WITHIN A MONTH, AND THE JUDICIARY POWER DEFIES THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNCIL

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

    Read more about the crisis in Brazilian prisons amid pandemic [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DOES NOT SIGN GLOBAL COMMITMENT TO FIGHT DISINFORMATION AMID PANDEMIC

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

    Read more about the global initiative here [1], about the pandemic cultural war promoted by the government [2] and the spread of misinformation regarding the pandemic in Brazil [3]. Or find out more about this specific episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

    Jun 12 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    State

    ASSOCIATION OF MILITARY POLICE OFFICERS PRESENTS REQUEST FOR EXPLANATIONS AGAINST CARTOONISTS AND BIG MEDIA OUTLET FOR PUBLISHING CARTOONS CRITICIZING POLICE BRUTALITY

    Theme(s)
    Artistic freedom, Culture, Press, Public security
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Attacks on pluralism and minorities
    State
    São Paulo

    Read more about this request, which can base a future criminal action, here [1] and other attacks on cartoonists and journalists [find out here] [find out here]

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

    MILITARY OFFICERS RELEASE NEW MANIFESTO AGAINST JUSTICES OF THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’)

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

    Read more about the relations between military officers and national politics [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST FOUR ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SECOND WEEK OF JUNE, AMID PANDEMIC

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

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

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

    EDUCATION MINISTER JOINS ANTI-CONGRESS PROTEST AND MAKES ANTIDEMOCRATIC DECLARATIONS

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    AFTER FAR-RIGHT PROTEST AGAINST THE DISMANTLING OF A PRO-GOVERNMENT ARMED CAMP BY THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’), JUSTICE MINISTER AND MILITARY POLICE GIVE DUBIOUS ANSWERS

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

    Read more about the far-right protesters, who even launched fireworks and wore masks [1] [2] and about the armed camp [3]

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

    YOUNG BLACK MAN IS KILLED IN VIOLENT ATTACK IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF SÃO PAULO, TRIGGERING DEMONSTRATIONS MARKED BY POLICE BRUTALITY

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    PRESS SECRETARIAT OF THE PRESIDENCY (‘SECOM’) DECLARED THAT CARTOONIST AND JOURNALIST WOULD BE COMMITTING A CRIME BY SHARING A CARTOON CRITICAL TO THE PRESIDENT; ATTORNEY’S GENERAL OFFICE OPENED AN INQUIRY BASED ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY LAW

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    PUBLIC ENTITY FOR THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF BLACK CULTURE IN BRAZIL (‘FUNDAÇÃO PALMARES’) CENSORS BIOGRAPHIES OF BLACK LEADERSHIPS PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE IN THEIR WEBSITE

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

    Read more about it here [1]

    Jun 15 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMPLETES A MONTH WITHOUT A HEALTH MINISTER, AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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

    Read more about this context here [1], about the exit of the previous Health Minister [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

    Jun 15 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Judiciary
    Power Level
    State

    STATE COURT FORBIDS NEWS REPORT ABOUT IRREGULARITIES IN THE CONCESSION OF COVID EMERGENCY AID PACKAGE

    Theme(s)
    Information, Press
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
    State
    Rio Grande do Sul

    Read more about the emergency aid package [1], and about this episode – in Portuguese [1]

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

    BOLSONARO SAYS THAT LAWSUIT AGAINST HIS TICKET IN 2018 IS ‘INADMISSIBLE’

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

    Read more about this lawsuit here [1], other accusations faced by Bolsonaro [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    BOLSONARO SAYS THAT HE ‘CAN’T WATCH QUIETLY’ TO ‘RIGHTS BEING VIOLATED’ IN ALLUSION TO FEDERAL POLICE OPERATIONS AGAINST HIS ALLIES

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

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

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

    MINISTRY OF EDUCATION REVOKES ORDINANCE THAT STIPULATES COMPULSORY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN POST-GRADUATION PROGRAMS; SHORTLY AFTER, THE ORDINANCE IS ANNULLED

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

    Read more about this ordinance here [1]

    Jun 16 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive, Judiciary, Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    UP TO THIS DATE, 2.930 POSITIONS IN THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIARY ARE OCCUPIED BY ACTIVE MILITARY OFFICERS

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

    Read more about the role of military officers in the government [1], the context of military power within the recent history [2] and about this number of positions given to military officers – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT CREATES CENTRALIZING BODY, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRIAL OF LAWSUITS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’)

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

    Read more about it here, in Portuguese [1] or read more about this context in English here [2]

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

    MINISTRIES ALERT THEIR EMPLOYEES ABOUT THE USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS

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

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

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

    BOLSONARO SAYS THAT LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIARY ARE ‘COMMITTING ABUSES’, AND THAT IT IS TIME TO PUT ‘EVERYTHING IN ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE’

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    BRAZIL OPPOSES PROPOSAL TO CREATE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE SYSTEMIC RACISM AND POLICE BRUTALITY

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    MINISTRY OF HEALTH MAKES EMPLOYEES SIGN TERM OF CONFIDENTIALITY ABOUT INFORMATION REGARDING THE MINISTER CABINET; OTHERWISE, IT THREATENS TO APPLY THE NATIONAL SECURITY LAW

    Theme(s)
    Information, Transparency
    Emergency Measures
    Increased police power

    Read more about it here, in Portuguese [1]

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

    BOLSONARO SAYS THAT ARREST OF FABRICIO QUEIROZ, EX-AIDE TO HIS SON, WAS ‘SPECTACULAR’ AND CALLS IT ‘PERSECUTION’

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

    Read more about this arrest here [1], the cases against Bolsonaro and his allies [2] and about this declaration here – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    POLICE ATTACK AND HANDCUFF JOURNALISTS IN THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL

    Theme(s)
    Press
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
    State
    Rio Grande do Sul

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] and about recent atacks on press freedom in Brazil [2]

    Jun 18 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Judiciary
    Power Level
    Federal

    FEDERAL SUPREME COURT DECLARES LEGALITY OF INQUIRY TARGETING FAKE NEWS AND EXTENDS IT FOR 6 MONTHS

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

    Read more about it here [1] and why this inquiry could be criticized [2]

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

    MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT OMITS CRUCIAL DATA ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES ON PROTECTED LAND

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

    Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here], the lack of transparency under the Bolsonaro administration [1] and how it affects the environmental policies [2] [3]

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

    ENVIRONMENT MINISTER REQUESTS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO FILE ACTION AGAINST JOURNALIST

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

    Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and the context of curtailments of the Brazilian press freedom [1]

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

    MILITARY OFFICERS CLAIM TO BE ‘THE TRUE GUARDIANS OF THE CONSTITUTION’

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

    Read more about military interference in politics here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    OFFICE OF PROSECUTOR GENERAL (‘PGR’) EDITS RECOMMENDATION TO LIMIT THE POWERS ITS MEMBERS AMID PANDEMIC

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

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

    Jun 19 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    State

    GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO OMITS DATA FROM 11 THOUSAND COVID-19 CASES STATEWIDE

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

    Read more about the lack of data regarding covid-19 cases in Brazil as a whole [1] and about this episode here – in Portuguese [2] [find out here]

    Jun 19 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Judiciary
    Power Level
    Federal

    FEDERAL SUPREME COURT DECLARES THAT CRIME OF ‘CONTEMPT AGAINST AUTHORITIES’ IS CONSTITUTIONAL

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

    Read more about the crime of contempt in Brazil here – in Portuguese [1] and about this episode [2] [find out here] – both in Portuguese

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

    MINISTRY OF HUMAN RIGHTS, FAMILY AND WOMEN ESTABLISHES THE NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF THE FAMILY

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

    Read more about it here [find out here] and about this context [1]

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

    BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST FOUR ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE THIRD WEEK OF JUNE, AMID PANDEMIC, SUCH AS CRITICIZING THE WHO

    Theme(s)
    Negationism, 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 – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    GOVERNMENT DELAYS FOR TWO MONTHS THE HIRING OF FIREFIGHTERS TO COMBAT AND PREVENT FOREST FIRES ACROSS THE COUNTRY

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

    Read more about the situation of fire brigades in Brazil over 2020 here [1] and about this episode it here – in Portuguese [2]

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

    PUBLIC MEDIA OUTLET (‘EBC’) FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST EMPLOYEES FOR CRITICAL POSTS TO THE COMPANY ON SOCIAL NETWORK

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

    Read more about the recent dismantling of EBC here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2] [find out here]

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

    AMID PLANS TO CENTRALIZE THE ACTIONS OF THE PUBLIC PROSECUTION OFFICE, PROSECUTOR GENERAL (‘PGR’) MAKES ATYPICAL VISIT TO ‘OPERATION CAR WASH’ TASK FORCE AND ‘CAR WASH’ PROSECUTORS QUIT, ALLEGING UNWARRANTED INSPECTION

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

    Read more about the Car Wash operation here [1], the recent hurdles surrounding it [2], the subsequent dismissal of a head of Car Wash task force [3] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND MINISTRY OF WOMAN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS KEEP NEW PROTOCOL OF ACTION IN CASES OF FEMICIDE UNDER SECRECY

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

    Read more about the Ministry’s performance here [1] and find more about this specific episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    WOMEN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER SAYS ‘MEN WERE GIFTED PHYSICAL STRENGTH TO PROTECT WOMEN’ DURING NEW FEMICIDE PROTOCOL ANNOUCEMENT

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

    Read about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the Women, Family and Human Rights minister and her role in Bolsonaro government [1]

    Jun 24 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Judiciary
    Power Level
    State

    AGAINST FEDERAL SUPREME COURT’S POSITION, STATE COURT OF RIO DE JANEIRO CONCEDES IMMUNITY FROM TRIAL BY A LOWER FORUM TO PRESIDENT’S SON FLAVIO BOLSONARO

    Theme(s)
    Prerogative of function
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Violation of institutional autonomy
    State
    Rio de Janeiro

    Read more about the investigation targeting President Jair Bolsonaro’s eldest son [1] and about this episode [2]

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

    FEDERAL POLICE BREAKS HISTORICAL RECORD OF FIREARM REGISTRATION BETWEEN JANUARY AND MAY

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

    Read more about the gun control under Bolsonaro [1] and about this episode [2]

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

    BOLSONARO GOVERNMENT HAS THE LOWEST RESPONSIVITY TO REQUESTS OF ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION, WHICH IS A RIGHT GUARANTEED BY LAW, IN HISTORY

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

    Read more about transparency issues in Bolsonaro government here [1], the institutional response to the government’s attempts to limit access to information [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

    Jun 25 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Judiciary
    Power Level
    Federal

    FEDERAL SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SUSPENDS LAWSUITS REGARDING WORKERS’ RIGHTS DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

    Theme(s)
    Work
    Emergency Measures
    Curtailment of fundamental rights

    Read more about the flexibilization of labor law amid pandemic here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

    Jun 27 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    State

    POLICE KILLINGS IN BRAZIL GROW 26% IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF PANDEMIC

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

    Read more about it here [1]

    Jun 28 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    State

    BY REQUEST OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF, INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) IN THE STATE OF SANTA CATARINA APPOINTS NEW CHIEF WITH NO EXPERIENCE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD

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

    Read more about the environmental policies under Bolsonaro here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    BOLSONARO HAS COMMITTED AT LEAST FOUR ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE LAST NINE DAYS OF JUNE, AMID PANDEMIC

    Theme(s)
    Negationism, 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 – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) SANCTIONS 60% LESS IN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF 2020, IN COMPARISON TO THE SAME PERIOD IN 2019

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

    Read more about the environmental politics under Bolsonaro here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    FIREARMS REGISTRATION BY FEDERAL POLICE GROWS 205% IN COMPARISON TO THE FIRST SEMESTER OF 2019

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

    Read more about gun control under Bolsonaro here [1], about the already noted historical record regarding firearm registrations [find out here] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    POLICE KILLINGS IN BRAZIL INCREASE BY 7% IN THE FIRST SEMESTER OF 2020 DESPITE PANDEMIC

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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