Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL SUPREME COURT JUSTICE DISREGARDS RECOMMENDATION OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUSTICE (‘CNJ’), JUDICIARY CONTROL BODY, AND DENIES HABEAS CORPUS PREVENTING IMPRISONMENT OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Health, Penal and socioeducational system
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights
State
Amapá

Read more about covid-19 and prisons in Brazil [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jul 01 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
Federal

SUPERIOR ELECTORAL COURT BANS THE JUDICIARY FROM REMOVING CONVICTED MAYORS FROM OFFICE AMID PANDEMIC, MANY OF WHOM FACE CORRUPTION CHARGES DUE TO EMERGENCY CONTRACTS

Theme(s)
Elections
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about the growing corrpution charges amid pandemic here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jul 01 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

SÃO PAULO STATE’S PRISON ADMINISTRATOR RETRACTS FROM ITS WEBSITE INFORMATION ON 812 COVID CASES IN JAILS

Theme(s)
Information, Penal and socioeducational system, Transparency
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control
State
São Paulo

Read more about the growing corrpution charges amid pandemic here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jul 01 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive, Legislative
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO WATERS DOWN MASK LAW AND EXEMPTS MASK OBLIGATION IN SHOPS, CHURCHES AND PENITENTIARIES

Theme(s)
Health, Power conflicts, Prisons, Social distancing
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Jul 02 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

DUE TO PANDEMIC, BRAZILIAN PARLIAMENT POSTPONES MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE REDEMOCRATIZATION, IN 1985

Theme(s)
Elections
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about it here [1] [2]

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

AT A MERCOSUR SUMMIT, BOLSONARO CLAIMS HIS GOVERNMENT WANTS TO ‘REVERT DISTORTED OPINIONS’ ON BRAZILIAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION IS CURRENTLY MENACED BY HIGH LEVELS OF DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1] [2]

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

ACCORDING TO JOURNALIST’S TRADE UNION, BOLSONARO MADE 245 ATTACKS ON THE PRESS IN THE FIRST SEMESTER OF 2020

Theme(s)
Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the recent attacks here [1] [2] [3], about the attacks last year [find out here], check tracker of recent attacks amid pandemic [4] and read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

IN SPEECH AT THE UN, BRAZILIAN AMBASSADOR OMITS THE DIMENSION OF THE PANDEMIC IN BRAZIL, DISTORTS INFORMATION, AND SAYS THE COUNTRY LIVES IN A ‘VIBRANT DEMOCRACY’

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

Read more about Bolsonaro’s denial of the corona virus pandemic and cultural war here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

IN ALIGNMENT WITH REPRESSIVE REGIMES, BRAZIL ATTACKS UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE’S RESOLUTION DRAFT ON GENDER AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

TRANSPARENCY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION PUBLIC BODY LINKED TO THE PRESIDENCY (‘CGU’) ISSUES TECHNICAL NOTE ALLOWING SANCTIONS DUE TO PUBLIC SERVANTS’ ACTIVITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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

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

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

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER IS CHARGED OF ADMINISTRATIVE MISCONDUCT FOR DISRUPTING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MECHANISMS

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

Read more about it here [1] and about the ongoing deregulation regarding environmental policies here [2]

Jul 06 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

GOVERNMENT LEADER IN THE LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT ATTACKS FEDERAL SUPREME COURT JUSTICE FOR DECISION IN INVESTIGATION ABOUT FAKE NEWS THAT FORBADE FAR-RIGHT BLOGGER ACCESS TO HIS SOCIAL NETWORKS

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

Read more about the investigation here [1], about this episode – in Portuguese [2] and about recent criticism also from the president to the investigations [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO VETOES COVID-19 PROTECTION MEASURES FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND TRADITIONAL BLACK COMUNITIES (‘QUILOMBOLAS’)

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

JUSTICE MINISTER CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION OF JOURNALIST THAT WROTE ARTICLE HOPING BOLSONARO WOULD DIE FROM COVID-19 BASED ON OUTDATED NATIONAL SECURITY LAW

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

Read more about the authoritarian origins of National Security Law in Brazil here [1], its recent inflated application [2], about this case [3] – and read the article by journalist Hélio Schwartsman here – in Portuguese [4]

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

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST SEVEN ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY, AMID PANDEMIC, SUCH AS NOT WEARING FACE MASK AND CAUSING AGGLOMERATION

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

Read more about some of the acts here [1] check all the acts against the recommendations – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO IS ACCUSED AT UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OF 54 ATTACKS TO WOMEN JOURNALISTS

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

Read more about it here [1] and watch journalist Bianca Santana’s oral statement for the Coucil here [2]

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

SECRETARY FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH BLAMES STATES’ GOVERNORS FOR COVID DEATHS, WHICH COULD ALLEDGEDLY BE AVOIDED WITH MEDICINE

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

Read more about the attempt from the federal government to exempt itself from responsibility for the deaths here [1], about the lack of efficacy of the medicine recommended by the Ministry of Health servant [2] and about the specific case here – in Portuguese [3] [find out here]

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

HEALTH MINISTER SHOWS INDIFFERENCE TO LARGE PUBLIC-FUNDED NATIONAL RESEARCH ON COVID-19, WHICH THREATENS ITS CONTINUITY

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

Read about the preliminary results of this study here [1] and about the threat to its future here – in Portuguese [2] [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO’S SPECIAL ADVISOR IS IDENTIFIED AS A PARTICIPANT IN SCHEME OF FAKE ACCOUNTS ON FACEBOOK

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO CLAIMS TO BE PERSECUTED BY FACEBOOK AFTER THE COMPANY REMOVED POSTS FROM HIS ALLIES CONTAINING MISINFORMATION

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

Read more about it here [1] and about details on the misinformation scheme that used inauthentic accounts on social media [2]

Jul 09 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
Federal

SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE CHIEF JUSTICE GRANTS HOUSE ARREST TO SENATOR FLÁVIO BOLSONARO’S FORMER AIDE; THE RULING IS CONTRARY TO PAST DECISIONS ON SIMILAR CASES

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

Read more about it here [1] and about the previous arrest and this case [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO APPOINTS ALLIES TO NATIONAL EDUCATION COUNCIL AND IGNORES PREVIOUS CONSULTATION TO CIVIL SOCIETY

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

Read more about the dismantling of Brazilian education system here [1] and about the nominations here – in Portuguese [2] [find out here]

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

DEFENSE MINISTER ADVOCATES ENDING THE LEGAL AMAZON AND SETTING THE MINISTRY’S BUDGET AT 2% OF THE GDP

Theme(s)
Budget, Environment
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 Legal Amazon [1]

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

BOLSONARO APPOINTS PASTOR AS EDUCATION MINISTER, JUSTIFYING IT BY HIS COMMITMENT TO FAMILY AND VALUES

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

Read more about it here [1] and about the dismissal of the last Education Minister due to tensions with the Judiciary branch [2]

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

FIVE COMPLAINTS ARE FILED AGAINST BRAZIL AT THE UN FOR ‘CLIMATE SKEPTICISM’, ATTACKS ON TRADITIONAL PEOPLES AND DISMANTLING OF SOCIAL RIGHTS

Theme(s)
Environment, Indigenous people
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about the context of hostility towards indigenous peoples here [1], about the historic of climate skepticism by Brazilian government [2], about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here] and an analysis on the proliferations of complaints against Brazil at UN Human Rights bodies – also in Portuguese [3]

Jul 10 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

THOUSANDS FAMILIES ARE EVICTED AMID PANDEMIC AND CREATE NEW SLUM WITH ‘QUARANTINE HOMELESS PEOPLE’ IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO

Theme(s)
Land regularization
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights
State
São Paulo

Read more about it here [1]

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

MINISTRY OF HEALTH SPENDS ONLY 30% OF THE AVALIABLE BUDGET TO FIGHT COVID-19

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

GOVERNMENT FIRES COORDINATOR IN CHARGE OF MONITORING DEFORESTATION AND SHRINKS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH (‘INPE’)

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

Read more about it here [1] and remember the dismissal of the director of Inpe last year – in Portuguese [find out here] [2]

Jul 13 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

POLICE OFFICERS ARE FILMED CHOKING MORTOCYCLE RIDER AT PROTEST IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO

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

Read more about the it here [1] and about the reaction of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights here [2]

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

BOLSONARO ACCUSES THE LEFT OF TRYING TO DECRIMINALIZE PEDOPHILIA, BUT DOES NOT SHOW ANY PROOF

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

Read more about the political use of pedophilia accusations in Brazil here [1] and about the accusation made by Bolsonaro here – in Portuguese [2] [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST FOUR ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE IN THE SECOND WEEK OF JULY, AMID PANDEMIC, SUCH AS PRAISING THE USE OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AS A COVID-19 TREATMENT

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

Read more about the praise of scientifically unproven drug hydroxychloroquine by the president here [1] and all the acts against the recommendations – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

WEBINARS HOSTED BY THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS LINK CORONAVIRUS WITH COMMUNISM

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

Watch one of the webinars here – in Spanish [1], read more about the turn to the far-right of Brazilian foreign policy [2] and about these episodes – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

MINISTRY OF DEFENSE FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST FEDERAL SUPREME COURT JUSTICE BASED ON NATIONAL SECURITY LAW

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

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

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

STATE-OWNED MEDIA COMPANY HIDES INFORMATION ABOUT INDIGENOUS SITUATION AMID PANDEMIC

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

Read more about the dismantling of public media in Brazil here [1] and about the concealment of information about indigenous people during the pandemic here – in Portuguese [2] [find out here]

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

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMPLETES TWO MONTHS WITHOUT HEALTH MINISTER, AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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

Read more about it here [1], about the militarization of the Ministry of Health [2] and about the situation of the Health Ministry last month [find out here]

Jul 15 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

PRISON GUARDS INTIMIDATE DETAINEES’ FAMILIES PROTESTING AGAINST TREATMENT OF PRISONERS AMID PANDEMIC IN THE STATE OF CEARÁ

Theme(s)
Health, Penal and socioeducational system, Prisons
Emergency Measures
Increased police power
State
Ceará

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]. The state of Ceará also faced a police strike in the beginning of the year, read more about the strike here [2]

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

SPECIAL SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL COMMUNICATION KEEPS DATA ABOUT ADVERTISING COSTS IN SECRECY, CONTRARY TO REQUIREMENT FROM TRANSPARENCY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION PUBLIC BODY (‘CGU’)

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

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

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

AMID RECORD NUMBER OF FIRES IN THE AMAZON FOREST AND PANTANAL, BOLSONARO CRITICIZES DECREE – SIGNED BY HIMSELF – BANNING CONTROLLED BURNING AND BLAMES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FOR FIRES

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

Read more about the decree here [1] and about the President’s statements here – in Portuguese [2] [find out here]

Jul 16 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
Federal

PROSECUTOR GENERAL SIGNS ORDINANCE THAT INCREASES PUBLIC ACCESS TO SENSITIVE DATA ABOUT THE FEDERAL PUBLIC PROSECUTION OFFICE

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

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

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

BRAZIL ABSTAINS AT UN VOTING ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

UP TO THIS DATE, 6,157 POSITIONS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE HELD BY MILITARY OFFICERS AND 2,558 POSITIONS OF TRUST ARE HELD BY MILITARY ON ACTIVE DUTY

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] and about the survey commissioned by a court that revealed the numbers above – in Portuguese [2] [find out here]

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

ACTING HEALTH MINISTER AND ARMY GENERAL SAYS THAT DEMONSTRATIONS CALLING FOR CLOSURE OF CONGRESS AND FEDERAL SUPREME COURT ATTEST DEMOCRACY IN ITS ‘FULLEST’

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

Read more about anti-democracratic demonstrations in Brazil here [1] and about the Acting Health Minister statements here – in Portuguese [2] [find out here]

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

CHIEF OF STAFF APPROVES APPOINTMENT OF HIS OWN DAUGHTER TO THE HEALTH REGULATORY AGENCY (‘ANVISA’)

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

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

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

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST FIVE ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE THIRD WEEK OF JULY, AMID PANDEMIC

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

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

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

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO ANNOUNCES BODY CAMERAS ON POLICE UNIFORMS, BUT LEAVES MOST LETHAL UNITS UNCOVERED AMID INCREASE IN POLICE VIOLENCE

Theme(s)
Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
State
São Paulo

Read more about the use of such cameras here, which has also raised questions about big data and privacy [1], guidelines on how to use them according to lawful criteria from the US law [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [3] [find out here]

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

PRESIDENCY DENIES INFORMATION REQUESTS CONCERNING PRESIDENT’S SCHEDULE, WHICH GOES AGAINST PREVIOUS REGULATION

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

Read more about the lack of transparency in public administration under Bolsonaro here [1] [2] and about the denied requests here – in Portuguese [3] [find out here]

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

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE REVOKES REQUIREMENT FOR IDENTIFICATION DETAILS IN FIREARMS ACQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL PUBLIC SECURITY FORCE

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

Read more about what is the National Public Security Force – in Portuguese [1], about the reduced control for firearms under Bolsonaro [2] and about these revoked requirements here – also in Portuguese [3] [find out here]

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

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND HEALTH REGULATORY AGENCY (‘ANVISA’) ISSUE RESOLUTION REGULATING HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE PRESCRIPTION FOR TREATING CORONAVIRUS, EVEN THOUGH THE DRUG REMAINS SCIENTIFICALLY UNTESTED

Theme(s)
Health, Negationism
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about Brazilian study that show hydroxychloroquine is ineffective for treating the coronavirus [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2] [find out here]

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

FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS REPORT BRAZILIAN GOVERMENT TO THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND TO THE UN FOR FAILING TO SPEND BUDGET TO FIGHT COVID-19

Theme(s)
Budget, Health, International relations
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read about the underspend of budget destined to fight covid-19 here [1] and read the complaint sent to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and to the UN Human Rights Office here – in Portuguese [2]

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

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE MONITORS 579 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES IDENTIFIED AS ANTI-FACIST IN CONFIDENTIAL CASE AND SHARES INFORMATION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT BODIES

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

Read more about precedent clashes between Bolsonaro and anti-fascist movements here [find out here] and about this episode [1] [2]

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

BOLSONARO APPEALS TO THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT AFTER JUSTICE SUSPENDED SOCIAL NETWORK ACCOUNTS OWNED BY GOVERNMENT ALLIES

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

Read more about it here [1]

Jul 25 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

EVEN AFTER COURT DECISION RECOGNIZING DETEAINEE’S RIGHT TO VIDEO CALLS, LESS THAN HALF OF INMATES HAVE ACCESS TO IT IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO

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

Read more about the situation in Brazilian prisons amid Pandemic here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2] [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO IS ACCUSED OF CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY IN THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (‘ICC’) DUE TO HIS MANAGMENT OF THE PANDEMIC

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

Read more about it here [1] and about the neglect of the government regarding the covid-19 crisis [2].

Jul 26 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
Federal

CORONAVIRUS CASES INCREASE BY 134% IN PRISONS WITHIN A MONTH, BUT RECOMMENDATION ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUSTICE (‘CNJ’), JUDICIARY CONTROL BODY, DETERMINING A REVIEW OF PRE-TRIAL DETENTIONS REMAINS DISREGARDED

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

Read about the recommendation here [1] and about the spread of coronavirus in Brazilian prisons here [2].

Jul 27 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

PRESIDENCY CALLS FOR INVESTIGANTION OF INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) AGENTS THAT REMOVED INVADER FROM INDIGENOUS LAND

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

Read more about recent attacks on Ibama, from which two coordinators responsible for combating illegal deforestation were fired, here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]

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

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENACTS 195 ENVIRONMENTAL NORMATIVE ACTS BETWEEN MARCH AND MAY 2020, 12 TIMES MORE THAN 2019

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

Read more about the survey data on environmental acts here [1], the high number of normative acts enacted under the Bolsonaro administration [find out here] [find out here] and the dismantle of environmental protection laws and policies [2]

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

AFTER CRITICIZING THE INSTITUTION, BOLSONARO CHANGES THE STRUCTURE OF THE BRAZILIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (‘ABIN’) AND CREATES A ‘NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER’

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

UNTIL JULY, INSTITUTE OF ENVIROMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) SPENDS ONLY 19% OF BUDGET DESTINED TO CURB FIRES IN 2020

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

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

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

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER CLAIMS THAT INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) ACOMPLISHED 100% OF DEFORESTATION GOAL, EVEN THOUGH DEFORESTATION NUMBERS ARE UNPRECEDENTED

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST FIVE ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE LAST 10 DAYS OF JULY, AMID PANDEMIC

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

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

Jul 31 2020
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