Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION ACCUMULATES 680 REPORTS OF MORAL HARASSMENT AGAINST PUBLIC SERVANTS

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and remember previous actions by the government to curb political manifestation of civil servants [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]

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

INSTITUTION RELATED TO MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (‘FUNAG’) PROMOTES AN ANTI-ABORTION CONFERENCE

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

Read more about this conference and Funag under Bolsonaro [1] and the current anti-gender wave in the country [2]

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

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER PROPOSES TO LOWER GOAL OF DEFORESTATION REDUCTION

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

Read report from NGOs group on how to end Amazon deforestation, from 2018 [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

MINISTRY OF CITIZENSHIP DELAYS 2021 APPLICATIONS FOR ATHLETIC FINANCIAL AID

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about previous cuts in athletic funding here [1]

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

WOMEN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ISSUES GUIDELINES AIMED AT MARRIAGE AND FAMILY PROTAGONISM REINFORCEMENT; AS AN EVANGELICAL PREACHER, THE MINISTER HAS PREVIOUSLY DEFENDED THAT ‘WOMEN SHOULD BE SUBMISSIVE AND ACT ACCORDING TO THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE’

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], and remember when the Women, Family and Human Rights minister said women should be submissive [find out here]. Read more about the increase of evangelicalism in Brazilian politics here [1] [2]

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

DEFENSE MINISTER SUSPENDS INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) OPERATIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL MINING IN INDIGENOUS LANDS

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

CHIEF OF THE PRESS SECRETARIAT OF THE PRESIDENCY (‘SECOM’) REACTS TO ROBBERY AND CHASES SUSPECT WITH A GUN DOWN THE STREETS OF SÃO PAULO

Theme(s)
Gun control, Transparency
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
São Paulo

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

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

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

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

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

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

MINISTRY OF TOURISM APPOINTS BLOGGER AS COORDINATOR OF THE NATIONAL ART FOUNDATION (‘FUNARTE’) AFTER HER NOMINATION TO ANOTHER FEDERAL AGENCY HAD BEEN SUSPENDED

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

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

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

CONTRARY TO SOCIAL DISTANCING RECOMMENDATIONS, MINISTRY OF HEALTH DIRECTS PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF COVID-19 TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION

Theme(s)
Health, Social distancing
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]. The Ministry had already included chloroquine, a drug with no scientific evidence against covid-19, in early treatment protocol, read about it here [2].

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

POLICE OFFICERS KILLL YOUNG BLACK MAN IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO

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

The event was reported by an independent militant media outlet [1] as has been fully reported by Brazilian media – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

SECRETARIAT OF GOVERNMENT OF THE PRESIDENCY RANKS NAMES OF OPPOSITION GOVERNORS ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES AND DEATHS PER STATE AND OMITS NAMES OF POLITICAL ALLIES

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

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

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

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SUED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTION OFFICE DUE TO THE DISCRIMINATORY BEHAVIOUR AGAINST WOMEN

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

Read interview about the anti-gender policies of the government [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) ASKS US GOVERNMENT TO ACCEPT SHIPMENT OF BRAZILIAN WOOD EXPORTED WITHOUT LEGAL AUTHORIZATION

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about this context here [1] [2][/link] [3] [4]

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

IN MEETING WITH FOREIGN CHIEFS OF STATE, BOLSONARO SAYS THAT AMAZON FIRES ARE A LIE

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

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

WOMEN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTRY EXCLUDES THE MANDATES OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE PROMOTION OF RACE EQUALITY DAYS AFTER THESE ORGANIZATIONS PRESENTED AN IMPEACHMENT REQUEST AGAINST BOLSONARO

Theme(s)
Civil society participation, Race and ethnicity
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about a previous attack on NGOs by the government [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

ACTING HEALTH MINISTER OMITS NUMBER OF CASES AND DEATHS BY COVID-19 IN BRAZIL IN MEETING WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (‘WHO’)

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

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

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

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT HEALTH REGULATORY AGENCY (‘ANVISA’) WILL EASE ACCESS TO HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE

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

Read more about the praise of scientifically unproven drug hydroxychloroquine by the president here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) HAS THE LOWEST NUMBER OF FIELD AGENTS, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATIONS AGAINST DEFORESTATION SINCE ITS CREATION IN 1989

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

Read more about how Bolsonaro administration is weakening Ibama since he took office [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2] [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST SIX ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SECOND WEEK OF AUGUST, 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]

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

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT CIVIC-MILITARY SCHOOLS EDUCATE ‘GOOD LIBERALS, NOT [LEFTIST] ACTIVISTS’

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

Read more about the government plan to implement civic-military schools here [1], read article about the radical right’s capture of the educational debate [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

CULTURE SECRETARY PRESENTS PROPOSAL OF CHANGE IN COMPOSITION OF THE BRAZILIAN ACADEMY OF CINEMA AND TRIES TO MEDDLE IN CHOICE OF THE BRAZILIAN NOMINEE TO OSCAR AWARDS SO THAT IT BE ‘ALIGNED’ WITH THE GOVERNMENT

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

Read more about who is the culture secretary here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMPLETES THREE MONTHS WITHOUT A HEALTH MINISTER AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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

Read more about the militarization of the Ministry of Health [1], the nomination of the acting Health Minister in September [2] and about the situation of the Health Ministry in the last months – in Portuguese [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]

Aug 15 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
State

STATE LAWMAKERS PROTEST AGAINST LEGAL ABORTION GRANTED TO 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO WAS RAPED

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

Read more about the 10-year-old girl case here [1], about the legal abortion situation in Brazil [2], about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here] and read analysis of human rights activist on the case [3]

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

VICE-PRESIDENT HAMILTON MOURÃO SPREADS FAKE DATA ABOUT DEFORESTATION

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

Read more about the deforestation rates in Amazon here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

VICE-PRESIDENT DENIES AMAZON FIRES AND CRITICIZES LEONARDO DICAPRIO, A RENOWNED ADVOCATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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

Remember when Bolsonaro said Amazon fires were a lie [find out here], blamed Leonardo diCaprio for the fires last year [find out here] and read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO ANNOUNCES REVOCATION OF RULE THAT IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS ON GUN POSSESSION BY CIVILIANS

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

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

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

FEDERAL POLICE EASES POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY CIVILIANS AND PROCESS OF GUN REGISTRATION

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]

Aug 20 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
State

PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF LAW OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO (‘TJ-SP’) ISSUES ORDINANCE THAT ESTABLISHES PROTECTION AND SECRECY OF THE COURT’S INFORMATION, REDUCING ITS TRANSPARENCY

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

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

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

INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES ‘IBAMA’ APPOINTS OFFICIAL FROM THE BRAZILIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (‘ABIN’) AS COORDINATOR OF INTELLIGENCE AND INSPECTION, DISREGARDING PREVIOUS TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ITS OWN STAFF

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

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

Aug 20 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 AUGUST, 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]

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

EDUCATION MINISTER APPOINTS ADVISOR WHO DEFENDS ‘BIBLICAL VALUES’ IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM TO POSITION IN THE MINISTRY

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

Read more about the educational system under Bolsonaro [1], the recent nomination of the Education Minister [2] and about the nomination of this advisor – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO DISRESPECTS UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY BY APPOINTING THE LEAST VOTED CANDIDATE WITHIN ACADEMIC COMUNITY AS RECTOR OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE

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

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

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

AFTER BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT MYSTERY PAYMENTS TO HIS WIFE, BOLSONARO SAYS HE WANTS TO PUNCH REPORTER

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

Read more about it here [1] [2]

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

BOLSONARO ATTACKS PRESS AFTER BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT CASH DEPOSITS MADE BY FABRÍCIO QUEIROZ, FORMER AIDE TO HIS SON FLAVIO, IN THE FIRST LADY’S BANK ACCOUNT

Theme(s)
Information, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Federal District, Minas Gerais

Read more about one of these attacks here [1] [2] and about more of them – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

DEFENSE MINISTER ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF NEW EQUIPMENTS FOR MONITORING THE AMAZON FOREST, IGNORING THE EXISTING SYSTEM

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

Remember the dismissal of coordinator in charge of monitoring deforestation earlier this month [find out here] and read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION SPONSORS EVENT CALLED ‘BRAZIL OVERCOMING COVID-19’, SPREADS MISINFORMATION AND THE PRESIDENT SAYS THAT ‘WIMP’JOURNALISTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE OF COVID-19

Theme(s)
Health, Information, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Federal District

Read more about it here [1]

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

WOMEN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER DAMARES ALVES THREATENS MEDIA OUTLET AFTER REPORT ON GOVERNMENT’S OMISSION

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

Read more about who is Damares Alves here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) REDUCED FINES BY 34% IN 2019; 80% OF THE OF THE MUNICIPALITIES WITH THE LOWEST NUMBER OF FINES EXPERIENCED INCREASE IN THEIR DEFORESTATION LEVELS

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

Read more about it here [1] and analyze the full data available on this matter here – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, FEDERAL, STATE AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE SPENT AT LEAST R$18 MILLION ON DRUGS WITHOUT PROVEN EFFICACY AGAINST COVID-19

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

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

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

BOLSONARO COMPLAINS ABOUT THE PROHIBITION OF CHILD LABOUR

Theme(s)
Child and adolescent, Work
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Remember when the president defended child labor last year [find out here] [1] and read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PRESIDENT BOLSONARO ATTEND MEETING WITH THE DEFENSE LAWYER OF THE PRESIDENT’S SON FLAVIO TO DISCUSS CORRUPTION CASE INVOLVING THE LATTER

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

Read more about the investigation targeting President Jair Bolsonaro’s eldest son [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

UP TO THIS DATE, BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION HAS AVERAGED ONE DISMISSAL EVERY THREE DAYS IN HIGH-LEVEL POSITIONS

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

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

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

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT THE AMNESTY ACT WAS CREATED BY THE WORKER’S PARTY (‘PT’) TO BENEFIT ITS FRIENDS AND THAT THERE ARE ‘TOO MANY’ PEOPLE WHO WERE GRANTED AMNESTY

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

Read more about the support given by Bolsonaro for the dictatorship [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

HEALTH MINISTER ISSUES ORDINANCE COMPELLING HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO NOTIFY THE POLICE WHEN THEY RECEIVE CASES OF WOMEN WHO WERE RAPED

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

Read more about this ordinance here [1] and why it could prevent women from health services according to doctors [2]

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

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER ANOUNCES SUSPENSION OF ALL ACTIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON FOREST AND PANTANAL – THE LARGEST WETLAND AREA OF THE COUNTRY; SHORTLY AFTER, HE RETROCEDES

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

Read more about it here [1]

Aug 28 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

MILITARY POLICE OFFICERS INTIMIDADE DEMONSTRATORS CRITICIZING PRESIDENT BOLSONARO IN THE STATE OF GOIÁS

Theme(s)
Political positioning, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Goiás

Read more about the links between Bolsonaro and the military police here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Aug 28 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
Federal

MINSTER OF THE SUPERIOR COURT JUSTICE REMOVES GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO FROM OFFICE

Theme(s)
Administration, Power conflicts
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about it here [1] and read article about the problem of individual decisions in Brazilian higher courts [2]

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

BOLSONARO MAY HAVE COMMITED MORE IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES AND MORE THAN 50 IMPEACHMENT REQUESTS HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST HIM

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

Remeber the impeachment requests against Bolsonaro in April [find out here] and read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

DEFENSE MINISTRY AND INSTITUTIONAL ADVERTISING WILL HAVE THEIR BUDGET INCREASED IN 2021, AT THE EXPENSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT, RESEARCH AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS

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

Read more about the budget proposal here [1]

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

UP TO THIS DATE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY ISSUED 23 NORMS BROADENING ACCESS TO GUNS AND AMMUNITION

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 all of these norms – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST 5 ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE LAST TEN DAYS OF AUGUST, 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], such as saying that ‘wimp’ journalists are more likely to die of covid-19 [find out here]

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

CONTRARY TO THE QUARANTINE ACT, BOLSONARO SAYS THAT NO ONE WILL BE COMPELLED TO VACCINATE AGAINST CORONAVIRUS

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

Read more about a similar speech of the president, given 2 weeks later [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Aug 31 2020
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