Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ACCORDING TO A STUDY, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS HAD A LOW LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY DURING PANDEMIC AND PERFORMS WORSE THAN 20 OF THE 26 STATES

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

Read the report from NGO on this matter – in Portuguese [1]

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

JUSTICE MINISTRY AUTHORIZES THE NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO AID AGRARIAN SETTLEMENTS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COLONIZATION AND AGRARIAN REFORM. THE ORDER IGNORES THE PROPER FEDERATIVE INSTITUTIONS HIERARCHY

Theme(s)
Agrarian reform, Security and Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Bahia

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

Sep 01 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

EDUARDO BOLSONARO, ONE OF THE PRESIDENT’S SONS, SAYS HIS FATHER ‘WAS RIGHT’ AND ARGENTINE WAS DESTROYED BY THE ‘SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT’. THEY REFER TO THE GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT ALBERTO FERNÁNDEZ, FROM THE JUSTICIALIST PARTY

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

Read more about a previous speech from Eduardo Bolsonaro regarding left-wing movements [1], about the animosity between Brazilian and Argentinian government [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO AFFIRMS THAT HE WILL BE THE ONE TO DECIDE ABOUT 5G TECHNOLOGY, AND THERE WILL NOT BE ANYONE ELSE OPINIONATING ON IT

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT ENVIRONMENTAL NGOS ARE ‘A CANCER’

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

Read more about it here [1] [2]

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

SECRETARY OF CULTURE DETERMINES THAT ALL POSTS ON SITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA FROM BODIES LINKED TO THE SECRETARIAT WILL BE CONTROLLED

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

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

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

PRESS SECRETARIAT OF THE PRESIDENCY (‘SECOM’) CRITICIZES COMEDIAN AFTER HIS PARODY OF THE SECRETARY OF CULTURE

Theme(s)
Advertising and propaganda, Artistic freedom, Culture, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

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

MINISTRY OF HEALTH INCREASES THE OFFER OF CHLOROQUINE BY 455% TO STATES AND MUNICIPALITIES, DESPITE LACK OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE OF EFFICACY

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST FOUR ACTS AGAINST HEALTH AND SANITARY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, 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]

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

BOLSONARO DEFENDS 1964 MILITARY COUP IN A SPEECH AT ‘INDEPENDENCE DAY’ CELEBRATION

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

Read more about it here [1] and remember that, last year, Bolsonaro intended to celebrate the day of the military coup [2] [find out here]

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

STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE LEGAL AMAZON (‘CNAL’) FORESEES THE PRESENCE OF THE ARMY IN THE FOREST UNTIL THE END OF 2022

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

Read more about the army’s presence in the Amazon Forest here [1] [2], about the re-foundation of the National Council of the Legal Amazon earlier this year [3] and about its goals and problems to achieve it [4]

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

STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE LEGAL AMAZON (‘CNAL’) CALLS FOR CHANGE IN INSTITUTIONS RELATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

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

Read more about the army in Amazon here [1], about the re-foundation of the National Council of the Legal Amazon earlier this year [2] and about its goals and problems to achieve it [3] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

OPERATION ‘VERDE BRASIL 2’ DOES NOT INSPECT ILLEGAL MINING IN AMAZON

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Security and Environment
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control
State
Amazonas

Read more about it here [1]

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

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER AND VP SAY THAT THERE ARE NO FIRES IN THE AMAZON

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY OF BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION IS DENOUNCED BY CIVIL SERVANTS IN DOSSIER

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

Read the full dossier here – in Portuguese [1] and read more about this episode – also in Portuguese [find out here]

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

INSTITUTION RELATED TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (‘FUNAG’) PUBLISHES VIDEO CONTAINING FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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

Read more about it here [1] and remember events already hosted by Funag here [find out here] [find out here]

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

EDUCATION MINISTER SAYS THAT NON-RELIGIOUS YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ‘EXISTENTIAL ZOMBIES’

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

Read more about it here [1] and about the current Minister of Education [2]

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

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT MILITARY OFFICERS ARE THE ‘TRUE GUARDIANS OF DEMOCRACY’

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

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

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

QUILOMBOLAS (TRADITIONAL BLACK COMMUNITIES) SUE, BEFORE THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT, THE GOVERNMENT FOR OMISSION ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Health, Quilombolas, Race and ethnicity
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

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

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

BOLSONARO REESTABLISHES ORGAN TO TACKLE VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN BUT EMPTIES ITS FUNCTIONS

Theme(s)
Child and adolescent, Civil society participation, Gender and sexual orientation
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here] and about the situation for children during Bolsonaro’s first year in office [2]

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

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT BRAZIL IS ‘PRACTICALLY WINNING’ FIGHT AGAINST PANDEMIC AND IS ONE OF THE ‘LEAST AFFECTED’ COUNTRIES BY COVID-19

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

Remember some other declarations of the president on covid-19 crisis here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CUTS BUDGET FOR FIREFIGHTERS BY 58% IN ONE YEAR

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

Remember when the government also delayed the hiring of firefighters earlier this year [find out here], read another report on environmental budget cuts [1] read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST THREE ACTS AGAINST HEALTH AND SANITARY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SECOND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, 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]

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

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES NOT PUBLISH DATA ABOUT MILITARY PAYROLLS FOR A YEAR, DESPITE DECISION OF THE FEDERAL COURT OF ACCOUNTS

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

Read more about the Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts (‘TCU’) here [1], report on the lack of transparency in the federal government – in Portuguese [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

AFTER WEEKS OF UNCONTROLLED FOREST FIRES, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECLARES EMERGENCY SITUATION IN THE STATE OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL

Theme(s)
Environment
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control
State
Mato Grosso do Sul

Read more about these fires here [1], see report on the normative changes affecting environmental policies in September – including the declaration of a state of emergency [2] and read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

VP SAYS THAT SCIENTIST FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH (‘INPE’) PUBLISHES NEGATIVE DATA ABOUT FOREST FIRES

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

Read more about how the VP discredits the Brazilian system of fire monitoring [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

MINISTRY OF TOURISM APPOINTS DENTIST TO CONTROL TECHNICAL BODY IN THE AUDIOVISUAL SECTOR

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

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

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

SERVANT FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC DEFENSE (‘CADE’) IS DISMISSED AFTER ACCUSING THE PRESIDENT OF CORRUPTION IN THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’)

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

Read more about the Administrative Council for Economic Defense here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO DISRESPECTS UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY BY APPOINTING THE LEAST VOTED CANDIDATE BY THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY TO THE RECTORATE OF A FEDERAL UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF PARÁ

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

The president has already disresgarded internal votings at public universities many times before, remember some of them here [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]. Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and report on the Academic Freedom in Brazil here [1].

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

AFTER FOUR MONTHS, BOLSONARO MAKES EDUARDO PAZUELLO THE PERMANENT MINISTER OF HEALTH

Theme(s)
Health, Power conflicts
Emergency Measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about it here [1]

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

UN RAPPORTEUR RECOMMENDS BRAZIL TO BE INTERNATIONALLY INVESTIGATED FOR ITS ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS POLICIES

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO APPOINTS THE LEAST VOTED CANDIDATE AS RECTOR IN THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL (‘UFRGS’), DISREGARDING FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES’ AUTONOMY

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

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

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

EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC MEDIA OUTLET (‘EBC’) GATHER MORE THAN 130 ACCUSATIONS OF CENSORSHIP AND ‘GOVERNISM’ PRACTICED BY THE PUBLIC COMPANY

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

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

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

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT BRAZIL SHOULD BE CONGRATULATED FOR THE ENVIRONMENT PRESERVATION, DESPITE DATA POINTING TO RECORD IN FOREST FIRES AND DEFORESTATION

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

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

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

BOLSONARO CONGRATULATES PRODUCERS THAT DID NOT OBLIGE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING AND SAYS, ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, THAT ‘THANK GOD’ THEY WERE ON THE RIGHT PATH

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

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

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

FEDERAL POLICE ACCUSES NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH (INPE) OF GENERATING FALSE INFORMATION AND MONOPOLIZING THE DATA ABOUT DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL

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

Remember when the vice-president discredited the Brazilian system of fire monitoring [1] [find out here] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE VISITS THE FRONTIER BETWEEN BRAZIL AND VENEZUELA, IN AN ACT OF POLITICAL PRESSURE, AND COUNTS WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE BRAZILIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

VICE-PRESIDENT CRITICIZES NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH (‘INPE’) DATA ABOUT THE AMAZON FIRES AND DEFENDS TRANSFER OF MONITORING CAPABILITY TO THE MILITARY

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

Read more about this statement here [1]

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

TO AVOID JOURNALISTS’ QUESTIONS, BOLSONARO ENDS TOUR IN BRASILIA

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

See international tracker on press freedom in Brazil [1] and read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST SEVEN ACTS AGAINST HEALTH AND SANITARY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, AMID PANDEMIC

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

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

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

CHIEF MINISTER OF THE INSTITUTIONAL SECURITY OFFICE DENIES OMISSION OF THE GOVERNMENT ON ENVIROMENTAL POLICY AND SUGGESTS INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACY

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO PRAISES HIS OWN PERFORMANCE IN THE PANDEMIC AND SUGGESTS BEING A VICTIM OF DISINFORMATION ABOUT THE AMAZON RAINFOREST

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

Watch the speech here [1] and read an analysis on the president’s declarations here [2]

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

IN THE UN, BOLSONARO DENOUNCES ALLEGED ‘CHRISTOPHOBIA’

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

Watch the speech here [1]

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

DESPITE INCREASE IN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, MINISTRY OF WOMAN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS DID NOT SPEND HALF OF ITS BUDGET

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

Read more about the attacks on women’s rights by the Brazilian government here [1] and about the underspent budget here – in Portuguese [2] [find out here]

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

CHIEF MINISTER OF THE INSTITUTIONAL SECURITY OFFICE ARGUES THAT THE GOVERNMENT MUST SUE INDIGENOUS ASSOCIATION FOR CRIME AGAINST THE HOMELAND BASED ON NATIONAL SECURITY LAW

Theme(s)
Civil society participation, Dictatorship and memory, Indigenous people
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 indigenous Association, which critised and sued the government for delaying measures to protect indigenous peoples from covid-19 [find out here] and about this episode [3]

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

MINISTRY OF ECONOMY ANNOUNCES BUDGET CUTS FOR THE NATIONAL MINING AGENCY AND ITS DIRECTOR POINTS TO THE RISK OF DAMS’ INSPECTION BECOMING UNFEASIBLE

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

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

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

SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES ‘IBAMA’ IN THE STATE OF BAHIA CANCELS ENTITY’S BUILDING PERMIT OF AN IRREGULAR LUXURY HOTEL IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA

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

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

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

EDUCATION MINISTER SAYS IT IS NOT THE MINISTRY’S ROLE TO REDUCE EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITIES AGGRAVATED BY THE PANDEMIC

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

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

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

EDUCATION MINISTER BLAMES ‘DISFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES’ FOR HOMOSEXUALITY AND MANIFESTS OPPOSITION TO GENDER DEBATES IN CLASSROOMS

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SAYS THAT FIRES IN THE PANTANAL WETLAND ARE RELATED TO ‘PERSECUTION AGAINST LIVESTOCK BREEDERS’

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here] and about the context of fires in the Pantanal wetland here [2]

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

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION FROM THE PRESIDENCY RELEASES FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT FOREST FIRES

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

Read more about it here [1]

Sep 26 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
Federal

AFTER ONE YEAR AS PROSECUTOR GENERAL (‘PGR’), AUGUSTO ARAS AGREED WITH THE GOVERNMENT MORE THAN 30 TIMES; HE WAS APPOINTED BY BOLSONARO IN DISREGARD TO THE COSTUMARY BODY’S INTERNAL SELECTION

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

Read more about Aras’ alignment with the government here [1] and here – in Portuguese [2] [find out here]

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

ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL REVOKES RESOLUTIONS ABOUT REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRIGATION PROJECTS AND PARAMETERS FOR ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION ZONES

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

CONTRARY TO FOREIGN POLICY TRADITION OF DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS, BRAZIL DOES NOT SIGN OPEN LETTER WITH 50 AMBASSADORS ABOUT THE PROTECTION OF LGBTS IN POLAND

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

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

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

MINISTRY OF ECONOMY DENIES ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS OF THE ADMINISTRATION’S REFORM AND PUTS THEM UNDER SECRECY

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]. The administration is pushing to reduce government transparency, read more about it here [2]

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

PARANÁ STATE REPRESENTATIVES APPROVE BILL DRAFTED BY THE STATE GOVERNOR THAT ALLOWS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UP TO 200 CIVIC-MILITARY SCHOOLS IN THE STATE

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Civic-Military schools are highly praised by the federal government, and specially by the president, as the solution for Brazil’s public education problems, read more about it here [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Sep 28 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
Federal

AFTER COLLECTIVE RESIGNATION OF PROSECUTORS, ‘OPERATION CAR WASH’ ENDS IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO

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

Read more about the Car Wash operation here [1], the recent hurdles surrounding it [2], the previous atypical inspection on the task force based in the state of Paraná [find out here] and about this episode – in Portuguese [3] [find out here]

Sep 29 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

BASED ON OUTDATED NATIONAL SECURITY LAW FROM MILITARY DICTATORSHIP, CONGRESSMAN REQUIRES INVESTIGATION OF YOUTUBER, OPPOSITION MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND MAYOR CANDIDATE, ALL ALIGNED WITH LEFT-WING POLITICS AND OPPOSED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]. The same law was also used this year against a journalist [find out here] and even a Supreme Court Justice [find out here].

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

VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLE MORE THAN DOUBLES IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION REDIRECTS MONEY DONATED FOR FIGHTING AGAINST COVID-19 TO CHARITY PROGRAM LED BY FIRST LADY

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO BLAMES NGOS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES COMMITED IN BRAZIL AND OVERSEAS AT UN BIODIVERSITY SUMMIT

Theme(s)
Civil society participation, Environment, International relations
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

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

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE RECREATES SPECIAL SCHOOLS, SEGREGATING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

Theme(s)
Education, Person with disabilities
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

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

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

BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST THREE ACTS AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE LAST 9 DAYS OF SEPTEMBER, AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Negationism, Power conflicts, 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]

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

BOLSONARO MADE 299 ATTACKS ON THE PRESS BETWEEN JANUARY AND SEPTEMBER 2020

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

Read more about the report on the attacks by the National Journalist’s Federation here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here] and about a previous report from 2019 [find out here]. The president has a history of hostility towards the press and journalists, read about it here [2]

Sep 30 2020
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