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    Executive
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    State

    CHIEF MINISTER OF THE INSTITUTIONAL SECURITY OFFICE DOWNPLAYS AMAZON RAINFOREST FIRES, CALLING THEM ‘SMALL BONFIRES’

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

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

    Nov 04 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 THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF PARAÍBA

    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]. Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and report on the Academic Freedom in Brazil here [1].

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

    BOLSONARO DISCREDITS BRAZILIAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM ONCE AGAIN

    Theme(s)
    Elections
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and remember another occasion when he made this claim [find out here]

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

    BOLSONARO CAMPAIGNS FOR HIS ALLIES DURING LOCAL ELECTIONS AND IS INVESTIGATED FOR ABUSE OF POWER

    Theme(s)
    Elections, Political positioning
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and the context of Brazilian 2020 municipal elections [1]

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

    BOLSONARO DOUBLES DOWN ON CLAIM THAT MOST OF THE CRITICISM TO HIS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IS UNFOUNDED AND PART OF A ‘TRADE WAR’

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

    Read more about Bolsonaro’s stance on Brazilian environmental policy here [1], about his denial of climate crises [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST ONE ACT AGAINST HEALTH AND SANITARY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER, AMID PANDEMIC

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

    Read more about the context of Bolsonaro’s disrespect to health measures here [1][2] [3] and all the acts against the recommendations [find out here]

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

    AMAZON COUNCIL GOALS PLAN PROVIDES FOR TOTAL CONTROL OVER NGO’S IN THE REGION

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    HEALTH REGULATORY AGENCY (‘ANVISA’) HALTS SCIENTIFIC TRIAL OF BRAZILIAN VACCINE WITHOUT NOTICE NOR JUSTIFICATION TO THE INSTITUTE RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    BOLSONARO SAYS THAT DIPLOMACY IS NOT ENOUGH AND SUGGESTS USING ‘GUN POWDER’ AGAINST TRADE SANCTIONS THREATS TARGETING BRAZILIAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

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

    Read more about the context of Brazil – United States relations after the recent election from Joe Biden here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    BOLSONARO SAYS THAT THE SUSPENSION OF CHINESE VACCINE TRIALS IS A ‘VICTORY’ OVER THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO, WITH WHOM HE HAS POLITICAL DISPUTES ON COVID-19 RESPONSES

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    STATE OF SÃO PAULO GOES FIVE DAYS WITHOUT RELEASING COVID-19 EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UPDATE

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the lack of epidemiological information about covid-19 in Brazil [1]

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

    BOLSONARO APPOINTS LIEUTENANT-COLONEL WITHOUT EXPERIENCE FOR THE DIRECTORS’ BOARD OF THE HEALTH REGULATORY AGENCY (‘ANVISA’)

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    BOLSONARO DOWNPLAYS THE DANGER OF A SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19, AND INSISTS ON RECOMMENDING ‘EARLY TREATMENT’ WITH NO SCIENTIFIC PROOF OF EFFICACY

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

    Read more about it here [1] and read reports on serious side effects of the so called ‘early treatment’ [2]

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

    NGOS AND OPPOSITION PARTIES SUE TO REINSTATE THE ACTION PLAN FOR PRESERVATION AND CONTROL OF DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST

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

    Read more about it here [1]. Read more about climate change litigation in Brazil here [2]

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

    BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST FIVE ACTS AGAINST HEALTH AND SANITARY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER, AMID PANDEMIC

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

    Read more about the context of Bolsonaro’s disrespect to health measures here [1] and all the acts against the recommendations [find out here]

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

    BOLSONARO SUGGESTS AGAIN THAT THE BRAZILIAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM IS NOT RELIABLE

    Theme(s)
    Elections
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies

    Read more about it here [1] and remember two other occasions when he made this claim [find out here] [find out here]

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

    BOLSONARO CRITICIZES THE POLITICIZATION OF CORONAVIRUS AND WHO’S ACTIONS AMID PANDEMIC DURING BRICS SUMMIT SPEECH

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

    Read more about Bolsonaro’s speech at the 2020 BRICs Summit here [1]

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

    ECONOMIC POLICY SECRETARY CLAIMS BRAZIL HAS A VERY LOW CHANCE OF A SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19 BECAUSE THE COUNTRY HAS ALREADY ACHIEVED HERD IMMUNITY

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the political choice of herd immunity over mass vaccination campaigns under Bolsonaro Administration [1] [2] [3]

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

    BOLSONARO DISRESPECTS UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY BY APPOINTING THE SECOND MOST VOTED CANDIDATE BY THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY TO THE RECTORATE OF THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF PIAUÍ

    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]. Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and report on the Academic Freedom in Brazil here [1].

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

    MINISTRY OF HEALTH DELETES POST DEFENDING SOCIAL DISTANCING FOR ALLEGED ‘MISTAKEN INFORMATION’

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1]. Read about the context of denialism and recommendation of so-called ‘alternative treatments’ for covid-19 by Brazilian officials, including the president himself here [2]

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

    VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC ENTITY FOR THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF BLACK CULTURE IN BRAZIL (‘FUNDAÇÃO PALMARES’) SAY THERE IS NO RACISM IS BRAZIL RIGHT BEFORE THE BLACK AWARENESS DAY; THE DECLARATION CAME AFTER THE LYNCHING OF A BLACK MAN IN A SUPERMARKET

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

    Read more about it here [1] and about what is the black awareness day here [2]

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

    BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION FAILS TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL COURT OF ACCOUNTS’ (‘TCU’) REQUEST TO ANNOUNCE A COVID-19 IMMUNIZATION PLAN

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

    Read more about the problems surrounding the Brazilian immunization plan here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    PRESIDENT’S OFFICE MONITORS SOCIAL NETWORK PROFILES FROM LAWMAKERS AND JOURNALISTS

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]. Read about the context of attacks on the press under the current administration here [2].

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

    EDUCATION MINISTER APPOINTS PROFESSOR THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE UNIVERSITY’S BOARD LIST AS TEMPORARY RECTOR FOR THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY IN THE BRAZILIAN STATE OF SERGIPE

    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] [find out here]. Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and report on the Academic Freedom in Brazil here [1].

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

    BOLSONARO MINIMIZES RACISM IN BRAZIL: ‘I AM RACIAL COLORBLIND, I SEE NO RACE’; VICE-PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF BLACK CULTURE IN BRAZIL (‘FUNDAÇÃO PALMARES’) ADOPT A SIMILAR POSTURE ON THE SAME DAY

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    PUBLIC MEDIA OUTLET CENSORS NEWS REPORT ON THE KILLING OF BLACK MAN IN A SUPERMARKET, AN ACTION TAKEN ON THE BLACK AWARENESS DAY IN THE COUNTRY

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the killing here [1], about the public media dismantling here [2] and about past occasions when this outlet was accused of censorship [find out here] [find out here] and government support [find out here] [find out here]

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

    BOLSONARO DOWNPLAYS DEBATE OVER RACISM IN BRAZIL AT G20 SUMMIT

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    AT G20 SUMMIT, BOLSONARO SAYS THERE IS ‘A HIGH LEVEL’ OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION, DESPITE GROWTH IN DEFORESTATION AND FOREST FIRES INDEXES

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

    Assista na íntegra o pronunciamento de Bolsonaro na cúpula do G20 e veja, com detalhe, os índices de desmatamento e queimadas na Amazônia apontados pelo Inpe

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

    BOLSONARO UPHOLDS VOLUNTARY VACCINATION, AND ASSERTS THAT HE WAS RIGHT TO DOWNPLAY THE PANDEMIC, DESPITE OVER THAN 6 MILLION COVID-19 INFECTIONS AND 169,000 THOUSAND DEATHS BY COVID-19 IN BRAZIL

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

    Read Bolsonaro’s speech in English here [1] or read more about Bolsonaro’s stance on covid-19 vaccination here [2]

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

    BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST FOUR TIMES IN THE THIRD WEEK OF NOVEMBER, AMID PANDEMIC

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

    Read more about the context of Bolsonaro’s disrespect to health measures here [1], the isolation of Brazil on the debate around unproven drugs for the treatment of covid-19 [2] and all the acts against the recommendations [find out here]

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

    HEALTH MINISTRY LEAVES 6,8 MILLION COVID-19 TESTS AT RISK OF EXPIRING AMID LOW TESTING SCENARIO

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

    Read more about it here [1]

    Nov 22 2020
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    EDUARDO BOLSONARO ACCUSES CHINA OF ESPIONAGE REGARDING 5G DEPLOYMENT, IN ALIGNMENT WITH TRUMP

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    ENVIRONMENT MINISTER REQUESTS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO FILE ACTION AGAINST JOURNALIST BUT BACKS DOWN SOON AFTER

    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]

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

    MINISTRY OF WOMEN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS SPENDS ONLY 2% OF ITS ANTI-RACISM BUDGET

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

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

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

    BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION DID NOT SPEND 3,4 BILLION REAIS DESTINED TO FIGHT THE PANDEMIC AND SPENDS ONLY 0.01% OF THE EXPECTED FUNDING IN THE PRISON SYSTEM

    Theme(s)
    Budget, Health, Prisons
    Emergency Measures
    Flexibilization of control

    Read about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about how the government has been handling the covid-19 pandemic [1]

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

    BOLSONARO REFUSES TO TESTIFY IN INVESTIGATION INTO HIS INTERFERENCE IN FEDERAL POLICE AUTONOMY

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

    Read more about it here [1] or read more about the context of this investigation here [2]

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

    BOLSONARO DENIES HAVING CALLED COVID-19 ‘A LITTLE FLU’

    Theme(s)
    Health
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies

    Read more about it here [1] and remember when he called covid-19 ‘a little flu’ [find out here]

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

    VICE PRESIDENT SAYS THAT INQUIRY INTO BOLSONARO’S INTERFERENCE IN THE FEDERAL POLICE IS ‘THE KIND OF BUSINESS THAT COMES TO NOTHING’

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

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

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

    PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT (‘Ibama’) GOES AGAINST TECHNICAL ADVICE AND REMOVES BRAZILIAN TREE FROM THE ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES LIST

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

    Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]. The Ipê tree, also known as Brazilian hardwood or walnut, was to be included in the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) species list due to logging and extinction threats [1]. Nonetheless, the president of Ibama, aligned with the Bolsonaro administration, has withdrawn the proposal in order to boost the export shares of the coveted Brazilian timber [2]

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

    BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE HIRES COMPANY FOUND TO HAVE KEPT WORKERS IN SLAVELIKE LABOUR CONDITIONS

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

    Read more about it here [1]

    Nov 28 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 REVOKE ITS PREVIOUS ACTS IN ORDER TO ALLOW AN IRREGULAR CONSTRUCTION TO TAKE PLACE IN THE STATE’S CAPITAL

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and remember when this superintendent, who detains no technical expertise for the job, was appointed [find out here] and allowed another irregular construction in the state of Bahia [find out here]

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

    POLICE OFFICER KILLS BLACK ARTIST AND IS ARRESTED AND INDICTED FOR MURDER

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST THREE ACTS AGAINST HEALTH AND SANITARY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE LAST NINE DAYS OF NOVEMBER, AMID PANDEMIC

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

    Read more about the current denial of coronavirus crisis here [1] and all the acts against the recommendations – in Portuguese [find out here]

    Nov 30 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Judiciary
    Power Level
    Federal

    BRAZILIAN FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) AND THE SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE (‘STJ’) REQUIRE RESERVATION OF COVID-19 VACCINES, GOING AGAINST THE NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR IMMUNIZATION (‘PNI’)

    Theme(s)
    Health
    Emergency Measures
    Curtailment of fundamental rights

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the vaccine shortage situation in Brazil here [1] [2] [3]

    Nov 30 2020
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