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    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    GOVERNMENT MONITORS AND CLASSIFIES JOURNALISTS, LAWMAKERS AND OPINION LEADERS BY IDEOLOGY, SOME BEING LABELED AS ‘DETRACTORS’

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

    The list was revelaed in an article by journalist Rubens Valente, read it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]. For the context of attacks to the free press during the current administration, read here [2].

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

    IN THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN THE HEALTH MINISTER AND EXPERTS TO DISCUSS THE FEDERAL VACCINATION PLAN AMID PANDEMIC, EXPERTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS AND THERE IS A LACK OF DIALOGUE

    Theme(s)
    Health, Information, Science, Transparency
    Emergency Measures
    Centralization of power
    State
    Distrito Federal

    Read more about it here [1] [2]

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

    BOLSONARO DISCREDITS COVID-19 VACCINES IN ATTEMPT TO EXEMPT HIMSELF OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR ‘SIDE EFFECTS’

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

    Read about the president’s declarations here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]. Bolsonaro has a track record of rejecting vaccines, read about it here [2].

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

    MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DETERMINES RETURN TO IN-PERSON CLASSES AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES BUT BACKS OFF IN THE SAME DAY AFTER BACKLASH

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]. The current administration has a track record of disregrding University autonomy, read a report on Academic Freedom in Brazil here for details [2].

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

    MINISTRY OF HEALTH SUSPENDS TESTS FOR PEOPLE WITH HIV IN THE PUBLIC HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

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

    Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and the Brazilian public health care system [1] [2]

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

    FEDERAL POLICE SUMMONS LAWYER WHO CRITICIZED BOLSONARO TO TESTIFY AND JUSTIFIES THIS DECISION BY EVOKING THE NATIONAL SECURITY LAW, WHICH MAY BE USED TO SANCTION ACTS OF DEFAMATION AGAINST THE PRESIDENT AND WAS ENACTED DURING THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the authoritarian origins of National Security Law in Brazil here [1], its recent inflated application [2],

    Dec 02 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    State

    POLICE OFFICERS ARREST BLACK MAN AND HE SPENDS 30 DAYS IN JAIL IN THE STATE OF RIO THE JANEIRO, DESPITE LACK OF EVIDENCE JUSTIFYING THE IMPRISONMENT

    Theme(s)
    Prisons, Race and ethnicity
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
    State
    Rio de Janeiro

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

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

    HEALTH MINISTRY SPENDS MONEY REDIRECTS ADVERTISMENT BUDGET FROM HEALTH MEASURES AGAINST THE TO FIGHT PANDEMIC ON TO ADVERTISE AGRIBUSINESS ADVERTISEMENTS ON AGRIBUSINESS AND THE REOPENING RETAIL

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1]. Bolsonaro’s administration has had an anti-lockdown stance since the beginning of the pandemic, read about it here [2].

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

    BRAZILIAN HEALTH MINISTER DEFENDS THE IMPORTANCE OF ‘EARLY TREATMENT’ FOR COVID-19 AT A MERCOSUR MEETING, DESPITE LACK OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE

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

    Read more about it here [1]. Officials from the Federal government, including the President himself, defend scientifically unproven drugs for treating covid-19 at early stages, such as hydroxychloroquine – read about it here [2].

    Dec 03 2020
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    EDUARDO BOLSONARO, FEDERAL LAWMAKER AND PRESIDENT’S SON, IS PHOTOGRAPHED WITH A GUN IN PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE DESPITE LEGAL PROHIBITION

    Theme(s)
    Gun control
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
    State
    Federal District

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]. The current administration supports firearms and has worked to loosen gun control in Brazil; read about it here [2] and remember when it revoked some gun control ordinances here [find out here]

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

    MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE TRANSFERS RESPONSIBILITY FOR LAND REGULARISATION FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COLONIZATION AND AGRARIAN REFORM (‘INCRA’) TO MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS; PROSECUTORS FEAR THAT THIS MOVE FAVORS LAND-GRABBING

    Theme(s)
    Administration, Agrarian reform, Land regularization
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]. Land grabbing is a historical problem in Brazil, but legislation against the practice is being relaxed by the current administration, read about it here [2].

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

    HEALTH MINISTER PRESENTS PLAN TO REVOKE ORDINANCES CONCERNING THE NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH POLICY, IN LINE WITH PREVIOUS CHANGES MADE BY BOLSONARO GOVERNMENT

    Theme(s)
    Chemical addiction, Health
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Attacks on pluralism and minorities

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

    Dec 03 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    State

    GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF RIO THE JANEIRO DISREGARDS EXPERTS’ RECOMMENDATIONS AND RULES OUT SOCIAL DISTANCING TO CONTAIN THE PANDEMIC

    Theme(s)
    Health, Social distancing
    Emergency Measures
    Flexibilization of control
    State
    Rio de Janeiro

    Read more about it here [1].

    Dec 04 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    State

    TWO GIRLS ARE KILLED DURING A SHOOTING IN THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO, UNDER SUSPICION OF POLICE LETHALITY

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

    Read more about it here [1].

    Dec 04 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 DECEMBER, 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 [find out here]

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

    FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ZEROES IMPORT TAXES ON FIREARMS

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

    Read more about it here [1]. The current administration is consistently attempting to facilitate access to firearms in Brazil, read about it here [2] and remember the growth of the number of registered firearms between 2019 and 2020 here [find out here].

    Dec 08 2020
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    State

    POLICE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL IS PROMOTED AFTER CALLING JOURNALIST THAT CRISITISED THE THE MILITARY POLICE AN ‘ENEMY’

    Theme(s)
    Press, Public security
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies
    State
    Rio de Janeiro

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

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

    JUSTICE MINISTER ORDERS OPENING OF AN INVESTIGATION AGAINST A CITIZEN THAT HAS INSTALLED FOR BILLBOARDS THAT WERE CRITICAL OF PRESIDENT BOLSONARO

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

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

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

    NATIONAL FILM AGENCY (‘ANCINE’) CANCELS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCESSSES AND EXTINGUISHES GENERAL REGULATION OF THE AUDIOVISUAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

    Theme(s)
    Artistic freedom, Budget
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies

    Read more about it, in Portuguese, here [find out here] and here [1], and read more about the situation of the National Film Agency under Bolsonaro’s mandate [2] and how the government is threatening the film industry [3].

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

    FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HOLDS 413 AGRARIAN REFORM PROCESSES PARALYZED

    Theme(s)
    Administration, Agrarian reform
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Attacks on pluralism and minorities

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]. Read about the struggle for land in Brazil from a historical perspective here [2]

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

    COMPANY HIRED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PERFORMS FREE PRESS COVERAGE AT PARTY PROMOTED BY PRESIDENT’S SON

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

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

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

    PUBLIC PROSECUTION OFFICE INVESTIGATES SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION THAT CONTRAINDICATED ‘EARLY TREATMENT’ FOR COVID-19; THE ENTITY IS ALIGNED WITH INTERNATIONALLY VALIDATED GUIDELINES

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]. The Ministry of Health’s protocols recommend early treatment with drugs lacking scientific evidence, such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, remember about it here [find out here] [find out here].

    Dec 09 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    FEDERAL COURT OF ACCOUNTS (‘TCU’) STOPS JUDGING COMPLAINTS BASED ON DEFFICIENT APPLICATION OF THE BRAZILIAN LAW ON ACCESS TO INFORMATION (‘LAI’)

    Theme(s)
    Information, 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 Law on Access to Information here [1] [2] [3]

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

    MINISTRY OF HEALTH INCLUDES SIGNATURE OF SCIENTISTS IN VACCINATION PLAN WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND CONSENT

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

    Read more about it here [1].

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

    HEALTH REGULATORY AGENCY (‘ANVISA’) AUTHORIZES EMERGENCY USE FOR VACCINES AGAINST COVID-19, WHICH PAVES THE WAY FOR COMPANIES TO FILE USAGE REQUESTS

    Theme(s)
    Health
    Emergency Measures
    Flexibilization of control

    Read more about it here [1].

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

    MINISTRY OF HEALTH EXCLUDES PRISON INMATES FROM THE PRIORITY GROUP IN COVID-19 VACCINATION PLAN

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]. Read about other issues with the vaccination plan here [2]

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

    NEW TOURISM MINISTER REJECTS ADDITIONAL LOCKDOWNS IN BRAZIL

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

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

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

    DIRECTOR OF A STATE-OWNED FOOD DISTRIBUTION COMPANY (‘CEAGESP’) ASKS EMPLOYEES TO ATTEND AN EVENT WITH THE PRESIDENT WEARING THE COLORS OF THE BRAZILIAN FLAG

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1].

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

    NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COLONIZATION AND AGRARIAN REFORM (‘INCRA’) REFUSES TO COMPLY WITH JUDICIAL DECISION THAT DETERMINES THE SETTLEMENT OF FAMILIES IN THE STATE OF MATO GROSSO

    Theme(s)
    Agrarian reform, Land regularization
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Attacks on pluralism and minorities

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read about the struggle for land in Brazil from a historical perspective here [1]

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

    BOLSONARO NOMINATES POLITICAL ADVISOR WITHOUT TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION AS DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL LAND TRANSPORT AGENCY (‘ANTT’)

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the regulatory agency and its legal attributions here [1]

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

    BRAZILIAN INTELIGENCE AGENCY PRODUCED REPORTS FOR THE PRESIDENT’S SON DEFENSE IN A JUDICIAL CASE

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

    Read more about it here [1].

    Dec 11 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    State

    TWO YOUNG BLACK MEN ARE KILLED IN POLICE OPERATION IN THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO

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

    Read more about it here [1] [2]

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

    BOLSONARO COMMITTED AT LEAST ONE ACT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SECOND WEEK OF DECEMBER, 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]. Since the beginning of the pandemic Bolsonaro has repeatedly disrespected sanitary recommendations to prevent contamination, read more about it here [1] [2] [3]

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

    INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) IS EXCLUDED FROM THE PROCEDURE TO DETERMINE THE AUTHORIZATION OF FISH FARMING TANKS IN HYDROELECTRIC RESERVOIRS

    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]. Read more about environmental policies under Bolsonaro administration here [1] and about environmental agencies here [2]

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

    BOLSONARO SAYS HE WILL NOT GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. It was not the first time Bolsonaro said he wouldn’t take the vaccine [1] [2].

    Dec 15 2020
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Public Prosecution Office
    Power Level
    Federal

    PROSECUTOR GENERAL (‘PGR’) INTENDS TO CREATE DATA BASE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHARING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION FROM THE ‘CAR WASH OPERATION’ WITH OTHER PUBLIC PROSECUTORS

    Theme(s)
    Data protection, Power conflicts
    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 and the end of the ‘Car Wash’ operation here [1] [2], and remember when the Prosecutor General also visited the headquarters of the Car Wash operation in Paraná, which was read as a pressing move [find out here].

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

    BOLSONARO DEFENDS THE APPROVAL OF BILL TO EXPAND EXEMPTIONS FROM CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR THE USE OF LETHAL FORCE BY POLICE OFFICERS, AND SAYS HE IS IN FAVOR SAVING THE LIFE OF ONE POLICE OFFICER OVER LIVES OF 111 ‘SCAMS’, IN REFERENCE TO THE CARANDIRU MASSACRE

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the Carandiru Massacre here [1] [2] [3] and here – in Portuguese [4]

    Dec 15 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Judiciary
    Power Level
    Federal

    JUSTICE OF THE BRAZILIAN FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) AUTHORIZES PREDATORY FISHING IN THE COAST OF THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about environmental laws under the Bolsonaro administration here [1]

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

    FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOMINATES AGENTS FROM BRAZILIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (‘ABIN’) TO OCCUPY POSITIONS IN A NUMBER OF MINISTERIES

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about changes to the intelligence agency and how they threaten democracy here [1] [2] [3]

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

    HEALTH MINISTER CLAIMS THAT COVID VACCINATION IN BRAZIL WILL BE CENTRALIZED IN THE NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR IMMUNIZATION, HIGHLIGHTING THAT ALL COVID VACCINES BELONG EXCLUSIVELY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AMID POLITICAL DISPUTES BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE GOVERNOR OF SÃO PAULO

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the Brazilian vaccination campaign here [1] and about the political disputes between Bolsonaro and the São Paulo Governor here [2] [3]

    Dec 16 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive, Legislative
    Power Level
    State

    BUDGET OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO FOR 2021 REDUCES FUNDING TO THE SÃO PAULO RESEARCH FOUNDATION ‘FAPESP’ BY 30%

    Theme(s)
    Budget, Fiscal balance, Science
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
    State
    São Paulo

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about science and research budget cuts in Brazil here [1]

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

    FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES PAVING OF AMAZON HIGHWAY, DISREGARDING SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

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

    Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and the environmental impact of other highways in Brazil [find out here]

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

    BOLSONARO VETOES LEGAL PROVISION THAT ESTABLISHES BROADBAND INTERNET TO ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS UNTIL 2024

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

    Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the dismantling of education under the Bolsonaro administration here [1]

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

    BRAZILIAN ARMY AUTHORIZES GERMAN COMPANY TO MANUFACTURE WEAPONS AS A RESULT OF EDUARDO BOLSONARO’S, PRESIDENT’S SON AND LAWMAKER, POLITICAL LOBBY, WHO HAS EXPRESSED A LONG-STANDING SUPPORT FOR GUN RIGHTS ALONG WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOLSONARO FAMILY

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

    Read more about it – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about gun ownership under the Bolsonaro administration here [1]

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

    NEWLY APPOINTED TOURISM MINISTER CRITICIZES LOCKDOWNS IN HIS INAUGURATION

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about lockdown criticism under the Bolsonaro administration here [1]

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

    BOLSONARO SPEAKS UP AGAINST MANDATORY VACCINATION, MENTIONING POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS AND CLAIMING THAT HE IS WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TURNING INTO CROCODILES

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

    Read more about it here [1] and about past occasions when he also made this statement [find out here] [find out here]

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

    FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ISSUED MORE THAN 600 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTS TO DATE, 500 OF THEM IN 2020

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

    Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and the project tracking public acts and policies on the environment [1]. Although not every single act from the federal government can be considered detrimental, Bolsonaro is known for his large number of decrees [find out here] and overall Brazil faces the dismantling of its environmental protection policies [find out here] [2]

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

    SEVENTEEN STATE GOVERNORS REQUEST EXTENSION OF THE STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY, WHICH ALLOWS MORE GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND OTHER EXCEPTIONAL MEASURES AMID PANDEMIC

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    BOLSONARO BLAMES LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER FOR NOT PASSING A LAW THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE LAND GRABBING, WHICH IS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR FOR THE AMAZON DEFORESTATION

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

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

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

    BOLSONARO CLAIMS THAT ‘VACCINATION RUSH IS NOT JUSTIFIED’ SINCE THE PANDEMIC ‘IS COMING TO AN END’ SOON DESPITE RISE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES AND IN THE DEATH TOLL IN BRAZIL

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1]

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

    JUSTICE OF THE BRAZILIAN FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) SUSPENDS PARTS OF THE CLEAN RECORD ACT (‘FICHA LIMPA’), ALLOWING PREVIOUSLY IMPEACHED OR CONVICTED CANDIDATES TO TAKE OFFICE IN 2021

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and read article about the problem of individual decisions in Brazilian higher courts [1]. Also read more about the Clean Record Act here [2]

    Dec 19 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 DECEMBER, 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]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s attitudes towards health recommendations during the pandemic here [1]

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

    ONCE AGAIN, BOLSONARO IS DENOUNCED AT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (‘ICC’) FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

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

    Read more about it here [1]

    Dec 21 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Judiciary
    Power Level
    State

    SINGLE JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF RIO DE JANEIRO ORDERS ARREST OF THE MAYOR OF THE CAPITAL ON SUSPICION OF CORRUPTION, DESPITE LACK OF HIS CONVICTION

    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 – in Portuguese [find out here] and read article about the problem of individual decisions from justices in courts [1]. Also read more about this arrest here [2], as well as the suspension of Rio de Janeiro Governor over corruption allegations [3]

    Dec 22 2020
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    State

    SÃO PAULO GOVERNMENT ISSUES A DECREE REVOKING FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FOR ELDERLY AGED BETWEEN 60 AND 65 YEARS OLD

    Theme(s)
    Administration, Transport
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Attacks on pluralism and minorities
    State
    São Paulo

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

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

    BOLSONARO, WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID IN JULY OF 2020, MEETS SUPPORTERS AND CLAIMS THAT THE BEST VACCINE IS THE ‘VIRUS ITSELF’

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

    Read more about this here [1] and remember past occasions when the president said he would not take the vaccine [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]

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

    MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT LOOSENS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES IN CONSERVATION UNITS (PROTECTED AREAS TO SAFEGUARD BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY) AND FACILITATES THE CREATION OF ARTIFICAL CORAL REEFS IN BRAZILIAN COAST

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] Read more about environmental policies under Bolsonaro administration here [1] and about environmental agencies here [2]

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

    BOLSONARO GRANTS SPECIAL CHRISTMAS LEAVE FOR PUBLIC SECURITY AGENTS AND ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL CONVICTED OF NON INTENTIONAL CRIMES, WHICH IS CRITICIZED AS DISCRIMINATORY AMONG ALL INMATES

    Theme(s)
    Administration, Armed Forces, Public security
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], and remember when he also did it last year [find out here]

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

    BOLSONARO USES HOMOPHOBIC SLURS AGAINST SÃO PAULO GOVERNOR AND RESTATES CRITICISM OF CORONAVAC, A COVID-19 VACCINE PRODUCED BY A CHINESE COMPANY ALONG WITH PUBLIC FOUNDATION FROM SÃO PAULO

    Theme(s)
    Gender and sexual orientation, Power conflicts
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the political disputes between Bolsonaro and the Governor of the State of São Paulo here [1] [2] [find out here] [find out here], Bolsonaro’s remarks on the Chinese vaccine Coronavac here [3] [4] and about the repercussions of the political disputes on the vaccine campaign here [5].

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

    BOLSONARO CLAIMS THAT HE HAS ‘NO URGE FOR VACCINE ROLLOUT IN BRAZIL,’ BUT RETRACTS THIS STATEMENT ON THE NEXT DAY

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

    Read more about it here [1], and remember a previous occasion when he also made this statement [find out here]

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

    BOLSONARO CRITICIZES CHINA ON SOCIAL MEDIAS, ACCUSING IT OF ILLEGAL FISHING IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, A COMMENTARY THAT FOLLOWS THE ANTI-CHINA STANCE ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT AMID PANDEMIC

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Brazil-China relations under the Bolsonaro administration here and remember past times when members of the government were hostile towards China [find out here] [find out here]

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

    BOLSONARO, WHO HAS PRAISED MILITARY OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN THE BRAZILIAN DICTATORSHIP ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, DISMISSES TORTURE SUFFERED BY FORMER PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s statements on the military dictatorship here [1][/url] [2][/url], and remember some past occasions when he called torturer a hero [find out here], discredited the work of the National Truth Commission [find out here], dismissed the torture suffered by a journalist [find out here], defended the military coup [find out here] and denied the existence of a dictatorship [find out here].

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

    BOLSONARO, WHO HAS PRAISED MILITARY OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN THE BRAZILIAN DICTATORSHIP ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, DISMISSES TORTURE SUFFERED BY FORMER PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s statements on the military dictatorship here [1][/url] [2][/url], and remember some past occasions when he called torturer a hero [find out here], discredited the work of the National Truth Commission [find out here], dismissed the torture suffered by a journalist [find out here], defended the military coup [find out here] and denied the existence of a dictatorship [find out here].

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

    FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) JUSTICE EXTENDS THE LEGAL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE QUARANTINE LAW ONE DAY BEFORE ITS EXPIRATION

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], read article about the problem of individual decisions in Brazilian higher courts [2] and read more about Supreme Court actions during the Covid-19 pandemic [3] [4]

    Dec 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 TEN DAYS OF DECEMBER, 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] and about Bolsonaro’s attitudes against health recommendations during the pandemic here [1]

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

    VIOLENCE RISES IN BRAZIL AMID PANDEMIC DESPITE SOCIAL DISTANCING

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

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

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

    ONCE MORE, BOLSONARO CLAIMS HE WILL NOT GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE SINCE HE HAS ALREADY CONTRACTED THE VIRUS

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and remember past occasions when the president said he would not take the vaccine [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s previous statements about the coronavirus and the vaccine here [1] [2]

    Dec 31 2020
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