Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
Federal

OPERATION CAR WASH TASK FORCES IN THE STATES OF PARANÁ AND RIO DE JANEIRO ARE DISBANDED AND PROSECUTOR GENERAL PLANS TO SHUT DOWN OTHER OPERATIONS

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

Read more about it here [1]

Feb 01 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

IN HIS FIRST MEASURE AFTER TAKING OFFICE, NEW LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER EXCLUDES POLITICAL PARTIES FROM THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATIVE HOUSE, WHICH WEAKENS OPPOSITION INITIATIVES

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

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

Feb 01 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL LAWMAKER WHO HAS ALREADY DEFENDED A MILITARY INTERVENTION IS APPOINTED FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE CONSTITUTION, JUSTICE AND CITIZENSHIP COMMITTEE (‘CCJ’), WHICH IS THE MOST RELEVANT COMMITTEE IN THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES

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

Read more about the connexion between this case and Arthur Lira’s election as Lower ouse Speaker [1] and about pro-Bolsonaro lawmakers positions in other commitees [2]

Feb 02 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO LOOSENS QUARANTINE MEASURES DESPITE INCREASE IN COVID-19 CASES

Theme(s)
Administration, Social distancing
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control
State
São Paulo

Read more about this case – in Portuguese [find out here] [1], current covid-19 measures in the State of São Paulo [2] and covid-19 pandemic in Brazil [3]

Feb 03 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT ‘HAVING GUNS IS A RIGHT’ AND PROMISES TO DRAFT BILL EXPANDING EXEMPTIONS OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR THE MILITARY ON DUTY

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

Read more about it here [1]. Since taking office, Bolsonaro has fulfilled his campaign promises to loosen gun control, and the number of firearms in Brazil has risen sharply [2] [3] [4] [5]

Feb 04 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

CONGRESS APPROVES EMERGENCY DECREE THAT ESTABLISHES UP TO 5 DAYS DEADLINE FOR BRAZILIAN HEALTH REGULATORY AGENCY (‘ANVISA’) TO AUTHORIZE VACCINES AND AGENCY INTERPRETS IT AS THREAT, DUE TO THE SHORT TERM

Theme(s)
Health, Power conflicts
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about the challenges of covid-19 vaccination in Brazil here [1]

Feb 04 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALLOCATES CHLOROQUINE DOSES PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED FOR MALARIA PATIENTS TO COVID-19 PATIENTS, DESPITE LACK OF SCIENTIFIC EFFICACY

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the use of chloroquine in Brazil to fight covid-19 here [1] [2] [3]

Feb 04 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

HEALTH MINISTRY REDUCES RESOURCES DESTINED TO INTENSIVE CARE UNITS BEDS, AMID WORSENING OF PANDEMIC

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

Read more about the worsening of the health crisis in Brazil here [1]

Feb 06 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST 2 TIMES IN THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY, AMID PANDEMIC

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

Read more about Bolsonaro’s disregard for face masks [1], [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]. Brazil’s Federal Administration has downplayed covid repeatedly, and its members reject social isolation and don’t comply with sanitary recommendations [7] [8]. Also check all the acts against the recommendations here – in Portuguese [find out here]

Feb 07 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive, Legislative
Power Level
State

ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE OF RORAIMA AUTHORIZES MINERS TO EMPLOY MERCURY IN THEIR ACTIVITIES

Theme(s)
Environment, Indigenous people
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
State
Roraima

Read more about this case [1] [2], illegal mining amid pandemic [3], and check the monitoring of illegal mining in indigenous lands, in Portuguese, [4]

Feb 08 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER DETERMINES THAT SPACE DESTINED TO THE PRESS WITHIN THE CONGRESS BE REALOCATED UNDERGROUND, WHICH WOULD HAMPER PRESS WORK

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

Read more about the Bolsonaro’s administration tense relationship with the press here [1]

Feb 09 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION SPENDS LESS THAN 10% OF THE BUDGET ALLOCATED FOR COVID-19 VACCINES

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about vaccine acquisition during Bolsonaro Administration here [1]

Feb 10 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO PRAISES THE BRAZILIAN MILITARY DICTATORSHIP AND ITS PRESIDENTS

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

Read more about this case [1], see a video on the National Commission of Truth and on the Brazilian dictatorship [2], check the complete version of the National Commission of Truth on torture and other practices during the Brazilian dictatorship, in Portuguese, [3] and read more about the context of the Brazilian dictatorship [4]

Feb 11 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) IN THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL NULLIFIES ENVIRONMENTAL FINES AND APREHENSION OF FISHING VESSELS

Theme(s)
Administration, Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy
State
Rio Grande do Sul

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and find more information about the environmental policies dismantlement under Bolsonaro administration [1] [2] [3] here

Feb 11 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SIGNS MORE DECREES THAT FACILITATE THE ACCESS TO FIREARMS AND AMMUNITIONS

Theme(s)
Gun control, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about the Brazilian budget and public spending here [1]

Feb 12 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BUDGETS OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) AND OF THE CHICO MENDES INSTITUTE FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION (‘ICMBIO’) INSPECTION SUPERVISION WERE REDUCED BY OVER 100 MILLION REAIS BETWEEN 2019 AND 2020

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

Read more about Environemental setbacks in Bolsonaro asministration here [1]

Feb 12 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION WITHDRAWS MENTIONS TO THE PREVENTION OF GENDER VIOLENCE AS REQUIREMENT FOR TEXTBOOKS DESTINED TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Similar measures were taken in 2019, but due to criticism, the government withdrew from its proposal [find out here]. Read more on the anti-gender offensive of Bolsonaro’s administration here [1]

Feb 12 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION INVESTED THE LEAST ON THE EDUCATION MINISTRY SINCE 2010

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

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

Feb 14 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST HEALTH AND SANITARY RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST 2 TIMES IN THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY, AMID PANDEMIC

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

Read more about Bolsonaro’s disregard for face masks [1], [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]. Brazil’s Federal Administration has downplayed covid repeatedly, and its members reject social isolation and don’t comply with sanitary recommendations [7] [8]. Check all acts against the recommendations here [find out here].

Feb 14 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CALLS THE PRESS ‘FAKE NEWS FACTORY’ AND SAYS THAT THE ‘CORRECT’ WOULD BE TO TAKE NEWSPAPERS OUT OF CIRCULATION

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

Read more about it here [1]

Feb 15 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FOREIGN TRADE CHAMBER KEEPS IMPORT TAXES OF CHLOROQUINE AT ZERO AND INCREASES TAXES ON THE IMPORTATION OF OXYGEN CYLINDERS

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

Read more about the worsening of the health crisis in Brazil here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]. After a while, the Chamber exempts the importation of cylinders from taxation

Feb 15 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

LAWMAKER PUBLISHES VIDEO ONLINE WITH ATTACKS TO FEDERAL SUPREME COURT JUSTICES

Theme(s)
Political positioning, Power conflicts
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about it here [1]

Feb 16 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO DID NOT SIGN ANY DECREES TO EXPROPRIATE VACANT OR MISUSED LAND SINCE THE BEGINNING OF HIS TERM

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

Read more about Bolsonaro administration attacks on the urban law that limits private property rights to fight speculation [1]

Feb 16 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) JUSTICE ORDERS ARREST OF LAWMAKER WHO HAS PUBLISHED A VIDEO THREATENING THE COURT MONOCRATICALLY

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

Read more about this case here [1] [2] [3]

Feb 16 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF BAHIA IMPOSES CURFEW

Theme(s)
Administration, Social distancing
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights
State
Bahia

Read more about it here [1]

Feb 19 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO APPOINTS ARMY GENERAL FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF PETROBRAS, WHICH IS AN UNPRECEDENTED EVENT SINCE THE BRAZILIAN MILITARY DICTATORSHIP; NOMINATION DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE COMPANY REQUIREMENTS

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

Read more about this case [1], its consequences [2] [3], and Petrobras market value loss right after the measure [4]

Feb 19 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
Federal

PRESIDENT OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE ORDERS ATYPICAL INVESTIGATION ON THREATS AGAINST THE COURT AND ITS MEMBERS; DECISION CAME AFTER MESSAGES REVEALED THAT PROSECUTORS OF THE CAR WASH OPERATION INTENDED TO INVESTIGATE THE FINANCIALS OF SUPERIOR COURT JUSTICES

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. In 2019 the Federal Supreme Court launched an investigation on threats made to the court and its justices, as well as fake news about them [find out here]. Law professionals criticize these investigations since they concentrate all the powers (investigating, prosecuting and judging) in the court that ordered the investigation.

Feb 19 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO APPOINTS MILITARY OFFICERS TO POSITIONS IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL MECHANISM FOR THE PREVENTION AND COMBAT OF TORTURE

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

Read more about the National Mechanism for the Prevention and Combat of Torture here [1], about the Committee here [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Feb 19 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST 5 TIMES IN THE THIRD WEEK OF FEBRUARY, AMID PANDEMIC

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

Read more about Bolsonaro’s disregard for face masks [1], [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]. Brazil’s Federal Administration has downplayed covid repeatedly, and its members reject social isolation and don’t comply with sanitary recommendations [7] [8]. Check out all the acts against the recommendations here – in Portuguese [find out here]

Feb 21 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

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

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

Read more about Bolsonaro’s disregard for face masks [1], [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]. Brazil’s Federal Administration has downplayed covid repeatedly, and its members reject social isolation and don’t comply with sanitary recommendations [7] [8]. Check all the acts against the recommentations here – in Portuguese [find out here]

Feb 21 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

REGULARIZATION OF TRADITIONAL BLACK PEOPLES’ (‘QUILOMBOLAS’) LANDS HAS THE LOWEST BUDGET IN, AT LEAST, ONE DECADE

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

Read more about it here — in Portuguese [find out here] and about the situation of quilombola communities under Bolsonaro Administration here [1] [2]

Feb 21 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

IN UN SPEECH, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CRITICIZES HEALTH MEASURES AGAINST COVID-19 AND SUGGESTS THAT INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES ARE INAPPROPRIATELY RESTRAINED AMID PANDEMIC

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

See the video in which the Minister of Foreign Affairs criticizes health measures against covid-19, time stamp 0:53, [1], read more about this case, in Portuguese, [2] and the transcription of Araujo’s speech [3], check the governmental measures that have contributed to covid-19 crisis [4] and read more about covid-19 pandemic in Brazil [5]

Feb 22 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

IN UN SPEECH, MINISTER OF WOMEN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ALIGNS WITH CONSERVATIVE STANCE REGARDING GENDER AND SUPPORTS GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSES TO COVID-19

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

See the video in which the Minister of Women, Family and Human Rights aligns with conservative stance regarding gender, time stamp 3:36, [1], read more about Damares Alves [2], check the governmental measures that have contributed to covid-19 crisis [3] and about covid-19 pandemic in Brazil [4]

Feb 22 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
District

DATA BREACH FROM EDUCATION SECRETARY IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT EXPOSES PERSONAL DATA FROM OVER 1 MILLION STUDENTS, MOST OF THEM CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS

Theme(s)
Child and adolescent, Data protection, Information
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Distrito Federal

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. In 2020, there was a security incident and data from over 16 million Brazilians, held by the Health Ministry, were leaked [1]. Also read more about the Brazilian General Data Protection Law [2].

Feb 22 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

STATE OF ACRE DECREES STATE OF PUBLIC EMERGENCY DUE TO HEAVY RAINS WHILE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELEASES RESOURCES TO THE STATE WITHOUT SPECIFYING THEIR PURPOSES

Theme(s)
Administration, Fiscal balance
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights
State
Acre

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about this context [1] [2] [3]

Feb 22 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER, WHO IS INFECTED WITH CORONAVIRUS, ATTENDS PUBLIC EVENTS AND WITHOUT WEARING MASK

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about this context here [1]. Brazil’s Federal Administration has downplayed covid repeatedly, and its members reject social isolation and don’t comply with sanitary recommendations [2] [3] [find out here]

Feb 23 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

COUNCIL OF ETHICS OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES DISMISSES REPRESENTATION AGAINST EDUARDO BOLSONARO FOR OFFENDING CONGRESSWOMAN; DECISION DETERMINES THAT NONE OF THE OFFENSIVE POSTS IN SOCIAL MEDIA WERE OUT OF HIS PRERROGATIVE AS A CONGRESSMAN

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

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

Feb 24 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SUGGESTS ONCE AGAIN THAT PFIZER VACCINE MAY BE DANGEROUS; LATER REPORT EXPOSES THAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECLINED PFIZER’S OFFER TO PURCHASE 70 MILLION DOSES IN 2020

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

Read more about it here [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Feb 24 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

NATIONAL INDIAN FOUNDATION (‘FUNAI’) AND INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) ISSUE ORDINANCE ALLOWING AGRICULTURAL EXPLOITATION ON INDIGENOUS LANDS

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the violation of rights of Indigenous people here [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Feb 24 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SUGGESTS THAT PROSECUTORS FROM THE CAR-WASH OPERATION ARE UNFAIRLY TARGETING HIS FAMILY

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. All four of Bolsonaro’s sons are under criminal investigation [1]. In a cabinet meeting in April 2020, Bolsonaro said the police were persecuting his family [2]. In October 2020, he claimed he ended the Car-Wash Operation because there was no corruption in his government [3] [find out here]

Feb 26 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO APPROVES IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTEGRATED CENTER FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL, INSTITUTION RELATED TO POLICE SURVEILLANCE

Theme(s)
Administration, Data protection, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about it here — in Portuguese [find out here] and remind past events that link Brazil to a ‘technoauthoritarian’ project – also in Portuguese [1]

Feb 27 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

HEALTH MINISTRY REFUSES REQUEST FROM GOVERNMENT AND STATES’ HEALTH SECRETARIES TO UNIFY MEASURES AGAINST COVID-19

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. The Brazilian Health Ministry has never established national wide measures to fight covid-19 [1] [2], and in March Bolsonaro appointed the fourth health minister since the beginning of the pandemic [3] [find out here]

Feb 28 2021
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