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    Type of power
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    Branch
    Executive
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    State

    GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO AND FEDERAL DISTRICT INCLUDE CHURCHES AS ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES, ALLOWING RELIGOUS SERVICES TO STAY OPEN AMID PANDEMIC CRISIS

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

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

    Mar 02 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT APPOINTS LAWYER WHO HAS DEFENDED ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENDERS AS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) IN THE STATE OF ACRE

    Theme(s)
    Environment
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Violation of institutional autonomy
    State
    Acre

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

    Mar 02 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    PROSECUTOR OFFICE OF THE LOWER HOUSE DEMANDS THE IMPRISONMENT OF TV HOST, BASED ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY LAW (‘LSN’), DUE TO TWEET THAT ALLEGEDLY INCITED VIOLENCE

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

    Read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here] [1]. Additionally, check more information on how the Bolsonaro Administration uses the LSN to target its critics [2] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]

    Mar 02 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    WOMEN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER PLANS REVIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY

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

    Read more about it here [1] and read more about the situation of human rights in Brazil here [2]

    Mar 02 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    TRANSPARENCY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION PUBLIC BODY LINKED TO THE PRESIDENCY (‘CGU’) OPENS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AGAINST TWO UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS FOR CRITICIZING THE PRESIDENT IN SOCIAL MEDIA

    Theme(s)
    Academic freedom, Administration, Education
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s attacks on academic freedom here [1] [2]

    Mar 02 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    JOURNALISM STUDENT IS ARRESTED ON THE BASIS OF NATIONAL SECURITY LAW (‘LSN’) IN THE STATE OF MINAS GERAIS AFTER SARCASTIC TWEET ABOUT ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S VISIT TO HIS CITY OF RESIDENCE

    Theme(s)
    Prisons, Public security
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies
    State
    Minas Gerais

    Read more about it here [1]

    Mar 03 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    State

    SEVERAL BRAZILIAN STATES ANNOUNCE CURFEWS AND MORE RESTRICTIVE MEASURES AMID PANDEMIC

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], find more information about restrictive measures in the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro amid pandemic [1] [2] and check the current pandemic situation in Brazil [3] [4] [5]

    Mar 03 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Public Prosecution Office
    Power Level
    Federal

    EDUCATION MINISTERY ISSUES OFFICIAL LETTER STATING THAT POLITICAL MANIFESTATIONS IN UNIVERSITIES CAMPI SHALL BE SUBJECT TO DISCIPLINARY PUNISHMENT

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read report on academic freedom in Brazil here, made by LAUT [1] and Scholars at Risk [2]

    Mar 03 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Public Prosecution Office
    Power Level
    State

    PUBLIC PROSECUTION OFFICE OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO (‘MP-RJ’) EXTINGUISHES GROUP FOR SPECIALIZED ACTION ON PUBLIC SECUTIRY (‘GAESP’)

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

    Read more it here – in Portuguese [find out here], about the consequences of extinguishing the GAESP here [1] and responses from human rights bodies here [2] [3].
    To understand more about issues and shortcomings in the public security policies in Brazil, read more here [4]

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

    BOLSONARO ISSUES DECREE CLASSIFYING THE BID TO BUY OR HIRE SERVICES RELATED TO LAUNCHING OF SPACE SATELLITES AS SECRET

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. The federal government had already bought in the previous year a finnish sattelite without following the administrative procedures for government purchase. The acquirement of the finnish satellite has been criticized by experts in Brazil and Finland as greenwashing. According to them, the intention of the federal government is to distort Amazon deforestation data obtained by satellite. Read about it here [1]. Bolsonaro questioned data in 2019 regarding the increase of deforestation in the Amazon, the highest in the last 10 years, provided by the National Institute for Space Ressearch (INPE) [find out here] and the Director of the Institute was dismissed shortly after [find out here].

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

    MINISTER OF EDUCATION APPOINTS AN AVIATOR COLONEL WITH NO EXPERIENCE IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR TO THE BOARD OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH (‘INEP’)

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

    Read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here] [1] and check more information regarding the dismantling of the education system under Bolsonaro administration [2]

    Mar 05 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER ASKS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO FIGHT ‘NARCO-SOCIALISM’, DEFINED BY HIM AS A POLITICAL SYSTEM THAT COMBINES CORRUPTION, ORGANISED CRIME AND SOCIALISM

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

    Read the event transcription here [1]. Read more about Ernesto Araujo here [2] [3]

    Mar 05 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Judiciary
    Power Level
    State

    COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO ALLOWS CITY TO LEAVE THE RED PHASE, WHICH CORRESPONDS TO THE STRICTEST QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS AMID PANDEMIC, CONTRARY TO THE ORDERS ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE GOVERNOR

    Theme(s)
    Health, Power conflicts, Social distancing
    Emergency Measures
    Flexibilization of control
    State
    São Paulo

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about São Paulo restrictions here [1] [2]

    Mar 05 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    BRAZILIAN DELEGATION VISITS ISRAEL TO GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT A NASAL SPRAY AGAINST COVID-19 THAT LACKS SCIENTIFIC EFFICACY

    Theme(s)
    International relations, Negationism
    Emergency Measures
    Flexibilization of control

    Read more about it here [1] and about the current pandemic situation in Brazil [2] [3] [4]

    Mar 06 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Public Prosecution Office
    Power Level
    Federal

    FEDERAL POLICE INDICATES PROSECUTOR GENERAL’S OMISSION REGARDING THE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ANTI-DEMOCRATIC ACTS ORGANISED BY BOLSONARO’S SUPPORTERS

    Theme(s)
    Power conflicts, Public security
    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 anti-democratic acts here [1] [2] [3]

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

    BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST SIX TIMES IN THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH, 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 – in Portuguese [find out here]

    Mar 07 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT JOIN UN DECLARATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Watch the speech of Ms. Socorro Flores LLera about the joint statement here [1]. Under Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil has had an anti-gender agenda in its state and foreign policy [2] [3]. In October 2020, Brazil led with the United States an anti-abortion agreement [4]

    Mar 08 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Judiciary
    Power Level
    Federal

    FEDERAL SUPREME COURT JUSTICE QUASHES FORMER PRESIDENT LULA CONVICTIONS IN ‘OPERATION CAR WASH’ MONOCRATICALLY

    Theme(s)
    Political positioning, Power conflicts
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Centralization of power

    Read more about it here [1] [2] and read article about the problem of individual (monocratic) decisions in Brazilian higher courts [3]

    Mar 08 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    BOLSONARO SAYS THAT ‘HIS’ ARMY WILL NOT ENFORCE SANITARY MEASURES AGAINST COVID-19

    Theme(s)
    Armed Forces, Negationism, Social distancing
    Emergency Measures
    Centralization of power

    Read more about it here [1]

    Mar 08 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TRIES TO EXEMPT PRESIDENT BOLSONARO FROM LIABILITY FOR COVID HEALTH CRISIS BY POSTING FAKE NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read the post on twitter here [1]. On the 29 of March the minister resigned [2]

    Mar 10 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    State

    NOTARY OFFICE HIDES DATA FROM PUBLIC DEED OF CONGRESSMAN FLAVIO BOLSONARO’S NEW HOUSE, VALUED AT 6 MILLION REAIS

    Theme(s)
    Political positioning, Transparency
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
    State
    Distrito Federal

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    HEALTH MINISTRY REDUCES THE ESTIMATE OF VACCINE DOSES AVAILABLE FOR THE VACCINATION SCHEDULE AT LEAST 5 TIMES

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

    Read more about it here [1]

    Mar 10 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    BRAZIL DOES NOT JOIN UN PROJECT THAT RECOGNIZES THE ENVIRONMENT AS A HUMAN RIGHT

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

    Read the public note by Brazilian civil society repudiating the non-adherence to the project here [1]

    Mar 11 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    BOLSONARO MENTIONS THE POSSIBILITY OF DECLARING A STATE OF SIEGE AT LEAST 4 TIMES AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC

    Theme(s)
    Armed Forces, Health, Negationism, Power conflicts
    Emergency Measures
    Increased police power

    Read more about it here in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about anti-democratic behavior under Bolsonaro administration here [1] and Bolsonaro statements comparing State governors and mayors with tyrants for imposing lockdown measures [2]

    Mar 11 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    EDUARDO BOLSONARO REJECTS WEARING FACE MASKS IN AN AGGRESSIVE TONE

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECONOMIC RESEARCH (‘Ipea’) WARNS CIVIL SERVANTS ABOUT RESEARCH DISCLOSURE AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE PRESS

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

    Read more about the Ipea here [1] and about thies episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

    Mar 11 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Judiciary
    Power Level
    State

    IN THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO, 1 IN 4 MOTHERS CONDEMNED TO PRE-TRIAL DETENTION REMAIN INCARCERATED, DESPITE LEGAL PRECEDENT ESTABLISHING THAT MOTHERS SHOULD AWAIT SENTENCING AT HOME

    Theme(s)
    Gender and sexual orientation, Penal and socioeducational system, Prisons
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
    State
    Rio de Janeiro

    Read more about mothers and ilegal detentions in Brazil here [1] [2]

    Mar 11 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    FORMER HEALTH MINISTER MEETS WITH BUSINESSPEOPLE TO NEGOTIATE PURCHASE OF CORONAVAC VACCINE DOSES FOR TRIPLE OF THE NATIONAL PRICE

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

    Read more about the covid -19 vaccines scandals here [1], the repercussions on the Bolsonaro Administration [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]. Bolsonaro has started changing his rhetoric regarding vaccines in March, 2021, bust still claims social isolation and restrictive measures disregard personal freedom and still promotes ‘early treatment’ [3]

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

    REPORT ON CULTURE MINISTRY POINTS OUT INSTITUTIONAL HARASSMENT OF CIVIL SERVANTS AND DISMANTLING OF PUBLIC POLICIES

    Theme(s)
    Culture
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies

    Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]

    Mar 12 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    IN SPEECH DURING HIS LAST DAY IN A COMISSION OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, EDUARDO BOLSONARO COMPLIMENTS AUTHORITARIAN WORLD LEADERS

    Theme(s)
    International relations, Press
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Bolsonaro’s son Eduardo Bolsonaro has spoken in favor of authoritarian regimes before [1] [find out here]

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

    CHICO MENDES INSTITUTE FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION (‘ICMBIO’) REQUIRES PRIOR APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO PUBLISH SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION

    Theme(s)
    Academic freedom, Environment, Information, Political positioning, Press, Science
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

    Read more about ICMBio here [1] and previous environmental settbacks by the Bolsonaro administration here [2]

    Mar 12 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    FEDERAL CONGRESSWOMAN TAKES OVER THE PRESIDENCY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, DESPITE PREVIOUSLY STATING THAT ‘THE AMAZON FOREST HAS NEVER BURNT SO LITTLE’, IN THE MIDST OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS IN 2019

    Theme(s)
    Environment, Negationism
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Violation of institutional autonomy

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    NUMBER OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE VICTIMS OF COVID-19 REACHES 1,002 AMID GOVERNAMENTAL NEGLECT

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about covid-19 cases and deaths among indigenous peoples here [1] [2]

    Mar 12 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Judiciary
    Power Level
    State

    PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO REVERSES PROHIBITION OF IN PERSON SCHOOL CLASSES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC WORSENING

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. The first months of 2021 brought to Brazil the worst numbers of the pandemic yet [1]. Facing the health system imminent collapse, São Paulo governor has announced curfew measures and service restrictions [2].

    Mar 13 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST THREE TIMES IN THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH, 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]

    Mar 14 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    ONCE AGAIN, PROSECUTORS USE THE NATIONAL SECUTIRY LAW (‘LSN’) TO OPEN INVESTIGATION AGAINST YOUTUBER WHO FREQUENTLY CRITICIZES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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

    Read more about it here [1]

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

    BOLSONARO IS DENOUNCED AT THE UNITED NATIONS (‘UN’) FOR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS ONCE AGAIN

    Theme(s)
    International relations, Social distancing
    Emergency Measures
    Curtailment of fundamental rights

    Read more about it here [1]

    Mar 15 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Public Prosecution Office
    Power Level
    Federal

    PROSECUTOR GENERAL (‘PGR’) SENDS OFFICIAL LETTERS TO STATE GOVERNORS INQUIRING ABOUT BUDGET SPENDING TO FIGHT COVID-19

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

    Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here] [1]. Moreover, check more information regarding the Brazilian Senate’s Commission of Inquiry (CPI) on actions and omissions of the Bolsonaro Administration amid pandemic [2] [3] and on the possible misuse of funds to fight covid-19 in Brazilian States [4]

    Mar 16 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    NATIONAL CONGRESS OVERTURNS BOLSONARO’S OWN VETO AND APPROVES CHURCH TAX PARDON AFTER THE PRESIDENT’S REQUEST

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

    Read more about it here [1]

    Mar 17 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    State

    FEDERAL POLICE INVADES REFUGEE SHELTER IN THE STATE OF RORAIMA AND ATTEMPTS TO DEPORT VENEZUELAN FAMILIES

    Theme(s)
    Migration
    Emergency Measures
    Curtailment of fundamental rights
    State
    Roraima

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Venezuelan refugees in Brazil here [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

    Mar 17 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    MINISTRY OF HEALTH DISTRIBUTES INADEQUATE MASKS TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND REFUSES TO EXCHANGE THEM FOR ADEQUATE ONES

    Theme(s)
    Administration, Health
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Curtailment of fundamental rights

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Brazil’s health system and how the federal government has been dealing with the pandemic [1] [2]

    Mar 17 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Judiciary
    Power Level
    Federal

    REGIONAL FEDERAL COURT ALLOWS CELEBRATION OF THE 1964 MILITARY COUP THROUGH A STATEMENT PUBLISHED IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OFFICIAL WEBSITE

    Theme(s)
    Dictatorship and memory, Political positioning
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
    State
    Rio Grande do Norte

    Read about about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the subsequent military coup anniversary celebration here [1] [find out here]

    Mar 17 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    State

    FEDERAL POLICE SUMMONS 25 PEOPLE WHO CRITICIZED BOLSONARO ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO TESTIFY IN THE CITY OF UBERLÂNDIA

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

    Read more about it here in Portuguese [find out here] and remind case related to it – when young man was arrested because of sarcastic tweet [find out here]. The event is linked to the use of the National Law Security under Bolsonaro Administration. More information about the National Law Security and its origins can be found here [1] and about its recent inflated application here [2].

    Mar 18 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    BRAZILIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CORPORATION (‘Embrapa’) THREATENS RESEARCHER THAT MADE CORRELATION BETWEEN COVID-19 AND PIG FARMING

    Theme(s)
    Academic freedom, Environment, Science
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies

    Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and the findings correlating covid-19 and pig farming [1]

    Mar 18 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    MLITARY POLICE ARRESTS PROTESTERS WITH ‘BOLSONARO GENOCIDAL’ SIGNS, CLAIMING VIOLATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY LAW (‘LSN’) VIOLATION

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

    Read more about how the National Security Law is being used by the Federal Government here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

    Mar 18 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    PRESIDENT BOLSONARO FILES SUIT IN THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) AGAINST STATE GOVERNORS’ SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES AND REQUIRES THE SUSPENSION OF DECREES REGARDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], about the subsequent denial of the request [1] about the fights between the president and state governors [2] and the pressure on president Bolsonaro due to covid policy [2]

    Mar 18 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    BOLSONARO SAYS ‘ONLY GOD’ CAN TAKE HIM OUT OF OFFICE ONCE MORE; DECLARATION FOLLOWS THE POPULARITY REDUCTION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE REQUESTS TO OPEN PARLIAMENTARY INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE CONDUCTION OF THE COVID-19 CRISIS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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

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

    Mar 21 2021
     
    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 MARCH, 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]. Bolsonaro has started changing his rhetoric regarding vaccines in March, 2021, bust still claims social isolation and restrictive measures disregard personal freedom and still promotes ‘early treatment’ [9]. Also check all the acts against the recommendations here – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

    BRAZIL REPLACES HEALTH MINISTER FOR THE FOURTH TIME AMID PANDEMIC IN A CONTEXT OF PRESSURE BY THE NATIONAL CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT BOLSONARO’S SUPPORTERS

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

    Read more about it here [1] [2]

    Mar 23 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THERE WERE 684 COMPLAINTS MADE BY PUBLIC SERVANTS OF INSTITUTIONAL HARRASSMENT

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Censorship reports in Brazil under Bolsonaro administration have been climbing, read more about the state of freedom of expression here [1] [2]

    Mar 23 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    PRESIDENT OF THE CONSTITUTION AND JUSTICE COMMITTEE OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES (‘CCJ’) THREATENS TO SANCTION WHOEVER CALLS BOLSONARO A GENOCIDE DURING A SESSION

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Several critics of Bolsonaro have been targeted using the National Security Law, remind some of them here [find out here] [find out here]. Members of the opposition party PSOL called Bolsonaro ‘fascist’ and ‘genocidist’ in the opening of Legislative Work in 2021 [1]

    Mar 24 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    HEALTH MINISTRY ALTERS THE COUNTING MECHANISM OF REPORTED COVID-19 DEATHS, MISREPRESENTING EPIDEMIOLOGIC DATA

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. The lack of transparency by the Health Ministry regarding covid-19 has been a problem since the beginning of the pandemic: in June 2020 the Ministry suspended the daily release of the number of covid-19 deaths [find out here]. Read more about this context here [1]

    Mar 24 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive, Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT BOLSONARO MAKES GESTURE INTERPRETED AS COMMONLY USED BY WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS DURING A HEARING IN THE SENATE

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

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

    Mar 24 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATION ENCOURAGE LAND GRABBING AND DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON REGION, ACCORDING TO REPORT

    Theme(s)
    Agrarian reform, Environment, Land regularization
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Flexibilization of control

    Read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here] [1] and check more information regarding land grabbing and deforestation in the Amazon region [2] [3]

    Mar 24 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    OFFICE OF THE GENERAL ATTORNEY (‘AGU’) SENDS A MOTION TO THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT DEFENDING THE USE OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY LAW (‘LSN’), ENACTED DURING THE BRAZILIAN DICTATORSHIP, BY THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT

    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] [2] [3] [4] [5]

    Mar 24 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    CHICO MENDES INSTITUTE FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION (‘ICMBIO’) EXCLUDES CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATION IN THE EXECUTION OF NATIONAL ACTION PLANS FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO MONITOR THE INSTITUTE’S ACTIVITIES

    Theme(s)
    Civil society participation, 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 the attacks on the Institute under Bolsonaro administration here [1] [2] and remind past act, which curtailed civil society participation [find out here]

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

    BOLSONARO PRESSURES INDIGENOUS PEOPLE KAYAPÓS TO ACCEPT TIMBER EXPLOITATION AND MINING IN THEIR LANDS

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

    Read more about it here [1]. Read more about this context here [2] [3]

    Mar 24 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Judiciary
    Power Level
    State

    FEDERAL JUSTICE WITHDRAWS SUSPENSION OF NATIVE WOOD COMMERCIALIZATION IMPOSED BY THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’)

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

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

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

    BRAZILIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS APPROVES THE LOWEST BUDGET OF THE CENTURY FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTRY

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

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

    Mar 25 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    PROSECUTOR GENERAL SENDS INVESTIGATION ON HIS AIDE TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE, REMOVING IT FROM THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE, WHICH IS UNDERSTOOD AS A MANIPULATION

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the Prosecutor General, who’s been accused of biased stances when it comes to Bolsonaro and his family [1] [2]

    Mar 25 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    GENERAL-SECRETARY OF THE PRESIDENCY CLAIMS THAT LOCKDOWN IS NOT EFFECTIVE BECAUSE INSECTS COULD TRANSMIT COVID-19, DESPITE LACK OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE FOR HIS STATEMENT

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

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

    Mar 25 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    NATIONAL CONGRESS REDUCES BY 90% BUDGET AIMED AT CONDUCTING THE NATIONAL POPULATION CENSUS, AND MAKES IT FINANCIALLY UNFEASIBLE

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

    Read more about it here [1] [2]

    Mar 26 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    FEDERAL POLICE SUMMONS INDIGENOUS LEADERS TO TESTIFY OVER FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEFAMATION CHARGES AGAINST THE NATIONAL INDIAN FOUNDATION (‘FUNAI’)

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

    Read more about it here [1]

    Mar 26 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive, Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    AFTER DEATH OF MILITARY POLICE OFFICER IN THE STATE OF BAHIA, LAWMAKERS (INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT’S SON, EDUARDO) CRITICIZE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND INCREASE OFFENSIVE AGAINST STATE GOVERNORS

    Theme(s)
    Negationism, Public security, Social distancing
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

    Read more about it here [1]

    Mar 29 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    HEALTH MINISTER SUPPORTS OXYGEN RATIONING AMID SHORTAGE IN SUPPLY, BY CHOOSING WHICH PATIENTS IN NEED WILL RECEIVE IT

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the context of oxygen shortage in Brazil here [1] [2] [3] [4]

    Mar 29 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    AFTER DEFENSE MINISTER RESIGNATION, BOLSONARO REPLACES SIX OTHER MINISTERS DUE TO CENTER-RIGHT COALITION (‘CENTRÃO’) PRESSURE AND APPOINTS HIS SON’S PERSONAL FRIEND

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

    Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here], check more information on the Ministers’ replacement and its consequences for the Brazilian Armed Forces [1] [2] and read about what is the coalition known as ‘centrão’ [3]

    Mar 29 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    CHICO MENDES INSTITUTE FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION (‘ICMBio’) SUFFERS BUDGET CUT THAT THREATENS ITS ACTIVITIES OF PREVENTION AND COMBAT OF FOREST FIRES

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

    Read the reports made by specialized NGO about enviromental setbacks in 2019 [1] and 2020 [2], and read more about how the government has undermined the environment protection here [3] [4]

    Mar 29 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    BOLSONARO ISSUES EMERGENCY DECREE ALLOWING THE AUTOMATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LICENSING

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

    Read more about the proposal on automated environment licensing [1] and the severe consequences of loosening the licensing process here [2] [3]

    Mar 30 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    THE THREE ARMED FORCES COMMANDERS STEP DOWN AFTER DISAGREEMENTS WITH PRESIDENT BOLSONARO, WHO HAD BEEN PRESSURINGTHE MILITARY TO ALIGN WITH HIS POLITICAL VIEWS

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

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

    Mar 30 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Judiciary
    Power Level
    State

    FEDERAL REGIONAL COURT OF THE FEDERAL DISTRICT ALLOWS NON-ESSENTIAL COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES DESPITE LACK OF BEDS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS AMID PANDEMIC

    Theme(s)
    Health, Social distancing
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
    State
    Distrito Federal

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the country-wide lack of intensive care beds here [1] [2] [3]
    [4]

    Mar 31 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST 5 TIMES ON THE LAST TEN DAYS OF MARCH, 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], see all the acts against the recommendations here – in Portuguese [find out here], remind past occasions when the president discredited health reccomendations [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 [4] [5].

    Mar 31 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST 05 TIMES ON THE LAST TEN DAYS OF MARCH, 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], remind recent past occasions when he went against medical and health recommendations [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] and see all the acts against the recommendations here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Brazil’s Federal Administration has downplayed covid repeatedly, and its members reject social isolation and don’t comply with sanitary recommendations [4] [5].

    Mar 31 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Judiciary
    Power Level
    State

    FEDERAL COURT (‘TRF-1’) ALLOWS SPORTING EVENTS IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT AMID INCREASE IN COVID-19 CASES

    Theme(s)
    Health, Social distancing
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
    State
    Distrito Federal

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

    Mar 31 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    VIOLENCE AGAINST JOURNALISTS INCREASE BY 168% WHEN COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR, FOLLOWING BOLSONARO’S PROMOTION OF ATTACKS ON THE PRESS

    Theme(s)
    Press
    Authoritarian Inventory measures
    Construction of enemies

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

    Mar 31 2021
     
    Type of power
    Formal power
    Branch
    Executive
    Power Level
    Federal

    ONCE AGAIN, MINISTER OF DEFENSE SIGNS STATEMENT CELEBRATING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE MILITARY COUP AS A CRUCIAL PART OF DEMOCRACY IN BRAZIL

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

    Read more about it here [1] [2]

    Mar 31 2021
     
    Type of power
    Informal power
    Branch
    Legislative
    Power Level
    Federal

    CONGRESSWOMAN, WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, SPREADS FAKE DATA REGARDING THE AMAZON FOREST CONSERVATION

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

    Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. This same Congresswoman has used fake news to minimize the number of death by covid-19 in 2020; remind about it here [find out here].

    Mar 31 2021
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