Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO DISAVOWS ‘VACCINE RACE’ AND CONTINUES TO UNDERESTIMATE VIRUS’ THREAT

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

Read more about president Bolsonaro stance on covid-19 vaccination here [1] [2] [3]

May 01 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

MILITARY POLICE ARRESTS SUSPECT FOR ALLEGEDLY THROWING EGGS AT PRO-BOLSONARO PROTESTERS AT HIS HOUSE WITHOUT JUDICIAL WARRANT

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

Read more about Bolsonaro’s support for non-democratic acts here [1] [2] and more about far-right protesters here [3] [4]

May 01 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO STATES THAT HE WILL NOT ISSUE ANY REGULATION ON LAND EXPROPRIATION OF LANDHOLDERS DENOUNCED FOR SLAVE LABOR

Theme(s)
Environment, Land regularization, Race and ethnicity
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], check more information regarding previous similar episodes [1] and understand how the Brazilian law regulates slave labour and labour analogous to slavery [2]

May 02 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST 6 TIMES IN THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY, 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 – in Portuguese [find out here], remind past occasions when he downplayed the emergency [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] [3].

May 03 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FORMER HEALTH MINISTERS AND EXPERTS MENTION BOLSONARO’S PRESSURE TO CHANGE CHLOROQUINE LABEL WHEN TESTIFYING TO COVID-19 PARLIAMENTARY INVESTIGATION COMMITTE (‘CPI’)

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

Read more about Bolsonaro’s insistance on recommending chloroquine for covid despite evidence against it here [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 04 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
Municipal

COURT ANNULS RESTRICTIVE MEASURES IMPOSED ON THE CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO DESPITE HIGH COVID-19 CASE AND DEATH RATES

Theme(s)
Health, Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Centralization of power
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], about the loosening of restrictive measures in Brazil here [1] and about similar past decisions here [2]

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

BOLSONARO ANNOUNCES DECREE TO PREVENT SOCIAL MEDIA FROM DELETING POSTS AND BLOCKING PROFILES WITHOUT JUDICIAL AUTHORIZATION

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

Read more about this issue here [1]

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

INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) REDUCES ENVIRONMENTAL FINES BY 80% AND FREEZES PENALTY PROCEDURES

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese – [find out here] [1], check more information regarding IBAMA environmental fines [2] and the dismantling of the environmental protection in Brazil [3]

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

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER MAKES FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT THE DECLINE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE, THE MINISTRY’S BUDGET AND THE AMAZON FUND AMID PANDEMIC

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here] [1] and find more information about the environmental policies dismantlement under Bolsonaro’s government [2] [3] [4]

May 05 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

PRESIDENT’S SON EDUARDO BOLSONARO CELEBRATES THE END OF MAGAZINE CIRCULATION WHICH HE LABELLED AN ‘ANTI-BOLSONARO FLYER’

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

Read more about Bolsonaro and his allies’ attacks on the press here [1] [2]

May 06 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
Municipal

DEADLIEST POLICE RAID IN THE HISTORY OF RIO DE JANEIRO KILLS 28 CIVILIANS

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

Read more about it here [1]. The event takes place roughly a year after the Brazilian Supreme Court restricted police operations in favelas [2]. President Bolsonaro praised the police in his social media, refusing to treat the deceased as ‘victims’ [3]

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

BOLSONARO MAKES RACIST REMARKS TO A SUPPORTER

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about Bolsonaro remarks on racial issues here [1] [2] [3] [4]

May 06 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) CIVIL SERVANT IS THREATENED AFTER DENOUCING SUSPENSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFRINGEMENT FINES

Theme(s)
Environment, Transparency
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy
State
Distrito Federal

Read more about this suspension here [1] and decrease [2], as well as the weakening of environmental laws in the Bolsonaro administration [3]

May 06 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

CHICO MENDES INSTITUTE FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION (‘ICMBio’) CANCELS OPERATION TO FIGHT ILLEGAL CATTLE RAISING IN CONSERVATION UNIT IN THE STATE OF PARÁ

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here] [1] and find more information about the environmental policies dismantlement during Bolsonaro’s government [2] [3] [4]. Also see all the acts against the recommendations – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO SAYS THERE WILL BE NO ELECTION WITHOUT PAPER BALLOT

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about other election fraud accusations made by Bolsonaro here [1] [2][/link] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

BOLSONARO SAYS HE MAY ISSUE DECREE TO PREVENT CLOSURE OF SHOPS AND MOVEMENT RESTRICTION AMID PANDEMIC

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

Read more about it here [1]

May 07 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

VICE-PRESIDENT DISCREDITS BRUTALITY OF THE DEADLIEST POLICE OPERATION IN THE STATE OF RIO JANEIRO THAT RESULTED IN 28 DEATHS BY SAYING THAT DECEASED WERE ‘BANDITS’

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

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here] and check more information on the Rio de Janeiro police raid [1] [2] [3]

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

FEDERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL (‘AGU’) ASSISTS FORMER MINISTER OF HEALTH IN COVID-19 PARLIAMENTARY INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE (‘COVID-19 CPI’) AND REQUESTS HIS RIGHT TO SILENCE TO BRAZILIAN FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’)

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

Read more about this episode [1] [2], check more information regarding the former Minister of Health, Eduardo Pazzuelo, testimony for the covid-19 Parliamentary Investigation Committe (‘covid-19 CPI’) [3] and on the covid-19 CPI works [4] [5] [6]

May 08 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

SECRET’ BUDGET OF CONGRESSIONAL AMENDMENTS TO ENSURE POLITICAL SUPPORT TO BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION – WHICH IS UNPRECEDENTED IN BRAZILIAN HISTORY – REACHES R$3 BILLION

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

Read more about the Brazilian Legislative Branch here [1] [2] and understand the ‘secret budget’ scandal [3]

May 08 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION POSTPONES FEDERAL POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO POSSIBLE FRAUDS ON THE NATIONAL EXAM FOR STUDENT PERFORMANCE (‘ENADE’)

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

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here] and check more information about the National Exam for Student Performance (‘ENADE’) here [1]

May 09 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

BOLSONARO PRAISES DEADLIEST POLICE RAID IN THE HISTORY OF RIO DE JANEIRO

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER MAKES USE OF THE MINISTRY’S DIPLOMATIC TOOLS TO OBTAIN CHLOROQUINE SUPPLIES DESPITE ITS INEFFICACY AGAINST COVID-19

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Remind that chloroquine use was fiercely defended by the Bolsonaro Administration [1] and the endorsement is being targeted in a parliamentary Covid-19 inquiry [2].

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

MINISTRY OF HEALTH MAINTAINS CHLOROQUINE RECOMMENDATION AGAINST COVID-19 DESPITE OF ITS PROVEN INEFFICACY

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Remind that chloroquine use was fiercely defended by the Bolsonaro Administration [1] and this endorsement is being targeted in the covid-19 Parliamentary Investigation Committe [find out here] [2].

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

PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC ENTITY FOR THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF BLACK CULTURE IN BRAZIL (‘FUNDAÇÃO PALMARES’) CRITICIZES MEDIA COVER TO THE DEADLIEST POLICE OPERATION IN THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO

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

Read more about how Fundação Palmares propagates racism under the Bolsonaro administration here [1] [2]. For an assessment on the systematic attacks on the press, read more here [3]. Also read more about this specific episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 10 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
Federal

PROSECUTOR GENERAL (‘PGR’) REFUSES TO INVESTIGATE BOLSONARO FOR SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTION INVOLVING HIS WIFE AND R$ 89,000, WHICH IS LATER REAFFIRMED BY FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) JUSTICE

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese – [find out here], get more information on this case [1] and check an analysis of the PGR conduct regarding the Bolsonaro Administration [2]

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

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER ANNOUNCES WHERE OPERATION TO FIGHT DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON REGION SHALL TAKE PLACE IN ADVANCE, WHICH IS AGAINST ITS GOALS

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese – [find out here] [1], check more information regarding alleged illegal timber sales that involve former Minister of the Environment, Ricardo Salles [2] [3] and see details of his subsequent resignation [4]

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

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION IS DENOUNCED BY NGOS AT OECD FOR HEALTH CRISIS AND DISMANTLING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES

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

Read more about it here [1] [2]

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

BUDGET CUTS UNDERMINE OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF SEVERAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES

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

Read more about how budget cuts have affected Brazilian public universities here [1] [2] and about the overall dismantling of Brazilian higher education here [3] [4] [5]

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

PFIZER TESTIMONY TO COVID-19 PARLIAMENTARY INVESTIGATION COMMITTE (‘CPI’) REVEALS REPEATED GOVERNMENT REFFUSAL TO BUY VACCINES

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], about the Bolsonaro Administration delayed answer to Pfizer vaccine proposals here [1] [2] and about the covid-19 Parliamentary Investigation Committe here [3].

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

LOWER HOUSE CHANGES INTERNAL REGULATION AND CURTAILS OPPOSITION’S POLITICAL POWER

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the Brazilian Legislative Branch here [1] [2]. Since the election of the new Lower House Speaker in February [3], his coalition is trying to curtail opposition rights.

May 12 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive, Legislative
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO AND HIS SON ATTACK COVID-19 PARLIAMENTARY INVESTIGATION COMMITTE (‘COVID-19 CPI’) AND INSULT ITS RAPPORTEUR

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the Parliamentary Investigation Committee (‘CPI’) here [1] [2] [3]

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

JUSTICE MINISTRY AUTHORIZES EMPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL PUBLIC SECURITY FORCE IN INDIGENOUS LAND IN THE STATE OF PARÁ

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Indigenous people, Security and Environment
Emergency Measures
Increased police power
State
Pará

Read more about the violence towards indigenous people here [1]. For a critical assessment about what the military in indigenous land entails, read here [2] [3]. Also read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY DETERMINES CONCILIATION HEARINGS FOR 2.838 ENVIRONMENTAL FINES, DISREGARDING SHORTAGE OF PERSONNEL

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

Read more about Bolsonaro’s decree imposing the conciliation hearings [1] and previous obstacles to enforce environmental fines here [2]. For an overview of Brazilian environmental law and practice, read more here [3]

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

LOWER HOUSE ESTABLISHES COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS PAPER-BASED BALLOTS AFTER BOLSONARO REPEATEDLY CRITICIZED THE CURRENT ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM

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

Read more about the paper ballot debate in Congress prompted by Bolsonaro here [1] [2]. Read more about the Brazilian eletronic voting system here [3] [4]

May 13 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ONLY 1 YEAR AND 2 MONTHS AFTER THE BEGINNING OF PANDEMIC IN BRAZIL MINISTRY OF HEALTH DISCOURAGES USE OF CHLOROQUINE AND OTHER UNPROVEN DRUGS AGAINST COVID-19

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the ‘early treatment’ endorsed by Bolsonaro, which includes unproven drugs such as chloroquine here [1] [2] [3]

May 13 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
Federal

PUBLIC PROSECUTION OFFICE’S TWITTER WAS STRATEGICALLY USED TO FURTHER POLITICAL GOALS, SUGGESTS STUDY

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST 3 TIMES IN THE SECOND WEEK OF MAY, AMID PANDEMIC

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

Read more about Bolsonaro’s disregard for face masks [1] [2] [3] [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]. Also see all the acts against the recommendations here – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO CLAIMS THAT FORMER PRESIDENT LULA WILL ONLY WIN THE 2022 ELECTIONS BY FRAUD AND DEFENDS PAPER BALLOTS DESPITE USE OF ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY SINCE 1995

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], about the electronic voting system in Brazil here [1] and about Bolsonaro’s endorsement of paper ballots here [2] [3] [4]. Also remind some past occasions when Bolsonaro claimed election fraud [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION UNDERMINES TRANSPARENCY OF REPORTS ON SLAVE LABOUR

Theme(s)
Data protection, Information, Race and ethnicity, Transparency, Work
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about the setbacks imposed by Bolsonaro Administration in the fight against modern slavery here [1] [2]

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

BOLSONARO PROMISES TO DRAFT BILL THAT RETAKES THE LAND GRABBING EMERGENCY DECREE AND ALTERS LANDHOLDING REGULARIZATION PROCEDURES

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here], check more information regarding Provisional Measure (‘MP’) 910, known as Land Grabbing MP [1][/link] and the advances of this issue in the Brazilian Congress [2]

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

MINISTRY OF ECONOMY INDICATES THAT THE ADMINISTRATION DOWNPLAYED THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 PANDEMIC DUE TO A LACK OF RESOURCES FOR THIS PURPOSE IN THE 2021 BUDGET

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

For an overview of the 2021 Brazilian budget [1] and the cut on publiic health, read more here [2]. Also read more about it here [find out here]

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

HEAD OF THE BRAZILIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (‘ABIN’) PRAISES ‘AUDITABLE VOTE’ ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN REFERENCE TO BOLSONARO’S DEFENSE OF PAPER BALLOTS

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese [find out here], about the electronic voting system in Brazil here [1] and about Bolsonaro’s endorsement of paper ballots here [2] [3] [4]. Also remind some past occasions when Bolsonaro himself claimed election fraud [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]

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

PROSECUTOR GENERAL (‘PGR’) FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST PROFESSOR AND LAUT RESEARCHER, CONRADO HÜBNER MENDES

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], about the use of lawsuits as a tool to target critics during Bolsonaro Administration [1] [2]. Also read an analysis supporting professor Mendes against the prosecution [3]

May 15 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO IGNORED AT LEAST 4 TECHNICAL NOTES FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WHEN RECOMMENDING VITAMIN D AGAINST COVID-19

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about Bolsonaro’s endorsement of unproven treatments, such as chloroquine and vitamin D here [1]

May 17 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL DEPUTY STATES THAT FACE MASK USE MAY HAVE WORSENED THE HEALTH CONDITION OF RECENTLY DECEASED MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SÃO PAULO

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese – [find out here] [1] and check more information on Bruno Covas, former mayor of the city of São Paulo [2]

May 17 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
State

POLICE BRUTALITY COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE MILITARY POLICE ARE NOT PROPERLY INVESTIGATED IN SÃO PAULO, SAYS REPORT

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about police brutality in Brazil here [1] [2] and police burtality in São Paulo amid pandemic here [3] [4]

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

YANONAMI INDIGENOUS PEOPLE SUFFER ATTACKS FROM WILDCAT MINERS FOR TEN DAYS AND DO NOT RECEIVE PROTECTION FROM RESPONSIBLE STATE BODIES

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

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here] and check more information regarding the attacks suffered by the Yanomani people and their history [1] [2] [3]

May 20 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
Federal

PROSECUTOR GENERAL (‘PGR’) PROSECUTES CONRADO HÜBNER MENDES, UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR AND LAUT RESEARCHER

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

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here] [1], check an interview on this subject with Conrado Hübner Mendes, LAUT researcher and founder [2] and see a report regarding academic freedom in Brazil under Bolsonaro administration [3]

May 20 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL POLICE DIRECTOR PROPOSES INTERNAL RESTRUCTURING THAT REMOVES AUTONOMY FROM POLICE CHIEFS

Theme(s)
Public security, Transparency
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

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

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

MINISTRY OF HEALTH RECEIVES 3 MILLION NEW COVID TESTS BUT KEEPS THEM IN STOCK, NOT DISTRIBUTING THEM TO STATES

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about Bolsonaro Administration coronavirus strategy here [1]

May 21 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTE (‘IBAMA’) IN THE STATE OF BAHIA IS QUESTIONED FOR CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

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

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and remind previous episode of conflict of interests involving Bolsonaro [find out here] [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST 7 TIMES IN THE THIRD WEEK OF MAY, 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] [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].

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

BOLSONARO RECOMMENDED ‘EARLY TREATMENT’ WITH UNPROVEN DRUGS AGAINST COVID AT LEAST ONCE EVERY WEEK SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC

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

Read more about the ‘early treatment’ endorsed by Bolsonaro, which includes unproven drugs such as chloroquine here [1] [2] [3]

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

BOLSONARO VETOES RETALIATION NOTE FROM THE ARMY AND THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE REGARDING THE POLITICAL ACTIONS OF FORMER MINISTER OF HEALTH EDUARDO PAZUELLO, WHO IS LATER NOT PUNISHED DESPITE OF VIOLATION TO THE MILITARY CODE

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese – [find out here], check more information regarding the possible Eduardo Pazuello’s punishment [1] [2] [3] and how his acts had no consequences afterwards [4]

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

CIVIL POLICE OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO IMPOSES SECRECY TO ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO POLICE OPERATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE SINCE JUNE 2020, INCLUDING JACAREZINHO RAID, WHICH RESULTED IN 28 DEATHS

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

Read more about this episode [1] and check more information regarding the Jacarezinho raid [2]

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

JUSTICE MINISTER CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION UPON DOCTOR WHO SUGGESTED THAT THE STABBING OF BOLSONARO IN 2018 WAS ‘POORLY PERFORMED’

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

Read more about Jair Bolsonaro’s stabbing and its repercussions here [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

SENATE POLICE INVESTIGATES NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST CELSO ROCHA DE BARROS FOR CRITIQUE AGAINST BOLSONARO’S ALLIES

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here] [1] and check more information regarding attacks on the press during Bolsonaro administration [2]

May 25 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
State

STATE DEPUTY ANNOUNCES BILL TO EXTINGUISH RIO DE JANEIRO STATE UNIVERSITY (‘UERJ’)

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Education, Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Rio de Janeiro

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]

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

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S PUBLIC SECURITY POLICIES IN 2020 ARE IMPROVISED AND AMMOUNT TO HIGHER DEATH RATES, ACCORDING TO REPORT

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

Read more about the public security and police conduct in 2020 here [1]

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

AT LEAST 125 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTS BY THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT HAVE PUT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION POLICIES AT RISK SINCE 2019

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 the environmental laws under Bolsonaro administration here [1]

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

BOLSONARO FILES ANOTHER ACTION BEFORE THE BRAZILIAN FEDERAL SUPREME COURT (‘STF’) AGAINST RESTRICTIVE MEASURES TAKEN BY GOVERNORS AND MAYORS AMID PANDEMIC

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

Rad more about this episode here [1] [2]

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

RECTOR OF THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAIBÁ (‘UFPB’) REQUESTS SHUTDOWN OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION PROGRAM FOR ALLEGED IDEOLOGICAL BIAS

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

For a historical overview of science communication, sometimes known as ‘popular science’, in Brazil, read more here [1], and to understand more about the singularities of the Brazilian science communication read more here [2]. For an overview on the attacks on science by the Bolsonaro Administration, read more here [3]

May 27 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO RECOMMENDS TEA AGAINST COVID-19 AND MAKES HOMOPHOBIC REMARKS AGAINST THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COVID-19 PARLIAMENTARY INVESTIGATION COMMITTE (‘CPI’) IN WEEKLY YOUTUBE LIVE

Theme(s)
Gender and sexual orientation, Health, Negationism
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about it here [1]

May 27 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO STATES HE SIDES WITH WHOEVER ‘DOESN’T GET ALONG WITH THE CHICO MENDES INSTITUTE FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION (‘ICMBio)’; DAYS LATER, ICMBio FIRE FIGHTERS ARE ASSAULTED IN ECOLOGICAL STATION

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

Read more about Bolsonaro’s actions against environmental policies here [1] [2] and about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 27 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO VISITS INDIGENOUS LAND FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HE TOOK OFFICE; HE TAKES OFF FACE MASK AND DRAWS CROWD

Theme(s)
Indigenous people, Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities
State
Amazonas

Read more about the visit [1] and the negative consequences of Bolsonaro’s action to the Yanomami people here [2] [3]

May 27 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

MILITARY POLICE OFFICERS INTIMIDATE CYCLIST WITHOUT APPARENT REASON IN THE STATE OF GOIÁS

Theme(s)
Prisons, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights
State
Goiás

Read more about Brazilian police brutality and racism here [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 29 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

MILITARY POLICE REPRESS MANIFESTATION IN RECIFE, CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF PERNAMBUCO, HIT TWO WITH RUBBER BULLETS AND COUNCILWOMAN WITH PEPPER-SPRAY

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Civil society participation
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Pernambuco

Read more about the protests on May 29th all around the country [1] and about the police violent reactions here [2]

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

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (‘CNPQ’) OWNS THE SMALLEST BUDGET IN THE 21ST CENTURY

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the education system under Bolsonaro Administration here [1]

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

BOLSONARO UNDERRATES MASS PARTICIPATION IN PROTESTS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT AND SAYS PROTESTERS ‘LACK SOME WEED’

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

Read more about the protests on May 29th all around the country here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 31 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

MILITARY POLICE ARRESTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER FOR CARRYING ‘BOLSONARO IS GENOCIDAL’ STICKER IN HIS CAR IN THE STATE OF GOIÁS

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about repression of Bolsonaro Administration critics, especially by the use of the National Security Law, here [1]. Also remind past occasions when Bolsonaro administration used this law against criticism [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST 5 TIMES IN THE LAST TEN DAYS OF MAY, AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Negationism, Social distancing
Emergency Measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about Bolsonaro’s disregard for face masks [1] [2], remind recent occasions when he disrespected health recommendations [find out here] [find out here] and see all the acts agains the recommendations here – in Portuguese [find out here].

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

BOLSONARO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DRAWING CROWDS OVER 99 TIMES, MOSTLY WITHOUT FACE MASK USE, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about Bolsonaro’s rejection of covid-19 protection measures here [1] [2] [3]

May 31 2021
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