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

OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL REQUESTS SUSPENSION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO BOLSONARO FOR MALFEASANCE

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

Read more about the criminal investigations for malfeasance on Bolsonaro here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO’S SON DISCREDITS COVID-19 PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY COMMITTEE ONCE AGAIN

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the covid-19 Parliamentary Inquiry Committee (‘CPI’) here [1] [2], which most recently started investigating irregular vaccine purchases by the federal government [3]

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

ONE OF THE BIGGEST REPOSESSIONS IN THE RIO DE JANEIRO STATE TAKES PLACE AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Housing, Land regularization
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about the forced evictions of families amid pandemic here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

FORMER SUPERVISOR OF THE NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM (‘PNI’) LEAVES POSITION DUE TO LACK OF VACCINE DOSES AND ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN, WARNING ABOUT POLITICIZATION OF THE PANDEMIC BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Theme(s)
Advertising and propaganda, Negationism, Political positioning, Science
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

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

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

AFTER CLAIMING ELECTORAL FRAUD, BOLSONARO REFUSES TO PROVIDE ANY EVIDENCE TO SUPERIOR ELECTORAL COURT

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]

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

BOLSONARO DELEGITIMIZES PROTESTS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT AND CLAIMS PROTESTERS WANT TO RETURN TO POWER THROUGH FRAUD

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

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

Jul 04 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
Federal

VICE PROSECUTOR GENERAL SIGNS SECRET ORDER TO FREEZE INQUIRY REQUEST INTO PROSECUTOR GENERAL

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about Prosecutor General Augusto Aras and his role in the covid-19 pandemic here [1][/link] [2] [3]

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

FEDERAL POLICE GET BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

Theme(s)
Data protection, Transparency
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

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

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

FEDERAL POLICE WILL IMPLEMENT SYSTEM TO COLLECT, STORE, AND CROSS-REFERENCE PERSONAL DATA OF 50 MILLION BRAZILIANS

Theme(s)
Data protection, Public security, Transparency
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

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

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

NEARLY 20% OF THE EXTRAORDINARY BUDGET FOR COVID-19 WAS INEXPLICABLY ALLOCATED TO THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the covid-19 Parliamentary Inquiry Committee (‘CPI’) here [1] [2]

Jul 06 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
State

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF RONDÔNIA APPROVES NEW DECREASE OF ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION UNITS

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

Read more about the context of deforestation here [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jul 06 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

COVID-19 PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY COMMITTEE (‘CPI’) ISSUES ARREST WARRANT AGAINST FORMER MINISTRY OF HEALTH LOGISTICS DIRECTOR

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

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

Jul 07 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTER OF EDUCATION LIES TO LAWMAKERS AND DENIES MINISTRY’S ATTEMPT TO CREATE AN ‘IDEOLOGICAL COURT’

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

Read more about the Commission created in 2019 to remove ‘ideological matters’from the National High School Examination (‘ENEM’) [find out here] and the interventions against ‘leftist ideology’ topics here [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]. For an overview of the 2021 ENEM and its setbacks, read more here [1]

Jul 07 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ARMED FORCES OFFICERS ISSUE A STATEMENT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT COVID-19 PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY COMMITTEE (‘CPI’) AFTER MEETING TO ASSESS PROTESTS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the covid-19 Parliamentary Inquiry Committee (‘CPI’) here [1] [2]

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

NATIONAL INDIAN FOUNDATION (‘FUNAI’) APPOINTS RURALIST TO JOIN GROUP RESPONSIBLE FOR LAND DEMARCATION OF PIRIPKURA INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF MATO GROSSO

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

Read more about the demarcation process here [1], about the context of attacks on indigenous rights [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jul 07 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CLAIMS THAT 2014 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AÉCIO NEVES HAD WON THE ELECTION BUT DOES NOT PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF ELECTORAL FRAUD

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]

Jul 07 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO HINTS AT ELECTORAL FRAUD AND SAYS ‘WE EITHER HAVE CLEAN ELECTIONS OR NO ELECTIONS AT ALL IN 2022’

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

Read more about it here [1] [2]

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

STUDY SHOWS INCREASE BY ALMOST 360% IN DEFORESTATION AROUND BR-163 HIGHWAY, WHICH STRETCHES FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OF BRAZIL, WAS PUSHED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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

Read more about the context of attacks on the environment and indigenous rights here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO CALLS BLACK SUPPORTER’S HAIR A ‘COCKROACH NEST’

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about other Bolsonaro’s racist remarks here [1]

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

BOLSONARO SAYS COVID-19 PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY COMMITTEE IS FILLED WITH ‘CROOKS’ AND WILL NOT ANSWER THEIR REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATIONS

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the covid-19 Parliamentary Inquiry Committee (‘CPI’) here [1] [2], which most recently started investigating irregular vaccine purchases by the federal government [3]

Jul 08 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive, Legislative
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF DEFENSE SAYS THERE WILL BE NO ELECTIONS IN 2022 WITHOUT PAPER BALLOT

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

Read more about it here [1] and about other election fraud accusations made by Bolsonaro here [2]

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

BOLSONARO INSULTS SUPERIOR ELECTORAL COURT PRESIDENT AND HINTS AT ELECTORAL FRAUD ONCE AGAIN

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]

Jul 09 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
State

INVESTIGATION OF MARIELLE FRANCO AND ANDERSON GOMES’ MURDER STILL FACES OBSTRUCTION AND POSSIBLE INTERFERENCE FROM RIO DE JANEIRO’S PUBLIC PROSECUTION OFFICE THREE YEARS LATER

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

Read more about the latest developments on the investigations here [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES TRANSFER OF FOREST FIRE SURVEILLANCE TO THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND CHANGES ON DATA TRANSPARENCY

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

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here], the record rates of forest fires in Brazil [1], environmental neglect of the Bolsonaro administration [find out here][find out here] and the lack of data transparency [find out here]

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

HUNTING EXPANDS IN BRAZIL WITH THE GOVERNMENT’S PRO-GUN AGENDA DESPITE LEGAL BAN

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

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

Jul 12 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive, Judiciary
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO APPOINTS ‘EXTREMELY EVANGELICAL’ PASTOR TO SUPREME COURT AND SPECIALISTS FEAR FOR THE LAICITY OF THE STATE

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

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

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

BOLSONARO SIGNS EMERGENCY DECREE FORCING CABLE TV PROVIDERS TO INCLUDE ALLIED RELIGIOUS TV CHANNELS IN THEIR SERVICES

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the support of religious groups for Bolsonaro here [1] [2]

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

INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) REVOKES PUBLIC PURCHASE OF FIRE FIGHTING AND PREVENTING SUPPLIES, AND ONLY JUSTIFIES IT AFTER PRESS INQUIRY

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

Read more about the context of forest fires here [1], the neglect and underspending on monitoring and fighting forest fires and deforestation [find out here] and more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO SANCTIONS EMERGENCY DECREE ON THE PRIVATIZATION OF ELETROBRAS, MAJOR STATE ELECTRICITY COMPANY, WITH CONTROVERSIAL AMENDMENTS THAT MAY THREATEN THE ENVIRONMENT

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

Read more about it here [1], the context and consequences of the privatization [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST ONCE IN THE SECOND WEEK OF JULY, 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 violations of health recommendations [find out here] and see all the acts against the recommendations here – in Portuguese [find out here].

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

FEDERAL POLICE CHIEF AND BOLSONARO ALLY IS SUSPECT OF LEAKING INFORMATIONS FROM OPERATIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL MINING IN THE STATE OF PARÁ

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

Read more about the Operations against illegal mining and the consequences of information leakage here [1], the Federal Police’s investigations on the former Environment Minister [2] and the government’s environmental policy [3]

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

BOLSONARO EXPANDS ARMED FORCES’ PRESENCE TO FIGHT AGAINST AMAZON DEFORESTATION, DESPITE CRITICISM FROM ENVIRONMENTAL BODIES AND SPECIALISTS

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

Read more about the ongoing military presence in the Amazon forest here [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here], its consequences [1] and more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

PAYMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FINES DROP BY 93% IN THE FIRST YEARS UNDER BOLSONARO COMPARED TO PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS

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 changes in environmental law under Bolsonaro Administration here [1] [2] [3]

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

BOLSONARO DRAWS CONNECTION BETWEEN SUPERIOR ELECTORAL COURT AND ELECTION FRAUD ONCE AGAIN

Theme(s)
Elections, Power conflicts
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] [7]

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

FEDERAL POLICE PLACE UNDER SECRECY PREVIOUSLY PUBLIC DOCUMENTS REGISTERED IN THE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the lack of transparency under Bolsonaro Administration here [1] [2]

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

MINISTRY OF HEALTH INCLUDES ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY IN THE PRIORITY GROUP FOR THE COVID VACCINE

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

Read more about the militarization of the government here [1], the tensions between army and politics amid pandemic [2] [3] and more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jul 20 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CLAIMS THERE IS NO CORRUPTION UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENDS PAPER BALLOTS

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about election fraud accusations made by Bolsonaro here [1] [2][/link] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

NATIONAL INDIGENOUS FOUNDATION (‘FUNAI’) SPENT ONLY 1% OF COVID-19 BUDGET

Theme(s)
Budget, Indigenous people, Transparency
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the impact of covid-19 in indigenous communities here [1] [2] [3]

Jul 21 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
State

JUDGE ORDERS TAKEDOWN OF ART INSTALLATION WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF HISTORICAL MOMENTS OF THE BRAZILIAN DEMOCRACY

Theme(s)
Artistic freedom, Culture
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Minas Gerais

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

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

BOLSONARO APPOINTS CURRENT PROSECUTOR GENERAL TO REMAIN IN OFFICE FOR 2 MORE YEARS, CHOOSING HIM AGAINST THE THREE-NAME LIST RECOMMENDED BY THE FEDERAL PROSECUTION SERVICE (‘MPF’) ONCE AGAIN

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

Remind his past nomination in 2019 [find out here] and read more about his nomination again in 2021 here [1], the political interests behind the Office of the Prosecutor General [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST TWICE IN THE THIRD WEEK OF JULY, AMID PANDEMIC

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

Read more about the acts against the recommendations here [1] [2] [3]; all of them are here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s previous acts of disregard for recommendations in July here [find out here].

Jul 21 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive, Legislative
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO AND MEMBERS OF HIS GOVERNMENT MEET WITH GERMAN DEPUTY INVESTIGATED FOR DEFENDING NEO-NAZI IDEAS

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BOLSONARO AND WOMEN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER PROPOSE ‘NATIONAL DAY FOR THE UNBORN’

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

Read more about this episode here [1] and here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Bolsonaro administration time and again attacks women’s sexual and reproductive rights, read more about this context here [2] [3]

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

BOLSONARO MAKES HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT WHEN TALKING ABOUT ‘EARLY TREATMENT’ DRUGS AGAINST COVID

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

Read more about previous homophobic comments made by Bolsonaro amid pandemic here [1] and more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

DUE TO LACK OF BUDGET, CHICO MENDES INSTITUTE FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION (‘ICMBio’) DEVIATES ITS FIRE BRIGADES FROM THEIR ROLES

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

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here], about how the Bolsonaro administration dismantles environmental policies here [1] [2], including major budget cuts [find out here] [find out here]

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

SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF CULTURE CRITICIZES GENDER INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE EMPLOYED BY THE MUSEUM OF PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE AND THREATENS TO CUT ITS FUNDINGS AS RESPONSE

Theme(s)
Culture
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities
State
São Paulo

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

Jul 23 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

MILITARY POLICE OF THE STATE OF GOIÁS ASSAULT HANDCUFFED LAWYER

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

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

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

BOLSONARO CRITICIZES THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM ONCE AGAIN

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], about other election fraud accusations made by Bolsonaro here [1] [2][/link] and about the Superior Electoral Court probe into Bolsonaro for attacking the electoral system here [3]

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

PLATFORM WITH CURRICULA OF BRAZILIAN RESEARCHERS GOES DOWN FOR TEN DAYS AND NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (‘CNPQ’) EXPERIENCES DATA AND SERVICES COLLAPSE

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and read about the dismantling of Brazilian higher education here [1] [2]

Jul 23 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ALTERS NATIONAL COMMISSION OF CULTURE INCENTIVE TO EMPHASIZE RELIGIOUS AND FINE ARTS, DESPITE CRITICISM FROM SPECIALISTS

Theme(s)
Culture
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

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

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

AT LEAST 10 STATES SUSPEND COVID-19 VACCINE ROLLOUT DUE TO VACCINE SHORTAGE

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about the overall slow pace of Brazil vaccination rollout due to vaccine shortage here [1] [2]

Jul 26 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL DEPUTY DEFENDS CHILD LABOR

Theme(s)
Child and adolescent, Work
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here [1]

Jul 26 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER DISTORTS DATA AND DENIES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S MISTAKES IN FIGHT AGAINST DEFORESTATION

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about deforestation under Bolsonaro presidency here [1] [2]

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

FEDERAL COURT OF ACCOUNTS (‘TCU’) NAMES BOLSONARO AS MAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCREASE IN DEFORESTATION AND FOREST FIRES RATES

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

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here], the record rates of deforestation [1] [2] and forest fires [3] in the Amazon, and the environmental neglect of Bolsonaro administration [find out here] [find out here]

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

BOLSONARO ATTACKS THE PRESS 87 TIMES IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2021

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

Read more about it here [1]

Jul 28 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

SPECIAL SECRETARIAT FOR SOCIAL COMMUNICATION (‘Secom’) PAY HOMAGE TO FARMERS DAY WITH PHOTO OF ARMED MAN

Theme(s)
Advertising and propaganda, Gun control, Information
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and the context of increase in gun ownership [1], specially in rural areas [find out here] [find out here], and previous controversies involving Secom [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]

Jul 28 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ATTACKS ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND THREATENS 2022 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ONCE AGAIN

Theme(s)
Elections, Power conflicts
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]

Jul 28 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MILITARY POLICE ILLEGALLY ARREST SUSPECTS OF SETTING FIRE TO STATUE AMID DEMONSTRATION

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

Read more about the burning of the statue here [1] and read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jul 28 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ONCE AGAIN, BOLSONARO BLAMES FEDERAL SUPREME COURT FOR STANDING IN HIS WAY OF ACTION AMID PANDEMIC

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

Read more about Bolsonaro’s false claims amid the pandemic here [1] [2], read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here] and remind past occasion when he also claimed that the Supreme Court stood in his way [find out here].

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

BOLSONAROS MAKES USE OF PUBLIC TV NETWORK TO ATTACK BRAZILIAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about Bolsonaro’s attacks against the Brazilian voting system here [1]

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

BOLSONARO MADE 1,682 FALSE CLAIMS IN 2020

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

BRAZILIAN CINEMATHEQUE STRUCK BY FIRE DUE TO FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION’S NEGLIGENCE

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

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

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

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION APPOINTS COLONEL AS THE NEW INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION DIRECTOR DESPITE LACK OF TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here], about the increase of environmental problems under Bolsonaro Administration here [1] and failed military efforts to protect the environment here [2]

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

NATIONAL INDIAN FOUNDATION (‘Funai’) PLANS TO LOCATE ISOLATED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, GOING AGAINST PUBLIC PROSECUTION OFFICE AND NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S RECOMMENDATIONS

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

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and the increase of violence against indigenous peoples under Bolsonaro administration [find out here]. Check out a report about the isolated indigenous peoples in Brazilian Amazon [1] and the economic and environmental threats over their land and people [2] [3]

Jul 30 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ECONOMY MINISTER SAYS BRAZILIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND STATISTICS FOUNDATION (‘IBGE’) IS STILL IN THE ‘STONE AGE’

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

Read more about this episode here [1]. Learn more about the Brazilian census (‘IBGE’) here [2] and the consequences for holding it off for another year [3]

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

BOLSONARO WENT AGAINST MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST 3 TIMES IN THE LAST TEN DAYS OF JULY, AMID PANDEMIC

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

Read more about all the acts against the recommendations here – in Portuguese [find out here], and Bolsonaro’s previous acts of disregard for recommendations in July [find out here] [find out here]. Bolsonaro still advocates for the early treatment with drugs such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, which lack scientific evidence for its efficacy [1] [2]

Jul 31 2021
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