Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES A REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, BUT IS ACCUSED OF DISTORTING THE ACTUAL IMPACT OF THE MEASURES

Theme(s)
Environment
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 Bolsonaro’s ‘carbon trick maneuver’ [1] [2]

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

ORDINANCE PROHIBITS VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS FOR HIRING AND FIRING EMPLOYEES, EXPERTS POINT IT AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Theme(s)
Power conflicts, Work
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

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

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

BOLSONARO MEETS WITH FAR-RIGHT ITALIAN POLITICIAN AFTER BEING ISOLATED DURING G20 SUMMIT

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here] and see more information about Bolsonaro’s visit to Italy and his meeting with Mateo Salvini [1] [2] [3]

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

THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) IS INDICTED DUE TO OMISSIONS WITH REGARD TO THE LICENSING OF OIL AND GAS MARITIME OPERATIONS IN THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here] and check a study by a specialized NGO about the government’s environmental policy in 2020 [1]

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

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT INDIGENOUS ACTIVIST WAS TAKEN TO COP 26 TO ‘ATTACK THE GOVERNMENT’

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

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

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

NUMBER OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ MURDER IN 2020 ARE THE HIGHEST IN THE PAST 25 YEARS

Theme(s)
Indigenous people
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about it here [1]

Nov 04 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS THE FEDERAL COURT OF ACCOUNTS (TCU) IS NO LONGER ‘FRIGHTENING’, ALLUDING TO THE LOWER CONTROL PROVIDED

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here] and remember Bolsonaro’s recent conflicts with the Brazilian Supreme Court [1]

Nov 04 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CALLS COURT RULING THAT ANNULLED LAWMAKER’S MANDATE A ‘RAPE’

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here] and see more information on the ruling that annulled the congressman’s mandate due to the spread of desinformation [1]

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

BOLSONARO REVOKES TRIBUTE TO RESEARCHERS THAT ARE NOT ALIGNED WITH GOVERNMENTAL IDEOLOGIES

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here] and check more information about the attacks on scientists in Brazil under Bolsonaro Administration [1]

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

BOLSONARO LIES IN COMMENTING ABOUT ASSAULTED JOURNALISTS DURING HIS VISIT TO ROME

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

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese – [find out here] and on the harassment towards journalists [1]

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

GOVERNMENTAL DECREE DIMINISHES LABOR INSPECTION MECHANISMS

Theme(s)
Power conflicts, Work
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here] and check the issues around the recreation of the Labor Ministry in Brazil [1]

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

BOLSONARO LEADS MOTORCADE AND OFFENDS LAWMAKER THAT INTEGRATES PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY COMMITTEE (‘CPI’) ABOUT THE HANDLING OF THE PANDEMIC

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

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese – [find out here] and check more information about the CPI final report [1] [2]

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

BRASIL HAS THE LOWEST NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL FINES FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS UNDER BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [red id=5226] and check more information on the fines obstruction carried out by Bolsonaro [1]

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

CULTURE SECRETARY PROIHIBITS EVENTS THAT USE PUBLIC RESOURCES FROM CULTURAL POLICY (‘ROUANET’ ACT) TO REQUIRE PROOF OF VACCINATION

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

Read more about this episode here [1]

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

JUSTICE MINISTER IGNORES RECOMMENDATION FROM EXPERTS AND CHANGES CRITERIA FOR THE TRANSFER OF PUBLIC SECURITY FUNDS TO THE STATES

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

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

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

SERVANTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ELBAORATION OF NATIONAL UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM (‘ENEM’) QUIT FEW DAYS BEFORE ITS APPLICATION DUE TO BAD ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAILTY

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

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese – [find out here] and check more information about Inep’s crisis [1] [2]

Nov 09 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS THERE ARE 10% OF HIMSELF IN THE BRAZILIAN SUPREME COURT, ALLUDING TO JUSTICE KASSIO NUNES

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

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese – [find out here] and understand more about how Kassio Nunes impacts the Brazilian Supreme Court [1] [2]

Nov 09 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
Federal

SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE (‘STJ’) REVOKES RULINGS ON CASE THAT INVESTIGATES FLAVIO BOLSONARO, PRESIDENT’S SON

Theme(s)
Penal and socioeducational system, Transparency
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here] and check more information about the charges against Flávio Bolsonaro [1]

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

PROSECUTOR GENERAL (‘PGR’) FILES SUIT TO DIMINISH POWERS OF PUBLIC DEFENDERS

Theme(s)
Penal and socioeducational system, Prisons
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

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

Nov 12 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ATTACKS COP-26 AND SAYS HE IS DOING HIS BEST TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE

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

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese – [find out here] and see the repercussion of Bolsonaro’s participation in the COP-26 [1] [2]

Nov 13 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

NATIONAL INDIAN FOUNDATION (‘FUNAI’) RESTRICTS INDIGENOUS LAND IN THE STATE OF CEARÁ

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

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese – [find out here] and check how Bolsonaro Administration has dismantled environmental policies [1]

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

BOLSONARO SAYS AMAZON FOREST IS AS PRESERVED AS WHEN BRAZIL WAS OCCUPIED BY PORTUGAL IN 1500

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

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese – [find out here] and see the negative impacts of Bolsonaro’s Administration to the Amazon forest [1]

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

BOLSONARO SAYS THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM (‘ENEM’) IS ALLIGNED WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATION MINISTER DEFENDS HIS STANCE

Theme(s)
Education, Political positioning
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 about Inep’s crisis [2] [3]

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

FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION REDUCES FUNDS TO PUBLIC SECURITY IN THE MOST POPULOUS BRAZILIAN STATES

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

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese – [find out here] [1] and check more information about the 2022 Brazilian budget [2]

Nov 15 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Public Prosecution Office
Power Level
Federal

PRESIDENT OF THE BRAZILIAN BAR ASSOCIATION IS CENSORED AFTER CRITICIZING BOLSONARO, AT OFFICIAL EVENT

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

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

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

BRAZILIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CENSORS QUESTIONS OF THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION (‘ENEM’)

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

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese – [find out here] [1] [2]

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

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH ANÍSIO TEIXEIRA (‘INEP’) IMPOSES SECRECY ON AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING ABOUT THE LEAKING OF NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION (‘ENEM’) QUESTIONS

Theme(s)
Education, Information
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 about Inep’s crisis [2] [3]

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

BOLSONARO REQUESTS THE WORD ‘COUP’ TO BE ALTERED TO ‘REVOLUTION’ IN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION (‘ENEM’) QUESTIONS THAT REFER TO THE MILITARY COUP OF 1964, WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE BRAZILIAN DICTATORSHIP

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

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese – [find out here] [1] and check more information about Inep’s crisis, the body responsible for ENEM [2] [3]

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

MINISTERY OF EDUCATION INCLUDED NON-QUALIFIED TEACHERS TO DRAFT THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION (‘ENEM’)

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here] [1] and check more information about Inep’s crisis, the body responsible for ENEM [2] [3]

Nov 19 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

CIVIL POLICE OF THE STATE OF BAHIA SUMMONS TEACHER AFTER COMPLAINT ABOUT HER SHOWING ‘LEFTIST’ CONTENT

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Bahia

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here] [1] and check more information about the attacks on education in Brazil [2]

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

SERVANTS FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH ANÍSIO TEIXEIRA (‘INEP’) DENOUNCE THAT BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION CENSORED THE PUBLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE ABOUT THE ILLITERACY RATE IN THE COUNTRY

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Centralization of power

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese – [find out here] [1] and check more information about Inep’s crisis [2] [3]

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

MINISTER OF JUSTICE SAYS THAT BRAZIL WILL NOT REQUIRE PROOF OF VACCINATION FROM TRAVELERS ARRIVING IN THE COUNTRY DESPITE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BRAZILIAN HEALTH REGULATORY AGENCY (‘ANVISA’)

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

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here] [1] and remember when the Minister of Health criticized the ‘vaccination passport’ [2]

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

MILITARY POLICE HANDCUFFS A BLACK MAN TO A MOVING MOTORCYCLE IN THE CITY OF SÃO PAULO

Theme(s)
Public security, Race and ethnicity
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights
State
São Paulo

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here] [1] and check more information about military police brutality in Brazil [2]

Nov 30 2021
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