Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MILITARY POLICE LIEUTENANT COLONEL IS APPOINTED TO INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) PRESIDENCY

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] and about the military in the Amazon here [1]

May 14 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CALLS PROTESTERS AGAINST EDUCATION BUDGET CUTS ‘USEFUL IDIOTS’

Theme(s)
Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

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

May 15 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO DISSOLVES ADMINISTRATIVE BODY FROM THE NATIONAL SECRETARIAT FOR INDIGENOUS HEALTH

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about this context here [1]. Bolsonaro has also neglected indigenous special vulnerability and health needs amid Covid-19 pandemic [2]

May 17 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ISSUES DECREE THAT ALTERS CONTROVERSIAL POINTS OF THE PREVIOUS DECREE ON THE CARRYING OF WEAPONS

Theme(s)
Gun control, Security and Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about it here [1]

May 21 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ARTWORK IN DEFENSE OF GAY MARRIAGE IS REMOVED FROM EXHIBITION AT THE CULTURAL CENTER OF PUBLIC BANK

Theme(s)
Artistic freedom, Gender and sexual orientation
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities
State
Ceará

Read more about it, in Portuguese, here [find out here] and here [1], and read more about this exposition [2], another exhibit about brazilian authoritarianism in arts [3] and the denounce made by a political party to the United Nations about the growing censorship against arts and culture in Brazil [4].

May 27 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE CHANGES THE COMPOSITION OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL (‘CONAMA’) AND REDUCES THE PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ENTITIES

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here] and remember past occasions when civil society participation in administration was also curtailed [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]

May 28 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

JUSTICE MINISTER AUTHORIZES THE EXCEPTIONAL USE OF THE NATIONAL PUBLIC SECURITY FORCES DURING PROTESTS IN DEFENSE OF EDUCATION

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

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here], related news [1] and more protests in defense of education that took place in Brazil in 2019 [2] [3]

May 29 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION STATES THAT TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND PARENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PROMOTE PROTESTS DURING SCHOOL HOURS

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

Read more about it here [1] and about disputes around education by the government [2] [3]

May 30 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS GRANTS DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT FOR EVANGELICAL PASTOR AND HIS WIFE, WHICH IS SEEN AS A UNJUSTIFIED PRIVILEGE

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

Read about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. In the same year, in an analogous case, a federal judge cancelled a diplomatic passport to another evangelical pastor [1].

Jun 04 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

COORDINATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION PERSONNEL (‘CAPES’) ANNOUNCES COUNTRYWIDE CUTBACKS TO OVER 2700 GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

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

Read more about the cuts on science and research budgets here [find out here] [1] [2] and about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jun 04 2019
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