Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO THREATENS TO FIRE BRAZILIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (‘BNDES’) PRESIDENT IF HE DOES NOT CHANGE HIS CHOICE OF DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CAPITAL MARKETS; CURENT NOMINEE HAS WORKED IN THE OPPOSITION PARTY ‘WORKER’S PARTY’ (PT) ADMINISTRATION

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

Read more about this statement here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about officials’ resignations under the Bolsonaro administration here [1]

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

BOLSONARO GOES AGAINST LONGSTANDING PRACTICE OF RESPECTING UNIVERSITIES’ ELECTIONS RESULTS AND APPOINTS CANDIDATE WHO PLACED SECOND AS PRESIDENT OF A FEDERAL UNIVERSITY

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

Read about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s conflicted relationship with universities’ autonomy here [1] [2] and read report on academic freedom in the country [3]

Jun 17 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER APPOINTS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT (‘IBAMA’) FOR THE STATE OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL DESPITE LACK OF TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION

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

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and several other cases of state superintendents appointed by the Environment Minister despite the lack of technical qualification [find out here] [find out here] [red id=1349-IN] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]

Jun 18 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ENACTS ONCE AGAIN TEMPORARY EMERGENCY DECREE TO TRANSFER THE COMPETENCE OVER THE DEMARCATION OF INDIGENOUS’ AND TRADITIONAL BLACK PEOPLES’ (‘QUILOMBOLAS’) LANDS TO THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

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

Read more about it here [1] and about Bolsonaro government relations with indigenous peoples [2]

Jun 18 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

DATA SHOWS THAT 57 OUT OF 176 HOSPITALS AUTHORIZED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO PERFORM LEGAL ABORTION REFUSE TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] [1]. Read more about Brazil’s current government and its stance on abortion here [2] [3] [4]

Jun 19 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CALLS LGBT RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND FORMER CONGRESSMAN JEAN WYLLIS ‘A GIRL’ AND DISSEMINATES FAKE NEWS SAYING WYLLYS’ ALTERNATE BOUGHT HIS SEAT

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

Read more about it here in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s remarks on Congress member Jean Wyllys here [find out here]

Jun 20 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER APPOINTS LAWYER IN THE REAL STATE BUSINESS WITHOUT TECHNICAL TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS AS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’) IN THE STATE OF BAHIA

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

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

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

BOLSONARO ISSUES DECREE THAT REVOKES PREVIOUS RULES AND REGULATES THE DISARMAMENT STATUTE

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

Read more about it here [1] and about the Disarmament Statute here [2]
Read more about gun ownership rules here [3]

Jun 25 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ISSUES DECREE THAT CHANGES REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CARRYING OF WEAPONS, EXPANDING THE LIST OF AUTHORIZED GROUPS THAT CAN CARRY GUNS

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

Read more about it here [1]

Jun 25 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ISSUES DECREE THAT CHANGES REGULATIONS ON THE PURCHASE OF WEAPONS BY HUNTERS, PROFESSIONAL SHOOTERS AND GUN COLLECTORS

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

Read more about it here [1]

Jun 25 2019
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