Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

AFTER VISIT TO THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL, BOLSONARO LABELS NAZISM AS ‘LEFTIST’ AND SAYS HOLOCAUST COULD BE ‘FORGIVEN’

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

Read more about the statements made here [1] [2]

Apr 02 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

EDUCATION MINISTER DENIES THAT 1964 MILITARY COUP HAPPENED AND MAINTAINS THAT SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS WILL BE ALTERED TO ‘INCLUDE BROADER VERSION OF HISTORY’

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

Read more about it here [1]

Apr 03 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO SUSPENDS THE NATIONAL AGRARIAN REFORM FAIR, PROMOTED BY THE BRAZILIAN LANDLESS WORKERS MOVEMENT (‘MST’), AMID DESTRUCTION OF AGRARIAN REFORM POLICIES BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Theme(s)
Agrarian reform, Social movements
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities
State
São Paulo

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about agrarian reform and Brazilian Landless Workers Movement here [1] [2]. Watch an organizer of the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement talk about land reform and Bolsonaro here [3]

Apr 05 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT GOES AGAINST EXPERT ADVICE AND AUTHORIZES AUCTION OF OIL FIELDS NEAR NATIONAL PARK

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

Read more about it here [1]

Apr 08 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO SAYS IT IS NOT HIS ROLE TO CRITICIZE THE BRAZILIAN ARMY OPERATION THAT SHOT 80 TIMES INTO A CAR WITH A MUSICIAN AND HIS FAMILY

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

Read more about it here [1] [2] [3] [4]

Apr 08 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BRAZILIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND STATISTICS FOUNDATION (‘IBGE’) ANNOUNCES 25% BUDGET CUT FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL CENSUS

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

Read more about it here [1]

Apr 09 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT MERGES PUBLIC TV CHANNEL WITH TV STATION RESPONSIBLE FOR ANNOUNCING GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS

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

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

Apr 09 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ISSUES DECREE TO EXTINGUISH WORKING GROUPS, COMMITTEES AND PUBLIC POLICY COUNCILS THAT ALLOW FOR PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here], about the curtailment of civil society participation in Brazil [2] and about the Supreme Court (‘STF’) decision limiting the presidential decree [3]

Apr 11 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ENACTS DECREE THAT DEVIATES FROM THE PREVIOUS DAMAGE CONTROL MODEL IN FAVOUR OF DRUG WITHDRAWAL, WHICH MAY BE A SETBACK FOR NATIONAL DRUG POLICY

Theme(s)
Health, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about the decree here [1]

Apr 11 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CREATES CENTERS FOR CONCILIATION BETWEEN DEFENDANTS AND GOVERNMENT BODIES RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFRINGEMENT FINES, WHICH CAN INCREASE IMPUNITY

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

Read more about it here [1] and read more about the decrease of environmental fines under Bolsonaro Administration here [2] [3]

Apr 11 2019
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