Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ENACTS EMERGENCY DECREE THAT THREATENS NGO’S AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS’ ACTIVITIES

Theme(s)
Civil society participation
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about this episode here [1] [2] [3]

Jan 01 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CURBS PRESS FREEDOM AND IMPOSES RESTRICTIONS ON JOURNALISTS AT HIS PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION CEREMONY

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

Read about it here, in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s attacks on the press in 2019 [1].

Jan 01 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ACCUSES MEDIA OF MAKING UP STORIES ‘TWENTY-FOUR-SEVEN’ WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT INFORMATION

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

Read more about this statement here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s remarks on fake news and the press here [1]

Jan 05 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

WOMEN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER CRITICIZES THE FACT THAT THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH HAS LOST SPACE IN SCHOOLS TO SCIENCE

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Education, Religion
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

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

Jan 09 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO ENACTS DECREE TO TIGHTEN RULES ON PROTESTS

Theme(s)
Political positioning, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
São Paulo

Read report about the decree and the use of force on social protests here [1] and about racism in the state response to social protests here [2]

Jan 18 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO AND HIS ALLIES IN CONGRESS CELEBRATE LGBT+ SUPPORTER CONGRESSMAN RESIGNATION, WHO ALSO DECIDED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY AFTER DEATH THREATS

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

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

Jan 24 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

CONTENT CONSIDERED ‘LEFTIST’ IS EXCLUDED FROM PUBLIC TV CHANNEL AIMED AT DEAF PEOPLE

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about changes in the Ministery of Education and anti-leftist agenda here [1] [2] [3]

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

MILITARY OFFICER CANCELS TV TALK SHOW CREATED DURING THE REDEMOCRATIZATION OF THE COUNTRY, AND THE NEW DIRECTION TRIES TO INTERFERE IN ITS EXHIBITION

Theme(s)
Artistic freedom
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it, in Portuguese, here [find out here] and here [1] and read about the dismantling of Brazil’s public media [2] and the censorship promoted by the military regime [3].

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

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER ALTERS BRAZILIAN DIPLOMATIC ACADEMY CURRICULUM AND EXCLUDES COURSE ON THE HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Education, International relations
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the Foreign Affairs Minister, Ernesto Araújo [1] [2] [3]

Feb 04 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER CRITICIZES ‘LEFTISTS’ AND UNDERMINES THE IMPORTANCE OF BRAZILIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST CHICO MENDES

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

Read more about who was Chico Mendes here [1] [2] [3] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Feb 12 2019
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