Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE EXCLUDES THE PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE NATIONAL DRUG POLICIES COUNCIL (‘CONAD’)

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

Read more about it here [1] [2]

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

BOLSONARO LIES ABOUT JOURNALIST TORTURED DURING THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP IN BRAZIL AND SAYS SHE IS DRAMATIC

Theme(s)
Dictatorship and memory, Gender and sexual orientation
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

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

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

BOLSONARO QUESTIONS DATA ON THE INCREASE OF DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH (‘INPE’)

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

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

IN CONVERSATION WITH CHIEF OF STAFF, BOLSONARO USES SLUR TO REFER TO NORTHEASTERN GOVERNORS, ADDING THAT ‘THE WORST ONE’ IS THE GOVERNOR OF MARANHÃO STATE, A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF BRAZIL

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1]

Jul 19 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO DECLARES THAT THE POLICE ‘SENT A CLEAR MESSAGE TO CRIMINALS’ IN COMMENT ABOUT THE RISE OF DEATHS BY THE POLICE DURING OPERATIONS

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

Read more about the shoot-to-kill policy defended by the governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro here [1] [2] [3], remember past praise from the president to police brutality here [find out here]. Also read more about the police killings in 2019 [4] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jul 22 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CLAIMS INTERNATIONAL NGOs TO BE ‘ECO-RADICALS’ AND ACCUSES THEM OF SLANDERING BRAZIL’S IMAGE INTERNATIONALLY

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here], analysis on Bolsonaro government regarding environmental issues [1] [2] and watch video on Bolsonaro’s attacks towards NGOs related to Amazon fires [3]

Jul 23 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

GOVERNMENT DENIES GLOBAL WARMING AND SHOWS DISREGARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AT INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

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

Read more about the stance Bolsonaro government has been taking on deforestation here [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SECURITY MINISTER ISSUES ORDINANCE THAT FORESEES THE POSSIBILITY OF SUMMARY DEPORTATION FOR FOREIGNERS CONSIDERED DANGEROUS

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

Read more about it here [1]

Jul 25 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ONLY MATTER ‘TO VEGANS WHO EAT ONLY VEGETABLES’, SAYS BOLSONARO

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

Jul 27 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS GLENN GREENWALD MAY SERVE TIME IN BRAZIL AND CLAIMS THAT THE JOURNALIST ADOPTED HIS CHILDREN IN BRAZIL TO AVOID DEPORTATION

Theme(s)
Gender and sexual orientation, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Jul 27 2019
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