Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive, Legislative
Power Level
Federal

QUARANTINE LAW ESTABLISHES MEASURES TO DEAL WITH CORONAVIRUS-RELATED HEALTH EMERGENCIES

Theme(s)
Administration
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read article about the law here [1]

Feb 06 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

CONGRESSMAN EDUARDO BOLSONARO ACCUSES JOURNALIST OF TRYING TO SEDUCE AN EMPLOYEE FROM A BULK MESSAGING COMPANY TO OBTAIN CRUCIAL INFORMATIONS FOR AN INVESTIGATION AGAINST THE PRESIDENT

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

Read more about it here [1]

Feb 11 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

CONGRESSMAN EDUARDO BOLSONARO REBUTS JOURNALIST AND ASKS IF BRAZILIAN PEOPLE WOULD CRY IF A BOMB LANDED ON CONGRESS

Theme(s)
Power conflicts

Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]

Feb 26 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
State

AFTER CRITICIZING A STATE CONGRESSMAN ONLINE, A CITIZEN WAS SUMMONED BY THE STATE’S LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY TO TESTIFY FOR A PARLIAMENTARY INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE ABOUT CYBERCRIMES.

Theme(s)
Information
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Espírito Santo

Read more about it here [1]

Mar 03 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

CONGRESSMAN EDUARDO BOLSONARO CRITICIZES CHINESE ACTION IN PANDEMIC, COMPARING IT WITH THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER, WHICH WAS INITIALLY CONCEALED BY THE GOVERNMENT

Theme(s)
International relations, Power conflicts
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about this episode here [1]

Mar 18 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

CONGRESS APPROVES LEGISLATIVE DECREE RECOGNIZING STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY UNTIL DECEMBER 2020

Theme(s)
Fiscal balance
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about the recognition of a state of public calamity in the country here [1]

Mar 20 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive, Legislative
Power Level
State

GOVERNMENT OF THE BRAZILIAN STATE OF PARAÍBA PASSES LAW THAT PUNISHES THE SPREAD OF FAKE NEWS AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Information, Press
Emergency Measures
Increased police power
State
Paraíba

Read more about the spread of ‘fake news’ laws around the world [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 25 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

HOUSE AND SENATE RELAX THE PROCEDURE FOR EMERGENCY DECREES DURING THE PANDEMIC, ALLOWING THE DEADLINE FOR EXAMINATION TO BE SHORTENED AND EXCLUDING JOINT COMMITTEE VOTING

Theme(s)
Administration
Emergency Measures
Flexibilization of control

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] and a previous request from the Attorney General’s Office regarding the terms of emergency decress [find out here]

Mar 31 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
State

FEDERAL CONGRESSMAN SAYS THAT CORONAVIRUS WILL KILL LESS PEOPLE THAN THE SEASONAL FLU

Theme(s)
Negationism, Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Rio Grande do Sul

Read more about the context of Bolsonaro’s coronavirus denialism and cultural war here [1] and about this specific episode – in Portuguese [find out here].

Apr 08 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive, Judiciary, Legislative
Power Level
Federal

BRAZIL DROPS TWO POSITIONS IN GLOBAL PRESS FREEDOM REPORT, RANKING 107TH AMONG 180 COUNTRIES

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

Read more about it here [1] and check out the 2020 press freedom ranking here [2]

Apr 21 2020
Month Filters