Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

POLITICAL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO IS REPRESSED BY MILITARY POLICE OFFICERS DURING CARNIVAL

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

Read more about it, in Portuguese, here [find out here] and here [1] and read about other political manifestations against the President during Carnival [2] and the censorship promoted by the military regime in this traditional party [3].

Mar 02 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
Federal

BOLSONARO GOES AGAINST LONGSTANDING PRACTICE OF RESPECTING THE RESULTS OF UNIVERSITIES’ ELECTIONS AND APPOINTS CANDIDATE WHO PLACED LAST IN THE ELECTION AS RECTOR OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VALES DO JEQUITINHONHA E MUCURI

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]

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

WOMEN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ANNOUNCES THAT MEMORIAL ON DICTATORSHIP AND HUMAN RIGHTS WILL BE EXTINGUISHED

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about memory policies regarding Latin American dictatorships here [1]

Sep 12 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ATTACKS PRESS AFTER BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT CASH DEPOSITS MADE BY FABRÍCIO QUEIROZ, FORMER AIDE TO HIS SON FLAVIO, IN THE FIRST LADY’S BANK ACCOUNT

Theme(s)
Information, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Federal District, Minas Gerais

Read more about one of these attacks here [1] [2] and about more of them – in Portuguese [find out here]

Aug 23 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

JOURNALISM STUDENT IS ARRESTED ON THE BASIS OF NATIONAL SECURITY LAW (‘LSN’) IN THE STATE OF MINAS GERAIS AFTER SARCASTIC TWEET ABOUT ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S VISIT TO HIS CITY OF RESIDENCE

Theme(s)
Prisons, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Minas Gerais

Read more about it here [1]

Mar 03 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

FEDERAL POLICE SUMMONS 25 PEOPLE WHO CRITICIZED BOLSONARO ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO TESTIFY IN THE CITY OF UBERLÂNDIA

Theme(s)
Dictatorship and memory, Political positioning, Press, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Minas Gerais

Read more about it here in Portuguese [find out here] and remind case related to it – when young man was arrested because of sarcastic tweet [find out here]. The event is linked to the use of the National Law Security under Bolsonaro Administration. More information about the National Law Security and its origins can be found here [1] and about its recent inflated application here [2].

Mar 18 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

MILITARY POLICE ARRESTS SUSPECT FOR ALLEGEDLY THROWING EGGS AT PRO-BOLSONARO PROTESTERS AT HIS HOUSE WITHOUT JUDICIAL WARRANT

Theme(s)
Dictatorship and memory, Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Minas Gerais

Read more about Bolsonaro’s support for non-democratic acts here [1] [2] and more about far-right protesters here [3] [4]

May 01 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
State

JUDGE ORDERS TAKEDOWN OF ART INSTALLATION WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF HISTORICAL MOMENTS OF THE BRAZILIAN DEMOCRACY

Theme(s)
Artistic freedom, Culture
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Minas Gerais

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

Jul 21 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

POLICE RAID CAUSES 26 DEATHS IN THE STATE OF MINAS GERAIS

Theme(s)
Militarization, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Minas Gerais

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese – [find out here] [1] and check more information about military police brutality in Brazil [2]

Oct 31 2021
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