Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO MERGES SECRETARIAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT WITH INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC BODIES, IMPAIRING ENVIRONMENTAL STATE COUNCIL (‘CONSEMA’) ACTIONS

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and also read profile of the Governor here [1].

Jan 01 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO VETOES APPROVED BILL CREATING COMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND PREVENTION OF TORTURE IN PRISONS

Theme(s)
Torture
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
São Paulo

Read more about it here [1]

Jan 17 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
Executive
Power Level
State

PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE RECEIVES COMPLAINTS FROM CARNIVAL-GOERS OVER POLICE BRUTALITY FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER SEVEN YEARS

Theme(s)
Artistic freedom, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
São Paulo

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about police brutality in São Paulo and in Brazil here [1] [2]

Mar 08 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

NUMBER OF TORTURE REPORTS IN SÃO PAULO STATE’S PRISON SYSTEM IN THE TWO FIRST MONTHS OF 2019 IS ALREADY GREATER THAN IN THE ENTIRE FIRST HALF OF 2018

Theme(s)
Penal and socioeducational system, Prisons
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
São Paulo

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about incarceration in Brazil here [1]

Mar 25 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
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO CHANGES COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL FOR THE DEFENSE OF HISTORICAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL, ARTISTIC AND TOURISTIC HERITAGE (‘CONDEPHAAT’), REDUCING CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION

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

Read about about this event here – in Portuguese [find out here]. The tendency to reduce civil society participation is also present in Bolsonaro Administration [1] [2]

Apr 16 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
State

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO LAUNCHES PARLIAMENTARY INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE TO VERIFY ‘IDEOLOGICAL INTERFERENCE’ ON STATE UNIVERSITIES

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy
State
São Paulo

Read more about it here [1]

Apr 24 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICE ACTION IN ECOLOGICAL STATION IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO LEADS TO DEMOLITION OF HOUSES BELONGING TO TRADICIONAL PEOPLE (‘CAIÇARAS’)

Theme(s)
Security and Environment, Social movements, Traditional populations
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
São Paulo

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

Jul 04 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

TRANSEXUAL ACTIVIST AND ARTIST LINN DA QUEBRADA HAS HER CLIP RECORDING INTERRUPTED BY POLICE OFFICERS

Theme(s)
Artistic freedom, Gender and sexual orientation
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities
State
São Paulo

Read more about this context, in Portuguese, here [find out here] and here [1], and read about the artist Linn da Quebrada [2] and what Bolsonaro’s election means to LGBTQ people [3].

Aug 10 2019
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