Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

EDUCATION MINISTRY RELEASES OFFICIAL STATEMENT ADDRESSING STATE AND MUNICIPAL EDUCATION SECRETARIATS ABOUT HOW TO MAINTAIN A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT ‘INDOCTRINATION’

Theme(s)
Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about this context here [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

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

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PREVENTS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF AMAPÁ FROM SPEAKING ABOUT AMAZON DEFORESTATION AT THE UN

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1] [find out here]

Sep 23 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

WOMEN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST MAGAZINE DUE TO ARTICLE ABOUT LEGAL ABORTION

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

Read more about it here [1] [2] [3] and about Minister Damares’ political stances here [4] [5] [6] [7]. Read more about abortion in Brazil here [8] and about Brazilian laws here [9] [10]

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

IN SPEECH AT THE UN, PRESIDENT BOLSONARO DEFENDS HIS ADMINISTRATION’S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND CRITICIZES THE EXTENSION OF PROTECTED INDIGENOUS LANDS

Theme(s)
Environment, Indigenous people, Negationism
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here [1]

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

IN UN SPEECH, BOLSONARO DEFENDS THE BRAZILIAN MILITARY COUP OF 1964, CRITICIZES LEFT WING GOVERNMENTS AND GLOBALISM

Theme(s)
Dictatorship and memory, International relations
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about it here [1] [2]

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

BOLSONARO USES FAKE INFORMATION REGARDING DECISION OF THE SUPERIOR ELECTORAL COURT (‘TSE’) ON FAKE NEWS SPREAD DURING HIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN TO ATTACK NEWSPAPER

Theme(s)
Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. For more information on the use of Whatsapp during the presidential campaign of 2018 to spread fake news, read here [1] [2] [3] [4]

Sep 26 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

CULTURAL CENTER OF A PUBLIC BANK CANCELS A PLAY (‘CARANGUEJO OVERDRIVE’) DUE TO ITS ALLEGED POLITICAL CONTENT

Theme(s)
Artistic freedom, Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about it, in Portuguese, here [find out here] and here [1] and read more about the play ‘Caranguejo Overdrive’ [2] and the influences of government in the cultural sector [3].

Sep 28 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION APPOINTS UNQUALIFIED SUPERINTENDENTS FOR THE INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL HISTORICAL AND ARTISTIC HERITAGE (‘IPHAN’)

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

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

Sep 29 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO REPLACES PRESIDENCY AND BOARD OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COLONIZATION AND AGRARIAN REFORM (‘INCRA’) AS A MEASURE TO ACCELERATE RURAL OWNERS LAND TENURE REGULARIZATION

Theme(s)
Administration, Agrarian reform, Land regularization, Security and Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about this episode here [1] and about Bolsonaro’s decree that would facilitate the land ownership regulation of ilegally occupied lands [2]

Sep 30 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO RECOMMENDS BOOK WRITTEN BY MILITARY DICTATORSHIP TORTURER FOR ‘LEFTIST’ TEACHER

Theme(s)
Dictatorship and memory, Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about its context [1]

Sep 30 2019
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