Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
State

STATE LAWMAKER INVADES FIELD HOSPITAL IN ACT AGAINST COVID HEALTH MEASURES

Theme(s)
Negationism, Power conflicts
Emergency Measures
Increased police power
State
São Paulo

Read more about the context of discredit of official information and support given by the president to storm hospitals [1] and the invasion of a hospital in São Paulo [2]

Jun 04 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

BRAZILIAN GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SANTA CATARINA ATTENDS PARTY WITHOUT MASK AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Health, Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Santa Catarina

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

Jun 06 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

FOR THE SECOND WEEKEND IN A ROLE, DEMONSTRATIONS IN SÃO PAULO AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT AND RACISM END UP IN POLICE VIOLENCE; PRO-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS HAPPEN WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS

Theme(s)
Public security, Race and ethnicity
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about it here [1]

Jun 07 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

DEMONSTRATION AGAINST BOLSONARO IN THE STATE OF PARÁ RESULTS IN 112 DETENTIONS FOR CAUSING AGGLOMERATION

Theme(s)
Public security, Race and ethnicity
Emergency Measures
Increased police power
State
Pará

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

Jun 07 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
State

JUDGE IN THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO SUSPENDS STATE AND MUNICIPAL DECREES DETERMINING THE RELAXATION OF SOCIAL DISTANCING, DEMANDING THE PRESENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY SUCH MEASURES

Theme(s)
Power conflicts, Social distancing
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about it here [1]

Jun 08 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

VICE-PRESIDENT GOES AGAINST DATA FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH (‘INPE’) AND AFFIRMS THAT AMAZON DEFORESTATION HAS DROPPED

Theme(s)
Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Amazonas

Read more about it here [1] and about Inpe [2]

Jun 09 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
State

STATE LAWMAKERS INVADE FIELD HOSPITALS, FOLLOWING SUGGESTION OF PRESIDENT BOLSONARO TO INSPECT THE COVID-19 SITUATION

Theme(s)
Health, Negationism
Emergency Measures
Increased police power
State
Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo

Remember Bolsonaro’s recommendation [find out here] and read more about it here – in Portuguese [1]

Jun 12 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

ASSOCIATION OF MILITARY POLICE OFFICERS PRESENTS REQUEST FOR EXPLANATIONS AGAINST CARTOONISTS AND BIG MEDIA OUTLET FOR PUBLISHING CARTOONS CRITICIZING POLICE BRUTALITY

Theme(s)
Artistic freedom, Culture, Press, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities
State
São Paulo

Read more about this request, which can base a future criminal action, here [1] and other attacks on cartoonists and journalists [find out here] [find out here]

Jun 13 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

YOUNG BLACK MAN IS KILLED IN VIOLENT ATTACK IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF SÃO PAULO, TRIGGERING DEMONSTRATIONS MARKED BY POLICE BRUTALITY

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

Read more about it here [1]

Jun 14 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
State

STATE COURT FORBIDS NEWS REPORT ABOUT IRREGULARITIES IN THE CONCESSION OF COVID EMERGENCY AID PACKAGE

Theme(s)
Information, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
State
Rio Grande do Sul

Read more about the emergency aid package [1], and about this episode – in Portuguese [1]

Jun 15 2020
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