Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

WOMEN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER CRITICIZES THE FACT THAT THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH HAS LOST SPACE IN SCHOOLS TO SCIENCE

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Education, Religion
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about this context here [1] [2]

Jan 09 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER ALTERS BRAZILIAN DIPLOMATIC ACADEMY CURRICULUM AND EXCLUDES COURSE ON THE HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Education, International relations
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the Foreign Affairs Minister, Ernesto Araújo [1] [2] [3]

Feb 04 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
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT MINISTRY OF EDUCATION CONSIDERS INVESTMENT CUTS IN PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY COURSES, WHICH HE REGARDS AS ‘LESS ECONOMICALLY PROFITABLE’

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Budget, Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1] [2]. Bolsonaro has repeatedly interfered with universities’ autonomy and funding and about past related events here [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here].

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

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION THREATENS FEDERAL UNIVERSITY BUDGET CUTS FOR ‘TURMOIL’ AND THEN ANNOUNCES ACROSS-THE-BOARD 30% CUT IN FEDERAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS’ RESOURCES

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Budget, Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1]. Bolsonaro has repeatedly interfered with universities autonomy and funding, read more about past events here [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here] [find out here].

Apr 30 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE CHANGES THE PROCESS FOR NOMINATING FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES PRESIDENTS, TAKING UNIVERSITIES’ AUTONOMY AWAY AND PLACING THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

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

Read more about it here in Portuguese [find out here] and about other measures to weaken the idependence and autonomy of federal universities here [find out here] [find out here]

May 14 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’ ELECTION AND APPOINTS CANDIDATE WHO PLACED LAST IN THE ELECTION AS RECTOR OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RECÔNCAVO BAIANO

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s relation to universities’ autonomy here [1] [2]

Aug 01 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

COORDINATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION PERSONNEL (‘CAPES’ FOUNDATION) DENIES FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS IN THE STATE OF SANTA CATARINA DUE TO ‘POLITICAL ACTIVISM’

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Santa Catarina

Read more about it – in Portuguese – here [find out here]

Aug 13 2019
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