Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

INSTITUTIONAL SECURITY OFFICE MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGES POSSIBILITY OF MILITARY INTERVENTION

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Power conflicts
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here], the context of militarization [1] and previous actions and statements from the federal government about military interventions in Brazil [find out here] [find out here] [2]

Aug 17 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO REQUESTS ARMY COMMANDER TO ALLOW HIS DAUGHTER TO ATTEND MILITARY SCHOOL WITHOUT UNDERGOING SELECTION PROCESS

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Education
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here [1]

Aug 25 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MILITARY HELICOPTER WITH BRAZILIAN FLAG FLIES OVER SCHOOL ONE DAY AFTER TEACHER IS FIRED FOR CRITICISING BOLSONARO

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Armed Forces, Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and previous responses against Bolsonaro’s critics [find out here] [find out here]

Sep 03 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO TAKES PART IN 9 MILITARY EVENTS IN AUGUST; 2 UP TO THIS DATE IN SEMPTEMBER

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Power conflicts
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here], the militarization of the federal government [1] and its institutional tensions [2]

Sep 09 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

IN LIVESTREAM, BOLSONARO SAYS ‘ELECTORAL QUARANTINE’ FOR JUDGES AND MILITARY IS ‘ABSURD’ AND WILL BE VETOED

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Elections
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Bolsonaro has repeatedly attacked the electoral system, remember some of the previous episodes here [find out here] [find out here]

Sep 16 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MILITARY EXPENDITURE IN THE AMAZON FOREST INCREASES 178% AMID BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and the context of military operations in the Amazon forest amid the Bolsonaro administration [1]

Sep 30 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION HAS ALREADY SPENT AT LEAST 550 MILLION REAIS IN INEFFECTIVE MILITARY OPERATIONS TO FIGHT DEFORESTATION AND FIRES IN THE AMAZON REGION SINCE 2019

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about this episode, in Portuguese, [find out here], and check more information about military operations in the Amazon region [1] and see a timeline with regard to the Bolsonaro Administration actions in the Amazon [2]

Oct 26 2021
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