Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

DECREES LIST ACTIVITIES CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL DURING THE PANDEMIC INCLUNDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ASSISTANCE, PHARMACIES AND SUPERMARKETS

Theme(s)
Administration, Commerce, Health, Press, Religion
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about the controversies about the definition of essential activities amid pandemic – in Portuguese [1]

Mar 20 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

TRADE REOPENING FORECASTS IN STATE DECREES BEGIN TO BE IMPLEMENTED

Theme(s)
Commerce
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about the reopening context here [1]

Apr 15 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO RECOGNIZES BEAUTY SALONS AND GYMS AS ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO REMAIN OPEN AMID PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Commerce
Emergency Measures
Centralization of power

Read more about it here [1]

May 11 2020
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

IN A MEETING WITH BUSINESS LEADERS, BOLSONARO ENCOURAGES CLASHES WITH GOVERNORS AND CRITICIZES THE HOUSE SPEAKER

Theme(s)
Commerce, Power conflicts, Social distancing
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the clashes between Bolsonaro and governors [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 14 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Public Defender
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER SUES COMPANY FOR HIRING TRAINEES ON THE BASIS OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTIONS ONLY

Theme(s)
Commerce, Race and ethnicity, Work
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here [1]

Oct 05 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

DISREGARDING TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS, BOLSONARO APPOINTS RETIRED POLICE COLONEL AS HEAD OF STATE-OWNED FOOD DISTRIBUTION COMPANY (‘CEAGESP’)

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

Read about the nomitation at CEAGESP’s official webpage here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]. There is a trend of ‘militarization’ of the executive branch during the current administration, remember about it here [find out here] [find out here]

Oct 23 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT (‘Ibama’) GOES AGAINST TECHNICAL ADVICE AND REMOVES BRAZILIAN TREE FROM THE ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES LIST

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

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]. The Ipê tree, also known as Brazilian hardwood or walnut, was to be included in the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) species list due to logging and extinction threats [1]. Nonetheless, the president of Ibama, aligned with the Bolsonaro administration, has withdrawn the proposal in order to boost the export shares of the coveted Brazilian timber [2]

Nov 27 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
State

FEDERAL JUSTICE WITHDRAWS SUSPENSION OF NATIVE WOOD COMMERCIALIZATION IMPOSED BY THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (‘IBAMA’)

Theme(s)
Commerce, Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
State
Mato Grosso, Pará

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

Mar 24 2021
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