Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO CURBS PRESS FREEDOM AND IMPOSES RESTRICTIONS ON JOURNALISTS AT HIS PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION CEREMONY

Theme(s)
Information, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read about it here, in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s attacks on the press in 2019 [1].

Jan 01 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ACCUSES MEDIA OF MAKING UP STORIES ‘TWENTY-FOUR-SEVEN’ WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT INFORMATION

Theme(s)
Information, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about this statement here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s remarks on fake news and the press here [1]

Jan 05 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

JUSTICE MINISTER REFUSES TO RELEASE INFORMATION ABOUT MEETINGS WITH GUN INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES BEFORE DECREE THAT LOOSENED GUN CONTROL

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the Bolsonaro administration position on gun ownership [1], as well as Justice Minister’s previous remarks on gun possession [2]. Also read more about access to public information in Brazil here [3] [4]

Feb 13 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SHARES ON SOCIAL MEDIA FAKE NEWS ABOUT JOURNALIST’S INTENTION ON ‘RUINING’ HIS FAMILY

Theme(s)
Information, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the case here [1] [2] [3] and read more about another journalist accused of spreading fake news by the President here [4]. Read more about the threats and attacks to press freedom here [5] [6] [7] [8].

Mar 10 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT MERGES PUBLIC TV CHANNEL WITH TV STATION RESPONSIBLE FOR ANNOUNCING GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS

Theme(s)
Information, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

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

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

BRAZILIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND STATISTICS FOUNDATION (‘IBGE’) ANNOUNCES 25% BUDGET CUT FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL CENSUS

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

MINISTRY OF ECONOMY DENIES REQUEST BASED ON THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION LAW TO DATA SUPPORTING GOVERNMENT-PROPOSED PENSION REFORM

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the pension reform here [1], about government’s attemps to reduce transparency here [2] [3] [4] [5]. Amid covid-19 pandemic, the government stopped releasing the number of deaths in the country temporarily [6] [find out here]

Apr 21 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

JUSTICE MINISTER CELEBRATES DECREASE IN MURDER RATES BASED ON UNRELIABLE DATABASE

Theme(s)
Information, Public security, Transparency
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and the stance taken by the Minister here [1]

Jul 06 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO COUNTERS JOURNALISTS WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS SON’S APPOINTMENT TO THE U.S. EMBASSY, SAYS THAT CAMPAIGNING ENDED AND THE PRESS NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND HE WON

Theme(s)
Information, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Bahia

Read more about it here [1]. Remember about the appointment of Bolsonaro’s son to the U.S. embassy here [find out here] [2] and about attacks against the Brazilian press under the Bolsonaro administration here [3]

Aug 06 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO THREATENS THE PRESS, SAYS IT IS ‘COMITTING SUICIDE’ AND THAT IT IS ABOUT TO END

Theme(s)
Information, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read about Bolsonaro’s attacks on the press in 2019 and 2020 [1] [2] [3]

Aug 22 2019
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