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
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

FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES CONTROL COUNCIL (‘COAF’) DOES NOT CLARIFY WHETHER IT IS INVESTIGATING JOURNALIST GLENN GREENWALD, WHICH PUBLISHED ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES BY PUBLIC SERVANTS INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION ‘CAR WASH’

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

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Jul 09 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS GLENN GREENWALD MAY SERVE TIME IN BRAZIL AND CLAIMS THAT THE JOURNALIST ADOPTED HIS CHILDREN IN BRAZIL TO AVOID DEPORTATION

Theme(s)
Gender and sexual orientation, Press
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Jul 27 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO FILES EMERGENCY DECREE THAT SUSPENDS THE OBLIGATION OF LARGE COMPANIES TO PUBLISH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN PRINTED NEWSPAPER

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

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

Aug 05 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
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

EMERGENCY DECREE EXEMPTS PUBLIC AUTHORITIES OF PUBLISHING ADMINISTRATIVE ACTS IN NEWSPAPERS OF WIDE CIRCULATION

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [1] [find out here]

Sep 06 2019
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