Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO EXPANDS GENERAL ATTORNEY OF THE UNION’S (‘AGU’) LEGAL ATTRIBUTIONS TO INCLUDE THE DEFENSE OF FEDERAL SECURITY OFFICERS

Theme(s)
Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and check an analysis on the first 100 days of Bolsonaro government [1]

Jan 01 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO ENACTS DECREE TO TIGHTEN RULES ON PROTESTS

Theme(s)
Political positioning, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
São Paulo

Read report about the decree and the use of force on social protests here [1] and about racism in the state response to social protests here [2]

Jan 18 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

AFTER HUMAN RIGHTS, FAMILY AND WOMEN MINISTER’S INDICATION, JUSTICE MINISTER NOMINATES POLICEMEN WITH NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS’ FIELD TO THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OFFICE

Theme(s)
Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Human Rights Minister political stances here [1] [2] [3]

Jan 31 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO COMMENDS MILITARY POLICE RAID WHICH KILLED 15 PEOPLE AND CALLS IT LEGITIMATE

Theme(s)
Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about police brutality in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil here [1]
[2] [3] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Feb 08 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE RECEIVES COMPLAINTS FROM CARNIVAL-GOERS OVER POLICE BRUTALITY FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER SEVEN YEARS

Theme(s)
Artistic freedom, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
São Paulo

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about police brutality in São Paulo and in Brazil here [1] [2]

Mar 08 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO SAYS IT IS NOT HIS ROLE TO CRITICIZE THE BRAZILIAN ARMY OPERATION THAT SHOT 80 TIMES INTO A CAR WITH A MUSICIAN AND HIS FAMILY

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about it here [1] [2] [3] [4]

Apr 08 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ENACTS DECREE THAT DEVIATES FROM THE PREVIOUS DAMAGE CONTROL MODEL IN FAVOUR OF DRUG WITHDRAWAL, WHICH MAY BE A SETBACK FOR NATIONAL DRUG POLICY

Theme(s)
Health, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about the decree here [1]

Apr 11 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SAYS THAT ARMY DID NOT KILL ANYONE IN OPERATION THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A MUSICIAN WHOSE CAR WAS SHOT 80 TIMES, CALLING IT AN ‘INCIDENT’

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about it here [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Apr 12 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

JUSTICE MINISTER AUTHORIZES THE PRESENCE OF EXCEPTIONAL SECURITY FORCE IN DEMONSTRATIONS ON THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY

Theme(s)
Indigenous people, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Federal District

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the protests here [1] and about the indigenous people conditions in Brazil here [2]

Apr 17 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (‘AGU’) DEFENDS REPOSSESSION OF STATE-OWNED BUILDINGS WITHOUT JUDICIAL AUTHORIZATION

Theme(s)
Public security, Social movements
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about land conflicts here [1]

May 02 2019
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