Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO VETOES BRAZILIAN BANK ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN THAT INCLUDED RACIAL AND SEXUAL DIVERSITY

Theme(s)
Artistic freedom, Culture, Gender and sexual orientation, Race and ethnicity
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about this episode here [1] [2] and about the government’s interference in communication, setbacks for LGBT+ community in 2019 and structural racism – in Portuguese [3] [4] [5]

Apr 14 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS EXCLUDES CONTENTS FROM LIST OF REQUIRED CONTENTS FOR THE DIPLOMATIC CAREER ADMISSION’S EXAM, SUCH AS INFORMATION ON PREVIOUS LEFTIST ECONOMIC POLICIES, AND SUPPRESSES MENTIONS TO GENDER AND RACE

Theme(s)
Gender and sexual orientation, International relations, Political positioning, Race and ethnicity
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Violation of institutional autonomy

Read more about the positions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here [1], remember its stance on gender policies [find out here] and read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jul 08 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

EDUCATION MINISTER REFERS TO OPPOSITION PARTY ADVISORS AND OFFICIALS AS ‘TIGER STREAK’, RACIST TERM USED DURING THE SLAVERY PERIOD

Theme(s)
Political positioning, Race and ethnicity
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

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

Sep 19 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO MOURNS THE DEATH OF EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRL BY THE POLICE, BUT DEFENDS HIS SHOOT-TO-KILL APPROACH TO PUBLIC SECURITY POLICY

Theme(s)
Race and ethnicity, Security and criminal policy
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about the 8 year-old-girl Ágatha Félix case here [1] [2] [3] [4] [5], about the shoot-to-kill policy here [6] [7] [8] and about police brutality in Brazil here [9] [10]

Sep 23 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

LAWMAKER AND SUPPORTER OF BOLSONARO’S ADMINISTRATION RIPS UP A CARTOON THAT DENOUNCES THE GENOCIDE OF BLACK PEOPLE IN BRAZIL

Theme(s)
Artistic freedom, Race and ethnicity
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about this episode [1] and police brutality and racism in Brazil [2] [3]

Nov 19 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

DIFFERENTLY FROM FORMER PRESIDENTS, BOLSONARO DOES NOT CELEBRATE THE NATIONAL BLACK AWARENESS DAY

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

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about Bolsonaro’s denial of the existence of racism in Brazil here [1] [2] and about what is the Black Awareness Day here [3]

Nov 20 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPOINTS FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE PUBLIC FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF BLACK CULTURE IN BRAZIL (‘FUNDAÇÃO PALMARES’) A JOURNALIST WHO PUBLICLY DENIES THE EXISTENCE OF RACISM IN THE COUNTRY

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

Read more about it here [1]

Nov 27 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

POLICE OPERATION IN SÃO PAULO LEAVES NINE YOUNG PEOPLE DEAD

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

Read more about it here [1]

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

PRESIDENT SAYS TO CRONGRESSMAN THAT HE IS BLACK BECAUSE HE TOOK A LONG TIME TO BE BORN

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

Read more about the discrimination against minorities by Bolsonaro before he was elected [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2]

Feb 21 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ORDINANCE EXTINGUISHES COLLEGIATE ORGANS OF PUBLIC ENTITY FOR THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF BLACK CULTURE IN BRAZIL (‘FUNDAÇÃO PALMARES’); THE CHANGE AFFECTS THE DECISION-MAKING CHAIN IN THE ORGANIZATION, CONCENTRATING POWERS IN THE FOUNDATION’S PRESIDENT

Theme(s)
Civil society participation, Race and ethnicity
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about the denial context of racism [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 10 2020
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