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In the Media
Brazil-Ethiopia Exchanges in Peacekeeping Training
Adriana Erthal Abdenur and Giovanna Kuele,...
Salvadorans were first granted TPS in 2001 after a large earthquake struck El Salvador, but the Department...
How did El Salvador become so violent? These four articles shed some light on the country’s complex crime...
[In Spanish] Las masacres de 2017 dejaron más de 100 presos muertos por una guerra que libran al interior...
While the global liberal democratic order is most certainly down, it is far from out.
Razón Pública
January, 2018
En medio de una reñida campaña presidencial, el aumento en las hectáreas...
The murders in a popular Brazilian favela reflect rising violence in a country in crisis.
[In Spanish] Crímenes que suceden en destinos turísticos de México tienen gran repercusión internacional,...
En un año, sólo ocho personas fueron sujetas a proceso penal por introducir ilegalmente al país armas...
Jane Wakefield hears from Rahul Tandon in Kolkata about India’s air pollution nightmare, and from Robert...
Harnessing Trust for Conflict Prevention in Colombia
Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in San Vicente del...
In some gang-controlled parts of Rio, just wearing the religious garb of Candomblé or Umbanda is a crime...
The UN’s Pre-DDR Experiment
Adriana Erthal Abdenur and Giovanna Kuele, Instituto Igarapé
Half...
Current regional mediation efforts in Burundi still provide limited results
Gustavo de Carvalho...
Violent competition over key trafficking routes erupted in late 2016 after Brazil’s two biggest gangs...
Notes from Colombia
Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in Agua Bonita, Colombia
Nested among the lush green mountains...
[In spanish] El Foro Económico Mundial, publicó resultados del estudio realizado por expertos del Consejo...
Lessons from Colombia’s FARC Peace Process
Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in Caquetá (Colombia)
Humanitarian...
Burundi’s ongoing political instability highlights the stark divide between global conflict prevention...
East Timor Initiatives in Guinea-Bissau
Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in Bissau
Can conflict-affected...
[In spanish] DW habló con dos experts sobre los obstáculos con que se topan a la hora de procesar las...
WEF Forum
November, 2017
Friday´s savage attack in Egypt is a reminder that the vast majority of terrorist-related...
Social Technologies for Peacebuilding?
Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in Bissau
South-South...
The world’s cities generate more than 75% of global carbon emissions – it’s time for them to play a more...
Thomson Reuters Foundation
November, 2017
BARCELONA – Many cities are being overwhelmed by growing...
What Role in Peacebuilding?
Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in Bissau
Far from a novelty,...
Regional efforts like those against the LRA and Boko Haram could reinvent continental approaches to conflicts
Gustavo...
Here are some of the key talking points and a small selection of the ideas proposed by Seven hundred...
the Role of Climate Change in Recurring Violence
Giovanna Kuele and Ana Cristina Miola
The deadliest...
Local and international actors should reinforce their support to preventing conflict and sustaining peace...
The Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) Debate, Viewed from Brazil
Having rejected its demogogues just a few years ago, the region is now poised to welcome them back
The Safe Cities Index 2017 is a report from The Economist Intelligence Unit sponsored by NEC.
Whether caused by a lone wolf or an intimate partner, gun violence is expensive
Delivering an effective law enforcement and criminal justice response to organized crime is challenging...
Progress has been made, but financing remains one among several key issues that must be resolved
The CopCast app, which was created by the Igarapé Institute in Brazil along with Google’s Jigsaw incubator,...
Feuding gangs and empty coffers are pushing up the murder rate
La información y el análisis son la única manera de evidenciar los verdaderos cambios en violencia.
A jump in Chinese investment could have a big impact on Latin America's largest economy.
Robert Muggah is back on TED. In this TED Global NYC, Muggah articulates an ancient but resurging idea:...
No Dia Internacional da Paz, organizações ligadas à consolidação da paz emitem declaração conjunta.
The Brazilian government is pushing to privatize state assets in a bid to raise revenues and boost investment....
In Rio de Janeiro, where murder rates this year have soared to their highest levels in a decade, violence...
The sense of unease on many Latin American city streets is palpable. Fear and uncertainty affect people’s...
La vuelta de la violencia en Río coincide con un recorte del 30% del presupuesto de seguridad en un Estado...
Even with the surge in attacks over the past three years, the number of deaths are much lower than t...
In Rio de Janeiro’s bohemian neighborhood of Santa Teresa, the rain-forest chic Aprazivel restaurant...
The Brazilian government has launched a consultation on the future of CGI.br, the body that sets internet...
The end of war hasn't released Colombia from the grip of violence. Homicide rates have fallen in the...