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CBC - New app allows live streaming to help track murderous criminals — and killer cops
Valor Econômico - Em 1998, o slogan da Sessão Especial da Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas (Ungass,...
World Economic Forum - High-profile attacks on major cities in Belgium, France and the United States...
The Economist - The thorny task of comparing crime rates across the world is tricky because legal interpretations...
Open Canada - The world is urbanizing at breakneck speed. But not all regions are moving at the same...
Outdated drug policies around the world have resulted in soaring drug-related violence, overstretched...
Los Angeles Times - El Salvador is the world's most violent country and its capital, San Salvador, is...
Virtually every government, business and civil society organization around the world has to contend with...
From ensuring women’s participation to shifting toward sustaining peace, here are top takeaways from...
Global Post - The news trickling out of Caracas just keeps getting worse. A recently published ranking...
Brazil would do well to support a comprehensive approach to stability and reconstruction in Syria as...
Carta Capital - Ao contrário do que dizem os críticos do Estatuto do Desarmamento, menos armas representam...
World Economic Forum - The world is urbanizing at a breakneck pace. But not all regions are moving at...
Open Democracy - Probably San Salvador's murder rate exceeds the violent death rate in many of the world's...
Americas Quartely - A new study shows narco-trafficking gangs are only part of the problem
Open Democracy - The question now is whether citizens will wake up only after it's too late
Igarapé Institute explains the reducing crime rates in the city and in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Humanitarian Practice Network - A goal to foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies
World Economic Forum - More and more cities are being held hostage to the threat of terrorism
El País
January, 2016
Tentativas de cercear os direitos digitais dos brasileiros contrastam com a fama...
Brazilians take their social media very seriously. The country has one of the fastest growing populations...
It is hard to know with certainty where and why cities will falter and fail in the 21st century
Devex - It is hard to know with certainty where and why cities will falter and fail in the 21st century
The Guardian - Across the global development sector, a new narrative on the relationship between security...
El Siglo Durango - Un alto porcentaje de las armas que alimentan al crimen organizado en México llegan...
Al Jazeera - As drug gangs encroach on old turf, residents hope New Year brings lasting peace – and better...
Global Post - A considerable proportion of illegally acquired firearms in Mexico were originally sold...
The Guardian - This week, New York and LA reacted very differently to the same bomb scare. So how does...
Independent - There are better ways to manage our cities. How about an effort to deal with poverty itself?
The Wire - India records the second highest number of murders in the world every year
The Jerusalem Post - “In Israel, we don’t feel threatened with imminent violence. The feeling of security...
Last night’s Question Time panel followed the House of Commons in debating Syria and whether Britain...
Yemen is the new Syria. A civil war erupted there early this year between two factions, each claiming...
After nearly three years of peace negotiations, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s commitment toward major drug law reform is a welcome if belated recognition...
Are the Sustainable Development Goals in danger of collapsing under the weight of their own lofty ambitions?
The New Yorker - This is the second in a three-part series, “Faces from the Border,” about Mexican-American...
Miami Herald - A poll by an independent research group has found deep public suspicion of the first...
New York Times - A poll by an independent research group has found deep public suspicion of the first...
An Igarapé Institute research team administered household surveys in 135 polling stations before and...
Foreign Affairs - Over the last five months, El Salvador has suffered unprecedented levels of homicidal...
Americas Quarterly - Economic growth alone won't stem violent crime. But the right policies – and leadership...
The Conversation - The argument for the use of police body cameras is gaining momentum in South Africa,...
TeleSURtv - Brazil is suffering from an epidemic of gun violence, with more than 4,000 people killed...
BID - A vast array of public and private policies and programs are underway. Most of them can be categorized...
IDS - While no one knows for sure, at least 600 informal settlements litter the hills and peripheral...
By 2050, roughly 6.4 billion people – almost the equivalent of the planet´s current population – will...
Agosto pasó a la historia como uno de los más negros para El Salvador desde la guerra civil que concluyó...
Foreign Affairs - Brazil ranks second worldwide in online bank fraud and financial malware. Yet much...
O Globo - Documento feito por três ONGs aponta ainda que a maioria é de fabricação nacional e de calibre...