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If we didn’t know already, the COVID-19 pandemic has driven home the fact that data is the most important...
The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder of how interconnected our fates are
Central Asia is the staging ground for a new digital Great Game
Louise Marie shares below some reflections on the importance of Cyber Portals to CCB and the lessons...
The Council's Robert Muggah offers TEDxSaoPaulo five priorities to disrupt the crime and corruption that...
Today on Front Burner, director of the Igarapé Institute in Rio de Janeiro and political analyst Robert...
On this episode of the Brazil Institute podcast, host Anya Prusa speaks with Ilona Szabó, the co-founder...
Cities around the world are designing reopening plans and imagining postpandemic life
“Colombia tried to peacefully resolve class conflict with the peace process, which sought to tackle the...
Daniel Pye’s interview with Igarapé Institute co-founder Robert Muggah about his organization’s Ecocrime...
Szabo said that while she did not believe the inquiry would have “immediate” ramifications for Bolsonaro...
Soaring gold prices have resulted in a massive ongoing invasion of the Indigenous reserve by gold miners...
“My daughter will never want to sleep there again,” the unidentified mother later told journalists, heavy...
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“Armed civilians fighting against each other is one of the most serious manifestations of the crisis...
As the world pressures Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro to act, Robert Muggah of the Igarape Institute, a think...
Maps are not just informative, they are empowering
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Rio de Janeiro's bloody war on crime continues amidst a deepening COVID-19 crisis
A policeman was among those killed in the early morning raid on Jacarezinho, on Rio’s north side, where...
This is one of a series of articles written by Young Global Leaders with action-oriented ideas to improve...
The Amazon Basin is fast approaching an irreversible tipping point
This map shows how economic power moved from east to west over the course of centuries — and then snapped...
Cities around the world are getting smarter.
“I always had the American dream,” says Bernardo Mattos, sitting outside his shooting club in Rio de...
Last year, Ian Goldin of the University of Oxford and Robert Muggah, a Brazil-based policy analyst, also...
A judge on Brazil's Supreme Federal Court on Monday suspended parts of four decrees issued by President...
The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming virtually every aspect of our lives.
Mongabay caught up with Igarapé Institute co-founder Robert Muggah this week to discuss Ecocrime, a new...
All coastal cities are vulnerable to climate change
Robert Muggah's book, Terra Incognita, received a positive review in The Lancet.
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From abroad, she’s urging lawmakers and the country’s Supreme Court to strike down the measures.
Bolsonaro’s administration is largely responsible for all of this chaos, which has killed 270,000 Brazilians.
Ilona Szabó de Carvalho points out that while violent crime declined in the city, it increased in the...
Latin America and the Caribbean are suffering from the twin epidemics of COVID-19 and organized crime...
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Even with deaths at all-time highs, Bolsonaro continues to undermine efforts to address the pandemic
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Brazil is in critical condition. Latin America's largest country is experiencing record-breaking death...
Robert Muggah contributed to the annual Global Risks Report.
Jair Bolsonaro’s latest efforts to make guns more easily available to Brazilians have sparked anger and...
It’s no surprise that a president whose campaign symbol was making a gun gesture with his hands would...
The COVID-19 pandemic is generating monumental challenges for most governments, corporations and societies,...
It was once fashionable to describe Brazil as the country of the future.
One of the many injustices of climate change is it hits the world’s poorest countries hardest
Instituto Igarapé preparou o boletim “Avaliando as relações entre as mudanças climáticas e a segurança...
When Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro repeatedly downplayed the threat of COVID-19, Brazilians were...
We’re pleased to announce the shortlist for the Think Tank Awards 2020.
Globalization is the most progressive force in the history of humankind.
Is it possible for societies to reduce crime without creating or exacerbating adversarial relationships...
Late last year, Colombia’s federal police arrested Diego Optra, a crime boss who heads a ruthless gang...
The global green transition will accelerate – and not a moment too soon.
At least one foreign leader still believes outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump’s desperate claims that...
The COVID-19 pandemic could give rise to positive innovations in cities and a radical intolerance of...