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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...