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International

Guns and weapons trafficked from US fueling Haiti gang violence

As Haiti has again plunged into violent chaos, images of gang members bearing high-powered rifles, pump-action shotguns or automatic weapons in the streets of Port-au-Prince have become ubiquitous. But this weaponry is not made in Haiti, a country with no firearms or ammunition manufacturing capabilities. It is

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International

Haiti: these are the gangs and leaders that invade and threaten Port-au-Prince

The situation in Haiti It seems to be getting more and more complicated. Recently, it was learned that the prime minister, Ariel Henrywill resign from his position after “the establishment of a transitional presidential council and the appointment of an interim prime minister.” The decision was adopted after

International

Haiti Crisis: Who Are the Gangs That Have Overrun the Capital?

Haiti, a Caribbean nation with a long history of upheaval, is enduring one of its worst periods of chaos. Gangs have shut down the airport; looted seaports, public buildings and shops; and attacked nearly a dozen police stations. Roads are blocked, cutting off the food

International

Ecuador’s Homicide Rate Is Skyrocketing

Homicide rates are skyrocketing in Ecuador with official figures recording a death count of 4,800 in 2022. This is according to data from the Ecuadorian Ministry of Interior, published by the Rio de Janeiro based think tank, the Igarapé Institute. According to the Ecuadorian government’s latest estimates

International

AI and the Global South

Recent months may well be remembered as the moment when predictive artificial intelligence went mainstream.

Digital Security in the Media

The Rocky Road to Cyber Norms at the United Nations

Between July 25 and 29, UN member states gathered in New York for the third substantive session of the Open-Ended Working Group on the security in and of information and communications technologies (OEWG)

Media

The predictions of Ilona Szabó to the World Economic Forum

  Co-founder and president of Igarapé Instituto, Ilona Szabó is one of global experts invited by the World Economic Forum to share key challenges presented today to decision-makers and leaders. In a Transformation Map, users are able to navigate through her answers and connect challenges

Op-eds

Russia’s Resource Grab in Ukraine

Russia’s motives for invading Ukraine vary from security fears to revisionist historical claims that a Ukrainian national identity does not exist

Brazilian

Banks, business, and bypassing Bolsonaro in Brazil

After seven straight years of record-breaking global temperatures, and nearly three decades since the first United Nations consort on environment and development, concern over the gathering climate emergency has finally gone mainstream

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