
How to make Latin America’s most violent cities safer
The Guardian – Few cities are more dangerous for civilians than San Pedro Sula in Honduras

The Guardian – Few cities are more dangerous for civilians than San Pedro Sula in Honduras

Carta Capital – Crítico ferrenho da descriminalização do uso de entorpecentes, ministro do Desenvolvimento Social e Agrário usa seu poder para frear avanços

This report explores the evidence of what works, and what does not, when it comes to promoting citizen security in Latin American and Caribbean cities.

TED Ideas – Cities are the the 21st century’s dominant form of civilization – and they’re where humanity’s struggle for survival will take place

The Hill Times – Migrants to Canada are routinely prosecuted for relatively minor offences and circulated back into a society torn apart by organized crime

Foreign Affairs – The United States’ Deadliest Export

The Economist – The country’s gangs specialise in extortion. But they may be branching out

International Business Times – In the midst of political volatility, a deep recession and a frightening viral outbreak, Brazil is struggling

The Guardian – The fact is that in spite of decades of pursuing a “drug free world”, drugs are more accessible and widely consumed than ever

A brazilian state judge ordered mobile phone operators to block nationwide the extremely popular WhatsApp chat service

Robert Muggah, Misha Glenny and Rafal Rohozinski are among the authors of the publication co-edited by the Igarapé Institute and the SecDev Foundation

SABC – Over the past weekend, the ruling party was the first to launch its much anticipated election manifesto

Former Presidents of Colombia, Mexico, and Switzerland together with Sir Richard Branson, US Former Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker and members of the Global Commission on Drug Policy call for reducing the harms caused by failed drug policy

Associated Press – An open letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon signed by more than 1,000 people

Documento foi enviado ao secretário-geral da ONU, Ban Ki-moon

Ex-presidentes, especialistas, juristas, empresários e artistas estão entre os mais de mil signatários de carta endereçada ao secretário-geral da ONU

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, na sigla em inglês) defendia rígidas políticas de controle de drogas

The Economist – The thorny task of comparing crime rates across the world is tricky because legal interpretations vary

Outdated drug policies around the world have resulted in soaring drug-related violence, overstretched criminal justice systems

Virtually every government, business and civil society organization around the world has to contend with some kind of fragility

Brazil would do well to support a comprehensive approach to stability and reconstruction in Syria as advocated by the so-called Vienna Process since October 2015.

Haiti currently faces a political crisis without precedent. The country has a president with no clear constitutional provision for leadership after his term expires

Igarapé Institute explains the reducing crime rates in the city and in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

El Siglo Durango – Un alto porcentaje de las armas que alimentan al crimen organizado en México llegan legales. Y en su mayoría vienen desde Estados Unidos

Al Jazeera – As drug gangs encroach on old turf, residents hope New Year brings lasting peace – and better basic services

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 with our police and army plus unity of the population reinforces the generalized feeling that we are not alone.”

Last night’s Question Time panel followed the House of Commons in debating Syria and whether Britain should be bombing there
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