Although democracy has spread from one country to more than 100 countries in the space of two centuries, it has also suffered setbacks along the way, and continues to face resistance to this day. Democracy, after all, is not inevitable, and yet it remains the
In a country where jails are seen as ticking timebombs, a system of self-rule among inmates has proved a striking success 02/04/2018 by Jo Griffin Originally published on The Guardian Renato Da Silva Junior harbours ambitions of becoming a lawyer. There is just one obstacle:
Innovations from Kenya Giovanna Marques Kuele and Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in Nairobi With the budget cuts to peace operations implemented last year and the prospect of even more reduction in resources, debates about UN peacekeeping effectiveness have intensified. One of the areas sorely in need
26/03/2018 by Robbert Muggah Originally published on the Los Angeles Times Gunfire kills or injures at least 127 Americans a day. While the gun debate in the U.S. rages around the question of regulating firearms, it’s the bullets that do the damage. Depending on their weight, velocity
Allegations that some of the victims were innocent residents executed in a revenge mission after a police officer was killed there 25/03/2018 Dom Phillips and Júlio Carvalho Originally published on The Guardian A police operation in a Rio favela has left at least eight people
By Anastasia Moloney MEDELLIN, Colombia, March 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As a pink dusk settles on this poor hillside slum in the city of Medellin, 19-year-old Esteban Arrieta skips and shadow punches with a small group of budding boxers in a bare classroom. Just
The police have failed to control violence. The army is doing no better 22/03/2018 Originally published on The Economist On the sweltering afternoon of March 18th some 2,000 people crammed the narrow streets of Maré, a favela in the north of Rio de Janeiro, to
22/03/2018 Por Katherine Aguirre Tobón Publicado originalmente en El País Cali El Plan Fortaleza es un eje importante de la actual política de seguridad de la ciudad. Éste parte de unas instituciones de seguridad fuertes y con presencia en el territorio, donde la policía cuenta
20/03/2018 By David Biller Originally published on Bloomberg In the world’s most murderous country, gun control is starting to lose its appeal. Desperate Brazilians are wondering whether they’d be better off armed, given that around 60,000 of their compatriots are killed each year. Polls show
19/03/2018 By Anthony Faiola and Marina Lopes Originally published on the Washington Post RIO DE JANEIRO — Before stepping into her Chevrolet Agile at 9:04 p.m. last Wednesday, Marielle Franco had just done what she did best: fire up a room. “Let’s do this,” the 34-year-old politician with the cascading
15/03/2018 As published on the New York Times RIO DE JANEIRO — On the eve of her killing on a downtown street on Wednesday night, a Rio de Janeiro councilwoman suggested that the death of a young man earlier in the week had been the
Ousmane Diallo and Gustavo de Carvalho More than two and a half years since its signature in Bamako, the agreement for peace and national reconciliation between the government of Mali, the Coordination of the Movements of Azawad (CMA), and the Plateforme coalition is at
March 2018 This week sees the Instituto Igarapé’s launch of its Forced Migration Monitor, bringing unprecedented research into the phenomenon of forced displacement in Brazil. Refugees represent less than 0.005% of the Brazilian population, but another kind of migrant accounts for a much larger
An influx of eateries and artistic businesses is helping to sweep away decades of neglect and decay 13/03/2018 Originally published on the Financial Times It is a Friday night in central São Paulo and the terrace at Orfeu, a restaurant-cum-club, could be New York’s Greenwich
13/03/2018 Originally published on the World Economic Forum website Latin America’s largest city, São Paulo, was once among the region’s most violent. But the bustling metropolis of over 12 million Paulistanos has experienced a remarkable decline in homicide. The murder rate dropped from a high
05/03/2018 MARINA ESTARQUE FROM FOLHA DE S.PAULO, AMAZONAS Bodó, the Amazon sailfin catfish, is known by local residents as a very resistant fish. Its body is covered with rough skin and it can breathe out of water and “live in the mud.” As it
There is a widespread perception that violence in Rio de Janeiro is spinning out of control. During last month’s Carnival celebrations, disturbing clips of tourists getting assaulted and gunfire erupting between rival drug gangs were broadcast repeatedly on television. Then President Michel Temer signed an extraordinary
February, 2018 The Globe and Mail Anne-Marie Slaughter is an academic, foreign-policy analyst, author, former director of policy planning for the U.S. State Department and current president and CEO of New America. As statecraft proves less and less able to solve or even tackle
Innovations and Challenges from Colombia Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in Bogotá UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and the resulting agenda on Women, Peace and Security has called for more inclusive peace processes, stressing that women’s specific needs and experiences should be taken into account
Febrero, 2018 World Economic Forum En la reunión del Foro Económico Mundial en Davos la semana pasada, se abordaron al menos tres versiones diferentes sobre el futuro orden mundial. Una de ellos fue la difundida por un combativo Donald Trump, que pedía una retirada estadounidense a
February, 2018 Project Syndicate Since the end of World War II, Latin America has maintained a lukewarm stance toward the US-dominated liberal world order, and Brazil is no exception. But at the end of the day, Brazil has much more in common with the
Venezuelans escaping economic crisis at home are also now pouring into Brazil. Though neighboring Colombia has born the brunt of this exodus, Brazil has seen 60,000 crossings from Venezuela and numbers are rising fast.
The question is whether our world leaders are capable of fully understanding what is happening in real time and can muster the collective action to set new rules of the road.
Lessons from Colombia Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in Bogotá A signed agreement between warring parties does not guarantee peace. Indeed, empirical evidence shows that peace processes often fail during the implementation stage if clauses in the agreement remain unfulfilled. Institutional inertia, political resistance, lack of
iPolitics Fevereiro, 2018 Three competing versions of the future world order clashed at the World Economic Forum’s gathering in Davos last week. There was the one pushed by a feisty Donald Trump calling for economic nationalism and his country’s retreat from the current order. Another was advanced by Chinese
We are fixated to the forward march of democracies and the underlying principles on which they are based, yet we must learn to compromise and accommodate multiple value systems.
The 2030 Agenda as Strategic Entry Point Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in Bogotá In 2017, UN Secretary General António Guterres stepped up efforts to promote sustaining peace, a vision for a more preventive and effective approach to international peace and security. The concept calls for
It is no exaggeration to say that the fate of the global liberal order hangs precariously in the balance.
Adriana Erthal Abdenur In the 19th century Max Weber, a keen student of purpose-driven bureaucracies, hinted that institutions sometimes change their missions even when their original objectives are deeply embedded within founding charters and mission statements. In international affairs, few organizations can attest to this tendency
Esta semana se celebró en El Salvador el foro internacional “Diálogos sobre seguridad urbana: datos, diseño e innovación para la seguridad urbana”, organizado por Instituto Igarapé y otras organizaciones.
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