November, 2017 Robert Muggah speaks at TED Global NYC. The urban specialist and co-founder of the Igarapé Institute sets out six ways for urban centers to address the global migration crisis, terrorism, and climate change. The TED talk features data from the Earth TimeLapse visualization
the Role of Climate Change in Recurring Violence Giovanna Kuele and Ana Cristina Miola The deadliest blast in Somalia’s history, which killed more than 350 people, and the double car bombing in Mogadishu last October represented frustrating backslides in the country’s efforts to build stability.
Local and international actors should reinforce their support to preventing conflict and sustaining peace in Somalia Omar Mahmood and Gustavo de Carvalho After the attack in central Mogadishu on 14 October 2017, which killed more than 350 people, both traditional and social media seem
The Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) Debate, Viewed from Brazil
Having rejected its demogogues just a few years ago, the region is now poised to welcome them back
The Safe Cities Index 2017 is a report from The Economist Intelligence Unit sponsored by NEC.
Whether caused by a lone wolf or an intimate partner, gun violence is expensive
Delivering an effective law enforcement and criminal justice response to organized crime is challenging for even the best resourced governments.
Progress has been made, but financing remains one among several key issues that must be resolved
The CopCast app, which was created by the Igarapé Institute in Brazil along with Google’s Jigsaw incubator, is open-source software that has a basic free version.
Feuding gangs and empty coffers are pushing up the murder rate
La información y el análisis son la única manera de evidenciar los verdaderos cambios en violencia.
A jump in Chinese investment could have a big impact on Latin America’s largest economy.
Robert Muggah is back on TED. In this TED Global NYC, Muggah articulates an ancient but resurging idea: that cities should be not only the center of economic life but also the foundation of our political lives.
No Dia Internacional da Paz, organizações ligadas à consolidação da paz emitem declaração conjunta.
The Brazilian government is pushing to privatize state assets in a bid to raise revenues and boost investment. Highways, ports and the country’s mint, among other state assets, are up for privatization. In late August, President Michel Temer traveled to China to meet with potential investors. How big of a role will China play in Brazil’s privatization plans? Is it a good idea for Brazil to relinquish state control of dozens of state firms? To what extent will Temer’s privatization efforts strengthen Brazil’s economy?
In Rio de Janeiro, where murder rates this year have soared to their highest levels in a decade, violence stalks even the youngest residents.
CopCast test’s in New Jersey on CBS This Morning,
The sense of unease on many Latin American city streets is palpable. Fear and uncertainty affect people’s day-to-day decisions — whether to take public transport, where to buy groceries, when to go out at night.
La vuelta de la violencia en Río coincide con un recorte del 30% del presupuesto de seguridad en un Estado al borde de la quiebra, donde todos los recursos se dedican a seguir pagando los salarios de los agentes y a veces ni dan para eso.
Even with the surge in attacks over the past three years, the number of deaths are much lower than then.
In Rio de Janeiro’s bohemian neighborhood of Santa Teresa, the rain-forest chic Aprazivel restaurant is nearly empty on what should be a busy Saturday night
The Brazilian government has launched a consultation on the future of CGI.br, the body that sets internet policy in the country. Some fear that the Temer administration is trying to gut it.
The end of war hasn’t released Colombia from the grip of violence. Homicide rates have fallen in the 12 months since the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) agreed to a permanent ceasefire, but other forms of victimization have started to rise.
Latin American Solutions for a Latin American Problem, an article to Foreign Affairs.
While Brazil made some important strides in sustainable development over the past two decades, it also risks moving backward in the years ahead.
Ilona Szabó talks to Americas Quartely about violence in Rio de Janeiro.
Published originally on Insight Crime: Community policing has become the go-to security strategy in the Americas.
Financial Times article talks about violence in Rio de Janeiro
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