Gun makers and military industry companies from all over the world gathered in Rio de Janeiro for Latin America’s largest defense and security fair Tuesday, hoping to benefit from Brazil’s new far-right administration and President Jair Bolsonaro’s vow to loosen gun laws.
Foi ao ar no World Government Summit “Nós objetivamos criar cidades do futuro.” Robert Muggah, diretor de pesquisas do Instituto Igarapé, fala nesta seção sobre “como cidades podem moldar o futuro do nosso mundo”. Ele afirma que os próximos 20-30 anos vão testemunhar 70% da
Brazil has an uneasy co-existence with homicide. At least 1,060,000 Brazilians have been murdered since 2000.
Qual efeito o aumento das temperaturas pode ter em conflitos nas áreas mais vulneráveis do mundo?
Last week, two gunmen opened fire at a high school near Sao Paulo, killing eight people, including five schoolchildren
The world is less violent today than at virtually any other time in human history
O cheiro de borracha queimada paira no ar. As ruas do Haiti estão novamente repletas de barricadas fumegantes depois que mais de 1 milhão de pessoas foram às ruas protestar.
The United States will withdraw all remaining staff from its embassy in Venezuela, according to a late-night March 11 announcement by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Twitter, who cited the “deterioriating situation” there.
One of humanity’s gravest existential threats is invisible. Pandemics are silent killers and have prematurely ended the lives of more people than virtually any other cause.
Global cooperation is at a crossroads. Many of the world’s biggest challenges are not a result of disagreements about how to cooperate, but a profound loss of direction about why to cooperate in the first place.
Climate change is already triggering devastating weather events across the planet, including prolonged droughts, flash floods and wildfires.
The crisis in Venezuela risks descending into civil war. The all-out power struggle between President Nicolas Maduro and Juan Guaidó is likely to escalate as Guaidó returned to Venezuela on Monday.
This volume is the culmination of a special Inter-American Dialogue project. Unlike other Dialogue publications, its essays attempt to stand back
and take a broad view of Latin America.
Brazil has a crime problem. It is the country with the most homicides in the world, registering almost 64,000 last year—seventy-three percent of which involved guns
Regulação, concorrência e até os altos índices de violência impediram a instalação de fabricantes estrangeiras de armas no Brasil nos últimos anos.
Vivemos um período de turbulências, desilusões e perplexidade. O agravamento de tensões geopolíticas transformou as relações internacionais.
As Canada hosts an international meeting Monday aimed at ending the presidency of Venezuela’s embattled Nicolás Maduro, it faces charges in both Venezuela and at home that it’s acting as a lackey of the United States.
UK, France lead push to set up UN “clearing house” to identify climate-stressed regions at risk of collapsing into conflict.
New research published by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has established a relationship between a changing climate and conflict, leading to increased migration.
That’s a wrap for day three at this year’s Annual Meeting in Davos. From the future of Europe and fighting to save our oceans to Jack Ma’s career tips and Prince William opening up about mental health, it was another packed day of sessions.
Robert Muggah, diretor de pesquisa do Igarapé, falou à BBC sobre mudanças climáticas e sua influência na violência.
From the crowded markets of Dakar and Karachi to the informal settlements of Addis Ababa and Rio de Janeiro, urban technology seems to be thriving everywhere
More than 2.3 million Venezuelans – roughly 7 percent of the entire population – have fled the country’s political and economic crisis since 2014, the largest human displacement in Latin America’s history.
Wars are on the rebound. There are twice as many civil conflicts today, for example, as there were in 2001.
The planet is urbanizing at an unprecedented speed, generating enormous social, economic and climatic stress. If sustainable urbanization is one of the paramount challenges of the 21st century, then Asia is ground zero for determining whether humanity can succeed.
En Argentina y México, las leyes han sido reformadas con miras a introducir el principio del “donante presunto” y ampliar la cantidad de órganos disponibles para trasplantes. Esa figura atiza viejos temores. Un análisis.
A insuficiência de ações coordenadas e adequadas do Poder Público à migração tem fomentado a baixa aceitação da sociedade local com relação aos recém-chegados, contribuindo para atos de violência e xenofobia 12/04/2018 por Maiara Folly, Adriana Erthal Abdenur e Robert Muggah Publicado originalmente no Le Monde
Most of the world’s critical infrastructure—nuclear plants, electrical transmission systems, water treatment plants, etc.—is managed by internet-connected hardware and software that makes them vulnerable to cyberattacks. 10/04/2018 By Robert Muggah and Nathan B. Thompson Originally published on the Council on Foreign Relations website For almost twenty-four hours, nearly
Robert Muggah se apresentou no TED Global Nova York. O especialista em cidades e co-fundados do Igarapé aponta 6 maneiras para que os centros urbanos atuem em desafios globais como a crise de migração, o terrorismo e a mudança climática. A conferência mostra a plataforma de dados interativa Earth TimeLapse.
Latin American Solutions for a Latin American Problem, an article to Foreign Affairs.
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