Today, roughly 4 billion people live in cities, more than half of the world’s population. According to some analysts, around 600 cities generate two-thirds of global GDP.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought some of the world’s wealthiest global cities to their knees. In the current epicentre, New York, roughly one-fifth of all residents are infected and more than 20,000 have died.
The COVID-19 pandemic is an urban crisis. Globally, over 95 per cent of all cases are in cities.
The coronavirus pandemic is exposing the quality of governments around the world. Many national leaders have failed the test—in contrast to the leaders of regions and cities
Having ravaged some of the world’s wealthiest cities, the coronavirus pandemic is now spreading into the megacities of developing countries.
Enquanto a primeira onda da pandemia do coronavírus recua na Europa Ocidental, no leste da Ásia e na América do Norte, ela começa a ganhar velocidade na América Latina, na África e no sul da Ásia.
The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic may be receding in some parts of Western Europe, East Asia and North America, but it’s rapidly taking-off in Latin America, Africa and South Asia.
To say that COVID-19 changes everything is already a cliché. But it’s also true.
Following the recent ouster of Brazil’s popular justice minister, Sergio Moro, the world’s fourth-largest democracy is on the brink of plunging into even deeper instability.
As the novel coronavirus spreads throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, social media have been rife with reports touting some of the environmental and climate benefits of the pandemic.
Chegou a hora de enfrentar a crise política que consome o Brasil.
Os prisioneiros vivem sob a ameaça permanente do contágio. Não temos pena de morte no Brasil, mas essa pode ser a sentença de muitas pessoas presas, aqui e em outros lugares do mundo.
Publicado em Fonte Segura Por Michele dos Ramos Ao longo das últimas semanas, acompanhamos mais um retrocesso na política de controle de armas e munições no país. No dia 17 de abril, o Comando Logístico do Exército (COLOG) revogou três portarias (n.os 46, 60 e
Cities are at the center of this pandemic, as they have been during so many plagues in history.
The COVID-19 pandemic is painfully exposing the world’s many interconnected fragilities
Latin America is going digital, with all the upsides and downsides that this transformation entails
The world is entering a volatile and unstable new phase.
No momento, precisamos lidar com duas crises no Brasil: uma aguda, que é controlar a pandemia da Covid-19, e outra crônica, que é interromper a destruição acelerada da Floresta Amazônica, que contribui para o agravamento das mudanças climáticas.
O mundo está em convulsão pelo novo coronavírus, mas esse não é o único patógeno que nos afeta. A violência criminal também é endêmica, contagiosa e altamente virulenta.
Published in Foreign Policy By Robert Muggah The world is convulsed by the novel coronavirus, but that is not the only pathogen that afflicts us. Criminal violence is also endemic, contagious, and highly virulent. More than 464,000 people were killed in homicides in 2017 (the last
Late February this year, Brazil published its first national cybersecurity strategy. With more than 100 countries worldwide having released their strategies and considering that Brazil is the biggest economy in Latin America, one might ask: why has it taken so long for Brazil to take that step? What does a national strategy mean for Brazil, really?
A Covid-19 escancarou os desafios de sociedades desiguais.
With COVID-19 infections now evident in 176 countries, the pandemic is the most significant threat to humanity since the second world war. Then, as now, confidence in international cooperation and institutions plumbed new lows.
Far from merely reflecting an unequal distribution of economic means, rising inequality comes with a broad range of additional toxic side effects, many of which the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp relief. With the pandemic transforming life around the world before our eyes, this is a problem that can no longer be ignored.
Estamos vivenciando o fim do mundo como o conhecemos. Fomos forçados a pausar, parar por tempo ainda indeterminado, o que considerávamos, até então, ser a nossa “vida normal”. Que momento excepcional para se estar vivo.
Brazil’s process of drafting its first National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security was marked by the political crisis that started during the government of its first female president, Dilma Rousseff, and culminated in her impeachment, followed by a progressively conservative move and, finally, the election of a rightist strongman candidate, Jair Bolsonaro.
Where a person is born and lives correlates with their overall life chances. Unsurprisingly, people living in environments characterized by high levels of economic and social inequality tend to be more exposed to violence and victimization than those living elsewhere.
Nas últimas semanas, assistimos ao acirramento das tensões entre polícias militares e governadores em diversos estados do país. O motim da polícia do Ceará foi o caso mais emblemático.
O episódio a que assistimos quarta-feira passada no Ceará é o reflexo de décadas de descaso com a segurança pública no país. Não fazemos o debate com a seriedade e profundidade que o tema requer.
Toda morte importa. De acordo com o Monitor da Violência, o país teve 30.864 mortes violentas de janeiro a setembro de 2019, uma queda de 22% em relação ao mesmo período do ano anterior
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