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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

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

Georeferencing helps reveal the scale of impact from natural disasters and dam building   Dom Phillips, for The Guardian At least 7.7 million Brazilians, or one every minute, have been forced to leave their homes since 2000, a pioneering study has found. Of those, 6.4

Ilona Szabó participa como mediadora do debate na segunda-feira (26) no Rio de Janeiro sobre o papel da educação na formação do cidadão e na consolidação da paz, promovido pelo Instituto Net Claro Embratel.

Matéria “Esperança para economia, maior porto do país convive com a violência” do veículo Bloomberg, escrito por David Biller e Marie Monteleone.

Robert Muggah retorna ao TED Global para falar sobre fragilidade resiliência de cidades. Confira as fotos.

Using Drones for Conflict Prevention in Peacekeeping Missions

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?

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.

Latin American Solutions for a Latin American Problem, an article to Foreign Affairs.