May 2024 Recent findings from the Homicide Monitor demonstrate that Latin American and Caribbean cities exhibit persistently high homicide rates compared to other regions.   Cities are powerful indicators of the progress of nations. When cities prosper, so do the prospects of countries. When they…

Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, is making good on a campaign promise to loosen the country’s gun laws.

Environmental defenders in Brazil are at risk — last year, 57 were assassinated and the numbers are increasing.

In less than a week, Brazil will vote in the most uncertain presidential elections since its return to democracy in 1985.

As Brazil weathers the worst political and economic crises in living memory, Brazilians can hardly be blamed for being distracted

Carta Capital – Crítico ferrenho da descriminalização do uso de entorpecentes, ministro do Desenvolvimento Social e Agrário usa seu poder para frear avanços

Yemen is the new Syria. A civil war erupted there early this year between two factions, each claiming to be the legitimate government

[In Portuguese] Article about new opportunities for Brazil internacional insertion in pos-conflict contexts.

This article debates Brazil’s role in peacebuilding, reflecting on it’s new position as a ascendant power.

This short report features an array of tried and tested innovations from Brazil that could have applicability for Haiti as it regains its footing after the devastating January 2010 earthquake.

This concept note parses out emerging “southern-effect” and some of its wider implications for engagement with fragile states in the twenty first century.