If cities are where the future happens first, then the future came early to Bogota

On this episode of the Brazil Institute podcast, host Anya Prusa speaks with Ilona Szabó, the co-founder and president of the Igarapé Institute, and a recognized expert on questions of public security, crime, and violence in Brazil

Cities around the world are designing reopening plans and imagining postpandemic life

“Colombia tried to peacefully resolve class conflict with the peace process, which sought to tackle the root causes of conflict” said Katherine Aguirre

“Armed civilians fighting against each other is one of the most serious manifestations of the crisis so far,” said Katherine Aguirre, a security expert at the Igarape Institute in Cali

Rio de Janeiro’s bloody war on crime continues amidst a deepening COVID-19 crisis

“I always had the American dream,” says Bernardo Mattos, sitting outside his shooting club in Rio de Janeiro

Last year, Ian Goldin of the University of Oxford and Robert Muggah, a Brazil-based policy analyst, also released Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next Hundred Years

A judge on Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court on Monday suspended parts of four decrees issued by President Jair Bolsonaro relaxing the country’s gun control laws.

From abroad, she’s urging lawmakers and the country’s Supreme Court to strike down the measures.