Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa moved quickly to impose the rule of law immediately after his surprise election victory in 2023. In the short-term, the results of the country’s youngest ever leader were impressive, including a reported 18% decline in murder in 2024. The president’s administration also…

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

Ravaged by a pandemic, a brutal war in Europe, and rising social unrest over unaffordable food and fuel, the world looks anything but safe

More than one-fourth of the world’s population lives in conditions of insecurity because of high levels of crime and violence, especially in the Global South

Robert Muggah explores the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and national lockdowns

“My daughter will never want to sleep there again,” the unidentified mother later told journalists, heavy blood trails visible behind her.

“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

A policeman was among those killed in the early morning raid on Jacarezinho, on Rio’s north side, where residents awoke to explosions, heavy gunfire and helicopters overhead.

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