On July 7, Jair Bolsonaro, president of the world’s second hardest-hit country by COVID-19, announced he had tested positive for coronavirus and had mild symptoms. Shortly afterwards, he removed his mask to show everyone he was ok.

This week, PS talks with Robert Muggah, a co-founder of the SecDev Group and the Igarapé Institute.

A week before the death of George Floyd in the US city of Minneapolis in May, Brazilians were mourning one of their own.

As consensus was finally achieved on July 7, a final draft of the UN-75 political declaration has been approved and is expected to be adopted by world leaders on Sept. 21 at United Nations headquarters through virtual means.

On multiple fronts, data-driven policymaking has informed and improved Latin America’s response to COVID-19 – from information about the availability of hospital beds and ventilators to economic measurements to help direct relief packages for businesses and workers.

This study considers the trajectories of armed conflict in a ‘business-as-usual’ scenario between 2020-2030.

The only surprise about Jair Bolsonaro’s diagnosis for COVID-19 was that it took him so long to test positive.

Across the United States, the debate over the future of policing is gathering steam.

Political analyst Robert Muggah says Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro’s positive COVID-19 test may spell the beginning of the end for his administration

Far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has presided over the world’s second worst coronavirus outbreak after the U.S., said Tuesday that he had tested positive for the virus.