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?

In Rio de Janeiro, where murder rates this year have soared to their highest levels in a decade, violence stalks even the youngest residents.

The sense of unease on many Latin American city streets is palpable. Fear and uncertainty affect people’s day-to-day decisions — whether to take public transport, where to buy groceries, when to go out at night.

La vuelta de la violencia en Río coincide con un recorte del 30% del presupuesto de seguridad en un Estado al borde de la quiebra, donde todos los recursos se dedican a seguir pagando los salarios de los agentes y a veces ni dan para eso.

Even with the surge in attacks over the past three years, the number of deaths are much lower than then.

In Rio de Janeiro’s bohemian neighborhood of Santa Teresa, the rain-forest chic Aprazivel restaurant is nearly empty on what should be a busy Saturday night

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.

The end of war hasn’t released Colombia from the grip of violence. Homicide rates have fallen in the 12 months since the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) agreed to a permanent ceasefire, but other forms of victimization have started to rise.

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

While Brazil made some important strides in sustainable development over the past two decades, it also risks moving backward in the years ahead.

Ilona Szabó talks to Americas Quartely about violence in Rio de Janeiro.

Published originally on Insight Crime: Community policing has become the go-to security strategy in the Americas.

Financial Times article talks about violence in Rio de Janeiro

Uma breve análise sobre o projeto de segurança do Rio de Janeiro

Adriana Erthal Abdenur and Robert Muggah falam sobre a crise da Venezuela