BID – A vast array of public and private policies and programs are underway. Most of them can be categorized as “citizen security” interventions

This Strategic Note reviews Brazil’s implementation efforts of Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, particularly in relation to UN peacekeeping operations.

IDS – While no one knows for sure, at least 600 informal settlements litter the hills and peripheral areas of Rio de Janeiro. The city’s 1.5 million poor live cheek to jowl

By 2050, roughly 6.4 billion people – almost the equivalent of the planet´s current population – will live in a city. The future success of the SDGs resides, in large part, in cities.

Agosto pasó a la historia como uno de los más negros para El Salvador desde la guerra civil que concluyó en 1992. El saldo de ese mes fue: 911 asesinatos en 31 días

This Strategic Paper studies the contradiction between high levels of violence in Latin America and the low priority given to achieve Susteinable Development Objective 16.

Foreign Affairs – Brazil ranks second worldwide in online bank fraud and financial malware. Yet much of the Brazilian public remains unaware of the scale of the problem.

O Globo – Documento feito por três ONGs aponta ainda que a maioria é de fabricação nacional e de calibre permitido

On a Saturday morning, in a group of Rio de Janeiro’s notoriously violent shanty towns, or favelas, heavily armed pacification police stand on one side of the street, on the other side, protestors call for them to withdraw.

On the protest side, Mayse Freitas lists the people she knows who have been injured or killed in shootouts in the area recently.

“I’m a mother and a grandmother,” Freitas says. “I don’t want my children or grandchildren to be next.”

The Guardian – At least 122,683 Syrians have died violently since the civil war flared up four years ago, according to the Violations

SP-15: Algunos países y regiones en el mundo han visto acumularse durante décadas las evidencias de éxito en las intervenciones encaminadas a construir comunidades seguras y no violentas

Brasil har siden 2004 ledet FNs stabiliseringsstyrke på Haiti, og aldri tidligere har Sør-Amerikas største land sendt flere soldater ut på internasjonale oppdrag. Brasilianske toppdiplomater har de siste årene fått lederjobbene i viktige internasjonale organer som FAO og WTO. Tidligere president Luiz Inácio Lula da…

SK Football – The game of football holds a larger than life status in the country of Brazil. The prevalence of the sport in Brazilian culture is so ubiquitous that there is probably not a single stretch of land left in the country where a ball has not been rolled

Desde o início do ano, policiais de UPPs cariocas vêm testando celulares com câmeras que, instalados no bolso da frente do uniforme, gravam e arquivam tudo o que é visto e ouvido durante o serviço

Americas Quarterly – Rio de Janeiro’s most wanted drug trafficker, Playboy, died in a hail of police gunfire at his girlfriend’s apartment this month. Photographs of his bullet-riddled body began circulating on the Internet within minutes of his demise. So did an audio recording suggesting that he “left the scene alive, but arrived to the hospital dead.” His assassination is yet another pixel in Brazil´s relentless war on drugs.