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.

Ilona Szabó de Carvalho points out that while violent crime declined in the city, it increased in the rest of the state — a phenomenon reflecting the judicial decision to ban police operations in the city.

Latin America and the Caribbean are suffering from the twin epidemics of COVID-19 and organized crime and violence.

Even with deaths at all-time highs, Bolsonaro continues to undermine efforts to address the pandemic

Brazil is in critical condition. Latin America’s largest country is experiencing record-breaking death tolls and its health system is teetering on the brink of collapse.

Jair Bolsonaro’s latest efforts to make guns more easily available to Brazilians have sparked anger and trepidation with some calling the moves a threat to the South American country’s young democracy.