July, 2017 Read the story of IMEF Magazine about the weapons flow and sales during Trump administration. The story has Igarapé’s research director Robert Muggah participation.  

HuffPost July, 2017 Los homicidios no son el único problema que enfrenta el puerto guerrerense, uno de los municipios con mayor índice de criminalidad de todo México. No sólo los asesinatos se han convertido en un problema para Acapulco, considerado el municipio más peligroso del…

La Nación Julho, 2017 O Rio de Janeiro continua lindo… Pero cada vez más peligroso. Cuando faltan pocos días para que empiecen las vacaciones de invierno, una ola de violencia ha dejado numerosos inocentes muertos y heridos por balas perdidas y ataques en la ciudad carioca….

USA Today June, 2017 The new system works like this: Officers download the CopCast app on a smartphone, and supervisors download a desktop version. Officers can strap the phone onto their chest and hit a button to start recording audio and video, which can be streamed…

Bloomberg View – Data mapping offers cops the chance to leapfrog not just criminals, but a stodgy bureaucracy. By Mac Margolis June 9, 2017 Whenever violent crime gets out of hand in Rio de Janeiro, as it frequently has, the public glare has fallen on…

Watch the debate “How to Make Latin America Safer”, made during the WEF LatAm Meeting 2017, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This marked the Instinto de Vida campaign launch; the debate gathered Ilona Szabó de Carvalho, Igarapé’s executive director, Patricia Bullrich, Minister of Security of Argentina,…

Watch the interview with Igarapé’s research director Robert Muggah as part of the Forum on the Arms Trade “First 100 Days” series.

The Latin American Initiative on Drugs, Violence and Democracy is hosted by the Igarapé Institute and committed to advancing open and evidence-based debate and action. The Initiative is designed to mobilize new thinking and innovative solutions to promote progressive drug policy, violence prevention and good…

7 February, 2017 An expert panel share their thoughts on the social challenges for the region this year   ‘Some of the richest people in the world are from Latin America’ Inequality is the key issue in Latin America, along with education. Some of the…

World Economic Forum – Cities will not survive if they rely on preventive strategies alone. They must also invest in adaptation and mitigation

This Strategic Paper aims to discuss principles and practices for implementing body cameras for law enforcement in order to achieve better effectiveness.

As Brazil weathers the worst political and economic crises in living memory, Brazilians can hardly be blamed for being distracted

Valor Econômico – O crescimento acelerado nas últimas décadas tornou as cidades latinoamericanas frágeis do ponto de vista da urbanização

Americas Quarterly – Governments in the region should set specific targets to get a homicide epidemic under control

This publication gathers the results of surveys done in partnership with World Vision in 12 cities across Brazil, which revealed a host of other findings that may be of interest to policy makers, practitioners and child welfare specialists.