Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa moved quickly to impose the rule of law immediately after his surprise election victory in 2023. In the short-term, the results of the country’s youngest ever leader were impressive, including a reported 18% decline in murder in 2024. The president’s administration also…

If cities are where the future happens first, then the future came early to Bogota

Ravaged by a pandemic, a brutal war in Europe, and rising social unrest over unaffordable food and fuel, the world looks anything but safe

More than one-fourth of the world’s population lives in conditions of insecurity because of high levels of crime and violence, especially in the Global South

Robert Muggah explores the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and national lockdowns

“My daughter will never want to sleep there again,” the unidentified mother later told journalists, heavy blood trails visible behind her.

“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

A policeman was among those killed in the early morning raid on Jacarezinho, on Rio’s north side, where residents awoke to explosions, heavy gunfire and helicopters overhead.

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.

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.

It’s no surprise that a president whose campaign symbol was making a gun gesture with his hands would turn out to be a pro-gun leader once in office.