Financial Times article talks about violence in Rio de Janeiro

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

InSight Crime August, 2017 In March 2017, two Rio de Janeiro police officers were recorded on video executing two suspects. The incident was damning for Rio de Janeiro’s “Police Pacification Unit” (Unidade de Polícia Pacificadora – UPP) program. Not only did the images of two police…

1.6 millones de brasileros fueron obligados a dejar sus hogares entre 2009 y 2016, de acuerdo a estimaciones del Instituto Igarapé.

Financial Times July, 2017 In the EU, the chances of being killed by a terrorist in 2016 were just five times greater than being killed by lightning. The chances of being murdered for some other reason were more than 30 times greater than that of…

La campaña para la reducción de los homicidios en América Latina Instinto de Vida lanza el documento “Latinoamérica puede bajar el homicidio en un 50 por ciento en 10 años. ¿Cómo hacerlo?” en el marco de la Asamblea General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA). La publicación identifica un conjunto de opciones de política pública que han tenido efectos positivos en la reducción de la violencia letal, seleccionadas a partir de la revisión de la creciente evidencia disponible sobre lo que funciona y lo que no funciona.

The Guardian – Maria Beatriz Nogueira and Maiara Folly Brazil is failing to respond to one of the most serious forced migration crises in decades. The economic and political maelstrom in neighboring Venezuela has forced thousands of people to flee into Brazil in search of…

VIOLENCIA –  Caracas encabeza la lista con 130,35 homicidios por cada 100.000 habitantes Latinoamérica 31 MAY 2017 – 04:56 BRT TERESA GARCÍA ALCARAZ ¿Quién está al mando? La violencia y el riesgo de defender en América Latina Especial Ciudades espejo Fórmulas para una ciudad de…

Pacifista! May, 2017 Este domingo 28 de mayo se cumple un año de la intervención en la zona de “la L”, también conocida como El Bronx. Cuatro meses antes de que la Alcaldía de Bogotá dirigiera el operativo, el comandante de la Policía de Bogotá…

The Colombian Post May, 2017 ‘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 richest people in the world are from Latin America – such as Carlos Slim…

DW May, 2017 El presidente de Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, llega este 17 de mayo a Washington para su primer encuentro oficial con Donald Trump. Los temas a tratar están cantados: paz en Colombia, lucha contra el narcotráfico, inversión después del conflicto, comercio y, desde luego, Venezuela….

The Guardian May, 2017 The Brazilian authorities have been accused of turning a blind eye to a human rights crisis following a sharp rise in the number of killings by police. In a report published on Thursday, Amnesty International said Brazil had not done enough…

Devex April 7, 2017 Latin American and the Caribbean accounts for only 8 percent of the world’s population but it is responsible for 37 percent of the world’s homicides, making it the world’s most violent region not at war. To date, this data hasn’t translated into…

WEF April 7, 2017 If yesterday was about analysing the challenges facing the region, today was about coming up with solutions. Here are some of the highlights from the final day of the World Economic Forum on Latin America. The secret to a more productive…

RFI April 6, 2017 Brazil is on the sidelines of today’s wars, but at a Rio defense fair this week the South American gentle giant eagerly sought to sell weapons to anyone else who may need to fight. Brazilian companies account for 150 of the…