Opinion: Dark Clouds Loom Over the Marvelous City of Rio
In the latest Rio news, Rio de Janeiro has had a bad week and is grappling with a steep increase...
October 6, 2023Topic
Murders
Bulletproof trend: the rise of the security industry in crime-ridden Ecuador
In Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, a vehicle manufacturing facility is overwhelmed with demands to transform high-end vehicles into...
August 23, 2023
Brazil sees 3.4% drop in homicides in early 2023; Rio experiences 17% rise
During the first half of 2023, Brazil recorded a 3.4% decrease in homicides, amounting to 19,700 reported cases.
August 17, 2023 Number of murders in Brazil drops in the first 9 months of 2022
The data are part of the national murder index created by the website g1, based on official data from the...
December 2, 2022
“Zero murders”, says El Salvador’s Bukele and rejects criticism by U.S. lawmakers
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele rejected recent criticism by U.S. congressional lawmakers of the alleged deterioration of human rights
September 13, 2022
Murders in Brazil down 5% in the first half of the year
The number of murders in Brazil will continue to decline in 2022. This is according to the National Homicide Index...
August 25, 2022
First command post established to prevent the assassinations of social leaders in Colombia
To curb assassinations through joint actions with different sectors, Colombian authorities inaugurated on Saturday the first "Unified Command Post for...
August 22, 2022
Brazil records highest number of transfemicides in a year
13th consecutive time the highest number of transfemicides in a year with 125, according to a report by the organization...
January 25, 2022
Murders drop in the first nine months of the year in Brazil
Brazil had a 4.7% drop in murders in the first nine months of this year compared to the same period...
November 18, 2021