NGOs and Academia

Brazil murders reflect tough reporting, lack of justice
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 00:00
In Brazil, only one in 10 homicides is solved. This low rate is reflected in the impunity for crimes against journalists
Views on the Special Police Units for Neighborhood Pacifi cation (UPPs) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 00:00
Sur – International Journal on Human Rights, released an issue on Citizen Security and Human Rights and interviewed two UPP experts to contribute to public debate on effective policies to ensure the right to security
Citizen Security and Transnational Organized Crime in the Americas: Current Situation and Challenges in the Inter-American Arena
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 00:00
The continuation of human rights violations, the chronic neglect of prison systems, the privatization of security services, and the recurring use of the Army for citizen security work also are reasons for concern
Results and Futures
Monday, December 17, 2012 - 00:00
The elections show that Chavez’s charisma can indeed carry-over to other politicians in his coalition, at least in the short term
Does open data make development more accountable? The case of Colombia
Friday, December 14, 2012 - 00:00
World Bank-backed good governance initiatives are absent in areas where corruption risks for the department are high and where it is funding other numerous projects related to corruption-prone sectors
Capitalizing on the China Cycle: Time is Running Out for Latin America
Friday, December 14, 2012 - 00:00
China’s slowing growth, its proposed “economic transformation,” and its commitment to deeper economic integration with Latin America are changing the landscape of Sino-Latin economic engagement
Security in Nicaragua: Central America's Exception?
Friday, December 14, 2012 - 00:00
Have the countries of the Southern Triangle stood apart from such violence? Is this a new development in the countries of the isthmus?
A New Beginning for Mexican Oil
Friday, December 14, 2012 - 00:00
Although multiple diagnoses of the sector exist, in recent years there has been no fundamental examination of the principles that should underlie the nation’s energy policy
Massacres Under the Looking Glass
Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 00:00
he ICC’s conclusions about the “false positives” scandal raise many questions about the Colombian military, and, more importantly, about its U.S. patron
Pacto de Mexico: The Expert Take
Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 00:00
Achieving agreement on such a definitive and imaginative range of issues suggests, at the very least, that they are likely to sustain this through the first congressional session

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