The region accounts for 8 percent of the world’s population, but a third of its homicides. A new issue of AQ showcases inspiring people working to change that.
After a record 29,000 murders in 2017, President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador has a historic opportunity to reduce violence in Mexico when he takes office in December. How best to do it? Experiences elsewhere in Latin America show progress is possible, and that the private sector and civil society must also play a role. Join Americas … Read more
A small but meaningful initiative in Mexico shows how the private sector can help address crime.
An innovative new program identifies potential murder victims — and whisks them away before it’s too late.
A small but meaningful initiative in Mexico shows how the private sector can help address crime.
In a murder-plagued Brazilian city, a legislator pushes against popular clamor for hard-line enforcement.
A new study shows that violence costs Brazil more than 4 percent of GDP. Here’s how security policy could be more cost-effective.
Soaring coca cultivation and a troubled peace deal will demand attention, but most voters are worried about other priorities.
The response to a politician’s murder may be a turning point in finding a way out of Rio’s crisis.
Twenty-six years since the end of civil war, El Salvador – and its neighbors – are making fragile progress on violence.
Leer en español At the heart of Colombia’s peace agreement with the FARC is an earnest effort to improve life in its long neglected countryside. A series of national programs for education, health, electrification, housing and credit for the agricultural sector, built into the agreement, are designed to help close a woeful development gap between … Read more
Ler em português RIO DE JANEIRO – The most vital Twitter feed here these days is called Onde Tem Tiroteio, or “Where There Is a Shootout.” One recent afternoon, in a span of just a few hours, it sent these alerts to its 36,000 followers: “Shots heard in Botafogo, near Santa Marta and Cobal. Attention … Read more
When São Paulo Mayor João Doria set out to fulfil a campaign promise and rid the city of its cracolândia (crackland), an area that was home to a group of homeless people, some of whom used drugs, he did so with an overwhelming and telegenic show of force: 500 police officers armed with guns, tear gas … Read more
This article is adapted from AQ’s 2017 special report on the U.S.-Mexico relationship. To receive AQ at home, subscribe here. That Mexico’s drug cartels get their firepower from the United States is no longer much of a mystery. Even President Donald Trump has acknowledged that the U.S. should do more to curb the flow of arms across its southern border. But Trump’s plan … Read more
Leer en español | Ler em português In Bogotá, just 1.2 percent of street addresses account for 99 percent of homicides. In Medellín, 40 percent of all crimes occur in just 10 hours of the 168-hour week. Perhaps more than any other part of the world, homicide in Latin America is concentrated by time and place … Read more
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