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Police Exercise License to Kill in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro
Killings by police in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro nearly doubled in January 2019 when compared to the previous month -- suggesting that President Jair Bolsonaro's and...
Analysis /
Major Odebrecht Corruption Cases and Investigations in 2019
Since beginning in Brazil with the “Operation Car Wash” (“Operação Lava Jato”) investigation in 2014, the Odebrecht corruption scandal has been headline...
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InSight Crime’s 2018 Homicide Round-Up
With a worsening crisis in Venezuela, dark days in Nicaragua, an ever more fragile peace process in Colombia, new governments and new ideas in Brazil, Mexico and...
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Ceará Gang Truce Shows Brazil Government Could Be Common Enemy
The northern state of Ceará in Brazil has become a battlefield after government plans to clamp down on gang-controlled prisons were met with...
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GameChangers 2018: The Year Crime Became an Ideology
Welcome to InSight Crime’s Criminal GameChangers 2018, where we highlight the most important trends in organized crime in the Americas over the course of the...
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Marielle Franco Insights Show Grim Banality of Brazil Violence
New information about the murder of a Rio de Janeiro city councilor may finally bring her killers to justice, but this provides little cause for long-term...
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New Brazil Cabinet Sets Up Tug of War Between Military and Judiciary
The composition of Brazilian president-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s national security team has confirmed that his tough stance on violent crime continues to be a...
Brief /
Impunity Persists in LatAm Cases of Murdered Journalists
A new report says that authorities in Latin America continue to struggle in prosecuting cases of murdered journalists, suggesting an unwillingness to adequately...
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Can Brazil’s Bolsonaro Deliver on Crime, Corruption Promises?
Brazil's presidential election resulted in the victory of far-right populist Jair Bolsonaro, who has promised to crush rampant crime and corruption with an iron...
