ARTICLES
Safeguarding the Rio Olympics
Lloyd Belton underscores vulnerabilities facing certain Olympic event sites in the face of gang violence in Rio de Janeiro.
Lloyd Belton underscores vulnerabilities facing certain Olympic event sites in the face of gang violence in Rio de Janeiro.
Rousseff's potential impeachment is unlikely to bring the change needed to reform Brazil's economy and combat widespread government corruption, writes Lloyd Belton.
Sunette Klopper draws attention to the potential large events have of propagating diseases, sometimes intentionally.
This article originally appeared in InSight Crime on 9 February 2016:http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/rio-olympics-prospects-for-next-round-favela-occupations
Rousseff's likely impeachment does not spell the end of Brazil's economic and political challenges. Lloyd Belton explores the likely consequences
Venezuela's political and economic crisis is reaching a breaking point and the army will likely be key to ending the deadlock, writes Lloyd Belton.
Police and government corruption, coupled with growing economic and political tensions, are fuelling a security crisis in Venezuela, writes Lloyd Belton
The Macri government's new security strategy is being tested by a recent spate of kidnappings in Buenos Aires, writes Lloyd Belton.
2016 has seen a significant rise in violent crime ahead of the Olympics. However, street crime and express kidnappings remain the predominant threats to foreign nationals amid a heightened security force presence in Rio, writes Lloyd Belton
Over the last three years, Brazilians have weathered sporadic protests that have shifted in focus and composition, leaving the future of Brazil's social fabric uncertain. Will Rio 2016 see a re-emergence of unrest or a general dormancy of social tensions as experienced during the 2014 World Cup, Stephanie Bergeman investigates.
With little evidence to suggest that Islamic State has the capacity to stage a coordinated attack against the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Brazilian authorities have focused counter-terrorism preparations on the lone-actor threat, writes Lloyd Belton.
Despite fears cited by international media and several prominent athletes, most concerns surrounding Zika virus transmission at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are largely unfounded, writes Sunette Klopper.