Gangs and Government Put Their Cards on the Table in El Salvador
The two main youth gangs in El Salvador and the government have exchanged the main points they would like to discuss in talks aimed at bringing to an end to two decades of spiraling criminal violence....
View ArticleInsecurity the “Achilles’ Heel of Development” in Latin America
Development experts here are warning that widespread, unchecked violence against citizens in Latin America is posing a threat to the development of the entire region. According to a high-level panel of...
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New York’s Stop and Frisk Tactic Leaves Lasting Mark
A mural in Bushwick aims to raise awareness about residents' rights in dealing with the police. Credit: Kim-Jenna Jurriaans/IPSBy Kim-Jenna JurriaansNEW YORK, Aug 27 2013 (IPS) A colourful mural...
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Murders, ‘Protection Payments’ Mark Elections in Honduras
In poorer Tegucigalpa neighbourhoods like Flor de Campo, the gangs mark the limits of their territories by hanging dolls from power cables. Credit: Thelma Mejía/IPS By Thelma MejíaTEGUCIGALPA, Nov 22...
View ArticleOPINION: Reflections on Corruption and Political Regeneration in Spain
In this column, journalist Guillermo Medina, a former editor of the newspaper ‘Ya’ and former deputy for Spain’s Union of the Democratic Centre, argues that Spaniards are now making the connection...
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Opinion: War on Wildlife Crime – Time to Enlist the Ordinary Citizen
Dead addax (white antelope) hunted by soldiers in Chad – “We should not underestimate the seriousness of wildlife crime”. Credit: John Newby/SCFBy Bradnee ChambersBONN, Mar 1 2015 (IPS)It is no...
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Families See Hope for Justice in Palestinian Membership of ICC
Sahar Baker (left), with Ahed Baker (right) and sister-in-law in front of their beach camp house, with photographs of the four cousins killed by Israeli gunboats in summer 2014 while playing football...
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Kenyan Pastoralists Protest Wanton Destruction of Indigenous Forest
Forest rangers putting out a fire at a charcoal burning kiln in Kenya’s Mau Forest. The future of the country’s indigenous forest cover is under threat but this has little to do with poverty and...
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‘Je Suis Favela’ – Bringing Brazilian Books to the French
By A. D. McKenziePARIS, May 9 2015 (IPS)Long before the attack in Paris that inspired the slogan “Je Suis Charlie”, a young French publisher had released a collection of stories titled je suis favela...
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Accusations of ‘Apartheid’ Cause Israelis to Backpedal
Azzum Atme checkpoint border crossing from the West Bank into Israel, where hundreds of Palestinian labourers cross into Israel each day using Israeli buses. These labourers already face long delays at...
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The U.N. at 70: Drugs and Crime are Challenges for Sustainable Development
Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. "The magnitude of the problems we face is such that it is sometimes hard to...
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