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Journalist Brian Winter says “we can’t just focus on income” when analyzing Latin American countries

Brian Winter is a journalist specialized in Latin America and works as editor-in-chief for Americas Quarterly, an online magazine which, in its most recent edition, addresses the rise of military…

Humanitas36028/02/2020

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Venezuelan congresswoman Manuela Bolívar highlights the role of civil society in the fight for democracy in the country

Venezuela has been experiencing troubled days at the beginning of this year: parliamentarians from the government have prevented oppositionists from joining in important votes in Congress; deputies are missing, thought…

Humanitas36031/01/2020

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World democracy hits worst average score ever recorded by ‘The Economist’: Brasil worsens, while Chile has progress in 2019

The Intelligence Unit of the British magazine "The Economist" launched this January the "Democracy Index 2019", the latest edition of its research on the state of democracy in the world.…

Humanitas36027/01/2020

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Brazilian writer Ferréz on entrepreneurship, literature from the periphery and criminal justice system

“I went to a meeting of startups the other day and one of the people there said: if you want to build a startup, the first thing you have to…

Humanitas36024/01/2020

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Former female detainees of Humanitas360’s cooperative set off new phase of project originated at the penitentiary

The Humanitas360 Institute held a meeting with five freed women associated in the work cooperative, supported by the project Entrepreneurship Behind and Beyond Bars. The encounter sets off a new…

Humanitas36019/12/2019

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Brazilian singer Alcione to become godmother of cooperative for female detainees in Maranhão, Brazil

Brazilian singer Alcione accepted the invitation made by the president of the Humanitas360 Institute, Patrícia Villela Marino, to become the godmother of the new cooperative for female detainees that H360…

Humanitas36019/12/2019

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Governor of Maranhão visits Humanitas360 Institute and shares details of cooperative project in Female Prison Unit of São Luís

The governor of the state of Maranhão, Flávio Dino, visited the Humanitas360 Institute to discuss the plan to implement work cooperatives for inmates at the Female Prison Unit of São…

Humanitas36019/12/2019

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Public security experts discuss violence reduction strategies

In one of the events celebrating the two years of CIVI-CO, the space for social impact businesses where Humanitas360 is based in São Paulo, a debate with public security experts…

Humanitas36009/12/2019

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Humanitas360 participates in the launching of Incarceration Nations Network at Nelson Mandela Foundation

Nelson Mandela Foundation’s headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa, staged in the beginning of November the launching of a coalition of social organizations working for the reformation of the prison system…

Humanitas36029/11/2019

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Humanitas360’s lawsuit stops privatization of penitentiaries in São Paulo

In October, Humanitas360 issued and won a lawsuit at the State Court of Audit in São Paulo in order to temporarily suspend the licitation for privatization of four detention centers…

Humanitas36031/10/2019

Journalist Brian Winter says “we can’t just focus on income” when analyzing Latin American countries

Venezuelan congresswoman Manuela Bolívar highlights the role of civil society in the fight for democracy in the country

World democracy hits worst average score ever recorded by ‘The Economist’: Brasil worsens, while Chile has progress in 2019

Brazilian writer Ferréz on entrepreneurship, literature from the periphery and criminal justice system

Former female detainees of Humanitas360’s cooperative set off new phase of project originated at the penitentiary

Brazilian singer Alcione to become godmother of cooperative for female detainees in Maranhão, Brazil

Governor of Maranhão visits Humanitas360 Institute and shares details of cooperative project in Female Prison Unit of São Luís

Public security experts discuss violence reduction strategies

Humanitas360 participates in the launching of Incarceration Nations Network at Nelson Mandela Foundation

Humanitas360’s lawsuit stops privatization of penitentiaries in São Paulo

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