In early March, The Green Hub held the Cannabis Thinking conference and brought together experts from various fields of the medical cannabis market: from investors, such as Alex Lucena, an entrepreneur in innovation markets, to Federal University of Rio de Janeiro’s neuroscientist Stevens Rehen, a researcher at the Instituto D’Or, which investigates the therapeutic potential...
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30/03/202012/05/2020
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Humanitas360 Institute starts working at Social Cooperative Cuxá, in Northeast Brazil
In early March, the Humanitas360 team was in São Luís, Maranhão (northeast Brazil), to coordinate efforts to open the Cuxá…
28/02/202028/02/2020
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First batch of embroidery made outside the prison reestablish Lili Cooperative’s production
In the second meeting with freed women of the Lili Cooperative, held in February at the Humanitas360 Institute, the focus was on reestablishing the textile production. Ana Cristina, Dirce, Gláucia, Geane, Tânia and Tais brought the first batch of embroidery, crochet and other works they did in their homes during the end of the year....
28/02/202003/03/2020
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New study shows that flaws in Brazilian democracy are related to its citizens’ political culture
A study released last year by the Sivis Institute revealed interesting aspects regarding citizen participation in the municipality of São Paulo. Based on interviews with experts and more than 2,400 São Paulo residents, the Local Democracy Index mapped five dimensions of the state of democracy in the city: democratic culture, political participation, the functioning of...
28/02/202028/02/2020
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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 forces in countries like Bolivia, Brazil and Chile. In order to talk about Latin American perspectives for the decade ahead, Winter answered some questions from...
31/01/202031/01/2020
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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 to be kidnapped, and agents of the government’s intelligence service have made illegal searches on self-proclaimed president Juan Guaidó’s office. In addition, the country’s humanitarian...
27/01/202028/01/2020
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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. The project is one of the pillars of the Citizen Engagement Index, launched two years ago by Humanitas360 in partnership with The Economist Intelligence Unit...
24/01/202029/01/2020
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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 do is the math. You have to have money to get it started, to make an investment and profit from it. If don’t have it,...
19/12/201928/01/2020
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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 phase of the work they began when they were imprisoned at Women’s Penitentiary II, in Tremembé, São Paulo (Brazil), with the cooperative named Lili. Now...
19/12/201911/05/2020
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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 is implementing in Maranhão state, Brazil, in partnership with the National Council of Justice and the state government. The sambista was happy: “I’m going there...