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Venezuela: between the memory of pain and the urgency of the future ArticlesNewsViolence Reduction

Venezuela: between the memory of pain and the urgency of the future

Patrícia Villela Marino President of Humanitas360 Institute   For over twenty years, I have lived with life stories crossed by the Venezuelan crisis. Venezuelan citizens of various social strata, whom…

Ricardo Anderáos05/01/2026

Article in O Globo: Toward a paradigm shift in public security ArticlesViolence Reduction

Article in O Globo: Toward a paradigm shift in public security

The following article, written by Patrícia Villela Marino and Larissa de Melo Itri, was published in the newspaper O Globo on December 27. For 50 years, Brazil's public security policy…

Andrei Reina27/12/2025

Article in Times Brasil: Trump advances where Lula retreats – ten years of “Illegal” and Brazilian paralysis on Cannabis Active CitizenshipArticles

Article in Times Brasil: Trump advances where Lula retreats – ten years of “Illegal” and Brazilian paralysis on Cannabis

The following article, signed by the president of the Humanitas360 Institute, Patrícia Villela Marino, was published on the Times Brasil/CNBC website on December 23. In December of this year, Donald…

Andrei Reina23/12/2025

Article in Correio Braziliense: Life imprisonment? In Brazil, sentences are already perpetual — and don’t work ArticlesViolence Reduction

Article in Correio Braziliense: Life imprisonment? In Brazil, sentences are already perpetual — and don’t work

The article below, signed by the president of the Humanitas360 Institute, Patrícia Villela Marino, was originally published in the Correio Braziliense newspaper on December 21st. For years now, I've been…

Andrei Reina22/12/2025

Christmas letter from Humanitas360 Institute and Tereza Active CitizenshipArticlesViolence Reduction

Christmas letter from Humanitas360 Institute and Tereza

While so many prepare feasts and celebrations, our teams from the Humanitas360 Institute and Tereza social business are in the countryside of São Paulo, on this December 23rd, building something…

Andrei Reina22/12/2025

Article in Folha: Transparency strengthens the responsible use of parliamentary amendments Active CitizenshipArticlesTransparency

Article in Folha: Transparency strengthens the responsible use of parliamentary amendments

The following article, penned by the president of the Humanitas360 Institute, Patrícia Villela Marino, and State Representative Caio França (PSB-SP), was originally published in the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper on…

Andrei Reina16/12/2025

Letter of Proposals from the Humanitas360 Institute and partner organizations for COP30 Active CitizenshipArticlesClimate JusticeViolence Reduction

Letter of Proposals from the Humanitas360 Institute and partner organizations for COP30

To the leaders and delegations present at the 30th United Nations Conference on Climate Change, The Humanitas360 Institute is present at this COP30 with proposals that seek to build bridges…

Andrei Reina31/10/2025

Article in Folha: “Green in discourse, red on the ground” ArticlesClimate JusticeH360 in the MediaViolence Reduction

Article in Folha: “Green in discourse, red on the ground”

The following article, authored by H360 legal consultant Larissa de Melo Itri, was originally published in the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper on October 31st. With ten days until the start…

Andrei Reina31/10/2025

H360 statement on the Rio de Janeiro massacre Active CitizenshipArticlesViolence Reduction

H360 statement on the Rio de Janeiro massacre

On the morning of October 28, 2025, a police operation in Rio de Janeiro resulted in the deaths of more than 130 people, the largest massacre in the country's recent…

Andrei Reina29/10/2025

Article in Estadão: “In times of democratic leadership for Brazil, magistrates cannot choose opacity” ArticlesH360 in the Media

Article in Estadão: “In times of democratic leadership for Brazil, magistrates cannot choose opacity”

The following article, signed by Patrícia Villela Marino, was originally published in the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo on October 18th. We are experiencing a historical inflection point in…

Andrei Reina20/10/2025

Article in Poder360: “The populism of anti-corruption and the silence about the secret budget” ArticlesH360 in the Media

Article in Poder360: “The populism of anti-corruption and the silence about the secret budget”

The following article, written by Patrícia Villela Marino, was originally published on the Poder360 website on October 17. In recent years, we have witnessed the consolidation of a political strategy…

Andrei Reina17/10/2025

Article in O Globo: “Trump and Bolsonaro’s power feeds on disinformation” ArticlesH360 in the Media

Article in O Globo: “Trump and Bolsonaro’s power feeds on disinformation”

The following article, signed by Patrícia Villela Marino, was originally published in the newspaper O Globo on October 2nd. President Donald Trump's recent statement associating the use of paracetamol during…

Andrei Reina06/10/2025

Safeguarding Brazilian democracy requires the courage to have “difficult conversations,” writes H360 president Articles

Safeguarding Brazilian democracy requires the courage to have “difficult conversations,” writes H360 president

In Brazil, democracy has never been a given, but rather a daily construction that demands vigilance, continuous improvement, and broad participation from society. This September 15th, as the world observes…

Andrei Reina15/09/2025

Regime progression and temporary leaves: essential tools for the social reintegration of incarcerated people Active CitizenshipArticlesViolence Reduction

Regime progression and temporary leaves: essential tools for the social reintegration of incarcerated people

Regime progression is a fundamental right guaranteed to individuals serving custodial sentences in Brazil. Provided for in Article 112 of the Criminal Execution Law (LEP), it establishes that sentences must…

Andrei Reina01/09/2025

Article in O Globo: “Philanthropy is no startup” ArticlesH360 in the Media

Article in O Globo: “Philanthropy is no startup”

The following article, written by Patrícia Villela Marino, was originally published in the newspaper O Globo on July 15. The announcement of the closure of Primary School, conceived by Mark…

Andrei Reina16/07/2025

Note from the co-founders of the Humanitas360 Institute on the passing of photographer Sebastião Salgado Active CitizenshipArticlesNews

Note from the co-founders of the Humanitas360 Institute on the passing of photographer Sebastião Salgado

On behalf of our family, the team at the Humanitas360 Institute and the PDR Philanthropic Fund, we would like to express our profound sorrow at the passing of Sebastião Salgado,…

Andrei Reina23/05/2025

Article in Folha: “Criminal justice flat-earthism is not public policy: Brazil does imprison too much (and then some)” ArticlesH360 in the Media

Article in Folha: “Criminal justice flat-earthism is not public policy: Brazil does imprison too much (and then some)”

The following article, written by Patrícia Villela Marino, was originally published in the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo on May 18. I am outraged by the assertion made by columnist Joel…

Andrei Reina19/05/2025

“Remember me with tenderness”: A farewell to Francis, brother in faith Articles

“Remember me with tenderness”: A farewell to Francis, brother in faith

The following text was originally published on Patrícia Villela Marino's LinkedIn page on April 22. My heart is in mourning. And also in prayer. A man who, even with the…

Andrei Reina22/04/2025

Article in O Globo: “Anti-drug rhetoric is penal populism” ArticlesH360 in the MediaViolence Reduction

Article in O Globo: “Anti-drug rhetoric is penal populism”

The following article, authored by Patrícia Villela Marino, was originally published in the newspaper O Globo on April 9. While a good portion of the Brazilian Parliament and public figures…

Andrei Reina09/04/2025

“Democracy is still here, and we stand with it”: read the message from H360’s president following Fernanda Torres’ Golden Globes victory Articles

“Democracy is still here, and we stand with it”: read the message from H360’s president following Fernanda Torres’ Golden Globes victory

On this Three Kings' Day, we shout out loud: Democracy is still here, and we stand with it! It was with deep civic emotion that my husband, Ricardo Villela Marino,…

Andrei Reina06/01/2025