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Ten Commandments for a Digital City

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Global Insight by Coauthors

The digital revolution is rapidly transforming cities, and a new vision and set of protocols is needed for them to leverage the promises of connectivity.

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How Drugs Are Destroying the Amazon

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Foreign Policy
Robert Muggah

Though the protection of the Amazon is a top global priority, drugs and deforestation are increasingly linked as threats to the world's largest rainforest.

Deforestation in the Amazon
AP Photos
Climate and the Environment

Ranching Doesn't Have to Destroy the Amazon Rainforest

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Los Angeles Times
Robert Muggah

After decades of research, Brazil has led experiments to recuperate degraded rainforest and help ranchers produce more without toppling any more forest.

Amazon Rainforest logging
AP Photos
Climate and the Environment

Brazil's Indigenous Territory Bill Spells Trouble for the Amazon

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Context
Robert Muggah

The controversial legislation would overrule ancestral land claims by native communities, which could increase development in the Amazon.

Brazilian Amazon
AP Photos
Climate and the Environment

Artificial Intelligence Will Entrench Global Inequality

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Foreign Policy
Robert Muggah

“Unmitigated AI could deepen social, economic, and digital cleavages between and within countries,” warns Robert Muggah with Ilona Szabó.

Icon for Chat GPT on a phone home screen.
AP Photos
Tech and Science

Latin America's Crime Surge is Fueled by Cocaine Production

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Small Wars Journal
Robert Muggah

Many Latin American and Caribbean countries are in the grip of a crime epidemic as international drug trafficking surges with cocaine production.

Colombian victims of drug trafficking violence
AP Photos
Defense and Security

The Global Gold Rush Imperils the Brazilian Amazon

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NPR
Robert Muggah

Economic instability has increased the price of gold as Brazilian President Lula da Silva attempts to crack down on illegal mining threating the Amazon.

Illegal Brazilian mining in the Amazon.
AP Photos
Climate and the Environment

Will Brazil Destroy the Amazon to Save the Climate?

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Foreign Policy
Robert Muggah

Brazil’s mineral wealth could power the global energy transition, but mining is a very dirty business, writes Nonresident Fellow Robert Muggah.

Mining in Brazilian Amazon.
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

Ecuador's Crime Wave and its Albanian Connection

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Americas Quarterly
Robert Muggah

Criminal groups from the Balkans are helping reverse the drop in Ecuador's homicide rate and turn the country into a hub for illegal exports.

Police search for illegal drugs.
Reuters
Global Politics

The Amazon Gold Rush is a Threat to Law and Order

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Context
Robert Muggah

Criminal activity and money laundering is making efforts to protect indigenous people and nature far harder, writes Nonresident Fellow Rob Muggah.

An illegal gold mine in the Amazon rainforest.
Reuters
Global Politics