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Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán being arrested for the second time in 2014. The head of the Sinaloa cartel managed to escape from prison twice, but was extradited to the USA in 2017.

Change of government

Restart needed

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by Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado
Security forces clamping down on protests in Kinshasa at the end of 2017.

Democracy

A pervasive lack of trust

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by Jonathan Bashi
Bolsonaro’s famous campaign gesture symbolising guns.

Authoritarian tendencies

Destroying global commons

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by Hans Dembowski
The Dhaka based textile company Zaber & Zubair Fabrics has committed to achieving the SDGs and has set up a waste-water treatment plant of its own.

Finance

The SDGs and the private sector

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

In defence of the SDGs

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by Hans Dembowski
Marvia Malik, Pakistan’s first transgender TV anchor, addressing a press conference.

Hijras

History of a marginalised ­community

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by Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul
Hijras rallying for their rights in Peshawar in 2018.

Social inclusion

Recognising a minority’s human rights

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by Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul
Jim Yong Kim, the president of the World Bank.

International finance institution

Dangerous transformation

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by Korinna Horta
Indigenous people rallying against an infrastructure project in Brasília in 2013.

Multilateral bank

Reform gone wrong

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by Korinna Horta
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