The Hague Academy for Local Governance What role can local governments play in peacebuilding? Community-based peacebuilding is at the heart of sustainable solutions to urban violence. In our latest article, we explore how cities like Recife, Brazil, have successfully implemented peacebuilding strategies that address root causes of violence while fo… Read More

Governance means confidence, which was reflected in the reaction of financial indices. The Bill still needs approval in the Chamber of Deputies, which is likely to happen. This will mark a new chapter for the administration, requiring improved management to deliver results for Argentine citizens facing an economic recession. You can read the full i… Read More

In his testimony, former Brazilian Army commander Marco Antônio Freire Gomes said that he had warned Bolsonaro the army would not tolerate "any act of institutional rupture", and further added that Bolsonaro's actions could result in his arrest. Former Brazilian Air Force commander Carlos Baptista Júnior testified that he tried to dissuade Bolson… Read More

... Bolsonaro has chafed at foreign pressure to safeguard the Amazon rainforest, and he served notice to international nonprofit groups such as the World Wide Fund for Nature that he will not tolerate their agendas in Brazil. He has also come out strongly against lands reserved for indigenous tribes. Bolsonaro advisers additionally say that he plan… Read More

Harris and other Democrats have been ringing alarm bells about the possibility that Trump could declare a premature election win, but even Republican supporters of the former president fully expect his campaign to consider the move.Smith is also overseeing a prosecution in a Florida federal court in which Trump is accused of mishandling sensitive g… Read More