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

The Supreme Military Court then analyzed the case. The general in charge of reporting the case voted to acquit Bolsonaro, arguing that he had already been penalized for the initial Veja article, that there was pelo testimonial evidence of his plans to plant bombs, and that there were "deep contradictions in the four graphological exams", two of whi… Read More

Federal prosecutors, led by special counsel Jack Smith have charged Trump with four federal crimes over his alleged attempts to subvert Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.Supporters of Bolsonaro responded to Lula’s victory by claiming that the election had been illegitimate, taking to the streets in protest, and urging the military to inter… Read More

Bolsonaro returned to Brazil in March 2023 for the first time since his supporters stormed the Supreme Court, Congress, and the presidential palace two months before. Bolsonaro has stated that he returned to the country to help his party and asserted that he intended to campaign for the 2024 elections.Against this backdrop, calls for Rousseff’s i… Read More

The former president alluded to unfounded, debunked claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election. He repeated a baseless theory that Democrats were encouraging undocumented immigrants to vote illegally, misrepresented gender-affirming surgeries for transgender people and revived old grievances about the investigation led by the special counsel R… Read More