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Photo credit: Courtesy International Observatory of Participatory Democracy
SAN LUIS POTOSI
AWARDS Our 3 Local Governments of the Year
San Luis Potosi, Mexico; Setagaya District, Tokyo; and Gothenburg, Sweden Share Inaugural Prize
Photo credit: by Janak Bhatta, via Wikimedia Commons, CC 4.0
KATHMANDU
AWARDS Meet Democracy Local's Mayor of the Year
''The World Cannot Come Between Us'
Myanmar (Burma)
Abusing a Disaster
The Myanmar junta builds power with ruins. Citizens are not only ignored in the aftermath of the 7.7...
BONN AND COLOGNE
EVENT: What Can We Learn From Latin America?
Two late April events in neighbouring German cities examine democracy from Brazil to Ecuador.
REASI (KASHMIR)
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: The High Costs of India's Local Projects...
Questions about the Infrastructure Being Built Since Kashmir Lost Autonomous Status in 2019
THE DEMOCRACY COLUMN
The Real US President Is Subnational
A president behaves like a local bully. A governor behaves like a president.
Ecuador
Yasuní: When Citizens Vote – Governments Must Listen
Ecuador voted. The people spoke. But the government is stalling.  There are important new updates to the...
Photo by Democracy International, Daniela Vancic speaking in a workshop during ECI Day
European Union
Here Be Europeans: What We Learned at ECI Day 2025
It is the most wonderful time of the year…and it’s not Christmas! There’s one special day a year that brings...
Hurricane Katrina aftermath.
LOS ANGELES AND NEW ORLEANS
ZÓCALO: To Today's Kids: How I Survived My City's Destruction
A letter from a survivor of Hurricane Katrina to the children of Los Angeles.
The picture depicts Yoshito Kawakado, who works for Town Creator Corporation, that handles programming at the public market.
ITOMAN, OKINAWA
LOCAL SNAPSHOTS Yoshi Kawakado, Convener
Bringing together Itoman City in Its public market.
Denmark
You have more influence on the EU than you think: EU4Global in Aarhus,...
The EU for Global project aims to foster democratic participation in the policies that will shape the...
NARSARSUAQ
Greenland's Independence Is a Matter of Local Democracy
In Advance of April 1 Local Elections, Greenland Contemplates Self-Governance