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Bryan Melgar, representative of FRENABEP (National Front of Scholarship Recipients of Peru), made a serious accusation yesterday, stating that the Vice Minister of Institutional Management of the Ministry of Education (MINEDU) canceled the in-person meeting that students had scheduled with this public entity and PRONABEC (National Scholarship Program). The reason: Authorities refused to engage in…

“The new design has given the Legislative branch preeminence over the Executive. This means, among other things, that the Senate cannot be dissolved under any circumstances, which will weaken the Executive’s ability to act if it lacks a parliamentary majority.” The Importance of the Senate in the Upcoming General Elections By Javier La Rosa Calle*…

The electoral campaign for the General Elections in Peru is heating up, and civil society is mobilizing through the Citizen Historical Agreement (AHC). This agreement proposes six democratic conditions for good governance for the 2026-2031 term to the candidates for president, senators, and representatives. These conditions, which they must fulfill if elected, will restore dignity,…

In a series of responses to international media published this week, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel explicitly outlined Havana’s political and geostrategic orientation in the face of the main global challenges of 2026. His statements reaffirmed longstanding principles of Cuban foreign policy, articulated positions on regional conflicts, and offered a renewed interpretation of Cuba’s role in…

Amnesty International has called on Knesset members to vote against a series of bills containing controversial amendments that would allow Israeli courts to expand the use of the death penalty through arbitrary application against Palestinians. The call was made on the eve of a vote in the Knesset’s National Security Committee on one of the…

B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights organization, has published a new report on the state of Israeli prisons, entitled “Living Hell,” on its website. “Living Hell” follows B’Tselem’s August 2024 report “Welcome to Hell.” Building on the in-depth research and analysis conducted for the previous report, it provides updated data and new testimonies from 21 Palestinians…

International humanitarian law emerged from the extreme experience of the twentieth century. The Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols were not conceived as abstract moral declarations, but as a concrete attempt to impose limits on violence even in war. That normative framework, however, is now facing profound erosion. Not because of legal obsolescence, but because…

The talks that the United States and Iran will begin this Friday in Oman are not negotiations in the full sense of the term, but an exercise in containment. They are fragile, exploratory and politically unstable. That is precisely their greatest risk: they are not designed to resolve the conflict, but to prevent it from…

After nearly two decades of absence, the Government of Punjab has announced the revival of the Basant Kite-flying Festival in Lahore, scheduled for 6, 7, and 8 February 2026. The decision marks a significant cultural moment for the city, reopening a tradition that once defined Lahore’s skyline, seasons, and collective joy. Basant was banned following…

The US’ restoration of unipolarity risks sparking another World War if cooler heads don’t prevail. The US’ new National Security and Defense Strategies, which collectively articulate the “Trump Doctrine”, make clear that the US’ grand strategic goal is to restore its predominant position (unipolarity) over the world. Unlike during the short-lived unipolar era that followed the end of…