All posts by "Mario Vargas Sanchez"

Brazil has a very large number of political parties. The current main challenge for Brazil is the challenge depicted in the book of Sergio Abranches ‘ Coalition Presidentialism : The ...

After nearly four years of negotiations, a successful resolution to Colombia’s peace talks is at hand. On June 23, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced that his administration had signed ...

Why Erdogan can’t end PKK war Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s months-long war against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has become unbearably destructive and deadly, and the violence is threatening to spill over into western Turkey. The ...

Given their fragmented, decentralized structure, Venezuela’s colectivos would have a difficult time openly confronting security forces in the coming year. These groups will try to maintain their independence in the ...

“Dogs go, pigs come,” read the graffiti-smeared walls throughout Taipei in February 1947. It was less than a year and a half since the Allies had driven the so-called “dogs” ...

Jan. 12: The Venezuelan Government Grinds to a Halt The Venezuelan government has fallen into institutional crisis at a time when it can ill afford to be anything but unified. ...

Summary A pair of attacks threatens to damage ties that India and Pakistan only recently repaired. On Jan. 2, armed militants donning Indian military uniforms stormed an air force base ...

As with many aspects of modern banking, the word “bankrupt” has its roots in Renaissance Italy. The original banks were Florentine merchants who would sit in the open street behind ...

After three years of negotiations, a peace deal between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the government is within reach, and final negotiations to demobilize the militant group ...

The diplomatic crisis that erupted over the weekend between Saudi-Iranians is certainly noisy, but it is merely the manifestation of a deepening geopolitical rift in the region. With the United States ...