Month: June 2025

The Virgen de la Macarena now has more eyelashes and more makeup. For Sevillians it is an unforgivable affront

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Much trajín for the Virgen de la Macarena in recent days: the popular Sevillian image was restored for four days last week. However, the action has encountered the protest of many members of the Brotherhood, who did not tolerate certain changes in some aspects of the face. The basilica where the size was had to close before planned this Saturday, and all for these changes that have been defined as social networks YASSIFICATION of the Virgin. Falling restoration. Between June 16 and 20, the team of the professor Francisco Arquillo carried out a restoration of the macarena that included “radiological analysis already through CT as well as analysis of polychromies through non -invasive techniques; cleaning of polychromías, consisting of the elimination of superficial dirt derived from cultural and devotional use, and chromatic reintegration of the existed polychrome uses ”. And although it has been carried out following the usual techniques in these cases, little invasive, its effects have not been desired. They have brought certain changes, for example, in the expression of the figure, which have disliked the faithful. In the mail of Andalusia Many of these complaints were detailed, which included cries and categorical statements that the changes in the figure had led to a state of “duel”. “Something has been lost.” While the Governing Board gathered urgently inside the basilica, accompanied by the restorer and different positions of the Brotherhood (which had already asked for forgiveness), the images that compared to the Virgin “before” and “after” of the intervention of the intervention They ran like Internet gunpowder. There was a change in the difficult expression to describe, but very obvious. Some described him as YASSIFICATION (The aesthetics derived from the use and abuse of the Botox To appear on social networks, which involves not only a certain possessive, but a grip of expressiveness and an exaggeration of traits). New look. Finallythe macarena was removed again, the eyelashes were checked and the face was slightly retouched, as the Official account of the Brotherhood of the Macarenafrom the moment it was “replaced again to the cult after correcting an unwanted effect caused by the tabs replaced during the intervention.” And he added: “The brotherhood includes, and shares, the signs of concern of brothers and devotees, hence he has acted with the greatest possible diligence, and guided by technical criteria, to repair this unwanted aesthetic alteration.” Double check. From yesterday 22 and until tomorrow the 24th, the Virgin will be exposed extraordinarily at the ground level in the Basilica Pre -Bystery, so that all devotees who wish can verify that the new changes are more consistent with the desired. Meanwhile, Complaints continue on social networksin endless comparisons between what was and what is now this virgin of anonymous authorship of the seventeenth century. A lot of devotion. Undoubtedly, the most striking of this event with the macarena is not so much the depth of change, in details that perhaps only detect the most devout, but the reaction of the Sevillians, syncopes included. Perfectly connects with how Catholic devotion feels in Andalusian cities like this, and that is reflected in events as indicated as Holy Week. Opinions have taken to the extreme, in videos such as This commentator specialized in news brotherand where it is clear how macarenism is lived. To scream. It is not difficult for us It was already reflected in documentaries such as ‘Prew Dolores!’where the line between Catholic devotion and hyperexpressivity of the LGTBI world is drawn. Although in this new controversy the gay component of devotion is not so marked, it is inevitable to remember a phrase of that documentary: “There are two religions: that of Rome and that of Seville”, referring to the multiple ways of understanding Catholic iconography. The Virgin Mary is pure femininity and maternal symbol, and at the same time a diva to dress like a folkloric and whose minimal variations in the gesture are the result of controversies. Restore as you can. Although it has not reached the limits of monstrosity of previous restorations, it is inevitable He got international fame And that is still remembered, 13 years after the disaster. But he hasn’t been the only one: after him came the San Jorge de Estella in 2018the Sizes of Radadoiro That same year or the Palencia shepherd in 2020. An authentic museum of horrors with which you have to set distances: La Macarena has been restored by a team of professionals, while many of these disasters were the work of fans or decoration companies. In Xataka | The “natural wine” has become fashionable. There is a place where he takes centuries without so much hype: Mass

“They no longer define a car”

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What do we value from a car? And what have we stopped assessing? Those are, without a doubt, two of the great questions in which the automobile industry is involved. An industry that was based on benefits and differential engineering but that seems to wonder what really defines it at the moment. And Ford has an answer, at least, to the second question. “They don’t define them”. The words are by John Lawler, vice president of Ford, and have been collected by Automotive News. “Before, the combustion engine defined what a vehicle was: the power, the displacement, the motor torque and everything else. I think that much of that has disappeared,” Lawlyer insisted. And, for the Vice President of Ford, the market no longer values ​​the specific characteristics of the combustion engine that a company can offer. “I don’t think consumers really think of motorizations as they did 30 years ago,” he emphasizes. That others do. The solution, says the vice president of Ford, is that in the face of a loss of interest on the part of the consumer, the smartest thing is to increase the subcontracting of this industry and, therefore, delegate in other companies the development of mechanics. In Motorpasion They collect that Lawlyer’s forecasts suggest that saving money in engines’ development involves dedicating more economic resources to other areas of the vehicle. A change of strategy that is essential to face the great rival that Western companies have in front of them: China. The true rival. “We have to be competitive with them not only in the speed of development, the software capacity, the electrical architecture, but also in the global electrification capacity”, of which Lawlyer speaks is from the Chinese industry, a speech that is not surprising coming from Ford. Jim Farley himself, CEO of the company, said a few months ago that Chinese cars were a “Existential threat” For Western companies. Nothing new under the sun. What was more surprising is that A Xiaomi Su7 will be brought under the arm And I wouldn’t want to get rid of him. What do we value? Farley said of the Xiaomi Su7 that it was “A fantastic car”. And I did not say it only because of the car itself, I also said it because of the ability of the car to be part of an ecosystem, of a whole that goes far beyond the car and that attracts customers for simply, to be part of a more complete family of products. That connection with the rest of our digital framework is something that Chinese cars are prioritizing what, each time we give more value. Tesla has built its brand image and this article of Insideevs It made us clear where Chinese cars are and everything they offer, turning the car into a kind of interactive center with wheels. “For years, the West was the goal. The mirror where Chinese brands were looked at. The standard that had to be achieved. Today, that mirror is broken.” During the visit to the Shanghai Automobile, My partner Javier Lacort also experienced A very similar feeling that summed up with those words. Differentiate when everything is the same. Until now, the automobile industry had played to differentiate itself in the mechanical plane. The Japanese boasted of reliability, the Americans were giant engines cars, Europeans have played both letters while leaning on more practical cars for day to day. Today, with emission regulations, forcing to reduce displacements and increase electrification, these differences are almost completely blurred. The associations between the companies point to an extreme standardization and there is only room to differentiate through the software. Finding, again, what attracts the public is the great challenge. And, there, it seems that China has the front by combining electrification, new experiences and low prices. Photo | Ford In Xataka | Ford has burned 2,000 million dollars and believes to be clear about the reason: “China has been in the electric car for ten years”

We are on our way to beat all temperature records in a month of June. The fault is of a “jam” in the atmosphere

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Heat is still installed in peninsular Spain. This week a Dana It seems aimed To give us a brief respite but experts anticipate that, as on previous occasions, this will be brief. An exceptional June. There is a week left for the month of June and experts anticipate the possibility of confirming as the hottest in the historical series. All that despite the appearance of tormentous episodes (some of enough intensity) interspersed between extreme heat days. For now the most warm June record The 2017 holds it. That year, the average temperature of the first month of the summer was 24.1 Celsius, three degrees above the average for the period 1981-2010 and 0.1º above the previous record, registered in 2003. That June 2017 was also slightly more humid than it is common for this month, with 3% more rainfall than the average of the period between 1981 and 2010. A stagnant circulation. According to Experts explain As the physicist, disseminator and researcher at Aemet JJ German, the situation could go worse after this week’s truce. An “stuck” atmospheric circulation would be, at least in part, responsible for this month of June anomalous and hot. The situation, if it changes, will be worse. According to German, during the next few days “Subtropical Anticyclonic Dorsal” capable of reaching in itself record levels on the Iberian Peninsula. Meanwhile, under the influence of a Dana. This seems to suggest that the thermal relief caused by the proximity of a Dana will be only temporary. Despite this, the presence of this depression in height implies that we must prepare again for the arrival of instability and rainfall. During the next few days, they will be in force various yellow warnings issued by the State Meteorology Agency (AEMET) to alert the risk derived from these storms. These notices will coexist with those emitted to warn of heat, will concentrate on the north, especially in the northwestern quadrant of the Peninsula. In Your forecastthe agency talks about storms and “locally strong” storms in the northern third, with hail and gusts “very strong”. The situation will affect particularly, says Aemet, north of the plateau, Cantabrian mountain range, Pyrenees and the north of the Iberian system. The risks of a warm summer. Last week, Aemet published its spring analysis and its forecasts for summer. In its presentation, the agency indicated that the first had stood out for high rainfall, while summer could stand out for warmer temperatures. The succession of a wet spring and a summer of heat implies certain health risks: the appearance of some insect pests have put the health authorities alert to the possibility of the appearance of potential vectors of diseases, such as the Tigre mosquito. The hot warm summers also tend to imply a greater risk of fire, although in this case, the rainfall of recent months could play in our favor. In Xataka | We do not know anything about El Niño at this point of the year. That is a meteorological mystery … and good news Image | ECMWF

Its AI is connected to a clandestine gas plant

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Elon Musk’s last controversy has nothing to do with rockets, nor with his political comments on social networks, but with a potentially illegal installation who is playing with the public health of his neighbors in Memphis. Short. The XAI artificial intelligence startup, founded by Elon Musk, faces a possible federal demand for feeding Your gigantic Memphis Data Center With a gas power plant that, according to the complainants, has been operating without the necessary permits and contaminating the air of the region. The epicenter of the conflict is the Colossus Data Center, where Xai trains his AI models with hundreds of thousands of specialized nvidia chips. To quench the enormous energy demand from its graphics cards, the company installed dozens of natural gas turbines. Now the Southern Environmental Law Center (Selc) threatens to sue the company for “flagrant violations” of the United States Clean Air Law. Aerial photos and thermal cameras. According to the NECC notification, “during the last year, XAI has installed and operated at least 35 combustion turbines and other sources of air pollution in the Colossus facilities without ever having obtained the necessary permissions of preconstruction or operation.” Before “the lack of transparency of XAI and the ambiguous response of the local authorities”, which came to suggest that the turbines were “exempt from permits”, the SELC hired an air photographer to document the facilities. In March there were 35 turbines in operation. In April, at least 33 were full functioning, emitting large amounts of heat. A third recognition flight made on June 15 revealed that, far from being withdrawn, There were still 26 turbines next to Colossus. But there is something else: XAI has installed three larger new turbines. The total generation capacity is now approximately 407 megawatts, just 14 MW less than at its peak of March. The authorities are with XAI. In early May, the Great Memphis Chamber of Commerce He issued a statement trying to calm the waters. They claimed that the turbines were “temporary” and that they would be “paralyzed and removed” in the following two months, once the data center connected to the electricity grid. They also assured that approximately half would remain standing to feed phase II of the Colossus project, until a second substation was ready, at which time they would become just a system of support of the electricity grid. The capital of asthma. The matter acquires a more worrying channel if we take into account that Memphis already suffers one of the worst air qualities in the United States. In 2024 she was designated as the “capital of asthma” of the country for its high rates of visits to emergency and deaths linked to this disease. A 400 MW gas plant has the potential to emit more than 2,000 tons of nitrogen oxides (NOX) per year, chemical compounds precursors of the tuxedo. While companies like Xai, OpenAi and Google compete to develop the most powerful AI models, the infrastructure necessary to feed them this bringing to the limit to the electrical networks And, as this case demonstrates, it can push companies to take regulatory shortcuts with an environmental cost. Image | Steve Jones on a Southwings flight for SELC In Xataka | Elon Musk turned an abandoned US factory into the most powerful supercomputer in the world. Nobody thought of the neighbors

Technology are asking for “AI Fluency” for their vacancies. The problem is that a euro is not being invested in teaching it

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Recently, Andy Jassy, ​​CEO of Amazon told them In a statement to its employees that, in the coming years, their jobs They will change or disappear If they do not learn to use AI tools. Companies pronounced on the same line Like DuolingoZapier or Shopify. That turn towards the domain of AI tools has made A new concept Start appearing in technological employment offers: “ai fluency” or literacy in AI. The new hiring requirement with which companies ask that candidates come formed from home in the use of AI. What is literacy in AI. The literacy in artificial intelligence or “ai fluency” in its English terminology, it refers not only to the basic use of AI in the workplace (where its main value has been shown It is the translation) but the ability to integrate it into processes work to optimize them. Wade Foster, co -founder and CEO of Zapier, said in his X profile that the company had established a new standard when hiring, and 100% of its new employees should be “fluids” in AI. That meant that all his New employment offersThey were going to have a new requirement: “AI Fluency”, regardless of whether it is for a position in sales, product or development. How to define that literacy. Zapier It is not the only which has decided to add this new concept to job offers. It is enough to happen A lap By Glassdoor or other technological employment platforms to begin finding offers that already claim that literacy in AI together with requirements such as experience or mastery of programming languages. One of the most recurring questions that users made to Foster after their message was how literacy is measured in the candidate. Zapier’s manager He replied After a few days including a table with examples of the level of literacy in AI that the candidates should have based on the expectations of the position they aspired. The basis of this table is the level of complexity and integration of AI in their work that each candidate is able to demonstrate. Touch on the table to go to the original message “5 years of experience” for Juniors. At this point no one doubts that The use of AI It will be a basic requirement in most jobs in different degrees, as is the use of office tools. That leads us to the question about whether this new requirement will become another irrational demand in job offers, such as those that human resources professionals They have been denouncing for years. Ask for five years of experience for a junior job, 10 years of experience in a programming language that was invented five or being graduated from a particular university. The curiosity of employees. The key to this new ability to get a job is based on the employee know How AI models workhow to give the right commands and how to generate correction loops so that the AI ​​itself detects its mistakes. However, all this needs Advanced training that, for the moment, it is borne by employees who use AI tools on their own and learn to use it Back to companies. According to data from ‘Autumn Work Force Index of 2024’ Prepared by Slack, 76% of the employees surveyed are willing to form in the use of AI for their work. However, 48% of them They would feel uncomfortable recognizing that they currently use it. Companies do not train their employees in AI. The current reality of literacy in the AI ​​of companies collides frontally with their desires to integrate this technology into their processes. A recent report In Infojobs ensures that 1 in 3 employees uses some type of AI in their work. Of those who usually use it, only 20% say they have received some type of training to integrate it into their job, while 60% say they have not received it, nor are there plans to receive it in the next six months. He annual report Infoempleo and adecco supply and demand for employment in Spain 2024 is even more devastating with its figures: 84.71% have not facilitated any training in artificial intelligence to its employees. Realistic jobs against scarcity. According to A report From the Bank of Spain, 45.8% ensure that the shortage of qualified personnel is the main obstacle to integrate into their processes. Impose literacy criteria in unrealistic the positions for junior positions or who do not need it, can chronify that personnel scarcity and prevent the access to the labor market To the youngest. Imposing unreal requirements makes it generate A talent scarcity equally unreal, not because There are no professionals trained To develop that position, but because companies are not investing in training professionals for those vacancies and expect them to come from home and fit 100% in their vacancies. In Xataka | Of engineers to keyboard operators: AI is converting software programming into a mounting chain Image | Pexels (Cottonbro Studio)

“Chatbots are nothing more than Plagiar machines”

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In 2021 the world had not yet learned about what was coming, but Emily Bender – linguist and professor at the University of Washington – was very clear. That was when he copied A famous study in which he described the existing AI models as “Stochastic parrots“That expression since then became one of the best ways to define the basic functioning of Chatgpt. And four years later this expert is reaffirmed in its position: it is a skeptic with arguments. Stochastic parrots. The fundamental idea of ​​his analogy was to compare the models that were then (among them GPT-3, precursor to the used in chatgpt) as stochastic parrots. The “parrots” is clear, since models basically repeat what they are told through training. The “stochastic”, a not so well -known term, refers to the fact that the LLM do not repeat deterministicly or fixedly, but probabilistically predicts what the following word is most likely in a sequence based on the context. Aren’t humans? Sam Altman picked up the glove a year later, when the expression was already known. He did it on December 4, 2022, four days after Chatgpt was released. He wanted to try to make us see that according to him the human beings were also stochastic parrots. In a sense we are: We learn language patterns And we repeat phrases that we hear in addition to predicting what comes next in a conversation. However, there are critical differences with AI models. We understand what we say, while the LLM no We have awareness and intentionality when we speak, we not only produce probable sequences We have abstract reasoning and we are able to adapt reason, generalize and correct our errors in a flexible way: our thought is not purely statistical Declared skeptics. Emily Bender has not changed his mind in all these years. In fact, he has just published his book, ‘The ai with‘(Something like’ The Timo of AI ‘) in which he precisely develops the arguments on which he bases his reserves and skepticism regarding artificial intelligence. In a recent interview With Financial TimesBender stressed that the chatbots of AIs are nothing more than “plagiarism machines” and that the great language models (LLMS) on which they are based “have been born as shit.” They have sold us a lie. This expert believes that generative companies have sold us a lie. His models, he says, They will not fulfill those promisesbut they will not end the human race, as some have wanted to warn. In spite of all the expectation generated, in their opinion the chatbots are bad in most tasks and even the best models of today still have something similar to intelligence. And of “reasoning”, nothing. The new modes of “reasoning” that raise models such as O1, O3 or Deepseek R1 They are another lie in his opinionand that statement that they understand the world makes no sense. We are “imagining a mind behind the texts (generated),” he explains, “but all that understanding comes from our side,” not that of AI. It is not intelligence, it is automation. Bender, who is currently 51 years old, spent his first academic years in Stanford and Berkeley, and ended up working as a teacher at the University of Washington, where it has specially seen in how computers model in human language. In his opinion, the artificial intelligence name itself is exaggerated – an old debate – and should simply be called automation. Chatbots controlled by power. In her book ‘The AI ​​with’ She and her co -author, Alex Hanna, warn of the danger of current AI models. Especially since they are controlled by large companies with certain interests. “Thanks to the huge sums invested, a tiny camera clique has the ability to influence what happens to great stripes of society, he explains. Too much Hype. And in front of Altman or Amodei’s speeches and promises, which promise that We will arrive at the AGI soon or that the AI ​​replace Millions of workersBender’s vision is much more skeptical. For her it is nothing more than a “beautiful wrapping for spreadsheets”, but there is neither magic nor an emerging mind. A magical 8 ball with pretensions. His skeptical vision goes against personalities such as Sam Altman or Elon Musk, who do not stop promising all kinds of revolutions. “That everyone believes that this (AI) is a thinking entity goes to your benefit And very powerful, “he explains,” instead of making people think that this is nothing more than a magic ball with pretensions, “pointing to this toy that agitas asking a question and answers you with a” yes “,” no “,” depends “or some more options. Image | Wikimedia | Village Global In Xataka | Chatgpt is taking some people to the edge of madness. Reality is less alarmist and much more complex

Carrefour throws the house through the window and leaves this 55 -inch TV with Google TV

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Find The best TV For you it can be a real odyssey, due to the large number of different models that exist. If you are looking for a good, beautiful and cheap, Carrefour Does not to surprise us with offers like this one that we are going to show you. Now you can take the smart TV 55p61b TCL At a price that will seem a joke. Specifically, it is available for 289 euros and with free shipping in 72 hours. Although you can also pick it up in the store on the same day. TV TV 55P61B 4K HDR10+ Google TV * Some price may have changed from the last review A TV with a good value for money TCL is earning a good hole in the sector of the Smart TVSthanks to models like this that meet the three “B” (good, beautiful and cheap). Specifically, the 55p61b TCL mounts a 55 -inch LED panel and offers 4K UHD resolution. Is Compatible with HDR10+ format and in the audio section it has two speakers that offer a 20 W RMS power. Regarding the operating system under which it works Google TVfor what Chromecast and Google Assistant have integrated. Another of the things that this TV model stands out (for the price it has) is for its Wide connectivity section. It has a USB 2.0 port, optical audio output, Ethernet port, wifi, bluetooth and tickets HDMI 2.1. Other 55 -inch teles that may interest you Samsung TV Crystal UHD 2024 55DU7105 Smart TV of 55 ” * Some price may have changed from the last review LG 55UT73006LA 55 “, UHD 4K, UT73 Series, Smart TV * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | TCL and Webedia In Xataka | Best sound bars in quality price In Xataka | HDMI cable types: what are there and what are different

Millions of people are hooked right now to an Olympic Games where cats compete. Cats made with ia

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What happens if together Internet obsession with cats With? Well, well mixed, they can be the ingredients of the next viral success in networks such as the one we have seen this weekend. If you have Instagram or Tiktok, there are many chances that you have seen (or have shared) a video of cats making springboard jump with pirouettes worthy of gold medal. This has cooked this viral liver that has already become a whole Trend 300 million visualizations and upload. The creator of these ‘Kitty Olympics’ has been @PabloPROMPTa Canarian psychologist amateur to create videos with AI. In its networks it has an important sum of followers, but the figures that you have achieved with this video are demential. In the first hours already He was surprised Growth: 1.5 million in just 5 hours. It was just the beginning. Right now it has almost 70 million in Tiktok and 237 million on Instagram. The thing was not there. As we said at the beginning, the video unleashed a whole wave of similar videos, what in the jargon of the networks we would call Trend. In Tiktok, the search ‘Olympics Animals’ returns results where the protagonists are giraffe dogs, capibaras, camels or lions, some of them with several million visualizations. How he has done it. Videos created with AI There are many, but not everyone gets so much impact. The realism of the video and the naturalness of the jumps that cats give is what attracts the most attention. For its creation, the new model of Hailuo aihe Hailuo 2 that was released a few days ago and promised notable improvements in the realism of physicists. While I wrote these lines I have tried the free version of this tool to create these gymnasts and, although it is not as striking as the ‘Michi Olympics’, the result is not bad. Creation yes, but halfway. From the first generative AI tools, the controversies with artists They have been to the agenda, even Some have come to sue To these tools for intellectual property. With the social networks filling with videos made with iaanother problem arises, that of effort and originality; While there are creators dedicating hours to videos of a few seconds, others such as Daniel Bitton They presume “generate 8 or 10 videos in less than 30 minutes” and also the algorithms are favoring them. In the case of the video that this Olympic trend originated, although it has been this user who has published the video on networks, he did so from a Prompt of another user (@fofrai), so it was not an original idea of ​​his. The other face. Although we can discuss the originality or effort it has taken, the video of the Olympic cats has triumphed because it is fun and is very achieved. However, the content created with the networks is increasing and does not always have this sympathetic appearance. A few months ago we talked about ‘AI Slop’ or The garbage that began to flood social networks. The phenomenon consists of videos made with AI (quite disturbingby the way) that he had managed to break the algorithms of recommendation of Tiktok and Instagram. Based on saturating them, they ended up showing these videos to a larger audience. On the other hand, there is the problem of content created with ia that is presented as realas happened a few days ago with the Conflict between Iran and Israel. In response, the platforms like Tiktok are starting to label it. In Xataka | The Ghibli paradox: the most viral success of AI is at the same time a symptom of its problems as a daily product

Not even the greatest US attack has achieved its goal in Iran. Nobody knows where is the great unknown of 400 kg

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After the first hours, and with them the Trump statements That the Iranian nuclear program had been “complete and totally annihilated”, senior US officials have recognized that, in reality, they do not know where the most sensitive Iranian element is, an unknown of 400 kilograms of reserve. A latent bomb. After the overwhelming offensive American Aeria on the main Nuclear facilities From Iran (Fordow, Natanz and Isfahán), the attention of intelligence agencies does not focus solely on craters, but on an invisible but crucial element: the, a priori, just over 400 kg of enriched uranium at 60%, very close to the military threshold, whose whereabouts remains uncertain. As we said, despite the Trump’s proclamations On Iranian nuclear capabilities, experts and officials recognize that the true unknown is whether the material was destroyed, transferred (they have had plenty of time since the conflict broke out) or disseminated in clandestine facilities. The difference between a neutralized nuclear and latent program It depends on the destination of that vital stock. The Shadow of Fordow. He counted In the Financial Times The former American official Richard Nephew, that the destruction of the visible facilities It might not have affected the most sensitive material, stored in dust Inside metal cylinders in deeply excavated tunnels. Fordowbeing hidden under a mountain, would have offered limited but not zero protection. However, there is a growing suspicion that they will move their uranium Before bombingwhich would represent an early strategic play. An informant of the Iranian regime declared that it would have been “very naive” to leave uranium in the attacked sites, and assured that the material It is still intact. Moreover, figures such as the director of the OIEA, Rafael Grossi, They take for granted After reviewing satellite images and logistic movements records near underground tunnels in Fordow, which Iran could have evacuated uranium days before of attacks. Silent withdrawal. Explained The New York Times that those evidence suggest that they will go displaced part of the uranium From Isfahán, its main storage center, towards still unknown sites. Although the centrifuging (key pieces of the enrichment process) could not be evacuated due to their size and complexity, the stored fuel would have been mobile enough as to be extracted in discrete vehicles. Satellite images showed At least 16 trucks Near the accesses to Fordow days before the attack, which reinforces the theory of a preventive evacuation. Natanz’s installation, on the other hand, It was devastated by Israel, which disabled the superficial enrichment center and caused a blackout that probably destroyed the centrifugators. However, Iran had already begun the construction of a deeper underground installation to the south of the city, although it ensures that it still It is not operational. Between deterrence and clandestine activity. Although Iran insists that his program It has civil endsthe partial destruction of its infrastructure and the selective murder of at least eleven nuclear scientists have fed voices within the regime they suggest Check the doctrine nuclear. International analysts fear that the coup catalogs a turn towards hidingwith the installation of new advanced centrifugers and the restart of activities in unstalled facilities. To the big question about those 408 kg of 60%uranium, Iran could in a matter of days refine it until reaching the necessary purity For nuclear weapons (90%) if you have the necessary technical team, although the miniaturization and assembly process would still take months or even a year. Precedents The cases of India, Pakistan and North Korea show that, even under international surveillance, it is possible to build a hidden nuclear capacity. Sima Shine, Mossad’s intelligence formerist, He affirmed in FT Being convinced that Iran has already relocated both their enriched uranium and part of their technical infrastructure, which would allow a quick reload if the political decision is made. In other words: despite the military coup, political will, scientific knowledge and industrial experience remain intact. Collapse of international control. We have counted before. The inspections of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are They have suspended Due to Israeli attacks, which has left a critical void in the verification of the Iranian program. Even before the offensive, Iranian cooperation with the agency had drastically decreasedand Tehran had already secretly built a third unstalled enrichment installation. Israel managed to damage Natanz and Isfahán, but acknowledged that he had no capacity to destroy Fordow without the help of the United States, which contributed His antibunker artillery more powerful inside its B-2. The big doubt. Thus, nobody knows exactly if we are facing an end point or A phase change. The emerging consensus between analysts is that the Iranian nuclear program has not been destroyed, but Your known form. If you survive, It will be transformed: either in a clandestine program aimed at obtaining weapons, or (in case of successful negotiations) in a purely civil version, devoid of the complete fuel cycle. Advisor Ali Shamkhani summed up with coldness: “Although the facilities are destroyed, the game is not over.” The capacities, material and determination are still there. Hence, the real outcome may not depend on visible craters, but on the dust stored in Some hidden place of the Iranian subsoil. And until you know where that uranium is, the “unknown” has only become more difficult to track. Image | Maxar In Xataka | For 125 airplanes and 14 bombs to reach Iran, the US used one of the oldest tactics of war: perfidy In Xataka | Russia recalled a threat that appears in the war between Iran and Israel: the possibility of a nuclear disaster

9 kilometers of water keep the planet in suspense

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The tension climbing Between Iran and the US it has had a peculiar effect: it has led to half the world (and the other medium too) to look at a tiny navigable channel located in the Middle East, the Ormuz narrow. In view of the satellite it does not seem much, a narrow sea language that connects the Persian and Oman Gulf, but in practice it is a strategic artery for the world’s fuel traffic. Every day dozens of metaneros and oil companies navigate. Now Tehran considers to close it as punishment to US attack against its nuclear baseswhat would put Above up The oil market. What is the Ormuz Strait? A strategic channel for global hydrocarbons transport. A “critical point of oil strangulation “. And a tiny corner of the Map of the Middle East who today look carefully at the economists and leaders of half everyone. Ormuz is a narrow navigable between Oman and Iran that joins the Persian and Oman golves, which in practice makes him an artery for traffic with the Arabic sea. A Fast look The map arrives to understand two characteristics of Ormuz, both interrelated. The first is its narrow geography. At its closest point the channel measures only 33 km wide, although the navigation zone is even smaller: the two reservations for the passage of oil companies barely reach Three kilometers Each one and are separated by a damping zone with a similar width. Hence The Wall Street Journal point out that world markets are really pending a strip of nine kilometers. Why is it important? Because dozens of huge ships loaded with crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) that drives the economies of world world powers, including China, are going through these routes, including China, including China, including China, including China, including China, The biggest buyer of Iranian oil. The data speak for themselves. The Vortexa firm Calculate That between the beginning of 2022 and last month every day they flowed through the narrow millions of barrels of oil (between 17.8 and 20.8) of different types, which means that the Ormuz Strait channels the fifth part of the world consumption of crude oil. And that is just oil. There are those who calculate that Something more than 20% From the metaneros ships that navigate the world pass through that narrow channel that Iran and Oman separates. The firm Lloys List has thrown accounts and calculates that every day they transit about 15 million barrels of crude oil, 2.5 million barrels of products, 20% of liquefied natural gas and one third of Liquefied oil gas. AND It is then distributed by the world, with a special impact on Asian economies. The AEI assures that 84% of crude and 83% of the LNG that passed last year through the Ormuz Strait ended in Asia markets. Why is it news? Because the stability of the channel is on the tightrope. After Washington Atacase the weekend Three Nuclear Bases of Iran, the world now expects Tehran’s response and among its possible movements is the blockade of the Ormuz Strait, which would submit to the fuel market (and by extension to the global economy) to strong pressure. How is probable? That is the million -dollar question: will they really go to close the Strait? Although there are analysts who doubt that Tehran will adopt a measure that would damage their own economy and that of its neighbors, Like Saudi Arabiathe Iranian government has already shown that the idea is on the table. On Saturday the Islamic Advisory Assembly recommended The closure of the channel, although the final decision is not in its hands, but in those of Ali Jamenei. For now, the government has made it clear that they do not rule out taking a step that would tighten the markets and would probably have its reflection in prices. Yesterday the Commander of the Revolutionary Guard insisted in that the closure of Ormuz “is being considered”, and warned: “Iran will make the best decision.” The channel blockade is only one of the options that Tehran would have to respond to US attacks. The analysts They speculate With other options, such as direct attacks on US forces, hitting diplomatic missions or cyber attacks. How would the Strait close? It is not the first time that they will love with tensioning the markets. He did it Already in 2018, in full strip and loosen with Washington for the sanctions to Tehran. TWSJ appointment Naval analysts and operators of the oil sector who remember that the Iranian Navy has been expanding its power in the area thanks to different resources, such as the use of boats capable of attacking objectives. They also talk about the possible use of mines or even the assault of ships from helicopter with the purpose of “retaining them for long periods.” A few years ago, In July 2019the Islamic Revolutionary Guard of Iran already assaulted a British oil tanker in the Ormuz Strait and kept it blocked for months in response to the arrest of one of its ships in Gibraltar. Washington could answer with their war ships, but there are experts, such as Antony Gurnee, former director of the oil sector, who warn that clearing the Strait would take time … with its consequences for the international market, as verified Not long ago In the Red Sea with Hutis attacks. What effects would the closure have? The first would be evident. Qatar, Baréin, Arab Emirates or Kuwait would face serious problems to export their crude. Saudi Arabia could continue to supply a part to the market thanks to its East-West pipelinebut its global export capacity would be strongly affected. Iranian oil would also be harmed, since it uses the same river access road, and would affect one of its great world buyers: China. The threat for Beijing is so serious that Washington already He asked him that intermediate to remove Tehran from the head the possibility of closing Ormuz. Sable noise and … Read more

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