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The price of oil faces a perfect storm and an unexpected country has been placed in the center: Kazakhstan

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The oil market is experiencing one of Your most unstable stagesfrom internal disputes within the OPEC+ to the production policies of great powers outside the organization. In this scenario, the role of Kazakhstan has gained great relevance, but the real danger can be what is to come if it is combined with the focus of other international actors, such as the United States. Overproduction. A month ago, Kazakhstan was news because had to accelerate its nuclear development to address your growing shortage of energy., Approveing ​​your first nuclear power plant. Now, this country that had always maintained a low profile in oil matters It has been increasing Production in recent weeks, overcoming what is estimated by OPEC+. According to A recent reportKazakhstan produced 1,767 million barrels per day (BPD) in February, a notable increase compared to 1,570 million BPD in January, and well above its quota in the organization, which It is set at 1,468 million BPD. The problems multiply. In the Tengiz deposit, operated in collaboration with Chevron, it has exceeded expectations being the largest within the OPEC+. This situation has caused a challenge in the goals of the oil organization to maintain a balance in production. In an attempt to stabilize prices, the oil organization had decided to increase gradually production after years of cuts to boost crude oil prices. However, with the price of oil collapsing, it is in need of reviewing its strategy. Russia’s threat to reverse the decision to increase production and internal disagreements about production quotas are complicating the situation even more. The imminent crisis. The price of crude has suffered a strong collapse in recent weeks, with a fall of more than 13% from the peaks reached in January. While this decrease It can be attributed to factors As the excess supply in America and a weaker demand, the Kazakhstan factor is acting as a catalyst that could deepen the crisis. Its excessive production could be an important factor for OPEC+ to not sustain its agreements and face a review of its strategy. Without significant correction, the market could face an even deeper price crisis. United States following closely. With Trump’s arrival, oil has resurfaced again in the United States. The current president has promoted a large -scale oil production policy, his famous: “Drill, Baby, Drill”. In this operation to continue producing to keep prices below $ 60 a barrel, experts They have pointed out That Trump has intensifying competition in a saturated market, affecting all crude -dependent economies. The worst is yet to come. The growing production of Kazakhstan and the United States is creating An uncertain panorama For the oil market. If the supply continues as the demand does not grow to the expected rhythm, the crude oil prices They could collapse even more, affecting both producers and oil -dependent economies. The point will be if the OPEC+ can balance these external pressures or if the market will be dragged into a price crisis. Image | Flickr Xataka | The era of the “renewable transition” has died as soon as it starts: BP leads the replication of the great oil companies

If you have ever wondered what would happen if 99% of a country will run out of electricity, Chile has lived it in their flesh

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99% of the population of Chile remained in the dark. A failure in an electric transmission line caused the biggest blackout from the country in 14 years from 3:15 p.m. until after 23:00 hours. Short. Chile has seen the electricity supply interrupted in 14 of the 16 regions, from the Arica northern to the southern of the lakes in an extension of more than 3,000 kilometers that the nation travels, According to the National Disaster Response Service (Senapred). For eight hours the Chilean country was without light or connection and until midnight did not return, so the government authorities They had to decree The state of emergency and a curfew (between 22.00 and 6.00 in the morning on Wednesday) and convene the disaster risk management committee (Cogrid). The chaos. The blackout that surprised at noon generated a huge circulatory chaos, prevented banking, financial, mining and commercial activity. In addition, it put hospitals and other essential services at risk, and has already been reported at the time of writing this note The death of three electrodependent people. On the other hand, the images of the Metropolitan Region Metro Without light and People returning on footthey are already viral in different social networks. To this media have confirmed people from the Bío Bío region, Valparaíso and the city of Santiago de Chile who had to send SMS messages to communicate, the information came through the radio and the little internet (it was intermittent) reached them to use to use The X app (old Twitter), since it was the only one that worked. Regarding the coercive measures of the government, it mobilized thousands of security agents of the Military Police of Carabineros and the Investigation Police (PDI), According to the Undersecretariat of Defense. For the moment There is no record of acts vandalism or serious accidents, but the national air traffic with delays and agglomerations has been affected. The blackout. The president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, He went to the country at 10:00 p.m. from the Palacio de la Moneda by contingency before the power of electricity supply. In this speech to the population, Boric explained that the blackout was the product of A fault of the Isa Interchile company and there was a massive cut in almost the whole country. From the National Electric Coordination (CEN) they reported that the interruption of the electricity supply was produced by a disconnection of the 500 kV transmission system in the North Chico. Through this situation, the service recovery plan was activated to reestablish electricity, but it did not begin to reach up to 10 p.m. and after four attempts, they had not succeeded. The president of the Board of Directors of the CEN, Juan Carlos Olmedo, confirmed that disconnection It was due to “an unwanted operation in the protection and control systems of the line (which the Isa Interchile company manages).” And he explained: “The electronic systems did not operate the way it should have operated.” The vulnerability of the system. Isa Interchile, a subsidiary of the Colombian company Isa, plays an important role in electric transmission in Chile, being responsible of infrastructure such as the New Maitencillo Line – New Pan of Sugar. The electrical system in Chile is composed of different private companies that generate and distribute, but a failure in these infrastructure can affect the electricity supply nationwide. The recent blackout has shown The vulnerability of the electrical system Chilean, no It is obsolete. However, when concentrating into a few hands and an interruption in a key infrastructure can generate chaos nationwide, highlighting the need to reinforce Resilience and diversification in the country’s electrical system. Affected a pillar of the economy. The world’s largest copper mine, hidden from BHP, ran out of electricity, confirmed to Reuters. Also the state copper mining company Codelco confirmed in a statement to media That all their mines were affected, leaving the largest, the Lieutenant and Chuquicamata, without electricity, while the smallest mines could partially operate using support generators. Similarly, the Antofagasta Minera was able to continue working. A day after the blackout. Recently, Interior Minister Carolina Tohá, has announced at a press conference that the government has raised the state of exception by catastrophe, together with the curfew. However, the minister explained that the uprising of the measure “does not affect the regions of the country in which we have a state of emergency exception, particularly the Araucanía region and much of the biobío, which are with an emergency state by security reasons, this does not affect the deployment of military personnels that we have on the border (north). ” Image | Pablo carved Xataka | There are so many Australians with solar panels in their roofs that the electricity grid has been one step away from the abyss

This Chinese fantasy film is destroying records in his country and has already advanced Marvel in more than one milestone

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‘Ne zha 2’ is sweeping. Maybe you have not been able to talk about this animated Chinese production (the first installment was titled ‘Nezha: the rebirth of a god’ and You can see it in Netflix), but it reached Chinese cinemas taking advantage of The celebration of the Chinese New Year, the most profitable and coveted day for the premieresand in 5 days he kneaded 435 million dollars. To get an idea of ​​how much that can be, ‘Avengers: Endgame’ added something less, 427 million, in its first five days in US cinemas. If you continue on this path (And you are following: In its first week, it has reached 671 million), it has another even more spectacular milestone to exceed: become the first feature film that exceeds 1,000 million dollars of collection in a single country. Again, Disney shadows him with ‘Star Wars: the awakening of force’, which raised 936 million in the United States. It is the one that shows the greatest brand so far. Finally, ‘Ne zha 2’ has another record to overcome, and everything indicates that he will: be the first Chinese film to exceed one billion collection. ‘The battle of Lake Changjin‘He stayed at the doors, with 913 million at the box office. Finally, last milestone: ‘Ne zha 2 is about to advance to the first’ Nezha ‘, which became the first animated film that exceeded 700 million collection in a single territory. Many brands and many milestones, as can be seen, for a film that continues the argument of the first part and that remains starring Nezha, a protective deity that appears in the Buddhist, confucian and Taoist folklore. The argument of these animated films are based on a classic Chinese novel of the 16th century, which in turn has inspired other films in the country such as ‘New Gods: Nezha Reborn’. In Xataka | ‘Vaiana’ is already the greatest success in streaming history, and there is a clear responsible: the way of watching children’s films

For years the prefabricated houses were the ugly duckling of the house. Now the Basque Country believes that they are its salvation

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The Basque Country wants more housing. And it has A plan to get it: Bet on prefabricated constructionsa model that over the last years has gained weight in the real estate sector but that – that –They recognize From Euskadi – it loads with the negative image that still has the “prefabricated” among part of the population. To clear doubts, knock down prejudices and above all make clear its institutional commitment, last week the Basque Government presented its’White Book of industrialized social housing ‘. “It is essential to knock down biases,” claims. Housing deficit. The Basque Country needs more housing. Or so those responsible, which recently estimated that the current construction rhythm is insufficient and the region loads with a deficit of some 1,500 annual houses. The problem is not only that gap between the creation of new homes and demand, but to what extent it influences a market that, according to idealist data, has seen how in a matter of only one year the prices of sale rose almost 7% and those of rent 8% In Euskadi. … and “structural deficits”. A few days ago, speaking precisely about the real estate market, the Minister of Housing and Urban Agenda of the Basque Government, Denis Itxaso, warned of another very related “deficit”: the one that drags the industry itself. “The construction sector has structural deficits, such as lack of labor, challenges related to training and professionalization and a higher speed in construction processes,” he reflected. The relationship between the two problems is evident: the lags in the industry affect their ability to increase the offer and satisfy a residential market. “The challenge that represents the scarcity and housing failure requires balance the market with the greatest offer,” The regional head advocates of urban agenda. In his opinion, Euskadi must endow “his own strategy.” And precisely for that reason a few days ago the Executive presented A document: his ‘White Paper of Industrialized Social Housing’. What strategy is that? The book and the act during which it was presented – in which Itxaso and the director of the Public Society for Protected Housing Promotion participated Visesaamong other positions related to the sector – served to give a track of where the Basque Country wants to go. His government looks with special interest the “industrialized” buildingsreal estate that are created with previously manufactured pieces in a ship instead of following the traditional method of lifting walls and forged in situ. “The way to reduce deadlines”. During The presentation From the manual, held in Bilbao, there was talk of sustainability, digitalization, security, improvement of working conditions, inclusion and also a formula that allows the sector to “respond to the housing and labor deficit”. “The ‘White Book’ includes examples of good architectural practices, highlighting how the use of industrial processes should be the way to reduce execution deadlines and minimize environmental impact,” the Basque Executive ends in Your statement About the act. Along the same lines, the Visesa director pointed out that industrialization is “fundamental” to build “quality housing”. Issue of challenges. Not everything is facilities and clear path in the future of prefabricated housing. During the event there was also talk of “the administrative, financial and regulations barriers that still persist” and the important role that the public administration plays, especially “assuming the role” of promoter. However, if there was a challenge for industrialization in which the accent was accent in Bilbao was another, one other than bureaucratic obstacles or difficulties in getting credit: the image. Perhaps more modular houses are seen today than a couple of decades ago, but the big question, especially if we want to strengthen its weight in the sector, is … What concept do we have of them? “One of the main challenges is citizen perception towards what is considered ‘prefabricated’, often associated with lower quality or provisionality,” admits the Basque Government in Your statementin which curiously only that word is used once: “prefabricated.” Itxaso himself assumes that he “demolish preconceived biases and ideas.” Of the theory … To practice, there is. Visesa He spoke too of the development of about thirty protected homes in Sopela-Asu, in the province of Vizcaya, using precisely “industrialized construction processes.” In the sector, prefabricated, industrialized, modular solutions are also expanding time … and although in Spain they still suppose A modest part of the sector, in other nations, such as the Netherlands, Germany or the United Kingdom, they have managed to get a respectable presence. Some construction companies trust that in a few years industrialization is a significant part of their income. In their favor they do not only have the impulse of the Basque Government, which for another part has already seen On other occasions His commitment to industrialized homes. At the state level the PP has been in favor also to promote this kind of buildings to stop The housing problem In Spain, following the example of countries Like Australia. Images | Wikipedia and Aedas Homes In Xataka | The prefabricated houses have always been infravy. Now many governments are driving them in front of the crisis

There is a country in Europe where one in three inhabitants is a millionaire and only 46% were born there: Monaco

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If you think of a city in Europe that the supercar is already part of the landscape of their streets, luxury stores follow each other on their boulevards and the supereyates are attached to their marinas, you are probably Thinking about Monaco. However, luxury and exclusivity do not remain in the posture of its streets. One of the higher concentrations of millionaire population of all the Mediterranean. So much so, that the majority of its population is foreign and is one of the countries in which it is more complicated to belong to the richest 1% of its population, according to the report ‘The Wealt Report of 2024‘Prepared by the consultant Knight Frank. Monaco’s population is not Monegasca. With an area of ​​just 2.02 km2, the Principality is the second smallest country in the world, only behind the Vatican. According to demographic data, In 2023 it had a census population of 38,367 inhabitants, of which 21,042 citizens They are of foreign originmainly from France, Italy and the United Kingdom. This means that only 46% of the total population is of Monegasco origin. In recent years, the percentage of the population of foreign millionaires It has been decliningbut in the 60s of the last century, they reached figures close to 70% of its population. High density of millionaires. According to Knight Frank’s report, in Monaco there are some 13,400 people of very high purchasing power. That assumes that approximately 35% of its resident population, has a equity available to invest more than one million dollars, discarding the value of its habitual residence from that amount. The economic data They point out that the GDP per capita of the Principality of Monaco in 2023 was 256,580 dollars, compared to the $ 33,500 in Spain, the 44,690 dollars of France or the 99,564 dollars recorded Switzerland. In Monaco it is difficult to be “rich”. Belonging to 1% of the richest elite is not easy in any country, but being in one with the density of a millionaire per m2 that Mónaco has is even more complicated. According to Knight Frank data, to belong to the 1% richest population in Monaco, it will be necessary to have a heritage of more than $ 12,883,000. Instead, for belong to the 1% richest in Spainthe same person would need a heritage of $ 2,468,000 or $ 5,813,000 to be considered part of that millionaire elite in the US. No taxes and no tax havens. For decades, Monaco was considered a fiscal paradise for his low taxation and the fiscal secret that protected its inhabitants. International diplomacy has made small principality open its archives and, with it, left the fiscal paradise lists. Despite that, its residents enjoy a total absence of direct imposition. That is, there is neither IRPF nor societies for companies. Income and assets are not subject to imposition, so there are no taxes on investment income, capital gains, dividends or yields such as worker, freelance or manager of a company. The only taxation that can support those fortunes that have more than 25% of their activity outside Monaco is a 25% tax on benefits. In Xataka | The next border of the super farms is no longer to be Milmillonarios, is to be Billionaires: Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos are candidates Image | Unspash (Lazar Gugleta)

allowed to kill Basques in the country

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Iceland is known for its Thermal waters, volcanoes, aurora borealis and glaciersall between coastal landscapes and villages worthy of the best postcards. Until not so long, however, it was not the best destination if the visitor came from a very specific region of the planet: the Basque Country. Although it sounds extemporaneous (which was) and crazy (idem) until a decade ago Scarce the island kept in force a seventeenth -century edict that gave white letter to its inhabitants to assault, steal and even kill Basque sailors. The law is interesting for its content, but also by its context, which connects with the past whale of the region and one of the most terrible episodes in Icelandic history, if not the one that most: the massacre Spánverjavígin. A peculiar diplomatic trip. In April 2015 Martin Garitano, then General Deputy of Guipúzcoa, starred in the one that may have been the most rocambolesco trip of his political career. Not so much for fate, Hólmavika people west of Iceland, as for what There it was done. As part of An institutional act With local authorities during which a commemorative plaque was discovered, they sang songs and recited a marine sentence, Jónas Guðmundsson, commissioner of the region of the region Western Fjords Icelanders, he revoked An edict of the seventeenth century. Why’s that? Very simple. Because the edict in question was probably one of the most rocambolesque, extemporaneous, delusional and cruel of international legislation. The norm He had his origins in 1615 and stressed that if an Icelandic was with a Basque sailor on the island, he could assault him, snatch everything he had on top and even, if necessary, kill him without mercy. Of course, in 2015 on the island, other laws that neutralized that old edict and prohibited the Icelanders from killing Basques just like the slaughter of any other neighbor’s son. But the truth, being felling, is that in 400 years nobody had bothered to repeal the decree of the seventeenth, so technically remained in force. When asked about it, Guðmundsson He joked: “At least now it will be safe for them (the Basques) come.” Of politics and economy. To understand the “Anti Vascos” edict of 1615 you have to know its context. From the outset, the Iceland of the early seventeenth was quite different from that of now. It was not an independent country (status that did not in fact achieve centuries later, In 1944) and his control was in the hands of regional governors protected by the king of Denmark, a position since 1588 exercised Cristián IV. With regard to the economy, at the time there was a lucrative business that especially interested the Danish crown: whale hunting in the North Atlantic. Of the huge cetaceans captured in the sea, meat, bones, sperm and even beards were used, highly appreciated for the elaboration of rods for umbrellas, umbrellas and corsets. If there was an appeal of the appreciated whales it was however its oil. Among other purposes, it was used to illuminate houses and the manufacture of soap, lubricans and drugs. So appreciated was the fat of the whales that There are those who match it To our oil. And what does it have to do with the Basques? Well, they stood out in that company, as Imanol Sánchez explains in detail in An essay Posted in Riev on the Basque whales in the Iceland of the XVII. Their sailors soon look at the possibilities of the Eubalaena glacialthe huge cetaceans that inhabited between Iceland and Mauritania and navigated the North Atlantic during their migrations. And that encouraged them to enter more and more in the ocean. It is known of incursions by the Basque coast to capture cetaceans already in the XI, between the XII and XIV the hunters expanded along the rest of the Cantabrian coast and around the 16th and seventeenth centuries, Sánchez recallsBasque whales were already looking for prey in the waters around Greenland and Iceland. There are evidence that places them there at least in 1604 and before they had already left a mark on Terranova and Labrador. A business played. The problem is that Basque sailors were not the only ones interested in whale oil, a very valuable appeal that also ambitioned the king of Denmark and Norway. And of course, friction emerged. “The Danes were sent by Christian IV to hunt whales to the seas in northern Norway and for the islands Spitzbergen In 1615, and his encounter with the Basque sailors created the first disputes “, He recounts The researcher of the UPV/EHU. In April of that same year, the sailors of Euskadi hunt whales in Aguas de Iceland was prohibited. And to make it clear that the Danish authorities were seriously issued the famous (and terrible) edict that gave a white letter to pursue, assault, steal and kill Basque navigators. Of course, Icelanders were also prohibited to get friendship or trade with the whales of Spain. A MAZAZO FOR RELATIONSHIPS. The belligerent posture that Denmark adopted in 1615 must have been a mazazo for the Icelandic rulers, to say what the Danish law said did allow the islanders to do business with the Basques … as long as the latter passed before box to pay the commissions to pay the commissions corresponding, of course. Sanchez recalls in fact that the relationship between the two peoples was “largely good” and was based on a “close commercial relationship.” His link was narrow and frequent enough to give rise to a Pidgina kind of mixed language, Basque and Icelandic mixture. In the fall of 1615, with the relations with the sailors of Euskadi tensada and Copenhagen especially belligerent, there was nevertheless an episode that would end up advising a severe hand about the relations between both peoples. Of paper … to the baskavígin massacre. The seventeenth century edict that allowed to hunt and kill Basque sailors in Iceland could have remained in a legal eccentricity without more if it were not because, … Read more

How the perception of your arrival varies depending on the country, explained in a graph

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Seeing the vertiginous rate at which it is evolving artificial intelligence, it is difficult to look back to realize that, just over two years ago, all that technology did not exist. The rapid evolution of AI models and the wide range of uses that are being given to them is making them obsolete all forecastsand increases the fear that, sooner rather than later, a AI can replace humans in their jobs. The impact of AI on employment according to experts The Report ‘The Future of Jobs Report 2025’which the World Economic Forum prepares every year for its meeting in Davos, has put figures at the impact of AI on the labor market. According to this report, it is expected that by 2030, the process automation that AI will facilitate, will generate the destruction of some 92 million jobs. The majority of these positions will be administrative, financial management, cashier or telephone service personnel positions, which will be replaced by specialized AI systems or AI agents. On the other hand, the same study indicates that the arrival of AI in the workplace will generate 170 million new jobs in professions that They are already beginning to emerge and many others that do not yet exist. However, these are the data provided by economic specialists and technology analysts. But what does the population really think about the impact of AI on employment? a study prepared by Ipsos in 33 countries, asked 23,721 citizens if they believe that artificial intelligence will generate new jobs in their country. The portal VisualCapitalist.com has collected all those answers and created a graph explanatory with them. Will AI create new jobs in your country? The Chinese were the most optimistic when answering this question, to which a 77% who believed that AI would create new jobscompared to 20% who thought that the arrival of AI would leave a negative balance in employment. China is all a superpower in AIso the development of your own chips and AI modelswill place them in a prominent position in the strategic career of this technology, which is why a large increase in the demand for professionals with technological profiles is expected in the coming years. The citizens of Indonesia and Thailand move along the same lines, who believe that the arrival of the will be positive for job creation in their countries. In the case of these two countries, optimism about the arrival of AI in the workplace is not given by their role in the development of this technology, but rather as countries large data center hosts who will need this technology. Microsoft has already announced a $1.7 billion investment in data infrastructure in Indonesia. It is striking that the United States, the country What more are you investing? in this technology, it fails to convince its citizens. 49% of those surveyed do not believe that AI will create new jobs in their country, compared to 36% who trust that it will. In Spain we are a little more optimistic with the forecast for the creation of new jobs. 38% of those surveyed in our country believe that it will be a positive factor for the labor market, compared to 48% who do not believe so. The results show that European countries are the most pessimistic regarding the arrival of artificial intelligence, highlighting Hungary with 65% of respondents disagreeing with the question about job creation, followed by Germany with 59% and a tie between Italy, Poland and Belgium with 58% of its citizens believing that AI will destroy more jobs of those who will create. This perception coincides, although to a lesser extent, with the global average, which is around 46% of the population perceiving that the arrival of AI will have a negative impact on the labor market, while 43% believe that arrival of AI will be positive. In Xataka | “I have three years of work left”: more and more AI managers believe that AI will end up taking their jobs Image | VisualCapitalist.com

“I am thinking of leaving the US”: the hopelessness of migrants who legally arrived in the country in the face of the restrictions now imposed by Trump

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Image source, Getty images Article information Mario has been 3 months and 14 days without touching his wife. The Venezuelan migrant keeps a thorough record of the time that he has lived away from Sofia, with the same precision with which he manages finance in investment companies or monitors the minutes in their training for triathlons. Mario lives in the United States with a temporary protection status (TPS), while his wife requested the parolea humanitarian permit that the government of former president Joe Biden granted to 530,000 Venezuelans, Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians, who arrived in US territory after fleeing crises in their countries, according to figures from the Office of Customs and Border Protection. But this mechanism was suspended by Donald Trump a day after assuming the presidency, as part of a set of measures aimed at curbing irregular migration to the United States. Although Sofia obtained the parole In May of last year, your travel permit is still waiting in Caracas to be issued by the United States authorities. His son, on the other hand, made the request at the same time, received the travel authorization 3 days after having achieved the parole and emigrated in June. “Honestly, I’m thinking of leaving the United States,” Mario said in a WhatsApp call in which Sofia also participated. “I’ve been waiting for my wife to come with him for more than 3 years parole And now they suspend it. I’m fed up. “ Image source, Getty images Photo foot, A group of migrants on the border discovers that the application of migratory quotes, CBP One, no longer works after Donald Trump’s investiture. Legally migrate Migrants outside the United States could manage their procedures through CBP One, an application that the Biden government enabled in January 2023 to assign appointments with immigration authorities. But the platform was deactivated after Trump’s investiture and the records of 940,000 people were eliminated. “Our intention has always been emigrating in the right way, legally,” Sofia said from Caracas. “We follow the norms, we invest our heritage in this process and now we do not know what else we can do.” Image source, Getty images Photo foot, In recent years, thousands of migrants entered irregularly through the southern border of the United States after crossing the Rio Bravo. The couple asked to preserve their true identity, with the hope that this testimony does not harm them if the Trump government enables other mechanisms to allow the entry of the beneficiaries of Parole and the CBP One appointments. So far it is unknown if the decision of the Trump government annuls the cases in progress or if it will only prevent new applications. Nor is it clear what will happen to people who, like Sofia, already had the approved procedure and expect a travel permit. Image source, Getty images Photo foot, The appointments assigned through the CBP One application were eliminated. Of parole to deportations Biden used the parole Humanitarian as an answer to the immigration crisis that unleashed the Russian invasion in Ukraine. In April 2022, he implemented this mechanism to offer Ukrainians the possibility of legally reaching the United States, and staying for 2 years with work permit, with the support of a sponsor registered with the Department of National Security. Months later, in October 2022, the program extended to Venezuelans, which during the last decade added 7.8 million migrants and refugees, and became the greatest exodus in the history of the American continent. In January 2023, the parole The citizens of Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua were extended. However, one of Trump’s most important campaign promises was to stop irregular migration to the United States, which recorded historical indices during the Biden government. As soon as he assumed the reins of the White House, Trump announced that his government will undertake the mass deportation of undocumented, a measure that could affect at least 11 million people living in the country without having a legal immigration status. In addition, he declared “national emergency” on the border with Mexico and the deployment of military forces to guard it, and even repealed the law that prohibited security forces seeking undocumented migrants in churches, schools and hospitals, places that were previously considered ” sensitive “and that should be exempt from migratory raids. Image source, Getty images Photo foot, Migrants and activists protest on the border between Mexico and the US against mass deportations. A third country Mario reviews the family story that led them to the decision to leave for the United States. First, the death of his youngest daughter in Venezuela, due to heart failure that was complicated by the lack of medicines. Then, the decision to emigrate to Colombia to cope with that loss with a new life project. Then, the creation of a company that finally broke due to the confinement of the pandemic. To recover from that failure, Mario decided to accept a job offer in the United States, while Sofia returned to Caracas to reorganize. They sold everything and allocated their savings to the procedures to settle in the United States. “This whole process has cost us about US $ 30,000,” Mario said. “And now it turns out that I can’t see my wife? This is no longer an effort, it is a sacrifice.” In August 2024, the process of Sofia and thousands of applicants was temporarily paralyzed due to a mass fraud investigation in the applications, which further took the couple’s reunion. During these years, Mario and Sofia have built a shared daily life through the WhatsApp chat. And they communicate by video call every time Sofia manages to have a good Internet connection in Caracas. Image source, Getty images Photo foot, Thousands of migrants walked to the northern border of Mexico to try to cross to US territory during the days prior to Trump’s investiture. “We have anger and frustration, it is no longer about wasting time but to lose our marriage,” Mario lamented. “I can’t take it anymore.” The couple rules … Read more

Judge hears lawsuit over Trump’s order to cancel birthright citizenship

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A federal judge in Seattle will hear first arguments Thursday in a lawsuit filed by several states seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of parents’ immigration status. Federal Judge John Coughenour scheduled the session to consider the request from Arizona, Illinois, Oregon and Washington. The case is one of five lawsuits brought by 22 states and several immigrant advocacy groups across the country. The lawsuits include personal testimony from prosecutors who are U.S. citizens by birthright, and names of pregnant women who fear their children will not become U.S. citizens. The order signed by Trump on the day of his inauguration is scheduled to go into effect on February 19. It could affect thousands of people born in the country, according to one of the lawsuits. In 2022, there were approximately 255,000 births of citizen children to mothers living in the country illegally and approximately 153,000 births to both parents in such a situation, according to the lawsuit filed by the four states in Seattle. The United States is among about 30 countries where birthright citizenship, the principle of jus soli or “right of the soil,” applies. Most are in the American Continent, including Canada and Mexico. The lawsuits argue that the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees citizenship to people born and naturalized in the country and states have interpreted the amendment that way for a century. Ratified in 1868 after the Civil War, the amendment reads: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State in which they reside.” Trump’s order affirms that children of non-Americans are not subject to US jurisdiction and directs federal agencies not to recognize citizenship for children who do not have at least one parent who is a citizen. A key case on the issue unfolded in 1898. The Supreme Court held that Wong Kim Ark, who was born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrants, was a U.S. citizen because he was born in the country. After a trip abroad, he faced denial of reentry by the federal government on the grounds that he was not a citizen under the Chinese Exclusion Act. But some advocates of immigration restrictions have argued that that case clearly applied to children born to parents who were both legal immigrants. They say it is less clear whether it applies to children born to parents who do not have a residence permit. Trump’s executive order prompted attorneys general to share their personal connections to birthright citizenship. For example, Connecticut state Attorney General William Tong, a birthright U.S. citizen and the nation’s first elected Chinese American attorney general, said the lawsuit was personal to him. “There is no legitimate legal debate on this issue. But the fact that Trump is completely wrong will not stop him from causing serious harm right now to American families like mine,” Tong said this week. One of the lawsuits includes the case of a pregnant woman, identified as “Carmen,” who is not a citizen, but has lived in the United States for more than 15 years and has a pending visa application that could give her permanent residency status. “Depriving children of the ‘priceless treasure’ of citizenship is a serious injury,” the lawsuit says. “It denies them the full membership in American society to which they are entitled.”

If the question is “can a country sustain itself with renewable energy alone”, the answer is right here: Portugal

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Two years ago, Portugal reached 75% renewable electricity thanks to the expansion of hydroelectric, wind and solar energy. However, this new year seems to be closer to that goal on an annual basis. In short. In a recent report from Ember, Portugal has achieved a milestone by becoming a pioneer in the global energy transition. Before closing this last year, because only 10% of its electricity consumption came from fossil fuels. This represents a record low, with electricity production from gas and other “dirty” sources falling to 5.1 TWh, the lowest figure since 1979. Additionally, locally generated renewables met 71% of the country’s energy needs, while an additional 20% came from mostly low-carbon imports from Spain. Reducing emissions. Spain’s neighbor has shown that it is possible to drastically reduce dependence on fossil fuels without compromising energy supply. This achievement has placed the Portuguese country as a pioneer, aligned with other leading countries like Denmark and Chileand projects a future where more than 90% of its energy will be renewable by 2030. In addition, the definitive closure of its last coal plant in 2021 underlines its commitment to this agenda. Regarding the consumption of gas to generate electricity, it has decreased by almost half from one year to the next, demonstrating the change in the Portuguese energy system. Ultimately, total gas consumption has fallen by 17%, marking its lowest level since 2003. In data. The International Energy Agency has shown that Portugal has achieved this boom in renewables, thanks to public policies, strategic investments and a focus on the development of clean infrastructure. In 2024, Portugal’s electricity mix was made up of 28% hydroelectric, closely followed by 27% wind energy, 10% solar, 6% biomass and 20% imports from Spain, which complement each other. . Imports from Spain. A part of the electricity consumption in Portugal comes from the Spanish electricity networks. This exchange has reinforced the collaboration between both countries in the Iberian Peninsula, where the energy of both nations totals 82% coming from clean sources. By sharing a well-interconnected electricity grid and prioritizing decarbonization, our neighboring country benefits from a mostly low-carbon import, which reinforces its commitment to a sustainable energy matrix. This cooperation model demonstrates how regional alliances can accelerate the energy transition and guarantee supply stability in a context of high renewable penetration. Image | Pexels Xataka | The overtake of renewables is a reality: solar and wind energy are elbowing their way into Europe

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