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In the middle of Valentine’s week, strawberries have reached figures never seen before in half of Europe. The problem is not love, it is Spain

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Hearts, chocolate, bouquets of flowers and pink decorations everywhere: Valentine’s week is synonymous with many things, but above all with crazy prices. What was not expected in half of Europe is that strawberries were going to rise so much. And when I say ‘so much’, it’s ‘so much’. What happened to the strawberries? The peak in demand is predictable: every year, coinciding with Valentine’s week, the demand for strawberries skyrockets. And, furthermore, it is a very inelastic demand: since it is a “special” day, people continue buying them “almost” independently of the price. That has not changed in 2026: what has changed is that the supply has suffered a huge shock. A shock called Spain and Portugal: And more specifically its meteorology. If the frosts of a few years ago caused the shortage of red peppers throughout the European continentthe historic rainfall in recent months has reduced strawberry production, its quality and shelf life to almost historic lows. To give us an idea of ​​the collapse: in Huelva, production has fallen by half compared to 2025. And despite efforts to catch up, production is 38% below from that of the 24/25 campaign. This has meant that strawberries are arriving in the Netherlands at 5.83 per kilo and in France at 6.44. The problem naked. In this case, the problem is that Europe depends completely on Huelva and, in recent decades, it has not been able to do anything to avoid it. Huelva producers have demonstrated an impressive capacity to produce with very high quality at very low prices. That (and the constant rise in production) has meant that no one can build a parallel agribusiness. The problem is that the climate becomes increasingly volatile, the ‘security’ of the Andalusian countryside decreases. and this episode has only confirmed it. What’s behind the story. So what is hidden behind the strawberries at seven euros per kilo in a market in Alicante is the story of the loss of hegemony of one of the most solid and refined economic pillars in southern Europe. That is to say, while strawberries are on their way to becoming an ‘ultra-luxury’ product, Andalusia’s competitive advantage is fading. Are a giant with feet of clay. Image | Alba Otero In Xataka | Spain’s problem with its supermarkets: Huelva strawberries are now cheaper in Germany

Big Tech are already dedicating up to 70% of their ebitda to AI. The same figures prior to the outbreak of the points

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The most powerful technology companies are immersed in A frantic career for mastering artificial intelligence. Therefore, the investment in infrastructure and technology that allows them to advance in that race is crucial. From its operational benefits a very high percentage is destined in the construction of data centers, buy chips, expand your computational capacity and the like. For some experts and analysts in the sector, this expense level is already reaching Typical levels of past bubbles. Echoes of the Puntocom. Big Tech are already allocating between 50% and 70% of their EBITDA (Operating Benefit before Tax) to fixed asset investments, mostly from AI and cloud infrastructure, according to the GQG Partners analysis. This resembles AT&T behavior in the Puntocom bubble (a company that before the debacle allocated 72% of its benefits) or Exxon in the energy bubble 2014 (allocating 65%). Percentage of operational benefit that Big Tech are spending against the level of AT&T and Exxon before bubbles. Image: GQG Partners Issues. For GQG Partners and as Share Also Tobias Carlisle, founder of Acquirer’s Funds, this high proportion is usually a sign of structural risk, with many expensive investments, assets that can be obsolete, and delay in seeing real returns. In the image we can see the percentage of total operational benefit that Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Oracle invest in fixed assets (CAPEX) In detail. There is a huge investor appetite, and the figures reflect it. Alphabet has raised its forecasts and Plan to spend more than 85,000 million dollars This year, almost everything destined to reinforce your cloud and your services. Goal, meanwhile, provides A range of between 66,000 and 72,000 million In 2025, promising to invest a total of 600,000 million dollars By 2028. On the other hand, Microsoft has also announced tens of billions in new facilities to accelerate the training of AI models. Together, Financial Times esteem That the annual capex added of the large technological will exceed 300,000 million dollars, an unpublished figure in the sector. That level of investment worries analysts. Goldman Sachs He pointed out Recently, Hyperscalers (AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud) have already committed hundreds of thousands of millions in Capex and R&D, which implies that, to justify it, they must generate much higher income in the coming years. On the other hand, Bank of America warns That the costs of depreciation and amortization of these infrastructure can grow even faster than the income that companies manage to extract from them, which could put their operational margins at risk. Morningstar, meanwhile, remember That the semiconductor industry, a centerpiece of this race, remains prone to boom and fall cycles, at risk that the current euphoria due to AI derive in a cooling in 2025-2026. Even Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAi, He has admitted That there is a “bubble” around AI, although it clarifies that technology itself will have an immense long -term value. Between the lines. Investing a lot in infrastructure does not guarantee on its own that future income will compensate for such high expense. If the euphoria between investors is maintained, perhaps yes, but if subsequently penetrates doubt and uncertainty, things can change. He GQG Partners analysis It also talks about “hidden” costs, accelerated depreciation, technological obsolescence, Huge maintenance of data centersenergy, and other factors that could erode much faster than real benefits are believed. Cover image | Generated by AI with Freepik In Xataka | “Psychosis by AI” does not exist, it is only another invented diagnostic label: one that has come to stay

The walls of a medieval church of Álava hid figures of wild boars, turkeys and discs. No one knows what they do there

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Cruces, Statues of saints, fresh with biblical scenes, representations of the Virgin Mary or the apostles, even devil figures twisting. Within a church one expects to find a wide range of Christian imagery, but when A few years ago Historians began to clean the oldest wall of The Church of ArbuloIn Álava, they found something very different. Under layers and layers of lime and paint began to appear something other: figures of the 12th century that show mysterious quadrupeds with claws, faced birds and wheels. Now the experts They wonder What the hell do they mean. In a place in Álava … More specifically in Arbulo, in the municipality of Elburghe stands An ancient church in honor of San Martín de Tours. Most of the temple we see today rose between End of the fifteenth century and the beginning of the XVI, but its builders left the remains of a previous building, from the Romanesque era. Despite its historical value over time the Church ended in a dilapidated state. At the end of the XX its roof deteriorated and began to leak water through the vaults, which among other things ended up the furniture. Rescue Restorers. The temple situation was so critical that it was closed Between 1999 and 2008 and by 2004 a restoration was launched that included the disenchanted of the walls. The specialists had good reasons to do so. As remember Historian Gorka López de Munain, from the University of the Basque Country (UPV), moisture forced to remove the altarpiece and disagree with the walls of the apse, which left the layers of paint accumulated over the centuries, including what seemed “strange motifs of reddish hue.” What kind of paintings? The experts appreciated several layers on the walls, but there was a specific one that caught so much the attention of López de Munain that he decided to dedicate A broad article in Of half avo. Which? The first, located in the Apsid wall and that in the absence of more detailed analysis the researcher date between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, so it is associated with the primitive Romanesque temple. Today we know that their author (or authors) traced them using ocher pigments mixed with binder and that they did not remain too exposed. Before the XV they were already covered with a new layer of lime. And the big surprise arrived. The most curious thing is not, however, with what pigments were prepared, but what they were used for. In a Christian temple one would expect to meet symbols associated with that creed: crosses, representations of Christ and the Virgin, biblical scenes … not on the wall of the Church of Arbulo. Over there, In words of the UPV teacher, what appeared were representations of animals and geometric shapes “in a seemingly random disposition.” In a wide surface, of just over 24 square meters (m2), experts found remains that at origin had to decorate the head of the primitive church and have bullow the curiosity and imagination of historians. “In this first layer, reasons of great variety and formal wealth were painted: swine -siled quadr The article of Of half avowhich recognizes that the figures of the absidal wall of the Church of Arbulu “do not respond to the best known repertoires of their time.” “Something unexpected”. López de Munain is not the only one to which the images of the temple have surprised. In 2018, in An interview With eitb.eus, Isabel Mellén, of the project ‘Medieval Álava’, I recognized His enthusiasm. “What was painted, in our eyes, is something unexpected. What we hope to find in a church are religious paintings, with Christian scenes or symbology, but what is shown in Arbulo has nothing to do with all that,” collects the analysis of the Basque chain. Instead of pantocradors or crosses What they show The walls of the temple with thick strokes and reddish tones are beasts: birds, animals with pigs or wild boars, discs with radios, asterisk shape of lis flowers drawn with basic and rough lines … a peculiar iconography that leaves a question as fascinating as difficult to answer: What do you mean exactly? Questioning the story. From the outset and after clarifying how difficult it is to interrogate the images in search of meanings with the eyes of the 21st century, the researcher slides an idea: at least part of the figures seem to reveal a funeral connotation. For example, among the images rescued in Arbulo there are real turkeys, a recurring theme throughout the Middle Ages, loaded with polysemy and has been used regularly in mortuary contexts. “The fated birds painted in Arbulu inevitably evoke those that drink together of a crater or peck a cluster of grapes, common in the steles and romantic and very frequent tombst Point out The Basque researcher, who recognizes in any case that in the images of Arbulu the birds do not appear with other icons, such as drinks, so “its nature is difficult to identify” and “elusive”. Are there more meanings? Yes. In his analysis the researcher pays attention to other elements that have emerged on the Arbulu wall, such as eight radios albums. “Those wheels or radiated stars appear frequently in the discoude steles of both the Basque Country and of nearby regions,” Slide. Its meaning is also suggestive and invites you to look, rather than consecration crosses, to designs that can often be seen in medieval funeral steles. The tree figures have also led him to slide the hypothesis that they can be linked to the paintings of a historical character, Gastea de Arburu, of Gallic origin but buried in the region. But … why? The big question. Why paint a Christian temple with birds, solar disks and quadrupeds with claws, some with the appearance of wild boars? In An interview with The country López de Munain slides some theories, such as their creators wanted to represent on the walls what they saw in their most immediate environment or … Read more

The figures of ‘El Hormiguero’ certify who won the war with ‘La Revuelta’

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A few weeks ago we certified that An undisputed winner in the conflict of the access that kept us in suspense for months (El Hormiguero vs. The revolt). Now we can talk about something less subjective, more quantifiable with figures: income and benefits that the Motorcycle Program on Antena 3 has receivedand another conclusion is drawn on the horizon. Actually, the shock with Broncano has come great. The accounts. Pablo Motos and Jorge Salvador, owners of producer 7 and Action, which performs the program for Atresmedia, have had benefits of 8.05 million euros that will be distributed as shareholders of the company, 60% more than the previous year. The 6.7 million benefit has also been very slightly higher than that of 2024. And there are also 5% in revenue, which this year have reached 32.9 million. The producer had already entered 2024 8.5% more than in the previous year, and had experienced a 55% growth. We can even go back back in time to verify the undisputed success of the producer for years: already in 2021, 7 and there were action distributed eight million euros between its only two shareholders (and four in 2022). This year that astronomical distribution figure of dividends is recovered, which certifies the good health of ‘El Hormiguero’ in a year that seemed complicated. How money is distributed. The dividends of 7 and action are distributed to 50% between their two partners. Motos does it through Japala Japala and Jorge Salvador through Primetime Production. In addition, both receive 100,000 euros as administrators of the common company. It is an association of great success that has led to ‘El Hormiguero’ to lead the ranking of The most seen in Antena 3 in the last 11 yearsalready exceeding half of The 19 it has in Antena. Against Broncano. Behind him premiere in September of ‘La Revuelta’his rivalry with ‘El Hormiguero’ put in trouble more than one day the hegemony of motorcycles, with Broncano anticipating him in audience on more than one occasion and, of course, generating a styles shock that moved to social networks and continuous allusions from the programs. In fact, 2024 ended ‘La Revuelta’ Gaining slightly ‘El Hormiguero’with more days as a hearing leader. However, Motos seemed to return with renewed energies after the Christmas break. Broncano experienced a small wear effect, and although its program is far from being a failuresince it generates conversation and plant very dignity to ‘El Hormiguero’, it remains (at least until its return after summer) in an honorable second position. Without advertising there is no benefit. It is obvious that in terms of fame or audience (which can be quantified from many points of view) the triumph of ‘El Hormiguero’ is relative, but it is not in benefits: Formwork Encofrassa, the producer of David Broncano, Jorge Ponce and Ricardo Castella, stays far behind motorcycles and Salvador. According to the Mercantile Registry, the business figure in 2023 of the producer – last registered year – was 2.5 million and obtained a benefit of 215,000 euros. These are figures prior to the premiere of ‘La Revuelta’, but already made ‘the resistance’ in Movistar Plus+. In addition, when issuing in La1, ‘La Revuelta’ does not have advertising or can make promotions with the same freedom as El Hormiguero, so the benefits will be substantially lower than those of its rival in any case. Unexpected effect. Views these figures, you cannot speak of the effect of ‘El Hormiguero’, which has remained faithful to its usual codes, aware of what its audience is looking for. Guests such as Carlos Alcaraz, Antonio Banderas, Karla Sofía Gascón, Raphael, Laura Pausini or Illia Topuria and Marc Márquez, and collaborators such as Juan Ibáñez, Damián Mollá, Luis Piedrahita, Nuria Roca, Tamara Falcó, Juan del Val or Susi Caramelo have delineated a completely continuous season. An intelligent play, taking into account that advertising income has not resent the least. ‘El Hormiguero’ continues to reign at the gates of its twentieth anniversary. Header | Atresmedia In Xataka | The motorcycle and broncano clash honors a long television custom: that of the presenters wars

The last public employment offer leaves a revealing fact after years of record figures: Spain needs more officials

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In recent years, the Pedro Sánchez government has promoted public employment calls that have broken historical figures for the number of public employment places. However, the new Public Employment Offer (OPE) for 2025 that has just known a turning point marks. Although it will have 36,588 new places, this figure represents a reduction with respect to the previous calls, and shows a worrying reality: the lack of personnel in the administration. New call 2025. The New Public Employment Offer presented by the Executive contemplates a total of 36,588 places, which represents a decrease of 9% with respect to the 2024 offer that was 40,146 places. Specifically, the number of places corresponding to the General State Administration is reduced mainly, which this year adds 26,889 positions, that is, 4,500 less than the previous year. This marks a change of trend against the years in which the calls carried the label of “historical” for its volume of places. The Independent Trade Union and Officials (CSIF) summarize it Clearly: “The places are insufficient to cover the losses accumulated in the administration of the State in recent years”, in addition to the majority union of the officials, they slide that the absence of new budgets and the freezing of funds of the European Union are already noticed in this call. Distribution by bodies and lack of personnel. Among the bodies that will be reinforced their workforce are the State Security Forces and Bodies. According to official data, the National Police Corps will have 3,139 new places, 300 more than the previous year, while the Civil Guard will add 555, reaching a total of 3,713 new places. The army too It will increase its template In 2025, with the incorporation of 2,847 new troops, 200 more than in the previous year. For its part, the Central Administration will have 20,324 new free access places, which will add 6,565 internal promotion places, which must be covered with part of the new 20,324. In that quota, 8,851 places of new allocation are also included to strengthen citizen service services in the offices of the SEPE, foreigners, cadastre, issuance of the DNI, DGT, Social Security or Tax Agency. The challenge of the generational relief. Since the current government arrived at La Moncloa, he says have summoned 260,000 public employment places. As Minister Óscar López highlighted in the presentation of the OPE by 2025, this leaves an average of 32,522 annual public places. Even with that effort, the reality is that the structural needs of employment in the public sector continue to be effective. As reflected in the EPA data (Active Population Survey) of the first quarter of 2025, for the first time since 2018, public employment registers a decrease of 51,900 people in its template. Thus, although the calls try to compensate for accumulated casualties, the balance is still negative. One of the main challenges facing the administration is to absorb the Retirements planned for the next decade. According to collected data In the study on the aging of the templates in the General State Administration 2024, 59.95% of the staff of the General State Administration is over 55 years old. This aging forces the administration to Compensate retirement that each year occur, with new additions. In 2023, for example, the number of retirement was 10,758 officials, while only 8,770 new officials were incorporated to cover those places, leaving a deficit of 1,988 positions that were not covered that year. Below the average public employment in the OECD. Internationally, the data does not accompany. According to the report ‘Government at A Glance 2025’ Of the OECD, Spanish public employment represented in 2023 15.25% of the total active population, below the average of 18.41% of the OECD countries. In addition, despite the increase in the number of places, the Public Employment Growth It has been developed at the same rate as private employment, without equating the boom that other countries have applied to balance essential public services. In Xataka | The easiest oppositions to approve in Spain following three criteria: by agenda, for places and for requirements Image | Flickr (Treball Generalitat de Catalunya

If the question is "How are the sales of electric cars in Spain" The answer is: Beating figures at vertigo

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57,374. Those were the electric cars sold in Spain 2024. The numbers were not especially good. The country was expected to take a step forward and begin to cut land to the European average. However, we barely stay in a market share of 5.6%, by the 13.6% European. Last year, our country grew more than 11%while in Europe the electric car contracted 5.9%, dragged by falls in the sales of Germany (first European market by volume) of 27.4%. However, Spanish numbers They were not good If we take into account that our Portuguese neighbors enrolled more than 41,000 electric and their market share was 19.9% despite being a much smaller market. Austria, where a fifth of the cars sold in our country is sold, also exceeded 44,000 units. However, 2025 is being very different. Spain is still far from the European average. By size, less electric cars are sold. And yet, the trend indicates that we can find us about 100,000 electric cars sold at the end of the year. In Xataka The Rimac Nevera R is the fastest car to reverse. What he does not even get back is that millionaires buy it The 100,000 units barrier With the last day of June, vehicle registrations were closed in the first half of the year. Then we knew that the volume of electric had reached 46,235 units. It is 83.87% more than the previous year when at this point 25,146 completely electric cars had enrolled in Spain. At this time, this technology already represents 7.58% market share. It is still very far from the 15.4% marked by the European Union. But growth is very substantial and is well above the common market, which grows by 25.4%. In Xataka Electric cars with more autonomy that can be bought in 2025 Although it remains to be known how the month of July will end, everything indicates that the 50,000 units barrier will be exceeded. Only in June 11,243 electric cars were sold so it is evident that this barrier will be overcome and in The most optimistic horizon The possibility of exceeding 100,000 electrical units begins to be interwoven. Last year, the last months of the year were an incentive for companies to give a good push to sales. Either with discounts to improve the numbers of the year or, As other experts also point outto improve photography with automation. {“videoid”: “x8qycii”, “autoplay”: fals, “title”: “xiaomi su7 !! a real bomb! Keep in mind that in recent months a good handful of electric vehicles have arrived at more competitive prices In all segments, which should bring electric mobility to more and more buyers. This year the concessionaires have reached the Renault 5an electric car of between 25,000 and 30,000 euros that has been very well received for its aesthetics and its behavior. He KIA EV3a very competitive car for autonomy/price, also reached the Spanish dealers at the end of 2024 and has settled in 2025 as one of the best selling. Do not forget about Tesla, whose Model 3 and Model and They are still the best selling electric cars. To this is added that Byd and Hyundai have put affordable and perfect vehicles on the street Dolphin Surf and Insert. And large but competitive vehicles are to arrive in price such as the Mazda 6e. In Xataka We have traveled 2,500 kilometers with an electric car and we have learned something: diesel is still the king And do not lose sight of the fleets or taxis effect. He TOYOTA BZ4Xdisappeared in 2024, is already one of the 10 best -selling electric cars in Spain since was approved for taxi and His autonomy was improved. Byd already reached an agreement with Uber In 2024 but it is also providing cars to Cabify In a clear strategy for Teach your cars On the street. It must also be taken into account that European manufacturers still need to enroll large volumes of electric. The extension granted by the European Union To avoid fines it only delays the problem of having to put on the market More than 30% of electric cars to be below the maximum emission limits allowed. Not doing so means leaving by 2026 and 2027 even higher volumes of electric registration difficult to digest. Photo | Renault In Xataka | Spain will manufacture the electric car that Europe needs. And Stellantis’s bet for Vigo and Zaragoza is the test (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || {}; var headelement = document.getelegsbytagname (‘head’) (0); if (_js_modules.instagram) {var instagramscript = Document.Createlement (‘script’); }}) (); – The news If the question is “how are the sales of electric cars in Spain” the answer is: beating figures at vertigo It was originally posted in Xataka by Alberto de la Torre .

The figures suggest that the domain of blockbusters in Hollywood is not over. In fact, it will go worse

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In the post-pandemic Hollywood that we live, of completely consolidated cycles and trends, commercial cinema reigns at its expression: sequelae, remakes, reboots and blockbusters that do not leave space to medium and small movies. And although one might think that it is a passing situation with a visos to change, the truth is that such a panorama (at first glance, a transition state) does not stop consolidating. The figures. Let’s look at a few figures, which Pau Brunet gives in Your Newsletter Box Office Alchemy: During the first semester of 2025, the five highest grossing films in the United States have concentrated 82% of income. It is a rise in that domain if we compare it, for example, with 2019, when those five films generated 75%. At first glance the figures do not seem to indicate excessive growth, but let’s look at the rest of the movies. Top 6-10 represents 11.7% of the box office, a 35% drop compared to 2019. And beyond Top 10, the figures are abysmal: they represent 6.3% of the income, a 53% drop. That without counting the general fall of income (which shows that this domination of a few films is not the panacea): in these first six months, those first five films have generated 22% less income than in 2019. And what does it mean. That as much as we rabiem and kick because last year The ten most viewed films were all sequelsremakes, reboots and several fritas (not even ‘WICKED‘He escaped, being how is the adaptation of a musical inspired by a book that, in turn, is based on’ The Wizard of Oz ‘), is what works and is what the public demands. A few months ago We contemplated stunned How Disney Barría at the box office with ‘Lilo & Stitch’, and this week we have The premiere of ‘Superman’to which the first box office figures (at the time of writing these lines, the presale of Thursday) predict a great result. We can celebrate the success of unusual bets as ‘sinners’ (which Apparently it will not become franchise), But it is still a drop in the ocean, an absolute rarity in the current context. Problems for indies. Of course, this points to severe problems for the indie sector of cinematographic production, and that is increasingly cornering in the billboards. Brunet himself spoke In a previous newsletter of the aid that in Hollywood are taking place, by producers’ coalitions, to the cinema that does not have the support of the great studies. And this is going to be the only way for independent cinema, authentic basic oxygen for industry, continues to exist, because the dynamics of distribution have it marginalized. The rooms: horror, horror … The figures are clear, but you just have to go to any room to check the absolute domination of the cinema mainstreamto which the brutal is added Shortage of exhibition windowsin search of rapid benefits: after a few weeks in rooms the films go to PPV, and from there to streaming. And start again in a dynamic that not only burns products at infernal speeds, but also admits anything that is not blockbusters. The Terabusters. Brunet puts a name to this phenomenon: Terabusters. A step beyond the blockbusters, like Kaijus of cinema, the movies already They are not blockbusters, but events that bring together all the efforts of a producer for months … and hopefully return that effort in the form of dividends that allow them to finance the following monster. But you have to take care of the cinema base fabric, or the industry is in danger of devouring itself, or working only based on movies that we saw ten years ago (or less). Header | Warner In Xataka | There are many people who hate Santiago Segura movies. The problem is that they “save” Spanish cinema every year

While reservoirs from all over the country reach record figures, Spain still has a black dot of the drought: Almería

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For eighth consecutive week, Spanish reservoirs have risen again. It was to be expected: the same rains that have “bitter” vacations to many during Holy Week are now becoming good water news. For the first time in many years, Spain has exceeded the 75% barrier in reservoir water. And yet, this enthusiasm does not reach a very specific area of ​​the country: The Southeast. Where the rains do not arrive. If we see an autonomous map of the country’s water reserves, we will see all of Spain in blue (light, medium or dark). All except Murcia; That, at 36.49% of its capacity, it can only appear in colors close to orange or red. And, although Reservations have grown a lotthe safe basin is still very touched with 10 points less than the historical average. For more Inri, it cannot be said that it is a management problem (although the management of the basin has always been a controversial issue). It is something that extends, as I say, to all southeast. The province of Alicante is at 31.75%. That is to say, above the terrible data last yearbut without reaching the average of the last decade. And then there is Almeria. Almería? What happens in Almeria? That hides among the excellent data from Andalusia (60.59%) and the more than good of the Andalusian Mediterranean basins (55.54%), The province of Almería has a huge problem: its reserves are 11.16%. Slightly better than a year ago, but still below Lbetter 2024 data. Almería’s problem with water is not new. That’s true. If we look, the historical average of the last 10 years in The province is 13.13%. Very slightly above the current figures. And we talk about a place with a huge weight of water intensive industries (agriculture and tourism); one that, in addition, is suffering like nobody Desertification problems and overexploitation (and pollution) of aquifers. As They said a few weeks ago from Ecologists in Action“Seeing Llover away the ghost of drought”, but in areas like Almeria that drought has been anywhere. It is a false impression that only management can difficulty. Lose the water war. At least there are three Almeria regions in which drought not only persists, but It is completely chronified: Níjar, Sierra de los Fizodes and El Levante. And that we talk about the Spanish province that adds the greatest number of rafts of different sizes and characteristics (27,000according to the latest estimates). In 1987, “the first reports on the deterioration of the aquifers of the Dalías field were announced, the point where intensive agriculture was born.” And the problem has only increased: “Every year, Almería starts its agricultural campaign with a structural deficit of around 200 cubic hectometers.” The story is simple, too simple. Almería wanted to become the great laboratory against desertification, but has become a battle territory. A battle that little by little We are losing. Image | Alicia Camacho In Xataka | Arid soils are devouring Almeria, Murcia and Alicante faster than we expected. And it does not seem that we can stop it

Their figures do not give the slightest truce to the competition

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China is world leader in The production of lithium batteries. If we stick to electric cars the country led by Xi Jinping Fabrica 57% of batteries that these vehicles use. Catl and Byd They are the largest manufacturers of energy accumulators on the planet with A market share in 2023 34% and 16% respectively. And if we look at electronic devices equipped with batteries, your domain is equally forceful. Only in this way are the figures in which we are about to investigate. China has reached this leadership position due to several factors. On the one hand it is The largest producer in the world of lithium and rare earths, which are the main raw materials used in the manufacture of batteries. In addition, it controls the processing of these materials and is capable of producing large -scale batteries and with a very competitive price. There is currently no indicator that invites us to anticipate that your mastery of lithium batteries will be threatened in the medium term. In just a Chinese decade of 50% market share at 80% The evolution that the lithium batteries industry has experienced in this Asian country is the result of a very ambitious strategy pergenerated by the Government a decade ago. In 2015 President Xi Jinping announced the plan “Made in China 2025”an initiative that pursued to take the country to a world leadership position in thirteen strategic technologies. In some of them, such as the production of medicines, large tractors, the manufacture of industrial machinery, the artificial intelligence (AI) or the robots does not lead, but has established itself in a competitive position. If we stick to the production of lithium batteries your market domain a decade after the implementation of the “Made in China 2025” plan is overwhelming However, in five of these Chinese technologies he is already a global leader. In the industries of unmanned aerial vehicles, solar panels, graphene, high -speed trains, and, finally, of the electric cars/lithium batteries binomial, Chinese companies are the most competitive. If we stick to the production of lithium batteries your market domain a decade after the implementation of the “Made in China 2025” plan is overwhelming, as we can see in the following graph prepared by the consultant Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. Source: Benchmark Mineral Intelligence And this country has gone from having a 50% global market share in 2015 to no less than 80% today. A decade ago his position was already good, but In 2025 your domain is absolute. Another fact that we are not overlooking is that the global production of lithium batteries in 2015 amounted to 42 GWh, while in 2024 this figure increased to 1,400 GWh. This growth is mainly explained thanks to China’s intervention. The graph also reflects the participation of Europe, North America and APAC, which is the region that includes Asia and the island areas of the Pacific excluding China on this occasion. Its market share is similar (around 6 or 7% for each of these competitive regions), so it is evident that in the medium term China’s leadership will not be threatened. However, it is curious to verify that not even South Korea, a country that officially considers its battery industry A strategic resourceyou can currently make China the slightest shadow in this area. Image | Tennen-Gas More information | Benchmark Mineral Intelligence In Xataka | Historic record for China: its chips industry has produced in 2024 more than ever despite the sanctions

Many changes in figures, but not in the protagonists

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According to data from report Global Wealth Report 2024 of UBS, the number of millionaires has not stopped growing Since 2020. Spain is no exception and, in the last year, the number of people in Spain have also increased with a heritage above the million euros available to invest. The world has elaborated his ‘XIX list of the richest of 2025 in Spain‘In which the country’s greatest fortunes are quantified. The newspaper uses the data of the Mercantile Registry and the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) to carry out a patrimonial estimate. Most of the names are common in this type of lists for decades, but the presence of the great families that add individual fortunes to adopt positions of power in the business field is highlighted. This family predominance is one of the main differences between Millionaires in Spain And, for example, Great American fortuneswith a more individualistic character. 1-Amancio Ortega To anyone’s surprise, the first list prepared by The worldIt occupies it Amancio Ortegaas the greatest fortune of Spain and The ninth of the world. The list estimates Ortega’s fortune in 2025 in about 118,945 million euros. The main origin of this fortune comes from the company that founded. According to Inditex dataAmancio Ortega controls 59.29% of the company’s shares through their societies Pontegadea Inversiones and Partler Participations. On the other hand, 100% of the dividends that Inditex obtains are reinvested in Pontegadea assets, which has allowed him to lift an empire of the brick positioning Pontegadea as one of the Real estate with greater muscle Financial of Spain. 2- Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo and Family It is enough to reach the second position to find the first sample of the strength of the families of Millionaires in Spain, and does so by the five members of the Pino Calvo-Sotelo family. This family adds a joint fortune priced in More than 14,350 million euros. Its main representative is Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo, with a personal fortune estimated at 7.1 billion euros, which plays the role of president of Ferrovial and main shareholder. Rafael happened in office to his father and founder of the company Rafael del Pino Moreno, which left a legacy of more than 6,500 million euros. In addition to the “family business” of construction, the family operates jointly through investment companies such as Rijn Capital and Capital BV. 3- Juan Roig Alfonso and Family If we think of A supermarket brandwith all probability Mercadona will be among the first positions. That has made the fortune of its founder and that of his family have grown like the foam in the last two decades. It is estimated that Juan Roig’s personal fortune is 6,100 million euros. According to estimates The worldthe family fortune of the Roig amounts to 12,245 million euros Thank you, in large part to control 80% of the participations of the supermarket chain, where Juan Roig Alfonso’s marriage and Hortensia Herrero controls almost 71% of Mercadona. Fernando Roig, Juan Roig’s brother controls 9% of the company. 4- Sandra Ortega Mera The fourth greatest fortune of Spain is also a usual of the lists of a millionaire in Spain and has as its origin the inditex shareholders: Sandra Ortega Mera. Sandra is the eldest daughter of Amancio Ortega’s first marriage, but is not actively linked to the direction of Inditexalthough he is the second largest shareholder of the company (behind his father) with 5.053% of the shares of the company that his father founded. The world values ​​Sandra Ortega’s fortune in about 9,375 million eurospositioning himself as the richest woman in Spain. Like his father, Sandra Ortega Mera redirects Inditex’s dividends to his Rosp Corunna company, dedicated to buying buildings and resorts and then rent them to large hotel chains. It is also part of the pharmaceutical shareholders Pharmamar, controlling 4.5% of its shares. 5- Sol Daurella Comadrán and Family After the last name Daurella is a family that has controlled the company for more than 60 years Coca-Cola Europacific Partnersthe largest independent coca-cool bottling. Sol Daurella is the daughter of Santiago Daurella Rull who in 1951 obtained the first license for bottling Coca-Cola in Spain, and today is its president since 2012. It is estimated that Sol Daurella’s personal fortune is about 3,000 million euros. Next to the Cobega Societywho direct his brothers, the family controls a huge and profitable Food distribution holding which provides the family with a estimated fortune at 9,375 million euros. 6- Marc Puig and Family The Catalan Cosmetic and perfumes Puig starred in one of the most agitated departures of 2024, with an output value of 14,000 million euros. Marc Puig is Puig’s third generation and is in charge of the company in 2004, and has been responsible for annexing the group perfume lines of such important designers such as Carolina Herrera or Jean Paul Gaultier. The joint fortune of the Puig family is calculated in about 9,050 million euros. It is estimated that the family still controls 71% of the capital of Puig, but they have also expanded to the real estate sector being part of the Colonial Board of Directors thanks to controlling 7.7% of its actions. 7- Juan March de la Lastra y Familia For many, Juan March Ordinas It is considered as the “Spanish Rockefeller” for its successful career in the Spanish business world. Founded the MARCHA BANCA And since then the family has maintained the total control of the entity, expanding and diversifying its investments thanks to the Alba Financial Corporation. Juan March de la Lastra He is now the executive president of the bank, replacing his father Carlos March Delgado. Through this entity, the investments of the four march brothers expanded, with an important presence in IBEX companies such as Acerinox (19.3%) or Ebro Foods (14%). The list of greatest fortunes in Spain assigns them a Set equity of 6,020 million euros. 8- Francisco and Jon Riberas Mera In 1950, Francisco Riberas Pampliega, founded a scrap business In Burgos that ended up … Read more

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