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Paying the reeds with Bizum on the TPV is already possible in Spain. BBVA is responsible

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BBVA will be the first bank of Spain to integrate Bizum As a payment method in TPV systems. Until now, the point of sale terminals served as an intermediary between physical trade and consumer credit/debit card. With the new BBVA integration, it will be possible to use these devices as applications generators. How will it work. Those shops attached to a Android TPV With the BBVA appolences, they will be able to send payment requests to customers on their mobile phones. Once this has provided the phone number to the trade and sent the application, the transaction can be completed in a simple way. The client will receive a notification on his phone to be able to pay immediately and the trade can confirm the status of the operation in real time. Not only will it serve to make the payment: returns can also be made by Bizum. Where will it work. Any business with an Android TPV running under the service of BBVA can use this system of payments and returns through Bizum. There are no public data about how many TPV they work adhered to BBVA in Spain, but we do know that this is the third Spanish bankadding more than eight million customers at the end of 2024. A dart for the rest of the banks. Bizum is the preferred method of Spaniards when making instant payments. So much that 95% of them are carried out through this service. That a business allows payments BBVA is away from the figures of Caixabank and Santander in number of clients, but this movement is a great incentive for small and large shops. The key will be how long the two great Spanish banks will take to follow their steps. Our privacy. A key point when integrating Bizum into the TPV is that, those businesses attached to this payment system must be rigorous with the General Data Protection Law (LGPD). The telephone number is considered personal data according to this regulation, and when introducing it to the TPV, it would be treatment of it. Only the number can be used to make the payment, being prohibited to perform any commercial treatment with it without prior consent. It must also be specially protected to avoid fraud and impersonation of identity. Bizum is no longer a tool among colleagues. Bizum was born in 2016 as A tool oriented to daily payments. In 2019, it began to open its doors to electronic shops, and 2025 is starting as one of its best years. At the beginning of the week we counted How is the pulse of the European Union winningmanaging to expand payments between borders. With integration in TPVS, in addition to web pages, Bizum becomes a complete alternative to card payment. Image | BBVA In Xataka | The BBVA will allow its customers to invest in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. But he doesn’t want to know anything about the matter

The great drama of private employment in Spain: almost everyone would sacrifice him for being an official

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The data reveals the Last study ‘Status of discomfort: the labor turn to the public sector ‘prepared by Oppositatest leaves a photograph of the current state of the employment of the private sector in Spain: seven out of ten Spaniards would leave a stable job in the private sector for a fixed position in the public sector. Public employment is gaining land as the preferred option in an increasingly challenging labor market. The Stability searchbetter working conditions and a more favorable environment for reconcile personal and professional life It is promoting this transition to the private sector. Public employment: a refuge value. The portal dedicated to the formation of opponents conducts an annual study of the situation of the opponent. On this occasion, the report has been based on 2,000 representative interviews at the national level that show that the public sector is consolidated as the labor alternative preferred by the Spaniards. 68% of men and 72% of women would abandon stable job in the private sector to access a place in the public sector. Details about this decision reveal that 30% of public sector employees have had more than ten contracts in the private sector in their working life before presenting an opposition, compared to 15% of private sector workers. The data on working life in the sector could be an indicative that the public sector has become a refuge value against the excesses suffered for those employees during their stage in the private sector. In Xataka Some researchers have analyzed the working day in Spain: the same thing that 40 years ago is worked, but in worse jobs An increasingly attractive option. According to the study, one in two Spaniards considers that today opposing is a more attractive job option than it was a decade ago, evidencing a significant change in the perception of the public sector against the private. This statement takes on special strength in the age strip of between 18 and 24 years with 54% who thinks and between 25 and 34 years with 52%. In addition, this trend is more marked in some autonomous communities. In the Basque Country and Murcia, about 80% of workers would be willing to change the public sector, while in Madrid this figure descends to 57%. This regional contrast reflects differences, economic, labor and social that influence the perception of public and private employment. The key: salaries. The stability offered by public employment is one of the key factors that drives this preference. The data suggest that 44% of Spaniards would change the public sector Looking for better salariesespecially those of the age strip between 25 and 34 years, which amounts to 46%. The data support them, since according to A report From the Bank of Spain, salaries in the public sector exceed 24.97% to those of the private sector, exceeding the European average that marks an 8% gap between the salaries of the public and private sector. In addition, according to data from the Active Population Surveyfour out of ten Spaniards do not charge the overtime worked, which deepens the problem. In Xataka A painful comparison: what a computer engineer charges in Spain against what their counterparts in Europe charge Conciliation and job stability. Another factors that are subtracting competitiveness from the private sector in front of the public sector are labor conciliation and stability measures. 89% of respondents affirm that the public sector offers better labor conciliation measures and reduction of working hours, in which a progressive hardening of return policies to the office and Reduction of teleworking options. In addition, 40% of young people aged 18 to 24 see in the public sector a labor guarantee that It would allow them to become independent With stability that they have not found in the private sector, while 37% suggest that the public sector allows them to consider a family. On the other hand, 50% of the strip of between 44 and 55 years highlights its preference for the public sector as a way to access better retirement that would obtain it in the private sector, due to higher salary bases. {“Videid”: “X919SE0”, “Autoplay”: False, “Title”: “The AI ​​and the future of our work Silvia Rivela | 100 years, 100 visions Ep.3”, “Tag”: “”, “Duration”: “2630”} A touch of alert to the private sector. The public sector has accelerated its Post of call for new places public in forecast of the Aging of its template of officials, that He will retire at a rate of 100,000 officials a year in the next ten years. With this massive demand, the private sector runs the risk of lose the best talent for not offering adequate working and salary conditions to offer greater stability. With this scenario, structural change is not only an option, but a need to balance forces and build a more sustainable and competitive labor market in the future. In Xataka | The public sector as a refuge for employees undervalued by private companies: 45% of opponents already have a job In Xataka | The four -day week is unfeasible for many companies. An alternative: work less hours, no less days Image | Pickpik (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || {}; var headelement = document.getelegsbytagname (‘head’) (0); if (_js_modules.instagram) {var instagramscript = Document.Createlement (‘script’); }}) (); – The news The great drama of private employment in Spain: almost everyone would sacrifice him for being an official It was originally posted in Xataka by Rubén Andrés .

Apple Intelligence has arrived (at the end) of Spain and this is the cheapest iPhone in which you can enjoy it

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The day has finally arrived and Apple Intelligence He has arrived in Spain and other Spanish -speaking countries. Of course, not all users can enjoy the AI ​​of Apple, because you have to have an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone Pro Max, the entire iPhone 16 range, iPad Mini with chip A17 PRO and the iPad and Mac with M1 or higher processor. If you don’t have any device, but you want to start enjoying it, iPhone 16E It is Apple’s most economical model you can buy. Now you have it reduced in Amazon by 659 euros. Apple iPhone 16E of 128 GB * Some price may have changed from the last review The 16E iPhone is the last mobile launched by Apple The 16e iPhone rides a 6.1 -inch Old Super Retina XDR with resolution of 2,532 x 1,170 pixels. It has a notch at the top and is compatible with HDR. This screen reaches a maximum brightness of 1,200 nits and has a 60 Hz refreshment rate. The brain of this mobile is the Chip A18 (Apple’s own) and the offer model has a 128 GB storage capacity. Its battery offers an autonomy of up to 26 hours in offline video reproduction. As for your photographic system, it is formed by a 48 MP rear camera and a 12 MP front. The operating system under which it works is iOS 18 and is a mobile with IP68 certification. Finally, as far as connectivity is concerned, it comes with 5G, Wifi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, USB-C, NFC and GPS. The best accessories to protect your new iPhone Tocol cover for iPhone 16E Magnetic case for iPhone 16E * Some price may have changed from the last review Geemee Pour iPhone 16E Rear screen protector * 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 | Pedro Aznar (Applesfera) and Apple In Xataka |The best mobiles quality price: your analysis and videos are here In Xataka | Best wireless headphones: which buy and 19 models from 20 euros to 450 euros

Costco turns ten in Spain. Has not yet won a single euro

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Costco has completed a decade of operations in Spain without having declared benefits, and therefore, without having paid a single euro in companies, according to its annual accounts and what was published by Digital economy. The figure. 143 million euros. This is the accumulated amount of losses that the Spanish subsidiary of Costco has declared between 2014 and 2023. However, its sales have multiplied by five since 2017, reaching 544 million euros in 2023. It has also increased its physical presence with five new hypermarkets, plus two others under construction. It has expanded its partner base to 650,000 (24% more than the previous year). Employ 1,256 people in Spain. It is building A logistics center in Guadalajara where he has invested more than 50 million. Why is it important. This case is an example of a common strategy among multinationals: artificially maintain red numbers in specific markets to avoid local taxation, while their operations and market presence increase. The company itself acknowledges in its accounts that “it has not had to satisfy any amount for societies tax in Spain”, adding that its greatest contribution has been “the generation of local wealth.” The money trail. Costco does not publicly detail which mechanisms to maintain constant losses despite its growth, but the usual strategies include: Loans between subsidiaries with high interest. Canons for the use of brand, technology or know-how. Transfer prices in purchases to other subsidiaries. Strategic Business Costs. The trend. The US matrix continues with its expansion in Spain, despite losses. The group has reduced its red numbers up to 7.7 million in 2023 (its best historical result), and the company projects that will continue with losses “until it reaches a market penetration and sales level”. Said in Román Paladino: until it has grown enough. The general panoramic. This strategy is not exclusive to Costco. Large multinationals such as Amazon, Starbucks or Ikea have resorted to different fiscal engineering mechanisms To reduce their taxation in the countries where they operate, within legality but they are not some controversy. Meanwhile, the Spanish client seems oblivious to these fiscal ins and outs: the 650,000 members who pay their annual fee to access the costco prices continue to increase, a sign that their model works independently of the declared red figures. Outstanding image | Costco In Xataka | Themu seemed unstoppable. His latest results begin to question his model

Working mining is still deadly in Spain

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Gray day for Spanish mining. Bit before nine In the morning the Cerredo mine, in southern Asturias, registered an explosion that has left five deaths and four serious injuries. The first hypotheses point to Grisú gasbut beyond (dramatic) balance of victims or what have been the concrete causes of the tragedy, what happened in Asturias reminds us of something: in the middle of 2025 mining continues to support one of the Worst data of labor mortality of the country if the size of its workforce is taken into account. The big question is: how is it possible? What happened? That Spanish mining starts April. First thing in the morning the Cerredo mine, in the Council of Degaña, to the south of Asturias, registered an accident that resulted in five dead and four injured, two with serious burns and a third with a craniocerebral trauma. Two other workers have resulted unharmed. All the deceased are from the neighboring province of León and, according to The data that has been publishing the Government Delegation in Asturias, were between 32 and 54 years. Click on the image to go to Tweet. What was the cause? The counselor of Ecological Transition of Asturias, Belamina Díaz, He has warned “It will take time to find out the causes”, but that does not mean that hypotheses are already handled. The main one is that the explosion that ended the life of the five miners and wounded another four is related to A Bag of Grisúa gas that is generated in the Hulla mines, is mainly composed of methane (more than 90%) and becomes flammable when mixing with the air, which can lead to violent deflagrations. “We are going to wait to see what has happened”, He pointed out This morning Belarmina Díaz while the Police and Ministry personnel inspected the area. The Government delegate, Adriana Lastra, has even gone further to regret That “again” El Grisú advises “a bars.” Two of the employees who were in the area managed to leave unharmed after The explosion of a machine with which they worked several meters deep, at the third level of the mine. Is it something new? If it is confirmed that the accident is related to Grisú, no. In October 2013 An escape from the same gas almost 700 meters deep cost the life of six miners who were slaughtered in the Pozo Emilio del Valle, in Pola de Gordón, León. On that occasion the Grisú Bag opened without any explosion, but the escape was so “sudden”, according to explained the company itselfthat the workers could not place the masks or flee. The Grisú was also behind the one that is still considered the worst mining accident of Asturias, the one suffered in Nicolasa in August 1995. On that occasion the gas caused a violent explosion that took the life of 14 people ahead. Even more dramatic was the deflagration that hit a mine from northern Turkey in October 2022leaving a balance of more than 40 dead and a trail of injured. On other occasions the victims cause them landslides of tunnels and entrapments, as already happened in Degaña A decade ago. Activity Total accidents Incidence index (mortals) Extractive industries 6 27.67 Transport and storage 138 12.60 Energy supply 4 10.01 Agriculture, Livestock, Silviculture and Fisheries 69 9.73 Construction 135 9.61 Are accidents common? Events such as Cerredo serve to remember a sad reality of Spanish mining: their High accident rate. Not in absolute terms, but if we talk about the relative mortality rate, which relates the incidence of accidents with fatal victims and the number of workers. In that case, extractive industries leave the worst result, much higher than that registered by other sectors, such as transport, storage or electricity supply. What supposes that in data? The balance of provisional labor accidents of 2024 published by the Ministry of Labor show a clear example. Last year the extractive industries left a balance of 1,220 accidents throughout the working day that left six dead. They are not many if compared to the 41,132 claims and 138 deaths registered in the transport and storage sector, but the photo changes if the “incidence index” is analyzed, which also takes into account the number of employees. After all, in 2021 there were less than 30,000 workers in the extractive industry, in front of more than 700,000 in transport and storage, according to the statista portal. If this factor is taken into account, mining presents the worst mortality rate, with an incidence of 27.67 per 100,000 employees. Far from 12.6 of transport. At the general level, only construction exceeds the incidence of accidents of the extractive industries, although in its case the mortality index is much lower: in 2024 it stood at 9.61. Has it always been like this? In general, mining takes time with a level of incidence of high fatal accidents, although the data can range from one exercise to another depending on the number of events. After all, that in the sector there are much less people than in transport, construction or storage assumes that a misfortune like that occurred this morning in Asturias alters the curve. The country has examined The historical series since 2006 and the conclusion is clear: although the rate with which mining closed 2024 (27.7) is higher than that of other sectors is far from those that the guild supported years ago. In 2023 that incidence was 45.4 and in 2013 it even reached 52.19 dead per 100,000 employed. The reason is the accident recorded in the Emilio del Valle well, a sinister that resulted in half a dozen deaths. What are the causes? A question similar to that was asked A few years ago A group of researchers from the Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) University, especially if you take into account the drop in activity in mining and the application of measures aimed precisely to prevent accidents. One of the keys they found was the lack of generational relief in … Read more

The question is no longer whether the rains return or not. The question is what is happening this spring with the meteorology of Spain

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“Have you enjoyed the sun?” The meteorologist Roberto Granda asked Yesterday at noon. “Well, hurry, because from Tuesday afternoon the clouds and rain return to much of the country,” he continued and, effectively, it will be like that. In fact, from Wednesday to Friday, we will see enough rain in the west of the peninsula. But, of course, the key issue is no longer If the rain comes back or not. We have that clear. The key is what is happening this spring to meet all this rain. But, first of all, why don’t it rain now? Basically because during these last days an anticyclone has managed to close the hall of deep storms that had emerged in the Atlantic. However, it is not one of those anticyclones that remain on our heads until weed. While I write this, the anticyclone is already giving way for cold air masses to get into the country from the southwest. But that It will end. From Tuesday (and, above all, Wednesday) it will rain a lot in the Guadalquivir, Guadiana and Tajo basins. In fact, According to the weather index that measures the rarity of phenomenathe rains could be remarkably intense in the southern zone of the central system. Again. But the thing does not end there: another blockade. As Víctor González explainsboth the European and the American models have begun to draw an anticyclonic block in northern Europe in their departures. That is, a structure very similar to the one that has accompanied us in March. However, it is still early to know what will happen (because there are several options). The blockade in northern Europe Direct the storms Towards our latitudes. However, we need not an anticyclone about our heads. If in the end a dorsal is assembled on the peninsula, we will notice a “tempered and slightly unstable atmosphere”; But if the blockade is broken in the south, we can return to a situation very similar to last month. Is April a new March? Not so fast. That is alone one of the possibilities that arise. It is not clear that it will happen (And, much less, with that intensity). However, what we are seeing is already interesting in itself: in a country so prone to persistent stability, this uncertainty is really very striking. Hence, this article cannot end with the question we always ask ourselves “What can we expect?” We are entering An atmospheric dynamic that, beyond the rains this week, We can expect anything. Image | Tropical tidbits In Xataka |The swamps are so full for the rains of March that some face something unprecedented: unwind for the first time

Before being from Spain, Madrid was the unlikely capital of another kingdom located thousands of kilometers: Armenia

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TO Leon v History played a bad pass. And that, by Carambolas of Historyended up turning Madrid into the capital of a kingdom located more than 3,000 kilometers away, south of what is today Türkiye. Sounds crazy, but if something is the story of León V (1342-1393), the king without the kingdom, stripped of his crown just a few months after ascending to the throne of The little ArmenianIt is precisely that: strange. After all, in just a few years he went from monarch to reo, from reo to “Mayor” of Madrid and finally lord of a French castle. To know its history we must go back to the Middle Ages and travel to the Anatolia Peninsula. There, in the region of CILICIA The XI and XIV centuries extended Little Armenianor Armenia Cilicia, a kingdom formed by refugees who had fled from the Selyuk invasion of Armenia. It was not particularly large, but a prominent role as an ally of the Crusaders and Christian bastion was played. León V (the brief and insistent) Or so it was at least until the time of his last sovereign, Leon V of Armeniawho barely had time to accommodate on the throne. The unfortunate was crowned in SIS in September 1374but just a few months later, in 1375he saw how the Egyptian Mamlucos took the capital. For him it was the end of his days (few) of glory. From the amenities of the court he became a prisoner in Cairo. There León spent a year, two, three, four … and so up to seven long springs deprived of liberty, during which lost his wife and daughterwaiting for some sovereign of Christianity to get close to their bad luck and pay their rescue. Little served. It did not matter to appeal to the charity of other kings or the church. The fate of León V only changed thanks to the mediation of the Franciscan Juan Dardel, who knew how to press the right rope with the kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. It is said that the situation of León v moved enough to Juan I of Castilla as if to decide to intermediate in favor of the former sovereign of the little Armenian. The truth is that in 1382after seven years of captivity, León V regained his freedom and abandoned Cairo. What could a King do without the kingdom? What would time dedicate a monarch to whom he had given time to savor the throne of the throne? León had no doubt. He wanted to recover his crown. And for this purpose he undertook an international campaign in search of support. That long journey ended up taking him to the Iberian Peninsula. More specifically to Badajoz, where he met the hospitality of Juan I. upon his arrival León V met with Honors and gifts Gold, silks and jewelry, but not what I was looking for: help to recover the throne of SIS. Instead, the Castilian monarch offered him a curious (and generous) entertainment: he granted to the sovereign of Cilicia the manors of Madrid, Andújar and Villareal (Ciudad Real) “with all his breasts and rights and income.” As if that were not enough, he added an annual income of 150,000 maravedíes. So and against every forecast León became a tenant of the Real Alcázar de Madridconferring on the villa a new (and unlikely) range: The informal capital of the small Armenian. After all, the heart of a kingdom was where its cut settled. There was even more than a century and a half so that, in 1561Felipe II set his in Madrid, turning her into the capital of her domains. One thing was, however, the good harmony that Juan I and León could have and another very different than the Madrid were funny to be under the government of a foreign man who did not know and that nothing knew about his land. We know it because the anger of the town soon inspired some scathing and sharp coplillas On the Armenian sovereign, like the one he cried: “If the town was Silva, the lion would keep it, more is Castilian land, we do not want such a lord.” “They say that a Lord comes from Armenia, guide us God of such real favor,” he proclaimed Another of the topics that were singing on the banks of Manzanares. It was little for León to try to win the favor of the people down or send Real Alcázar. Juan I soon made it clear that the assignment of the villas was a timely gesture limited to the ancient Armenian sovereign, so that the title would not pass to his heirs. After the arrival on the throne of Juan I’s son, Enrique IIIthat link between Castilla and the Armenian It would blur even more. The reality is that León’s main interest seemed to be far from Manzanares, Castilla or the Iberian Peninsula. Although a few years had passed since his departure from SIS and despite his years of captivity in Cairo, there was an idea that was still obsessing León V: recover his kingdom. That was his great goal. From Madrid I had it difficult, so Leon soon packaging his things and going first to Navarra and later to France, where he received a not very different response to that of Juan I of Castilla. Carlos VI dedicated Good wordsostentatious gifts that included the assignment of the castle of Saint-Ouen … but nothing that allowed him to head an offensive that returned it to the court of SIS. The sovereign ended up dying some time later, in 1393, with about 51 years, without having reached his dream. In Paris he died. And in Paris he was buried. Before, yes, he wrote one of the most curious chapters in the history of Madrid, a city that over the centuries left him a peculiar and fortuitous? Tribute: His memory is linked mainly to the old Alcazar, where León lived several months Between 1383 and 1384. Armenia are far … Read more

What was from Barreiros, the Spanish automotive company that manufactured the Dodge “Made in Spain” in the second half of the twentieth century

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To Eduardo Barreiros the automotive was in his blood. With just 12 years he worked already in the workshop of the small bus company that his family had constituted in Ourense shortly before, in 1929, and it is said that over time he came to develop such an expertise that he could mount a truck with scrapping pieces. His other great inheritance was The businessa facet that his father had already deployed as an emigrant in the Canary Islands, where he created A CEDAZOS FACTORY. With such a cocktail running through its veins, a mixture of mechanics and entrepreneurial pulse, it does not surprise that Eduardo Barreiros ended up becoming one of the great magnates of the automotive of the Spain of the twentieth century. And rightly. Perhaps the passage of the decades and memory has not done justice, but there was an era, there for the third quarter of the twentieth century, in which his last name became one of the most popular brands in the sector and he in one of the most admired entrepreneurs, inside and outside Spain. Still in 2023 there are those who present it as “The Spanish Henry Ford”. And also in that there is enough. A logo for memory The emblematic Dodge-Dart Barreiros. The company that constituted in Madrid in the 1950s, along with his brother, Valerian Its characteristic logo In the form of eight, sum of its initials “E” and “B”. Thanks to his business alliances, towards the mid -60s of his factories even a Dodge came out “Made in Spain”the emblematic Dodge-Dart, a high-end car launched to compete against the SEAT-1500. The brand would end up becoming popular for an episode that has little to do with mechanics: when he suffered the attack that ended his life, on December 20, 1973, the Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco traveled aboard a Dodge 3700 GTsuccessor of those Dodge Dart, today Property of the Army Museum. To learn about the origins of your company, baptized not without controversy as diesel sweeps, it is necessary to go back a few years before, to the Spain of the 50s, on horseback The autarkic and developmentalism. It was then, in 1954, when Galician Eduardo Barreiros decided to constitute his own automotive company with his father and brother in Madrid. It was the result of an intuition that had been maturing since the previous decade: the business that could be created with the conversion of diesel gasoline engines, which allowed lower consumption and the use of a fuel cheaper. Simca 1000, with the Barreiros brand logo. As the Spanish Patent and Brands Office (OEPM) A detailed essay Dedicated to the company, Barreiros did not lack experience in the matter: he had accumulated it with the transformation of the engines of his own trucks and those of other transporters. Several years before founding Barreiros Diesel, in fact, he had had the good tino to protect his system with two patents. The business started on a plot of almost 16,000 m2 of Villaverdesouth of Madrid, and a capital of 10 million pesetas. Enough to make diesel engines, tractors and trucks. The young Barreiros soon demonstrated his good eye for the sector: at the months of constituting the company he made an intelligent movement that –Remember the OEPM– It allowed it for practical purposes to introduce the Perkins P-6 engine in Spain without the need for its manufacturer’s license. Boom and fall Throughout the following years the company experienced considerable growth, with the constitution of different societies related to its activity and an increase in personnel, facilities and of course production capacity. From the factory, emblematic creations came out, which even today place in the second -hand market, such as the TT-90 trucks, Goshawk and Super Azorthe Tempo van or the tractors Hanomag Barreiros R-335 and Barreiros 5500. Barreiros 4045. Barreiros also sought alliances with other companies, such as Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werk GmbH either Hanomag. The most relevant, due to its impact, contribution of funds and – I live in perspective – business repercussions would be the agreement with the European subsidiary of Chrysler, closed in 1963 and that allowed the Spanish firm to clear its future and take a decisive step for the manufacture of cars. It did not go free, of course: the multinational was done with 40% of the capital. A few years later from the Villaverde factory, the first Dodge-Dart of Barreiros, also known in the national market-how “Dodge Barreiros” came out. The remarkable injection of resources that accompanied the pact with Chrysler also allowed him to manufacture the popular Simca 1000launched in the early 60s in France by Simca with a commercial approach other than that of Dart. The Barreiros brand was popular, had an interesting catalog, manufactured emblematic models and had even managed to face SEATdriven by the powerful National Institute of Industrybut Not everything was good news in the offices of Villaverde. By the end of the 60s the firm faced a financial crisis that allowed Chrysler to reinforce his control and gain even more weight in the capital of the company, which soon derived in Chrysler Spain. The family that had captained the beginnings of the project, back in the 50s, ended up ceasing its activities in the company. His last name, yes, still survived as a commercial brand for years, proof of the success he achieved. The old Barreiros business project, cemented on their ideas for the conversion of gasoline engines for use with diesel then employed more than 20,000 people directly, generated a considerable business flow and, above all, had earned a prominent place in the history of Spanish automotive. The very New York Times It came to include to the Galician tycoon in his list of entrepreneurs most influential in Europe. The veteran businessman would still continue with his career, betting on the livestock sector and with an adventure on the other side of the pond, in Cuba, where he promoted the creation of Taíno engines. There, in Havana, … Read more

In Spain, cutting urban trees looks like national sport. These Swiss have just demonstrated that it is a mistake

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There is only a handful of things that we know for sure about cities and one of them is that trees are key. And it is that the exposure to green spaces (and there the trees enter) “is associated with lower risks of mortality.” It’s simple, it’s clear, it’s easy. And, despite this, we do not take note. Wait, wait a moment … how? Yes and There are many reasons To do this: trees filter air pollutants, provide shadow, reduce ambient temperature in warm climates and encourage people to spend more time outdoors. They are a cheap and relatively accessible system to improve people’s lives. But, as I say, when planting trees it is not so easy. Among other things because there is no space. How can we plant trees to get maximum benefit? That is what They wondered Zurich ETH researchers. To do this, they examined high resolution data of the tree canopy to determine “the structure of the green tree spaces” within a radius of 500 meters of the place of residence of a person. Of six million people, actually. AND They crossed this urban data with health and mortality information from the neighborhoods of Europe and Asia that analyzed. What have you discovered? That both tree coverage in residential areas and its spatial distribution correlates with mortality. In fact, researchers They realized that the risk of mortality was “significantly lower in people living in neighborhoods with extensive, adjacent and well -interconnected areas of tree cups than in people who live in areas with less areas of fragmented tree glasses and with complex geometries.” This seems true, in addition, if we discount other factors such as age, wealth, gender or educational level. It is true that the data are correlational and, therefore, do not allow to establish causal relationships; But the effect size makes all this very promising. But, indeed, research is needed. “We are still in the early stages of this research”, The researchers explained. There are very basic things that are there to be clear: for example, they did not study the influence of specific factors such as pre -existing diseases, smoking or the same use of these green spaces. A big problem … that affects us especially. And I say it affects Spain because Bad care that urban trees are given here is An endemic problem. The causes are diverse, yes; But they can be summarized in three: few media, mismanagement and isolated political decisions of any current technical knowledge. Swiss study is just the last drop of a glass to be overflowing. Because we have known for a long time that trees help reduce atmospheric pollutants and mitigate the Urban heat island effect; But we don’t take it seriously. Nor do we go to take it. Image | Vladimir Kudinov In Xataka | A centenary ficus has just died in Seville after two years of agony. It is the best example of how Spain is killing its urban trees

Spain has been superxplying its aquifers. March rains have given us the historical opportunity to save them

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In recent years, we have spent hours and hours talking about swamps and reservoir water. And it makes sense: a good part of the country and its economy depend on them. However, if we only talk about reservoirs, we will be forgetting two out of ten Spaniards. And is that Spain is an aquifer country. According to The data of the Ministry of Ecological Transitioncover more than 90% of the national territory. That is between 20,000 and 30,000 cubic hectometers of water that are renewed annually. However, in the last decades we have been systematically overexploitation to the point that a good part of the country is being taken to the edge of technical bankruptcy. March rains give us a historical opportunity to solve this, the question is if we will be able to take advantage of it The clearest example is Doñana … The National Park lost “more than 80% of its marshes compared to the beginning of the 20th century.” However, more than half lost it in the last decade. That gives a clear measure of the voracity of the system: if the overexploitation has been able to denaturalize hectares and hectares of one of the most protected natural places in the country, what will not be happening with the rest? … But there are many more. Above all, because for most of the population what happens in Doñana It is still distant (problematic, rejectable, worryingYeah; but distant). The problem is that many regions depend critically on groundwater and the desiccation of aquifers exposes them to enormous water insecurity. The insecurity of which I speak has a very simple explanation: the agroganadero sector consumes 82.5% of the country’s water. That translates that most of the water passes through fertilized lands. It is not surprising that, according to the citizen network of measurement of nitrates, almost 60% of Spanish underground waters is contaminated by nitrates. If the subsoil is loaded with water, that pollution can be worrying, but is diluted. As soon as the water is scarce, the aquifers become unusable. The real problem is another. For decades, whether by their own decision or by omission, the Spanish authorities have lived back their aquifers. This explains a good part of the disorder and lack of control that surrounds them. Eyes that do not see, illegal irrigation that are allowed. Wwf Spain revealed in 2019 that The four most important aquifers in the country have been sheared for years. And presumably, goes much further. According to the reports of the Geological and Mining Institute“For decades, salinization of Mediterranean and insular Spanish coastal coastal aquifers have been known.” Despite this, “only in a few cases this situation is well managed.” As happens, for example, with the Malaga aquifer of Guadalhorce, Integral studies are missing of the entire aquifer to specify the existing reserves and determine the best extraction strategy “if it exists. Without knowing how much water there is and how that water is the situation becomes impossible to manage accurately. The opportunity of March. When we say that We have been failing for 30 years When preparing for the next drought (and diverting the resources we obtain from the improvement of efficiency to uses that abound in exploitation), we refer This kind of thing: The lack of a really ambitious management framework that recovers, manages and sanctions the aquifers of the country. March 2025 and the huge amount of water He has put in the channels has become a great opportunity to solve this. We have given us time to build these integral studies and make decisions for the future. Hopefully not missing her. Image | Scott Jasechko (via sync) | Niel Baars In Xataka | “In the next ten years, Spain and Latin America will suffer (and much) with water,” Robert Glennon (University of Arizona)

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