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Ryanair tense the rope more and threatens the government with removing more regional airport flights

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This summer, Ryanair will offer 800,000 places less in Spanish airports. It is the announcement that the company made last January as a counterweight measure to what it considers abusive Aena. Now, the company threatens the government again with withdrawing journeys from its less busy lines. 800,000 seats. They announced him last January and the plan is already being carried out. Ryanair will offer 800,000 seats less this summer with the elimination of routes within Spain or the reduction of some of the existing ones. In its statement, the company indicated that the reason for this reduction in the offered journeys were “the excessive rates and the lack of effectiveness of the ‘incentive plans’ of the AENA monopolistic airport operator, which are completely ineffective to support the growth policy of the growth of regional airports.” The affected airports. In its statement, Ryanair specified which airports are those that would suffer a reduction in the offered routes and in which would completely close their operations: Jerez: Closing Valladolid: Closing Vigo: 61% less journeys Santiago 28% less journeys Zaragoza: 20% less journeys Asturias: 11% less journeys Santander: 5% less journeys Where it hurts: Ryanair knows the force it has In these airports and, therefore, it has been their pressure measure against the rates that Aena charges in them. In Valladolid, for example, the number of trips has been drastically reduced and the company’s departure is dismissal. Valladolid is just an example of the fall in international operations caused by Ryanair’s departure. In Santander, for example, his departure causes that only the Canary Islands, Madrid and Barcelona can fly. International trips will be injured in death. Jerez aspired to recover the number of travelers before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2025 but Ryanair’s march It should prevent this from happening. What is paid. Ryanair is aware of the fragility of these routes. Their volume is low, so, they say, they prefer to reorganize these planes and send them to routes that have been growing. In fact, if the company had been operating in these places, it is because there were many facilities by Aena (which Ryanair does not consider enough) and for the interest of regional governments. Airlines charged rates have a cost of 10.35 euros per passenger and are used to guarantee basic services such as cleaning or safety at airports. From Aena they insist that They are “of the lowest in Europe”although in 2021 a freezing was announced until 2026 but in 2024 they rose 4.9%. At the end of last year, CNMC frozen prices again by 2025. Yes, but bonus. However, in airports with less passenger volume, Aena’s fees have multiple bonuses in order to attract a greater number of airlines, to the point that the company can pay only two euros per passenger, according to the AENA last proposal. But, in addition, there is another reason why companies maintain flights in these airports: undercover subsidies. In eldiario.es They explain how regional governments deliver under advertising contracts. So, The Cantabria government delivered 18 million euros Ryanair last summer and Vigo disbursed 625,000 euros to guarantee the Vigo-London route For three years. “Terminal Decadence”. With these words, Eddie Wilson, CEO of the company, has described, which in his opinion is getting the government with regional airports. Words have expressed them in an interview to electionomista.es and in it he has threatened to get more flights from Spain if the course of policies in relation to rates is not changed. “There will be more cuts in the winter of 2025, and even more in the summer of 2026, because it makes no sense to continue investing in deficit operations. The rational decision is to move the traffic where the access costs are falling, not increasing, so we will continue to do so little by little. We have no plans to invest in regional airports because its price structure is broken,” says Wilson in his interview. Without specifying what these cuts would be, Wilson points out that “regional airports are underutilized by 70%, so something does not work. Or people do not want to go to the regions, or airlines do not want to put airplanes there.” More tensions. From Aena, he collects the digital medium, ignores Ryanair’s threats and emphasize that “when Ryanair recovers their presence, we will be institutionally receiving them with open arms”, in the words of its President Maurici Lucena. And emphasize that current policies “allow deficit airports to remain open in optimal conditions without appealing Spanish taxpayers.” At the same time, from Vigo they have sanctioned the company with 17,414 euros of fine for unilaterally reducing the flights scheduled last summer. The company has resorted to but Vigo’s City Council has rejected its writing. In addition, Vigo understands that he has breached the aforementioned contract of advertising when considering that the company has unilaterally broken it, so a sanctioning file for this reason is also underway. And it is not the last controversy that the company has starred in recent weeks. Although the decision aimed to apply this summer, Ryanair has announced that next winter will apply a zero paper policy with which he aspires to bind passengers To use only digital shipping cards and use your mobile phone. Photo | Nejc Soklič In Xataka | Spain has tired of Ryanair’s practices. And the airline is going to hit where it hurts the most: the provinces airports

threatens to make the use of AI more

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Artificial intelligence is already part of our day to day. We use Chatgpt either Gemini to plan vacations or summaries, and applications such as Adobe Express either Canva To create memes or images. Sometimes with free functions enough, but in many cases we end up paying a subscription. In the business field, the situation is a bit different. Companies usually pay from the first use to access AI tools that promote their own initiatives, such as customer service chatbots or data analysis systems. The threat of tariffs. Both private users and companies could end up paying more for the use of AI. The reason: The most recent tariffs that the White House is imposing. Although the direct impact will mainly affect the United States, we live in a globalized digital environment. And there are several factors that can make the price increase extend to the rest of the world. More expensive data centers, more expensive services. The Wall Street Journal points That the tariff war promoted by the United States can make the construction of data centers more expensive, which would somehow impact the price of AI services. The focus is in steel and aluminum: two key materials not only to lift the physical structure, but also for cooling systems, server racks and trays for wiring. Chips are also in the equation. The conflict also reaches the semiconductor industry. Although some devices are exemptcertain GPU designed for AI are included in the new tariffs. The supply chain in this sector is global and complex, and these measures can generate cascade effects. Muddu Sudhakar, Aisera CEO, warned that if building data centers is more expensive, artificial intelligence systems will also be operated. It is not yet known when the impact will come. At the moment, the real scope of these possible changes in the rates is still clear. Trump’s commercial policy continues to redefine itself, and many projects in progress continue with components acquired before the new tariffs are activated. It is time to wait to know if at some point in the coming months the subscriptions to AI services will be more expensive. A trend that was already coming. Even before this scenario, the most expensive subscriptions already appeared the leg. The plan Chatgpt Pro of 200 dollars a month It is a clear example. The generative AI is the face of maintaining, and although there are no exact figures, several experts agree that their profitability is still far. According to The InformationOpenai hopes to achieve benefits only in 2029. Until then, the business will continue to lose money. The deceleration is also a reality. It should be remembered that a certain brake was noticed in the construction of data centers since before the new wave of tariffs was announced. Microsoft, one of the largest investors in this type of infrastructure, canceled or postponed several projects in the United States and Europe. According to TD Cowen analyststhe decision responds to both excess offer and adjustments in your agreement with OpenAI. Images | Solen Feyissa | Michael Pointner In Xataka | After the sales crisis in China, luxury cars turned to the US: tariffs have returned to the harsh reality

The price of beef has shot. And that threatens to turn hamburgers into the new seafood

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“A sirloin or hamburger will become luxury products, retail and restaurants “. The phrase It is from Alejandro Hermo, CEO of Goiko, and gives a clear idea of ​​how the restoration has attended for months to the Encrying of beef in Spain. The deep mismatch between supply and demand has made the price of the genre rise. Quite. And in a short time. They show them CPI data and confirm it in the sector itself, where some manager assures that since January 2024 the cost of meat has shot more than 65%. “We are in a perfect storm,” warns. What happened? That beef has become considerably increasing over the last months. The sector warns it and it is confirmed The INE, The OCU or the Ministry of Agriculture, which in its Sector reportsupdated every week, it brings a clear photo of the prices with which the wholesalers operate. According to His last balancelast week the year (young veal) was paid in Spain at € 686/100 kg, 1.3% more than seven days before and 28.3% more than a year ago. And it is not an isolated case. In the case of cows with the denomination of origin, the price increase with respect to 2024 is 28.4%, of 23% if we talk about girlfriends and 24.4% in the case of the ZR category of eight to twelve months. Is there more data? Yes. In February the IPC of beef recorded an interannual rise higher than 10%considerably above the general data or that of food as a whole, which It did not reach 2%. From the sector they are even more categorical. A few days ago Alejandro Hermo published An analysis On that same issue in LinkedIn in which he ensures that over “the last months” the costs have shot 30%, and “almost (have) duplicated in just over two years.” “Inflation in beef has not stopped and has even gone worse,” It coincided In mid -March Jorge Castelló, director of Carpisa Foods, in an interview with Electomista. “Since January 2024, today the meat has increased its price between 65 and 70%. And in what we have been taking 25%. We have a galloping inflation.” There is who warns that the situation will get worse when the prices paid by wholesalers in March are transferred to the super. And what is the reason? As usually happens in these cases, the trend is not explained by a single factor, but by The sum of several. Hermo points a few, but the main one is the mismatch between supply and demand. The first, Explainit is “very limited” after the sacrifice of cattle several years ago for the rise in costs and the low price of milk, while the second is marked by a increase in consumption in homes and demand from abroad. How to solve it? The problem is that adjusting the supply and demand to correct the imbalances in the market will not be a simple task. Not fast. “Raising cows has a cycle of two to four years”, remember. Of backdrop is the effect of drought on the farms and the blow that the Blue tongue and the Epizotic hemorrhagic disease (EHE). Its shadow is felt double both for its impact in Spain and by the one suffered in the European livestock cabin, which complicates to bring cattle on the other side of the Pyrenees. Have we lost win? “The origin is in the shortage of supply. There are no animals available because the field is empty and this situation will take long to recover,” Castelló warned When asked for the reasons for inflation. “The sacrificed animals have not been replaced and many resources would have to be invested to repopulate the field for high prices. To this shortage, in addition, an increasingly high demand is added in the beef market.” The Eurostat cattle census, collected by The countrygives an idea of ​​to what extent the Spanish cabin and other neighboring countries have been reduced. Between 2022 and 2024, years marked by the health crisis, the drought, the increase in the feed and the shortage of pastures, Spain went from 6.45 million heads of cattle to 6.17 million, 4.4% less. In France, with a much higher census, the fall was 3.3%, in Germany of 4.9%, in Ireland of 3.7%and in Poland 4%. What can we expect? Hermo remember That “less and fewer people want to devote to livestock”, a trend that relates to the hardness of the sector, but also with “administrative obstacles” imposed by administrations. The result, he warns, is that the restoration faces a “perfect storm” that will force him to raise his prices “pure survival.” “A sirloin or hamburger will become a luxury product, retail and restaurant.” In his opinion, a national plan is urgent to “foster livestock”, adopt measures to prevent other countries from outside Europe to carry out “subsidized exports’” or, in case the previous measures do not work, “open the hand” so that the sector can import from countries with greater offer. “Animals will always be, but they will be increasing Add Castelló. Images | Kin Li (UNSPLASH) and Department of agriculture In Xataka | The countries that consume more and less meat in the world, illustrated in a detailed map

The Basque ball is living a historical schism. One that threatens to leave Spain outside the International Federation

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The Basque ball is news. Although not in the sports sections of the newspapers, but in those of judicial and political chronicle. The decision of the International Ball Federation (FIPV) to recognize as a full member to Euskadi in the late 2024 and consecrate in passing to his selection, opening the doors of the official tournaments, he has generated A huge hangover that reaches far beyond the pediment and shakes Sport (and politics) national. The stage has been complicated over the last months that the pelotari face an unusual scenario right now: The rupture between the FIPV and its Spanish counterpart (Fepelota) and the possibility that this spring will be held in Gernika participate in the Cup of Nations Basque representatives, but not Spanish. To understand the earthquake that is shaking the Basque ball inside and outside Spain you have to go back a few years ago. Enough. Recently Javier Conde, the new president of Fepelotahe said to brand that we would have to look at 23 years ago and the departure of the Basque Federation (EEPF) of the Spanish (fepelota), which right now brings together A dozen of regional organizations and a delegate. A decision with hangover It is not necessary to go back so back. The spark that has lit the controversy among the pelotaris is much more recent, of the December 28, 2024when the International Federation (FIPV) decided to recognize the EEPF as a member, formalizing the Basque team and allowing its participation in official tournaments. Among other sites, the news It was celebrated In the PNV offices, but all Spanish sport (and politics) did not like. The Spanish Ball Federation did not take long to cross out what happened “Nationalist outrage” and accused the FIPV of breaking its own regulation. In A statement Rotundo denounced that the agreement was “vitiated in full” and was managed with “a irregular and opaque procedure“. Among other issues they denounced that Spain had been excluded in a” irregular “way, through” hurried disciplinary sanctions “that allowed the doors to be opened to the EEPF.” Otherwise they would have found a strong opposition. “ Fepelota did not stay in the words and complaints. In the same statement it advanced since it would resort to “ordinary justice” and the Arbitral Sports Court (TAS), a step that It soon gave. Today at the head of the Spanish Federation there are A new presidentJavier Conde, former head of the Navarrese organism; But the situation has not been weeding. On the contrary. Throughout the last months he has taken more firewood. A few days ago Conde He showed his desire to build bridges, but among its plans it does not happen (at least for the moment) Remove the complaint presented before the arbitral tribunal. “The CSD has asked me to paralyze the challenge in the TAS and accept a measurement, but many half truths are being said.” “Joxemari Mitxelena, New President From the EEPF, he says that the Spanish has denounced the Basque, but it is not true. If the TAS says that the agreements approved by the FIPV on December 28 are adjusted to the law and there will be any problem, ” Count wield. “The resource that we present in Lausana what it questions is the validity of that assembly because we believe there were serious irregularities.” “If the statutory modification that allows Basque to participate in international competitions is within the law They don’t have to be afraid to the resolution of the TAS. Maybe they know that it has not been done correctly “, He slipped The person in charge of Fepelota. In the same interview he claimed to be willing to withdraw the resource, but warned: “Before you have to sit down to talk. What they cannot pretend from the Basque and international is to press us before and mark our strategy.” The scenario is so complex that Count himself (in the presidency for just a few months) acknowledges that he has encountered a hot potato that can have an unexpected outcome: with the Spanish federation outside the FIPV at the gates of the Nations League which will start on May 31 in Gernika-Lmo, an appointment that could be developed with the absence of Spain and the participation of the Euskadi team as a full member. “I have been recorded, threatened, insulted and blackmail as the head of the Spanish Federation, which now has A threat of expulsion of the international ”, He confessed count Earlier this week. Everything indicates that we will not have to wait long to know how the case develops. Yesterday a meeting was scheduled between the International Federation and the Spanish with the mediation of the CDs that It ended up suspending Because there were no expectations of advances. And today the situation could be further complicated with a snack movement of the International. The FIPV plans to gather its board of directors on Thursday and address the conflict. What could be the result? According to brandone of the options is the expulsion of the Spanish Federation. Can the thing be further complicated? Can. The controversy around the Basque ball transcends the strictly sports or institutional scope and the politician plays fully. After all, one of the keys to the case is the Sports Law which entered into force in 2013. In its article 48.2 it is clarified that to participate in international tournaments, regional sports federations must “necessarily” integrate “into their respective state federations, although with a very significant exception. “The Autonomous Sports Federations may participate directly in the international sphere if the corresponding International Federation contemplates its participation, in the case of sports modalities or specialties, with historical and social roots in their respective Autonomous Community,” The norm requires. Of course, it also clarifies that before the regional body must have the CSD OK. That coletilla leaves part of the ball on the roof of the Superior Sports Council and has put its president under the spotlights, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, who already … Read more

Without MOVES in sight, the electric car threatens to disappoint in Spain

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The electric car needs important financial aid to take off. Perhaps not in the future but if something has taught us the short trajectory of technology is that where it has triumphed it has done so with a sustained plan of purchase aids. In China, government subsidies They have accumulated one after another. First because popularize technology It has allowed them to create an industry that threatens to win a relevant role in the automotive, a market where they had gone unnoticed. And secondly, because Chinese economy itself needs to be dynamic And vehicle sales is a good tool for this, especially now that they need to place what threatens to be an overproduction. Norway, where the electric car represents almost 100% of saleshas also reached this situation with A sustained aid plan. Constant and also pointing to a tax reduction, the customer has ended up embraceing technology. Germany (even China) is a good example of what happens when You eliminate aid: Sales stop. It happened to the German country last year. In its first full year since the government was forced to withdraw aids to purchase, Electric sales collapsed 27.4%. Although there are still no concrete data, the perception is that Spain walks along the same path. Essential aid In the middle of last January, the refusal to approve the already famous Government’s Bus Decree made the Transport aids, To pensions And, among other things, The Moves III Plan. With a huge delay when delivering aid to purchase (so much that some brands advanced the amount delivered by the Government), the MOVES III PLAN It was still a value when placing an electric car compared to other technologies. With him, the buyer could be discounted up to 7,000 euros of the purchase, 70% of the charger installation In the house and up to 3,000 euros in the income statement. We talk about aid that could therefore overcome the 10,000 euros For those who, yes, It was mandatory to arm himself with patience. The latter led the government itself to promise that it would reform the Moves III Plan with the aim of expediting all the processes and came to slide that the aid would be delivered at the time of purchase. However, none of this ended up getting ahead. In fact, Two weeks before finishing 2024 And, with him, the Moves III Plan falls, nothing was known about the future of aid. In those last days ended up an extension which was active until the middle of January. Since then, the interest in getting an electric car has stopped, according to manufacturers. Paco Pérez Botello, president of Volkswagen Group Spain Distribution, says that “orders have stopped dry” since the Moves III Plan ends. “We will begin to notice it in March enrollments if there are no aid again,” he clarified in words collected by Five days. The atmosphere among the Germans is the same as reigns in other brands. During the presentation of Hyundai insertresponsible for the company confirmed that the visits to their dealers to be interested in the model had shot themselves as a result of starting the television ads campaign but that, just a few days later, It had collapsed When the aid had been removed. Although it has been slid that the aid will reach those who had requested the electric car In the first days of January And that the new aid program will also contemplate the sales of February, it has logic that the customer delay their purchase due to the lack of guarantees. Reactivate aid can be essential for the performance in Spain of the aforementioned companies that have recently put the insert and the Skoda Elorq But also for him Ford Capri or the Renault 5cars that also just land in the market. “We can reach a 10% electric market share in 2025, but it will depend on the incentives that there are,” said Pérez Botello. The perverse part of aid is the same as that of a Price war between companies. The client, aware that the aid can be approved before or after, delays the purchase waiting for a better price that, in this case, does not seem to finish arriving. In any case, we will see to what extent the rope is tense and when we will see a new program of aid that clients and manufacturers wait with open arms. Photo | Xataka In Xataka | Catalonia is determined to lead the conversion and sale of the electric car. His great objective is called Madrid

Now Claudia Sheinbaum threatens to sue Google for her maps

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Google Maps shows different names for the Gulf of Mexico according to the country from where the application is accessed. In Mexico, it maintains the traditional denomination, while in the United States it appears as “Gulf of America” In Spain and other places, a combination is shown: “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)”. The change has not gone unnoticed. The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, He assured Thursday in a question and answers session that his government maintains a dispute with Google and that could take legal actions against the company if it does not reversed the changes implemented after Donald Trump’s decree. Sheinbaum challenges the American giant The controversy intensified on February 9, when the new president of the United States He signed a decree To “rename as ‘Gulfo de América’ the area of ​​the continental shelf of the United States ”. Then, Google Maps and Apple Maps updated their maps for users of some locations. Days before, the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Mexico I had sent a letter to Google to avoid name changebut the answer was not expected. “They already answered the letter, and we already answered again. If necessary, we are going to a civil demand, ”said Sheinbaum, adding that the company” is not right. “ In Google Maps, US users now see “Gulf of America” ​​instead of the Gulf of Mexico “I am explaining not even President Trump is considering that the entire Gulf of Mexico is called Gulf of America but only his continental platform,” said the president. In communications with Google, as he explained, the Foreign Minister has included both Trump’s decree and reference to International standards. Sheinbaum also added that, although Google is a private company and can have agreements with different countries, its service has so much scope that it has become an international reference. It is time to wait to know if the company led by L succinity Pichai will step back and reverse the changes requested by the Mexican Executive. It is important to note that, although the decree specifies that the change of name applies only to the United States continental platform, The White House has celebrated its appearance in Apple Maps in X Without distinctions. In addition, Trump’s speech has presented the measure as a great victory, without clarifying his geographical scope. Images | The White House | Presidency of Mexico | Google Maps screen capture In Xataka | The US has decided to leave paper straws because everyone hates them. The problem is the alternative: plastic

SEAT threatens 1,500 layoffs in Martorell

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The European car industry faces an uncertain future. In the roderas of the complicated path of electrification of its catalog, the obstacles of the Chinese electric car have been crossed and, now, the US tariff threats. In that scenario, the European Union has imposed an additional tariff of 20.7% to electric vehicles manufactured in China. The bad news is that this climb has not only affected Chinese manufacturers cars. Seat has been trapped In the midst of this regulation with the Tavascan cupra. The Tavascan coupra shoots. He Cupra tavascan, He was the first electric “rebel” brand of Seat. The Cupra Electric Model It is assembled In the factory that Volkswagen has in Hefei (China). Therefore, even if it is a European brand, the same tariffs are applied as to the rest of Chinese brands. That has made its cost, which already assumed a 10% tariff already existing, you have to add an additional 20.7% that the EU has imposed to cars manufactured in China that entered into force at the end of 2024. This raises the total tax at 30.7%, which seriously affects the profitability of this model whose price ranges between 41,000 and 53,000 euros. 1,500 jobs at stake. The domino effect of the fall in the profitability of the model that was going to mark the passage of the company’s electrification, has caused the company to rethink the strategy by reducing the production of cars in its Martorell factory. Wayne Griffiths, CEO of Seat, assured To the agency Reuters That, if these tariffs are not reduced to Tavascan before March 2025, the company would be forced to cut 1,500 direct jobs and up to 10,000 indirects related to suppliers of the Catalan factory. This figure doubles the initial estimates of the unions. Matías Carnero, president of UGT of Catalunya pointed out In an interview for Eldiario.es that “were in danger between 600 and 700 jobs” due to tariffs. EMISSION OBJECTIVES add more tension. Seat’s situation is aggravated with the need to fulfill Pollutant emission objectives established by Brussels. This directive forces SEAT to reduce vehicle production with combustion engines and reconsider its commercial strategy given the economic unfeasibility of its electrical models by tariffs. In this context, the company is negotiating with the European authorities to make the emission regulations more flexible and mitigate the economic impact and avoid more labor cuts. “We don’t have much time. We need to reach a solution in the first quarter.” Griffiths pointed out in statements to Reuters. “We cannot solve it overnight,” said the SEAT manager, highlighting that to comply with the regulations, they had to develop synthetic fuel engines. A new stick on the wheels. Seat did not come from marking its best financial figures, so the impact of tariffs is not the only challenge that arises in the future of Seat. In the third quarter of 2024, sales had already fallen 4%, attributed to macroeconomic factors such as global instability. The company had already announced Reduction of about 90,000 units in the Martorell plant, which represents a 17% cut in its production The Catalan factory is a key piece for Seat, since it manufactures models such as the Formentor, León and Arona coupra, in addition to the Audi A1. The brand assured in its Annual 2023 report produce more than 443,400 units in that factory. However, economic difficulties have already led Seat to apply different rounds of layoffs since 2022. If an agreement with the EU is not reached, the dismissals will continue in the Seat’s flagship factory. In Xataka | Volkswagen has saved the furniture, but not to its template: 35,000 layoffs in Germany to continue manufacturing Image | SEAT

China has great plans with its “new silk route.” An unexpected corner of the world threatens to truncar them: Myanmar

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China has too many open fronts. On the one hand, the Technological War With the West who is serving to boost your technology industry. On the other hand, the Commercial War which is making natural resources monopolize. Also his impulse to renewable energiesbecoming the main power and growing so much that their companies have beenNzarzado in a price war. To add more pepper to the matter, its great project of the new silk route encounters an unexpected enemy: a neighboring country at war since 1948. New Silk Route. For hundreds of years, the Silk route connected the Southeast Asia with the Mediterranean. It was a series of commercial routes open by China that not only allowed a trade between many countries, but a way of expanding their influence abroad. With the decline of China due to Opium wars Already new commercial routes, in the nineteenth century, the silk route passed to the background. In the 21st century, with the new Chinese economic splendor and the desire to recover that international influence, the country impulse The initiative of the new Silk route. In 2013, President Xi Jinping advertisement His intention to revitalize the old commercial ties between Asia, Europe and in North Africa, this being one of China’s most ambitious strategies. Milmillonaria investment. The advantages seem obvious. Currently, the vast majority of world trade depends on a few maritime routes. The Portenero ships They are a ‘cheap’ solution to transport tons of goods, but they depend on a few points of passage that, if they see interrupted its activity For any reason, They cause world chaos. With a land transport, not only another route is achieved to move merchandise, but you can shorten times. With a land transport from Southeast Asia to Germany, the merchandise would take about two weeks to arrive. With the same route by sea, time is dilated until just over a month. China, being the great producer of the world, has sought to increase its position with this rail transport, something for which you have had to invest Much money in infrastructure deployment and in route width adaptations with certain paths, such as the old Soviet lines with a different path width. HE esteem that this investment has been almost a billion of euros not only in a railroad, but in ports, airports, stations and other infrastructure. Criticism. Countries around the world They benefit of these investments promoted by China. Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Malaysia or Vietnam have received important investments in land and maritime infrastructure. Russia has also improved its rail connections, improving trade between two countries (that they are needing so much). Italy and Greece have also received investments in ports. Egypt, more of the same with the strategy of the Chinese economic and commercial cooperation zone. And Panama also signed a agreement for the expansion of the train line (which just had fall After Trump’s arrival) It is one tremendous strategy both for sea and land that involves many countries and, as expected, it does not do it Too much grace. The reason is that they consider that it is a strategy from China to gain influence on developing countries, something that can play against US interests in countries, especially the Middle East, in which they have military facilities. Myanmar. The problem is that they have encountered a civil war. Myanmar, previously Burma, has been in crisis for two centuries. In the nineteenth century there were the Anglo-Birian wars, which continued in 1948 with the civil war of Myanmar. They achieved the independence of the United Kingdom, but their society was fragmented and a tremendous civil war that persists to this day began. Everything was intensified with the 2021 coup d’etat to overthrow the democratic government, which has led to a new war situation with millions of internal displacements in recent years. And, in that lack of lack of control, with internal struggles to control territories and commercial roads, China has encountered an important stumbling block in the development of its new silk route. Rare earth. China and Myanmar share more than 2,100 kilometers of border, being the Chinese province of Yunnan is the most affected. And the problem is that the presence of military groups and ethnic tensions is preventing China Agreements of the new silk route. The area, in addition, is rich in Rare earthsomething that China dominates and wants to continue controllingso the country is showing warm with the situation of its neighbors. China’s role. As we read in BBCChina did not want to get wet in this whole matter, which is now splashing. When the army gave the coup d’etat, Xi Jinping did not condemn him and continued to sell them weapons. However, he also did not recognize the military as the new heads of state. In fact, experts already consider that China is pressing so that things are again as before, not because they want to return to democracy or peace, but because they want to continue developing their commercial strategy. From the Myanmar regime it is suspected that Beijing is playing two bands supporting both the army and the rebels, who use Chinese weapons. But, the only thing China can do right now is to wait and press on both sides to achieve a peace agreement that allows them to continue with their businesses. Meanwhile, and as always, the people are the one who is suffering the consequences, with more than three million displaced and thousands of dead since 2021. Images | Rowanwindwhistler In Xataka | China has been building a megapuerto in Peru for eight years. It has just been released to revolutionize South America

The AI ​​fires Microsoft’s income at the expense of huge investments. And now China threatens its strategy

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Microsoft has presented Its quarterly resultsand thanks to them we already know what he won in 2024 thanks to the AI: 13,000 million dollars. Of course, it is also investing 22.6 billion dollars in infrastructure … each quarter. As if that were not enough, you also have to deal with the threat of Chinese innovation. Why is it important. The figures leave a clear reading: the Financial Equation of AI remains very complex. Generating interesting income – the current ones are already, grow 175% year -on -year – requires huge infrastructure investments. And now Chinese innovation threatens to leave a part of that investment obsolete. The context. Microsoft dominates the business market thanks to its early alliance with Openai, but Deepseek’s irruptionwhich has developed more efficient and cheap models, and open source, has caused a small earthquake in the sector. Microsoft is in a race against time: it needs to monetize its great investment in AI as soon as possible, but now it receives increasing competitive pressure from China. The figures: 13,000 million dollars (annualized) in revenue per year. 22.6 billion dollars invested per quarter in infrastructure. 31% Azure growth, below expectations. 24,110 million dollars of quarterly net profit, 10% more interannual. Exceeded expectations. Marking Agenda. The consolidation of Microsoft as a leader in corporate AI is thanks to Copilot, its Microsoft 365 assistantwhich already has more than 160,000 companies using it … and have created more than 400,000 custom agents, according to the figures published by the company. Microsoft is in full transition to a model where AI is integrated into all its business lines: Windows will incorporate AI capacities in 15% of high -end laptops. LinkedIn uses AI to improve its hiring platform. Xbox Cloud Gaming continues to break records with 140 million hours transmitted. Github co -ilot It has more than 150 million active developers. And the AI ​​stars in a striking contrast in the company’s accounts: while Azure’s income, the great winner of the Nadella era, are growing slower than expected, new business lines based on AI are growing explosively: 157%. Deepen. One of the questions that leave these results is whether Microsoft will be able to maintain this level of investment if Chinese efficiency advances force a price war in AI services. Microsoft defends its strategy arguing that the demand for AI will continue to grow exponentially as the costs are reduced, thus compensating the current investments. The question is whether investors share that optimism. Outstanding image | Microsoft In Xataka | I have tried Deepseek on the web and in my Mac. Chatgpt, Claude and Gemini have a problem

How a plague threatens to become a public health crisis

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Two years ago, a group of researchers and scientific advisors regarding pests, revealed that ticks (Hyalomma Lusitanicum) They had become strong in Catalonia. The invasive species It had been located in 3rd municipalities of the region of Barcelona and one of that of Tarragona. It was, as the researchers repeated by active and passive, a “potential public health problem.” One that did not get control It would be very “Difficult to control” in a short time. Then, As the researchers explain nowthe authorities prepared to do absolutely nothing. And the situation has been uncontrolled. If two years ago, the number of Catalan municipalities where the presence of the tick had been detected It was 31; Today the plague has been located In 81 municipalities (55 located in Barcelona and 26 in Tarragona). What happened? Beyond the inaction of public health authorities, the increase in ticks in Catalonia is not accidental. The Hyalomma Lusitanicum proliferate thanks to The high temperatures of recent yearsto changes in soil uses (which unbalance ecosystems and make them more vulnerable to invasive species) and, above all, To increase the main hosts From this tick: rabbits and The wild boars. But … Why is this a problem? It must be recognized that, at first glance, ticks do not seem like a big public health problem, but what if they are. Above all, because we talk about disease vectors at a historical moment in which these diseases are just around the corner. For the Hyalomma Lusitanicum, What most worries the experts is their relationship with Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fevera serious illness that we detected in Spain in 2016 and has a mortality rate between 10% and 40%. It is not the only pathology (the Lyme disease Or Babesiosis are also transmitted thanks to them), but it is the clearest show of how the plague could cause serious problems in a densely populated area. And what can be done? At the time, researchers They raised that we had to “start a monitoring program to know the distribution of this and other ticks.” One with sufficient detail to allow elaborate ambitious control plants; something that the Gares Project of the Ministry of Health I would not allow. But, in reality, the problem goes further: it is something that shows everything that remains to be done. It seems that we have not come to understand that the epidemiological situation of our country (and the world) has changed radically. The geoclimatic borders containing the diseases have disappeared, the world has flattened and we have to assemble epidemiologically to defend ourselves. What the ticks show is that we are not doing it. Image | Adam Roscoe | Carlos Pradera & Agustín Estrada-Peña In Xataka | The ‘era of epidemics’ has already begun: are we prepared to face them?

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