The US – Iran Conflict Written by Alfonso Elizondo Today, Wednesday, January 8, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that with the two missile strikes on US military bases in Iraq he was satisfied and ready to enter into a peace agreement with the United States because in that way the murder […]
Crucial Events of 2020 Written by Alfonso Elizondo 1.- The November presidential election for the next 4-year term in the United States. In addition, eleven states will hold elections for governors. The main forecasting agencies: Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato’s Crystal Ball, 270 to Win and Politico agree that Trump’s victory will be […]
The Current World Written by Alfonso Elizondo Several decades ago, the West deviated from democracy and ended up without the philosophers who used to show the way forward for the State. Perhaps the last philosopher to influence the younger generations was Herbert Marcuse, who inspired the changes of May 68 in France. […]
The Impeachment of Trump Written by Alfonso Elizondo For almost three years in the position of President, Trump has been the most polarizing figure in the United States, always caught up in toxic policies, punishing his enemies and undermining democratic institutions. He has maintained his real estate business despite what the Constitution states, in […]
New Technologies (IV) Written by Alfonso Elizondo Cell phones have become indispensable personal devices. Mobile phone use is higher than the use of landlines and is perceived as an indicator of social status. Most current mobile phones have WAP browsers to access the Internet but they are somewhat slow. Combined with other tools such as […]
New Technologies (III) Written by Alfonso Elizondo Among the first solutions found by current SMEs are the Marketing and Sales processes that control and attract customers. According to Bain, the American consultant, companies lose or gain more than half of their customers every five years. So if the number of customers lost […]
New Technologies (II) Written by Alfonso Elizondo At present, progress in information technologies is having a major effect. It is said that we are in a new type of society called an ‘information society’ or a ‘knowledge society’ that is replacing the previous socio-economic models of the agrarian and industrial societies. It […]
New Technologies (I) Written by Alfonso Elizondo Technological development with the Internet, mobile communications, satellites, broadband, microwaves and other technologies has produced serious changes in the world of social relations. Quick information is now the driver of social, economic and cultural changes. The telecommunications boom has led to a major change […]
The Current Crisis in Turkey Written by Alfonso Elizondo The head of the Turkish diplomatic mission, Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu, declared that the current crisis in Turkey will worsen if the humanitarian crisis erupts in the Syrian city of Idlib, in which case Turkey would be the country most affected. So he called on […]
Trump’s Attacks on the Press Written by Alfonso Elizondo According to A.G. Sulzberger, Editor-in-Chief of the New York Times, the US has done a lot of damage to the press and he believes that President Trump’s language is not only divisive, but is becoming more and more dangerous and his growing attacks on the […]
New Populism (IV) Written by Alfonso Elizondo At the moment there is an increase in support for parties that appeal to populist discourse, although it is not a new phenomenon, because on several occasions important changes were found in the use of populist discourse by politicians between 1950 and 1990. The interesting thing is […]
New Populism (III) Written by Alfonso Elizondo The populist form of communication has taken control of politics. It has replaced the rational language that initially tried to build stability and consensus. The fact is that the Manichaean and confrontational structure of populism cannot be the ‘political center’. Populists create the idea that there […]
New Populism (II) Written by Alfonso Elizondo Over the last 20 years, the number of states presided over by leaders considered to be populist grew from 7 to 14, and the number of people governed by these leaders grew from 120 million to 2 billion. The world has changed a great deal, due not […]
New Populism (I) Written by Alfonso Elizondo Populism is in fashion. In different parts of the world leaders have emerged who make radical statements and who are assumed to be representatives of the ‘people’ and claim to be fighting against the elites who are against national interests. Populism is not like socialism or […]
The War between Russia and the United States Written by Alfonso Elizondo After Russia and the United States started a dispute over the US attack on a Syrian regime air base, George Friedman, the brilliant expert on geopolitics and international affairs gave an analysis of this conflict and raised 3 basic issues: US strategy […]
Climate Change (V) Written by Alfonso Elizondo What is done in the next ten years will determine the future of humanity for the next 10,000 years. Greenteach experts say that we can all participate and contribute a little, and so they propose individual measures as solutions to climate change: 1.- Reduce the power of […]
Climate Change (IV) Written by Alfonso Elizondo It should be made clear that climate change is already happening right now and cannot be avoided. We can only reduce its effects and adapt to its consequences with both small and large-scale measures: the reduction of greenhouse gases, adaptation to its impacts and climate engineering. There […]
Climate Change (III) Written by Alfonso Elizondo In the last few decades, measurements by meteorological stations indicate that the Planet has been warming up. In 150 years the temperature has increased 0.5°C and will rise above 1°C in 2020. In the last 200 years, human beings have caused an increase in the Earth’s […]
Climate Change (II) Written by Alfonso Elizondo Any climate change in general is caused by minor changes that create an imbalance in the entire climate system. Current climate change is caused by rising temperatures. But there may also be climate change due to abrupt drops in temperature, as happened in the past. The […]
Climate Change (I) Written by Alfonso Elizondo It could be said that climate change is a direct consequence of global warming because as global warming increases, climate change gradually becomes palpable and visible, first with minor changes and then with major changes in the planetary climate that are severe and irreversible. […]