La guerra de Estados Unidos e Israel contra Irán parece enquistada pese a que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, aseguró a principios de marzo que el conflicto duraría cuatro o cinco semanas. Casi cuatro meses después de que las primeras bombas empezaran a estallar sobre Teherán, los enemigos mantienen los ataques mientras la economía mundial permanece en vilo. El planeta registrará este año el crecimiento más bajo desde la pandemia de la covid, según las últimas previsiones del Banco Mundial, difundidas este jueves. El prolijo documento, de 200 páginas, advierte de que el conflicto en el golfo Pérsico está provocando un aumento de los precios de la energía, avivando la inflación y elevando los costes de financiación en todo el mundo.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is addicted to money. The major labs developing AI models are intoxicated with the dollars that will finance the technology’s evolution. The three leading companies in the sector, Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX, have announced in recent days plans to go public to raise more funds in an endless race. Other long-established tech multinationals such as Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon have also launched financial operations in what is shaping up to be the biggest capital raising effort in the sector’s history.

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“The world will stand still, and the eyes of the world will be focused on North America,” the 56-year-old Swiss president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, said a few days ago from the United Nations headquarters in New York. With four days to go before the ball starts rolling, the three host countries — the United States, Mexico, and Canada — say they have everything ready. Or, more precisely, almost everything. The biggest soccer tournament in history — 48 national teams playing a total of 104 matches — takes place amid various circumstances that complicate organization: the United States remains at war with Iran, President Donald Trump’s strict immigration policies are frightening away many supporters, and FIFA’s dynamic-pricing ticket system has put seats out of reach for much of the fan base.

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Just a year ago, Latin America’s major business families — owners of some of the world’s largest fortunes — were watching anxiously for the effects of the tariff wall erected by U.S. President Donald Trump. One year on, they are observing with concern the geopolitical upheaval unleashed by Trump, with an unprecedented change to the liberal international order built after World War II. The new national security strategy outlined by the Trump administration singles out Latin America as a new priority. The Republican tycoon has designated the entire region as his sphere of influence: as both his backyard and his front yard.

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