Emilio Barraza

Geopolítica, Economía y Relaciones Internacionales

[La Jornada @lajornadaonline]

El informe realizado por las investigadoras Mariana Mazzucato y Lara Merling, del Instituto para la Innovación y el Propósito Público de la University College London, concluye que México requiere una transformación del Estado para concretar los objetivos económicos del Plan México.

De acuerdo con el documento presentado, la nación dispone de marcos de planificación, agenda de inversión, banca de desarrollo e instrumentos de contratación pública; sin embargo, carece de la arquitectura de ejecución necesaria para articular estos elementos, sumado a presupuestos y mandatos que permanecen atomizados entre las distintas dependencias y niveles de gobierno.

Más información en: https://t.co/CAbHvMQCkw

[Patrick in China @PatrickZhengCHN]

Antony Blinken, former U.S. Secretary of State, recently acknowledged:

"China is bigger than us. Its market is much larger. Its manufacturing is three times ours. They have more ships. They publish more papers and file more patents.
No matter how strong we are, competing head-to-head can be tough."

This isn't Chinese propaganda. It's a direct admission from Washington about the real scale of China's manufacturing, industrial capacity, innovation, and naval power.

China has built this position through sustained investment, long-term planning, and development of productive forces, combining state guidance with market dynamism.

Do you think this admission marks a shift in how the West perceives China's rise?

Or is it still just rhetoric?

Share your analysis in the comments below.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

Fascinating argument by Bloomberg's top energy analyst Javier Blas 👇: he argues that China effectively saved the world economy during the Iran war by absorbing the brunt of the global oil supply shock on its own, without visible economic damage.

According to his calculations, China "cut its average daily waterborne oil imports by the same amount as the combined oil consumption of Germany, France and the UK."

And, still according to Blas, they "did so without suffering economic harm" because they could rely on many levers: their huge strategic petroleum reserve, a massive surge in EV usage, their remaining coal-fired electricity capacity, and coal-to-chemicals replacing lost feedstocks.

Had China not been ready to absorb that blow, a good argument can be made that the economic damage to the West, and the world at large, would have spiraled far beyond what we saw.

Effectively, China's energy strategy at all levels (petroleum reserves, EVs, etc.) and its ability to withstand huge supply shocks paid off for everyone, not just for them.

It sounds awfully familiar: in 2008 too it was China's stimulus package and continuous buying of US Treasuries that averted a complete breakdown of the global financial system.

So twice in 20 years the country the West loves to present as a "threat" to the global economy effectively saved it from a US-made global economic disaster 🤷

[Zhu Jingyang @zhu_jingyang]

https://t.co/KdtLuvcsGO

[Latinometrics @LatamData]

MEXICO | Sheinbaum will travel to Brazil to sign a Pemex-Petrobras cooperation agreement covering deepwater Gulf exploration, refining and ethanol production

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[Zhu Jingyang @zhu_jingyang]

https://t.co/YH47FSN20R

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🔹 NBC: Are you afraid for yourself or your family?

🇨🇺 Cuban President Díaz-Canel: I have no fear. I am willing to give my life for the Revolution.

I believe the American people would not support an invasion of a small island that poses no threat. There would be no justification. It would bring unnecessary loss of life, would be costly, and would destabilize the region.

American people would not support it. They can see that Cuba seeks dialogue, not war.

[BRICS News @BRICSinfo]

JUST IN: 🇭🇺 Elon Musk says the "Soros Organization has taken over Hungary."

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Every single thing you want in life is on the other side of something that sucks. That suck might be 100 workouts, 100 bland meals, 100 hours of work, or 100 hard conversations. Embrace it as the cost of entry. The answers you seek are found in the actions you avoid.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

I have to admit: as a French man it makes me a tiny bit angry to see Spain be the principled Gaullistes of our age.

I love Sanchez, pretty much the only EU statesman worth his salt today, but he also really highlights how depressingly bad the others are in comparison. My country in particular...

Hopefully a lesson will be learned. This is very Gaulliste too: he was never big on lecturing others, but all about setting an example.

[Thomas Piketty @PikettyWIL]

New paper on https://t.co/rn0Qpxe626 by @gatonievas & @PaulaDruschke finds that 70% of World Bank and IMF funds are allocated to G7 geopolitically aligned countries.

Bottom line: rich countries pretend to be in favour of democracy but in practice they have built an undemocratic international system to benefit from the collective resources of global public goods, institutionalizing the political inequalities between global South and global North.

🔗https://t.co/pCV0WsBjCi

[Jostein Hauge @haugejostein]

In a new major report, the World Bank conceded that its decades-long war on industrial policy was wrong, saying its old advice “has not aged well — it has the practical value of a floppy disk today.”

But this is not an intellectual awakening.

The World Bank's doctrine shifted because the means through which Western nations can maintain their dominance shifted — not because economists suddenly discovered new evidence.

The world’s wealthiest nations are now pursuing industrial policy so openly that it can no longer be denied to the rest of the world.

When the geopolitical winds shift, so does the ideology of institutions where wealthy nations' interests are deeply entrenched.

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.

I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.

It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.

May God bless America.

[Rick Sanchez @RickSanchezTV]

Mexican BLOOD is on US citizen's hands!

How painful it may be to admit, but Mexico’s problem lies with its neighbor — the United States of America

Mexicans don’t do drugs nor they allowed to poses guns.

It's not a secret that cartels like Jalisco are armed with US guns — therefore Mexico has to sue the US weapon manufacturers.

[Ben Norton @BenjaminNorton]

If the US actually cared about the people of Iran, it would immediately lift its illegal unilateral sanctions, which are a form of collective punishment that aim to destroy the economy to destabilize the government.

Hint: the US empire doesn't truly care about the Iranian people

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

🚨🇫🇷BREAKING: A draft resolution to begin the process of withdrawing from NATO has been submitted to France’s National Assembly.

[Ma Wukong 马悟空 @Ma_WuKong]

El sistema no está roto; está funcionando exactamente como fue diseñado y creado por los súper ricos y los ultra ricos.

Los súper ricos utilizan sus recursos para moldear el discurso público e influir en las percepciones. Controlan los medios de comunicación a través de la propiedad, el lobbismo y los «think tanks» para influir tanto en el público como en los políticos. Este control les permite dar forma a las políticas, reglas e impuestos, lo que les permite pagar poco o nada. Los diputados y políticos a menudo reciben recompensas, ya sea como contribuciones a sus campañas o como lucrativos empleos después de su servicio público, que les brindan una influencia continua sobre las decisiones del gobierno y les resuelve la vida materialmente.

Los multimillonarios, los milmillonarios y las grandes corporaciones financian a diputados y partidos políticos para diseñar políticas y sistemas fiscales que les beneficien, permitiéndoles pagar menos impuestos o evitarlos por completo. Luego, utilizan el dinero no gravado para comprar activos, como acciones, oro y bienes raíces—a veces de empresas que poseen—impulsando los precios y tomando una porción mayor de la riqueza, dejando menos para la gente común.

Es hora de que nos unamos contra estos políticos codiciosos, corporaciones y milmillonarios adinerados. Juntos, podemos cerrar estas lagunas jurídicas y dar forma a la política fiscal para garantizar que los ricos y súper ricos paguen su parte justa.

Es hora de gravar a los ricos. Hay que gravar la riqueza, no el trabajo.

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

What do we want more of in life? That’s the question.

It’s not accomplishments. It’s not popularity. It’s moments when we feel like we are enough. More presence. More clarity. More insight. More truth. More stillness.

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought - they must be earned."

@naval

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

11 strategies that have helped me write 13 books in 10 years: