The New Energy Blackmail Reshaping Global Power
When energy stops flowing and starts ruling. Mexico, April 2026 The Strait of Hormuz has reminded the world, again, that modern power is not exercised…
Mario López Ayala, PhD
Mario López Ayala, PhD, is a Mexican university professor, researcher, and director of Phoenix24. His work focuses on human-centered artificial intelligence, organizational trust, and socio-technical systems, examining how artificial intelligence reshapes power, cognition, institutions, and geopolitics. As an analytical columnist, he specializes in AI governance, cognitive warfare, digital transformation, and geopolitical change.
Certificates of Impunity: The Invisible Passport of Global Power
When the law bends, power is set freeMexico , April 2026 In the contemporary ecosystem of power, legality has ceased to function as a structural…
Certificados de Impunidad: el pasaporte invisible del poder global
Cuando la ley se dobla, el poder se liberaMéxico , abril de 2026 En el ecosistema contemporáneo del poder, la legalidad ha dejado de ser…
AI Is Already Straining the Global Power Grid
The next technology war will be paid in megawatts. Washington, April 2026 The expansion of artificial intelligence is already increasing the electricity demand of data…
La IA ya está tensando la red eléctrica mundial
La próxima guerra tecnológica se cobrará en megawatts. Washington, abril de 2026 La expansión de la inteligencia artificial ya está elevando la demanda eléctrica de…
Kodak Retina Reflex III: The German Camera That Captured the Memory of Journalism
Made in Germany, this Kodak Retina Reflex III does not look like a camera. It feels like a presence. One of those things that has seen too…
Kodak Retina Reflex III: la cámara alemana que retrató la memoria del periodismo
Hecha en Alemania, esta Kodak Retina Reflex III no parece una cámara. Parece una presencia. Una de esas cosas que han sobrevivido demasiado tiempo como para seguir…
From Oil to Ports: How the War with Iran Is Redrawing Global Trade
War now governs the circulation of the planet. Mexico City, March 2026 There was a time when wars could be read with relative ease. A…
Del petróleo a los puertos: cómo la guerra con Irán redibuja el comercio mundial
La guerra ya administra la circulación del planeta. Ciudad de México, marzo de 2026 Hubo un tiempo en que las guerras podían leerse con relativa…
From Narco to Wall Street: Wachovia and the International Financial System that Legalizes Money Laundering
It was not a regulatory failure. It was a lesson in how power actually works. When Wachovia was exposed for processing massive flows of money…