Hormuz: Where Oil Becomes War
Markets can smell gunpowder. Mexico City, May 2026. Hormuz is not a strait. It is a warning compressed into water. What moves through it is not…
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.
Markets can smell gunpowder. Mexico City, May 2026. Hormuz is not a strait. It is a warning compressed into water. What moves through it is not…
El mercado también sabe oler la pólvora. Ciudad de México, mayo de 2026. Ormuz no es un estrecho. Es una advertencia comprimida en agua. Por ahí…
The problem is not only what New York is alleging, but what it forces Mexico to reveal. Mexico City, April 2026. The U.S. accusation against…
El problema no es solo lo que acusa Nueva York, sino lo que obliga a revelar en México. Ciudad de México, abril de 2026. La…
Cuando la energía deja de fluir y empieza a mandar. México, abril de 2026 El estrecho de Ormuz ha vuelto a recordarle al mundo que…
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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 próxima guerra tecnológica se cobrará en megawatts. Washington, abril de 2026 La expansión de la inteligencia artificial ya está elevando la demanda eléctrica de…