Iñigo de Barrón Arniches

Después de décadas de profesión, me prejubilo como corresponsal financiero de El País, tras mi mejor etapa periodística. elpais.com/economia/2022-…

The Basque language has puzzled linguists for centuries because it does not fit into any known language family. While most European languages can be traced back to a common Indo-European root, Basque stands completely on its own. Attempts have been made to link it to ancient Iberian, Caucasian, or even long-extinct languages, but none of these theories have been proven. Its structure, vocabulary, and grammar remain distinct, making it one of the most unusual linguistic survivors in the world. It is spoken in a region straddling northern Spain and southwestern France, particularly around the western Pyrenees. What makes its survival remarkable is the historical pressure it faced. Roman expansion brought Latin into the region, which later evolved into Spanish and French, yet Basque persisted alongside them. Over time, it absorbed some external influences, but its core identity remained intact, suggesting deep local roots that predate many of Europe’s major cultural shifts. In the modern era, Basque has not only survived but adapted. It was standardized into a unified form known as Euskara Batua in the 20th century to support education and communication across dialects. Today, it is taught in schools, used in media, and recognized officially in parts of Spain. As the only widely accepted language isolate still actively spoken in Europe, it offers a rare linguistic window into a past that has otherwise been largely erased. #drthehistories

Before the war: 1) Iran didn't control the Strait Of Hormuz, now it does 2) Iran oil was sanctioned, now it's not 3) Iran was not building a nuke, now it will 4) US bases in the Gulf were assets, now liabilities 5) Inflation was declining, now increasing Definitely winning!

¿Os acordáis cuando solo crecíamos por consumo público y exportaciones? Pues ya hace tiempo que se acabó. Consumo privado e inversión tirán del crecimiento en un 90%, y el sector exterior de hecho lastra el crecimiento.

Pues estos son los precios medios del mercado eléctrico para mañana. Impresionante. (Y no le digáis que solo lo cuelgo cuando salen a favor de España, porque los cuelgo todos los días, sea cual sea el precio)

Donald Trump is handing nearly a billion dollars in taxpayer money to stop a job-creating, clean power-generating wind farm from being built off the East Coast. He is putting America in reverse and selling us out to his Big Oil donors.

Breaking News! Code UFB! Global sea surface temperatures continue breaking daily records, with Mar. 23 having a preliminary SST of 21.141°C, ahead of the previous daily record of 21.118°C set in 2024. This graph shows how fast SSTs are rising compared to pre-2023 temperatures.

Wealth is highly concentrated and largely inherited in countries such as Spain, Italy, Austrian and Germany. Inheritances and gifts play a considerably smaller role in net wealth in countries such as Portugal, Hungary or Latvia.

Let me explain what just happened 👇 5 minutes before the President announced a halt to attacks on Iran… someone placed a $1.5 BILLION bet on stocks going up and dumped $192 million in oil. 5 minutes… These trades were 4 to 6 times larger than anything else in the entire market. Whoever did this wasn’t guessing. You don’t risk $1.5 billion on a hunch. There was zero public indication this announcement was coming. No leaks. No press. Nothing. The only people who knew were in the room when the decision was made. Someone in that room picked up a phone. And within minutes they made more money than most Americans will earn in a thousand lifetimes. In a single trade. On a war that cost you $4+ a gallon gas and $16 billion in tax dollars. American citizens funded this war. Politicians are profiting from it. This is not the first time. Every major announcement from this administration has had massive suspicious trades right before it dropped. Tariff reversals. Policy shifts. War decisions. This is the most blatant insider trading operation in the history of American politics. It’s not even close. And it’s happening over and over in broad daylight. You would go to federal prison for trading on a tip from your cousin. These people are front running war decisions with billion dollar bets and nobody will ever ask a single question. Nobody will be investigated. Nobody will be charged. By tomorrow this will be buried under the next satisfying headline. Just like last time. And the time before that. The game is rigged. And they’re not even trying to hide it anymore…

BREAKING: The blackout in Spain and Portugal in April 2025 did NOT happen because of renewables. The final ENTSO-E report on last year's Iberian blackout is out — and it's essential reading for anyone working on the energy transition. entsoe.eu/news/2026/03/2…

🚨🚨🇺🇸 USA Falls Off the Democracy Map. For the first time in 50 years, the United States no longer appears on the list of liberal democracies. In a single year, the country has fallen from 20th to 51st place. The V-Dem Institute calls it one of the most dramatic declines ever recorded. The fall does not happen in a vacuum. Brendan Carr is not among the most recognizable names in Trump’s orbit, but the head of the federal media regulator FCC made waves this weekend with a direct threat to the country’s broadcasters. Networks spreading what he called fake news were told they have an opportunity to correct course before their license renewals come up. The message was plain enough: fall in line, or face the consequences. Staffan Lindberg, founding director of the V-Dem Institute, is blunt about what this means. Across so many dimensions, the retreat has been so severe that the United States can no longer be counted as a democracy. The term he uses is “electoral autocracy” – a system without genuine democracy that still goes through the motions of holding elections. Like Putin’s Russia. What concerns him most: the assault on free speech, illustrated by the FCC chief’s latest threat. An extreme concentration of power in the president’s hands. A Congress that, in Lindberg’s words, has abdicated. And Trump’s use of paramilitary forces in American cities – ICE soldiers who killed two civilian protesters this past winter. “The United States used to talk about being a global beacon for democracy and freedom,” Lindberg says. “That idea has now been erased.” Read the full V-Dem Democracy Report 2026: v-dem.net/documents/75/V… Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

Los partidos ultras, anti renovables y pronucleares, no hablarán de esto tampoco en las próximas elecciones. Más vale que lo tapen...

El protagonismo de las renovables en España explica la actual diferencia de precios de la luz con los grandes países europeos: el sábado aquí estuvo a 14,4 euros/MWh mientras que en la nuclear Francia, el Reino Unido, Alemania o Italia, superaron los 100 euros/MWh, vía @elpais

Great. Spain is now the first country to force the central bank to reveal how much interest each bank has earned from its deposits at the central bank. Hopefully this becomes a trigger for other central banks in Eurozone to do the same. There is no reason to keep this secret.

The big difference in this crisis vs. the oil crises from the past is that the world economy now needs a lot less oil to run.

4 Days, Trump’s War vs Iran — Iran escalating, not collapsing  — Middle East in chaos — Americans flee en mass — 3 US embassies hit — Gulf states struck, unrest rising — death toll in region = 1000+ EPIC Fury is normal failure of air power alone to topple regimes

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@SenSanders Oligarchy 'News'

Curioso, curioso, en todo el informativo de @antena3com de @VicenteVallesTV no ha dicho nunca las razones por las que el gobierno no permite a EEUU repostar en España. Eso sí, ha criticado y editorializado la posición de Sánchez durante largos minutos…Sutil forma de manipular…

Trump’s billionaire allies will now own CNN, Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ and NY Post — plus 185+ local tv stations and news in 100 markets. They also control X, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, TikTok, Truth and Twitch. They control the AI you're integrating into your lives, the algorithms feeding you content, and your personal data you've given up for access. This is all by design to manipulate and surveil us, and we’re not talking enough about it. Pay attention.

Un gran reflejo de lo que está ocurriendo con los que lo están pasando peor... ¿volvemos al pluriempleo de los años 60? Bajos salarios para estos alquileres y alimentos caros... "630.000 ocupados cuentan con más de un empleo, máximo histórico", vía @Randstad_es