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Mauricio Herrera Kahn

Mauricio Herrera Kahn, Mechanical Engineer graduated from the Technical University of Ecuador (UTE) in 1975, with more than 45 years of experience in the mining engineering and project development sector. He has held positions such as General Manager, Project Manager, and Head of Engineering at national and international companies, where he led studies and project execution under the EPCM (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management) model. He is currently General Manager at HyB Ingenieros, developing studies and analyses of new plants and processes with Capex and Opex at the engineering profile level. For several years, he has been writing articles and columns on national and international social, political, and economic analysis.

The Power of Movement

Migration, Africa and the silent redistribution of global human capital “Power does not belong to those who control land, but to those who decide who moves… and where.” Framing The international system is undergoing a structural transformation in the way…

The Arctic: The Silent War Reshaping Global Power

The Arctic: The Silent War Reshaping Global Power “Empires do not move toward comfort, but toward change. And in that change, it is not the strongest who survives, but the one who first understands where power is shifting.” Energy, routes,…

The Price of Global Disorder: The War No One Can Contain

“Modern wars do not destroy only territories. They destabilize entire systems.” This is no longer a controlled escalation or an indirect exchange of signals. The attacks between Iran and Israel have entered an open, cumulative, and structural phase, where missiles,…

Where Power Is Really Decided: Bangladesh, the Philippines, and the New Frontline of U.S.- China Rivalry

“The global power is no longer negotiated only between great powers. It is executed in the territories where their influences collide.” Opening – the conflict on the ground The rivalry between the United States and China is no longer a…

Who Will Govern the Money of the 21st Century

The dollar, cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence in the struggle for global power. “The power is not only in what is produced. It is in who decides in which currency it is paid.” The dominance of the dollar is not collapsing,…

The Next War for Critical Minerals

Lithium, copper and the future of the global economy “During the 20th century, oil was the energy heart of the international system. In the 21st century, the electrification of the economy is shifting that centrality toward a new set of…

Iran 2026: The Energy Heart of the Global Conflict

Energy, Power, and the New Global Fault Line “In an increasingly interconnected world, regional conflicts no longer remain confined to their geography. When energy, military technology, and rivalry among great powers intersect, even a localized war can alter the economic…

The Silent Extraction of a Continent: Africa and the New Geopolitics of Resources

“Africa gave the world humanity. The world took almost everything else.” “Africa holds a substantial share of the resources that will sustain the twenty-first-century economy, yet it remains one of the least industrialized and least prosperous regions of the world.…

The Instinct that Saved our Species

“No war is worth a child’s life.” For centuries, human history has been told as a succession of wars, conquests, and conflicts, as if violence were the natural language of our species. Empires rising and falling, decisive battles, and rivalries…

Energy, Power, and Venezuela

Oil, Geopolitics and the New Global Energy Transition “Energy has always been more than fuel. It is the hidden architecture of power.” Key Figures 303 billion barrels Venezuela holds the largest proven oil reserves in the world, representing roughly 17%…

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