From four-day weeks to driving limits, Asian countries and businesses are employing creative ways to mitigate the energy fallout of the Middle East crisis.
The world is facing a water crisis – it’s estimated that by 2030 global demand for water will exceed sustainable supply by 40%. Water is a highly complex and fragmented area. That is why collaboration is key to helping solve this challenge, experts say. The Aquapreneur Innovation Initiative, from the Forum's UpLink platform, is connecting water start-ups with stakeholders across the sector ...
From the financial crisis of 2008 to the current conflict in Iran, the cost of a barrel of crude oil is influenced by world events and economic shifts, as this chart shows.
The Porfiriato or Porfirismo (/ ˌpɔːrfɪəriˈætoʊ /, Spanish: [poɾfiˈɾjato]), coined by Mexican historian Daniel Cosío Villegas, is a term given to the period when General Porfirio Díaz ruled Mexico under an authoritarian military dictatorship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [1][2][3] Seizing power in a coup in 1876, Díaz ...
Porfiriato, the period of Porfirio Diaz’s presidency of Mexico (1876–80; 1884–1911), an era of dictatorial rule accomplished through a combination of consensus and repression during which the country underwent extensive modernization but political liberties were limited and the free press was muzzled.
Introduction The Porfiriato refers to the long rule of President Porfirio Díaz in Mexico from 1876 to 1911, a period marked by authoritarian stability and rapid economic modernization. For 35 years Díaz presided over a regime that imposed strict political control while transforming Mexico’s infrastructure and economy in the name of “Order and Progress.” Under […]