The global board reaches us
The warning is clear and comes from someone who knows the game: Claudio X. González. After a meeting of the Business Coordinating Council, the businessman raised an alarm signal. A seemingly distant conflict between Iran and the United States could have direct impacts on our economy.
The reason? Everything passes through a strait: Hormuz.
“Although the effects have not yet been felt, it is likely that there will be ‘backlashes’ if the situation continues,” González warned.
Your logic is impeccable. Energy is the lifeblood of the modern economy. If its global flow is altered, we all catch colds. Mexico is so integrated into global chains that a sneeze in the Persian Gulf can give us a fever here.
A bottleneck called Hormuz
UN data paint a worrying scenario. a quarter of the oil moved by ship in the world passes through this narrow maritime passage. Also gas and fertilizers.
The military escalation is already altering the routes. The immediate result: the price of a barrel of Brent exceeded $100. That figure is not just a number on a screen. It’s more expensive gasoline, more expensive transportation, commodity inflation.
González sums it up crudely: Mexico cannot isolate itself. We are actors in this global theater, whether we like it or not. What happens in that strait determines the cost of filling the tank and putting food on the table.
The next play in the Middle East could be our next bill to pay.
