Could the Red Sea crisis spread? Professor Pedro Rodriguez gives the keys

15% of shipping passes through the Red Sea and passes through the Suez Canal. So far, attacks in the area have resulted in oneThe route of 2,000 ships had to be changed.

How much money are we talking about? Of 135,000 million euros And an alternative to avoid that area is the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. It takes seven days to reach the Mediterranean Sea, but can take up to 40 days when circumnavigating the African continent.

Could the Red Sea crisis spread? Pedro Rodríguez, professor of international relations at the Complutense University, analyzes the situation and assures that “everything that has happened since October 7 (the date of the Hamas attack against Israel) should be interpreted as same struggle

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In the words of Rodriguez, it “Iran is using its intermediaries To destroy the new order emerging in the Middle East.

The professor believes that “first it was Hamas and now it is the Houthis” and insists that they are part of one “Supporting Actor Arc Trained, armed and encouraged by Iran to act and cause massive disruption at every turn.

“The Houthis, with two dozen attacks, have managed to deliver a complete blow scare this fundamental path of commerce

Internationally,” he laments.