Why Lula Won’t Sign On to Latin America’s New War on Cartels eyesonbrasil When the leaders of Mercosur gathered in the Paraguayan city of Luque at the end of June 2026, organized crime dominated the agenda almost as much as trade. Bolivia’s president called for a new South American security architecture. Brazil’s own president, Luiz…
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How Carbon Credits Work, and Why Brazil Holds the World’s Best Hand eyesonbrasil Somewhere in the Brazilian state of Acre, a hectare of rainforest that didn’t get cut down this year just became a financial instrument. It has a serial number, a registry entry, and a buyer somewhere in Rotterdam or São Paulo who will…
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Can Flávio Save the Very System His Father’s Government Built? eyesonbrasil There’s an irony sitting at the center of Brazil’s trade fight with Washington that almost nobody on either side wants to say out loud: Pix — the instant payment system the Trump administration says is hurting American companies — was launched by the Banco…
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Inside Flávio Bolsonaro’s Mission to Washington — and Lula’s Bet That It Backfires eyesonbrasil There’s a particular kind of political theater that only works when both sides need the audience to believe something different about the same scene. That’s roughly what’s been playing out between Brasília and Washington for the past month, as Senator Flávio…
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5-Day Quick Guide A practical roadmap for young Brazilian creators, journalists, and entrepreneurs who want to produce high-quality content at the intersection of sustainability and the digital economy — using Claude as a daily working tool, not just a novelty. eyesonbrasil Before You Start You don’t need to be technical. You need 45–90 minutes a…
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Inside Brazil’s Plastic Recycling Revolution eyesonbrasil Brazil is the largest producer of plastic in Latin America, generating more than 7 million tons of the material annually. Historically, only a fraction of this volume found its way back into the production cycle, while the rest burdened municipal infrastructure or escaped into vulnerable ecosystems. Today, a paradigm…
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eyesonbrasil On June 12, 2026, in Brasília, two officials with long titles signed a document with an unglamorous name — the EU-Brazil Digital Partnership — and the kind of press coverage that rarely makes it past page six. No tariffs were cut. No state visit fanfare. And yet, for a country whose digital economy has…
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Brazil’s JAQ H1 is sailing into the future — powered by green hydrogen it produces onboard, leaving only water vapour in its wake. Imagine a vessel that harvests its own energy from the ocean itself — splitting the very water around it into hydrogen fuel, then sailing forward on nothing but chemistry and ambition. That…
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Microsoft’s Secret Data Centers and Brazil’s Digital Revolution Billions of dollars buried in the São Paulo countryside — and a deliberate silence about exactly where eyesonbrasil The Announcement That Wasn’t Picture the scene: February 2026, São Paulo’s sleek convention circuit buzzing with executives, developers, and journalists gathered for the Microsoft AI Tour. Priscyla Laham, president of…
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Inside Japan’s Seawater-Powered Energy Vessel eyesonindonesia There’s a viral image making the rounds: a sleek white research ship slicing through Pacific waters, its hull painted with the words “海水から、未来のエネルギーへ” — “From seawater, to the energy of the future.” The caption claims Japan has built a vessel that makes its own clean fuel and never needs…
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