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Investing in Brazil

Voting Integrity Brazil

The Machine That Stays Silent Until 5 p.m.

Why nothing official can exist before 17:00 on Brazilian election day, how the electronic voting machines work, and how anyone can check the results themselves.

A Romantic Sundown in Cape Town

Golden Hour at the Edge of Africa

A sunset catamaran cruise from the V&A Waterfront, a slow harbour walk and dinner in a building with a past: how to spend a romantic sundown in Cape Town.

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A Journey Through Vietnam

eyesonbrasil Picture a long, S-shaped country where emerald rice terraces, limestone seascapes, and ancient imperial cities sit just a short flight or train ride apart. Here’s a route from north to south. Ha Long Bay and Lan Ha Bay Your journey begins in the northeast, where nearly 2,000 limestone karsts and islets rise from jade-green…
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🎰 Football’s New Jackpot: When Oil Meets Offside

The Beautiful Game spins the wheel — and the Saudis own the casino. eyesonbrasil Once upon a time, football was poetry in motion. Now it’s portfolio management in motion. The pitch has become a roulette table, and the ball? Just another chip rolling under the watchful eyes of oil billionaires. Saudi Arabia’s football empire is…
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Betting Ban an Own Goal?

Days before the first round of voting, the ban on sports betting has opened a rift between the Planalto Palace and Brazilian football.

What Suriname Can Learn from Paraguay’s Wall Street Moment

eyesonbrasil While world leaders gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly last week, Paraguay quietly ran a masterclass in economic diplomacy. President Santiago Peña didn’t just attend the General Assembly — he used the sidelines to stage the Paraguay Investment Forum, opening it in front of 50 local business leaders and 150 investors…
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Failed Because of ChatGPT?

How Students Can Actually Use AI Well eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, September 29, 2026 – It’s a story you hear more and more often these days, even though it’s rarely said out loud: a dissertation, prepared over months, fails a plagiarism or AI check. A term paper gets rejected as “not independently produced.” An examination board asks…
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The Robots Are Milking

From Astronaut milking robots to feed-pushing Junos, Dutch company Lely has spread automated dairy farming across Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay — and Brazil, now Lely’s Latin American headquarters, is leading the pack.

Paraguay Investment Forum 2026 New York

Paraguay Steps Onto Wall Street’s Stage

Paraguay brought its investment pitch to New York, landing a $200 million J.P. Morgan forestry deal — while Brazil keeps absorbing the cost of Trump’s tariffs.

Arcadis e Sabesp

Delta Meets Delta: How Dutch Water Expertise Is Reshaping Brazil’s Cities

From AI-powered leak detection in São Paulo to Arcadis’s fifteen-year infrastructure partnership with SABESP, Dutch water technology and entrepreneurship are quietly reshaping how Brazil’s cities manage drought and flood.