Paper You Can Hold
Paraguay votes on machines that print each vote on a chip-embedded paper ballot. How the system works, how it is meant to build trust, and what Brazil could and could not learn from it.
Paraguay votes on machines that print each vote on a chip-embedded paper ballot. How the system works, how it is meant to build trust, and what Brazil could and could not learn from it.
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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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.
eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, August 17, 2026 – Dutch investors have never really left Brazil. The Netherlands is already the single largest immediate European investor in the country, holding a bigger share of Europe’s Brazilian FDI stock than Luxembourg and Spain combined. What’s changed in 2026 is the case for going further: a landmark EU-Mercosur trade deal…
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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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