Tag: São Paulo

Investing in Brazil

Two Brazils, One Algorithm

What AI in Education Looks Like from São Paulo to the Amazon eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, September 13, 2026 – If Celeste Labuschagne’s central warning about South Africa is that good intentions without infrastructure and guidance produce stalled initiatives, Brazil offers something rarer: a live experiment in what happens when a country tries to do both at…
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Copacabana Real estate

Clogs on the Copacabana

Where Dutch Money Is Flowing in Brazilian Real Estate eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, August 22, 2026 – Four centuries ago, the Dutch controlled a slice of northeastern Brazil, built forts along its coast, and left behind windmill-dotted towns whose names — Holambra, Carambeí, Castrolanda — still sound more like Friesland than Bahia. That old fascination never really…
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Terradot Carbon Removal

A U.S. Startup Is Betting Big on Brazilian Rock

But Brazil’s Carbon Market Rules Are Still Being Written eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, August 9, 2026 – Deep in the farm country of São Paulo and Paraná states, trucks have been spreading a fine, dark powder across thousands of hectares of cropland. It looks like nothing special — crushed volcanic rock, the kind you might find at…
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Embraer Gains Ground in East Asia

ANA Expands E190-E2 Order as South Korea Eyes Co-Development eyesonbrasil Sao Paulo, 29 July 2026–Embraer’s growing commercial presence in East Asia received a significant boost this week, as Japan’s ANA Holdings decided to order eight additional E190-E2 regional jets, expanding its total firm commitment for the type to 23 aircraft. Japan: fleet renewal and flexible…
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Conferência Brasileira Clima e Carbono

São Paulo’s Carbon Moment

Inside the 4th Brazilian Climate and Carbon Conference eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, July 29, 2026 – Nine months after the world’s diplomats packed up their translation headsets and left the Amazonian heat of Belém, Brazil’s carbon market is about to get its next big stage — this time in the glass-and-concrete sprawl of São Paulo. The Conferência…
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China's Flying Cars Are Leaving the Runway

China’s Flying Cars Are Leaving the Runway — And the Factory Floor

eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, July 22, 2026 – For decades, the flying car was science fiction’s favorite broken promise. In 2026, China is trying to make good on it — not with a single prototype, but with actual assembly lines. Backed by a national policy push around what Beijing calls the “low-altitude economy,” a handful of Chinese…
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Ellalink cable

The Cable That Skipped America

How EllaLink Rewired Brazil’s Connection to the World eyesonbrasil Six thousand kilometers beneath the Atlantic, a bundle of glass fibers no thicker than a garden hose is quietly reshaping how Brazilians reach the internet. It has no name most people would recognize, no flashy headquarters, and no consumer-facing app. But EllaLink may be one of…
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Basilio 177

From Vacant Offices to Home Addresses

Inside São Paulo’s Downtown Reinvention eyesonbrasil New York isn’t the only city racing to turn empty office towers into apartments — and São Paulo’s version of the story looks nothing like Manhattan’s. There are no new floors being stacked on top of century-old frames, no columns buckling under fresh residential loads. Instead, Brazil’s largest city…
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Venezuela-Earthquake

The Unthinkable, or the Unsinkable?

Is Brazil Ready for the Ground to Move eyesonbrasil On the night of June 24, 2026, two earthquakes tore through north-central Venezuela within 39 seconds of each other — magnitude 7.2, then 7.5, the strongest the country had recorded in more than a century. Buildings collapsed in Caracas, Valencia, and Chacao. Thousands were injured, and…
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Donald Trump FTO

One Month In: What the Terrorist Label Has Actually Done to Brazil’s Cartels

eyesonbrasil For years, Washington and Brasília argued over a word. Was the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and Comando Vermelho (CV) — Brazil’s two dominant criminal factions, together commanding tens of thousands of members and a cocaine-export machine that reaches from the Amazon to the Port of Santos to the streets of Europe — a…
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