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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What Belém’s New Data Center Means for Pará eyesonbrasil On the outskirts of Belém, a quiet construction site is about to become one of the most contradictory symbols of Brazil’s new digital economy. Elea Data Centers, in partnership with the energy supplier AXIA, has announced BEL1: the Amazon’s first major data center built for artificial…
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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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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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How Brazil Survived Japan’s Ambush to Keep the Hexa Dream Alive eyesonbrasil For 95 minutes in Houston, the Samurai Blue had Brazil’s number. Disciplined, fast, and utterly fearless, Japan pushed the five-time champions to the very edge of a World Cup elimination that would have sent shockwaves through Brazilian football. Then, in the sixth minute…
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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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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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Brazil’s Hunt for a Sixth Star eyesonbrasil There’s a particular kind of pressure that only Brazil carries into a World Cup. Other nations dream of a first title, or a return to relevance. Brazil carries five stars on its shirt and a question that’s grown heavier with every tournament since 2002: when does the wait…
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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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