Month: March 2026

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Brazil–Germany Tech Challenge

From Berlin to Belém

The Brazil–Germany Tech Challenge and the Innovation Partnership Redefining a Continent German startups. Brazilian corporate giants. A pitch event, a handshake, and a working relationship that outlasts both — this is what transatlantic innovation looks like when it gets serious. eyesonguyana There is a long tradition of Germany and Brazil finding each other. German settlers…
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ENRICH in LAC

Five Nations, One Mission

How ENRICH in LAC Is Rewiring Innovation Between Two Continents From the rainforests of Brazil to the solar deserts of Chile, a European-backed network is quietly transforming what it means to innovate across the Atlantic. eyesonguyana There is a moment in every great partnership when paperwork becomes purpose — when a signed agreement stops being…
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María Corina Machado and Flávio Bolsonaro

The Day the Left Lost Its Compass

How a handshake in Valparaíso between a senator’s son and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate rewrote the human rights narrative of Latin America — and left Lula watching from the wrong side of history eyesonguyana For three decades, the Latin American left owned the language of human rights. It was their vocabulary, their credential, their…
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Darren Beattie

The Heir and the Jailhouse

How Flávio Bolsonaro, a Trump Adviser’s Prison Visit, and the Iron Logic of the Shield of the Americas Are Converging on Brazil’s October Election — and Why a Bolsonaro Victory Could, Paradoxically, Restore the Sovereignty Lula Is Fighting to Protect SHIELD OF THE AMERICAS  ·  PART V  —  CLOSING THE CIRCLE BRASÍLIA  —  JERUSALEM  — …
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A Giant in the Crosshairs

The Giant in the Crosshairs

How the Shield of the Americas, a Washington Terror Designation, and a Shadow War Inside Brazil’s Own Politics Are Cornering Lula da Silva SHIELD OF THE AMERICAS  ·  PART IV BRASÍLIA  |  MARCH 2026 It is a measure of how dramatically the Americas have changed that the most consequential diplomatic phone call of the week…
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The Reluctant Neighbor

Suriname, the Shield of the Americas, and the Impossible Balancing Act of Jennifer Geerlings-Simons SHIELD OF THE AMERICAS  ·  PART III PARAMARIBO, SURINAME  |  MARCH 2026 The delegation from Suriname arrived in Doral, Florida, as every delegation does at multilateral summits — quietly, with protocol officials rather than presidents, and with carefully worded instructions not…
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Golf club doral

A Small Nation’s Giant Moment

A Small Nation’s Giant Moment SHIELD OF THE AMERICAS  ·  PART II Guyana, the Shield of the Americas, and the New Geopolitics of Oil at the Edge of the World GEORGETOWN, GUYANA  |  MARCH 2026 For most of its 58 years as an independent nation, Guyana occupied a curious position in the global imagination —…
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Shield of the Americas

Shield of the Americas

How Trump’s New Conservative Alliance Is Reshaping the War on Cartels, Migration, and Chinese Influence in Latin America eyesonguyana On a humid Saturday morning in Doral, Florida, the gilded ballroom of Trump National golf resort became the stage for something Washington had not attempted since the Cold War: the deliberate assembly of a conservative military…
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