What Colombia’s Rightward Turn Means for Guyana eyesonguyana On June 21, Colombians did something the country hasn’t done in generations: they handed the presidency to a hard-right outsider by the narrowest of margins. Abelardo de la Espriella — a criminal defense lawyer turned political phenomenon who calls himself “El Tigre” and was openly endorsed by…
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What a Fujimori Presidency Means for Latin America’s War on Drugs eyesonguyana June 2026 – In one of the closest elections in Peru’s modern history, Keiko Fujimori has clawed her way to the presidency by a margin so thin it can barely be measured — a few hundred votes out of nearly 20 million cast.…
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Why Suriname can’t take off eyesonguyana They share a border, a coastline, a geology, and a dream. Both Guyana and Suriname sit perched on the northern rim of South America, two small, sparsely populated nations that for most of their post-colonial histories ranked among the poorest on the continent. Then the offshore drilling rigs arrived,…
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How Cerebras Is Betting Big on Guyana’s AI Future eyesonguyana There is a small country on the northeastern shoulder of South America that most people couldn’t locate on a map a decade ago. Today, Guyana is one of the fastest-growing economies on earth, its fortunes transformed by a gusher of offshore oil wealth that arrived…
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How Guyana Is Spending Its Oil Windfall on Innovation A nation of fewer than a million people is quietly positioning itself as South America’s AI capital. Here’s how it’s doing it — and what its neighbor next door could learn. eyesonguyana In 2019, Guyana struck oil. Not a little oil — an extraordinary gusher of…
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ENRICH in LAC in Argentina — and the Paradox of Milei Argentina brings to ENRICH in LAC one of the most remarkable science ecosystems in the developing world. Its new president is simultaneously dismantling that ecosystem at home and racing to open the doors to Europe like no Argentine leader before him. eyesonguyana There is…
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A conservative revolution in Santiago meets one of the most ambitious Europe–Latin America innovation bridges ever built. eyesonguyana When José Antonio Kast strode to the podium in Santiago on the night of December 14, 2025, waving a Chilean flag before a jubilant crowd, few observers were thinking about science policy. His campaign had been dominated…
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How ENRICH in LAC and Uruguay Are Rewriting the Rules of Global Innovation Where Europe meets Latin America, a quiet revolution in science, technology, and sustainability is underway — and Uruguay is at its centre. eyesonguyana A Network Built for the Future In a world where breakthrough discoveries rarely happen in isolation, the European Network…
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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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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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