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Lionel Messi

Old Foes, New Stakes

Argentina and England Collide for a Place in History eyesoneurope Amsterdam, July 14, 2026 – Twenty-one years since they last shared a pitch, and two decades of accumulated tension are about to detonate in Atlanta. On Wednesday, July 15, reigning champions Argentina face fourth-ranked England in the 2026 World Cup semifinal — a fixture soaked…
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Casimiro Cazé TV

The Streamer Who Out-Broadcasted a Broadcasting Giant

eyesonbrasil For 54 straight years, watching the World Cup in Brazil meant watching Globo. The network had aired every tournament since 1970, building a viewing ritual so entrenched it barely registered as a choice. In 2026, that streak ended — not because a rival network finally out-bid Globo, but because a 31-year-old from Rio de…
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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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Vazamentos

Water, a Shipping Container, and a Leak

The Inauguration That Became a Headache for Brazil’s Government eyesonbrasil Less than 24 hours after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva inaugurated another stretch of Brazil’s long-promised São Francisco River water transposition project, drone footage showing leaks and ruptures in the newly delivered structure was already circulating on social media — reigniting distrust around one…
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Brazil's Foreign Ministry Warns of US Military Risk

Brazil’s Foreign Ministry Warns of US Military Risk

How Real Is the Threat? eyesonbrasil Brazil’s diplomatic establishment rarely uses the language it used this week. In a formal response to the Chamber of Deputies, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira put in writing something Brazilian officials have mostly avoided saying out loud: that the United States’ terrorism designation of two Brazilian criminal factions carries a…
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Stars, Spirits, and Statistics

What Are Brazil’s Real Chances Against Norway? eyesonbrasil Two Instagram clairvoyants called Brazil’s win over Japan. Vó Baiana and Carol Costa Sensitiva now say the Seleção will get past Norway too, on Sunday, in the World Cup’s round of 16. Cards, candles, and instinct point one way. Betting markets, form, and cold statistics happen to…
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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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Belém do Pará

A Digital Giant at the Forest’s Doorstep

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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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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The Price of a Ton of Air

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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