Author: Anton Foek

Business • Investment • Tourism • Intelligence

Gabriel Martinelli match Japan Brazil

Six Minutes From Disaster

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…
Read more

Vinicius Júnior World Cup

Brazil’s Burden and Brilliance

Vinícius Júnior Carries the Hexa Dream Into Houston eyesonbrasil There’s a particular kind of pressure reserved for Brazilian forwards wearing the number 7 — or, depending on the era, the number 10 — at a World Cup. It’s the pressure of an entire nation that doesn’t just want to win, but wants to win beautifully,…
Read more

The Redirection of Waste

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…
Read more

Brazil Peru World Cup 2026

Twenty-Four Years and Counting

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…
Read more

The Ship That Makes Its Own Fuel from Water

The Ship That Makes Its Own Fuel from Water

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…
Read more

The Invisible Giants of the Interior

The Invisible Giants of the Interior

Microsoft’s Secret Data Centers and Brazil’s Digital Revolution Billions of dollars buried in the São Paulo countryside — and a deliberate silence about exactly where eyesonbrasil The Announcement That Wasn’t Picture the scene: February 2026, São Paulo’s sleek convention circuit buzzing with executives, developers, and journalists gathered for the Microsoft AI Tour. Priscyla Laham, president of…
Read more

Wind hunter

The Ship That Never Needs a Gas Station

Inside Japan’s Seawater-Powered Energy Vessel eyesonindonesia There’s a viral image making the rounds: a sleek white research ship slicing through Pacific waters, its hull painted with the words “海水から、未来のエネルギーへ” — “From seawater, to the energy of the future.” The caption claims Japan has built a vessel that makes its own clean fuel and never needs…
Read more

Carbon Credits

Carbon Credits Explained

eyesonbrasil As Kenya hosts the inaugural climate change summit, there has been much talk about carbon credits and their sale. What are they, who has them, how and where are they traded and how do they contribute to reducing the effects of climate change?

The Leaf That Could Power a Nation

South Korean scientists have created an artificial leaf that turns sunlight and water into hydrogen — no wires, no grid, no emissions. For sun-drenched Indonesia, it may be a glimpse of the future. Science & Energy Desk  ·  May 2026  ·  8 min read eyesonindonesia How the artificial leaf works A Leaf Forged in a…
Read more

Haruni Krisnawati

The Architect of the Canopy

How Haruni Krisnawati is Securing Indonesia’s Green Future eyesonindonesia While global leaders sign declarations under the bright lights of international summits, the real work of saving the planet happens in the details. In Indonesia, that work has a face and a name: Haruni Krisnawati. As the world pivots toward the groundbreaking Tropical Forest Forever Facility…
Read more