The Iberian AI Doctrine

The Iberian AI Doctrine

Spain just minted its first unicorn in four years — and it’s the clearest proof of a peninsula-wide strategy the English-speaking AI world isn’t watching: don’t build the brains, build everything else The Hispano-Luso Report This week, a company from...
Spain Wants to Build Dublin’s Metro

Spain Wants to Build Dublin’s Metro

Ferrovial, ACS, FCC and Sacyr circle Ireland’s €16bn MetroLink — the biggest metro project in Europe, part-funded by Apple’s back taxes The Hispano-Luso Report Dublin has been promised a metro since the year 2000. A quarter of a century, several false...
The Airline That Stopped Needing the State

The Airline That Stopped Needing the State

Aerolíneas Argentinas self-funds its biggest fleet renewal in a decade — 20 new Boeing and Airbus jets The Hispano-Luso Report At the Farnborough Airshow this week, among the trillion-dollar order books and the hospitality chalets, a state-owned airline from Argentina...
Spain Wins Another Trophy in America

Spain Wins Another Trophy in America

Mapfre pays $1.5bn for Nasdaq-listed Safety Insurance — Massachusetts’ market leader turns Spanish The Hispano-Luso Report Five days ago, Spain lifted the World Cup on American soil. Last night, as Wall Street closed, it lifted a Nasdaq-listed insurer. Mapfre,...