October 2026
Changelog (v9 → v10, 17 Oct 2026)
- New: Direction 7, Latin America alignment and the data-center buildout. It is placed after Direction 6. It tests the consortium's hypothesis about regional alignment with Washington and Israel, the isolation of Brazil, and data centers. It contains:
- an alignment map and the isolation evidence for and against;
- a projects table and the security framing (trusted stack, TCU 1380/2026);
- press coverage and the US opposition context;
- a verdict table, "What this doesn't show" and murky items 54–63;
- a case box on the viral John "Jay" Valentine testimony.
- Full-text pass. About 95 pages were fetched (
pages/latam/), plus the full TCU ruling, a Texas PUC filing and the X post's video (transcribed). The research note had 9 [V] / 29 [V-s] / 4 [R] / 13 [U]. Direction 7 has 142 [V] / 28 [V-s] / 7 [R] / 17 [U], tagged item by item, so the totals are not strictly comparable. - Corrections to the research note:
- Colombia has not designated Hamas. It designated Hezbollah in 2020 and the IRGC on 24 Sept 2026.
- Peru joined the Shield about 10 Sept 2026, not "early August".
- Colombian evangelicals: "majority for De la Espriella" becomes "a strong base; no data on vote share".
- Rio: the US$550m is Elea's investment, not City Hall money. The "US$65bn" figure is removed (Valor gives ~US$10bn). Capacity is up to 3 GW by 2032.
- Scala: 5 GW was requested; 1,800 MW was granted.
- Chile Cerrillos: the "no review needed" outcome is not visible in the SEIA record, so it is now [U]. The partial annulment was Feb 2024.
- Pecém: g1 gives R$580bn against TikTok's R$200bn+ (discrepancy flagged). The MPF action targets Omnia and Semace.
- Mexico: the BBC article is dated 28 Aug 2025.
- Redata: the "5-year" term was not found in the law text and is dropped.
- Paracatu is no longer called Brazil's "largest" project.
- Paraguay signed the AI Opportunities Declaration, not Pax Silica.
- Downgrades:
- Gaps closed:
- Argentina's embassy (promised, frozen in Jan 2026, reaffirmed in Apr, still not open).
- Peru and Colombia designations.
- IHRA adoption list.
- A primary text of Flávio's Isaac Accords pledge (VEJA, full speech).
- Bukele–Israel (Israel closed its San Salvador embassy; no move or designation).
- The Valentine video and his background.
- Additions:
- Scheduled updates: the 26 Oct runoff update now also refreshes Direction 7.