On 14–16 May 2026, the Transatlantic Dialogue Center (TDC) welcomed Américo Martins, Senior International Correspondent and International Affairs Analyst at CNN Brasil, to Lviv for a program combining a public discussion at Lviv Media Forum 2026 (LMF 2026) with meetings focused on Ukraine’s resilience and recovery.
At LMF 2026, Américo Martins joined Ukrainian journalist and Executive Director of the Public Interest Journalism Lab, Nataliya Gumenyuk, for a public conversation on how quality media can rebuild trust and win audiences in transforming societies. Using Brazil as the main example, the speakers discussed how journalism can remain credible in a polarized environment — while recognizing that anti-corruption reporting, although essential, can be weaponized by populists and can fuel public cynicism when “everything feels corrupt”.
They also reflected on why Ukraine is difficult to sustain as a story in Brazil amid war fatigue and competing crises — and why human-centered reporting is often more effective than geopolitics alone. This approach was echoed in Américo’s recent CNN Brasil reporting from Ukraine, including his field account of what it means to enter the country while its airspace remains closed and travel depends on long-distance rail routes.
In Lviv, Américo Martins also met with Olga Rudnieva and visited Superhumans Center, where the team shared the Center’s story, its importance for Ukraine, and the link between how the war evolves and how injuries change — shaping the needs of rehabilitation, prosthetics, and long-term recovery.
We sincerely thank NGO Resilient Ukraine for organizing this meeting, and Viktoria Tsaider for coordinating the visit. The meetings were supported by TDC’s Spain and Latin America Cooperation Program team: Oleksandr Slyvchuk (Coordinator), Alina Rohach (Project Manager), and Bohdana Batsko (Project Assistant).
This project was supported by the International Renaissance Foundation.
