181 - Brazil's First Free City | Paloma Lecheta
Published: May 8, 2026
Duration: 1:57:26
The Free City That's Been 45 Years in the Making
- Paloma Lecheta is a Brazilian entrepreneur and co-founder of Founder Haus, a hub for what she calls healthy entrepreneurship in Jurerê Internacional, a private neighbourhood on the island of Florianópolis. After accelerating around 1,800 startups across Brazil, she is now part of a small group of founders trying to do for Brazil what Próspera is doing for Honduras, turn a quietly functioning private development into a formally recognised Free City.
Timothy Allen sits down with Paloma in Honduras for a conversation about the 45-year-old Bra...