19/07/2026
FIFA World Cup 2026
🇨🇼 Only 5,000 people from Curaçao could travel to watch the Blue Wave make history. One woman made sure the other 150,000 didn't miss a second.
When Curaçao became the smallest nation ever to qualify for the FIFA World Cup, the excitement swept across the island. Advertisements encouraged fans to travel to the United States and experience history from the stadiums.
But while everyone was focused on those who could go, Mavis Albertina, Founder and CEO of Nos Pais Television, was thinking about everyone who couldn't.
The parents who spent years driving their children to training. The volunteers who gave up evenings and weekends to coach. The grandparents who had followed every step of the Blue Wave's journey. The children who looked at those players and dreamed that one day they would wear the same jersey.
"If the Blue Wave belongs to Curaçao, then everyone in Curaçao should be able to watch them."
That belief became a mission.
The result?
📺 Nos Pais Television secured the exclusive rights to broadcast all 104 FIFA World Cup matches, free for every household in Curaçao.
But this story is about far more than television rights.
It is about leadership. Vision. Courage. And social responsibility.
For 55 years, Mavis has built Nos Pais Television one careful step at a time.
"We never take very big steps. If you take a big step and fall, you fall hard. We take small steps, make sure each one is sustainable, and then continue."
Those small steps led from broadcasting baseball to bringing the biggest sporting event in the world into every living room across Curaçao.
Her greatest achievement wasn't winning the rights.
It was making sure an entire nation could experience its greatest sporting moment together.
Because true leadership asks one simple question: Who might be left behind?
Congratulations to Mavis Albertina, the entire Nos Pais Television team, and every partner who believed in making this possible.
— Written by the NPTV Editorial Team