“The Man on Horseback”: a Post-Pandemic Prophecy? (Opinion)
On Sunday, May 31st, saw Brazil’s President Bolsonaro engage in his weekly attempt to sabotage science, first by overcoptering a...
June 2, 2020
Opinion: Bread and Circus? Send in the Clowns! Let Them Eat BBQ!
Ribeirão Preto, SP – (Opinion) Not content with the poor popular ratings of his “bread and circus” routine of going...
May 11, 2020
Opinion: “Yo, el Supremo”: Does Brazil’s President Have a Persistent Delusional Disorder?
Opinion, by Michael Royster Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo –In 1974, Paraguayan author Augusto Roa Bastos published a novel entitled “Yo,...
May 6, 2020
Opinion: How (and Why) the Presumption of Innocence Became Controversial in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The presumption of innocence is one of democracy’s fundamental components — no country without it...
November 21, 2019
Opinion: Can Chief Justice Toffoli Avert a Brazilian Institutional Crisis?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last week’s decisions by Brazil’s Supreme Court STF, which adhered to the literal language of...
November 19, 2019
Opinion: How the Presumption of Innocence Could Cause a Brazilian Constitutional Crisis
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The landmark decision, on November 7th, by Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF), holding by a slim...
November 9, 2019
Letter: “A Shiver Of Sharks (doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo!)”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Please allow me to introduce myself: I’m a baseball fan. More specifically: a lifelong, unswervingly...
November 1, 2019
Opinion: Bolsonaro’s Campaign Speech at UN Shows His Determination to Run for Re-election
RIBEIRÃO PRETO, BRAZIL – As noted in a prior column, Jair Bolsonaro’s 2018 campaign platform stated that he would NOT...
September 28, 2019
Opinion: A Curmudgeonly Response to “Gender Ideology”: “E pur si muove!”
RIBEIRÃO PRETO, BRAZIL - President Bolsonaro’s radical-right administration has publicly stated that there is no difference between sex and gender;...
September 11, 2019