Peter Rosenwald
A resident of São Paulo for almost 20 years, New Yorker Peter Rosenwald combines careers as a marketing executive and journalist. Senior dance and music critic for 'The Wall Street Journal' for 17 years, his writing has also appeared in 'New York Magazine', 'The Guardian' and many other publications. He is the author of 'Accountable Marketing'.
The Gringo View: Is This the End of ‘Abraços’?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) Back in the sixties, on this gringo’s first flight to Brazil, I remember reading a useful guide prepared...
GringoView: ‘Favela’ – Inside the Reality
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) The question that must have been asked over and over again in 1968 in Rio’s Catacumba favela; who was...
GringoView: Escaping from Carnaval – My Annual Ritual
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) The sound of drums and amplified singing in the street below my São Paulo apartment, even a week before...
Opinion: Understanding the Dangers Facing the Future of Democracy
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) The history of the bizarre political events of the past few weeks in the US might best be avoided...
Opinion: ‘Impeachment’ as New Norm for Disposing of Annoying Opponents
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In this troubled and highly partisan world one is forced to wonder if ’impeachment’ is becoming the new norm...
Opinion: Paradise Lost or Only Delayed?
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - One beautiful weekend morning many years ago, wandering among the artists showing and selling their paintings on the edges of...
Bring on the Clowns! Addressing Latin Comicity
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - “Grandma” was the best known and most beloved clown in New York’s prize-winning Big Apple Circus. With a grey curly...
Opinion: When is Enough, Enough?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - For each of the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marching in the streets of Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Hong Kong,...
Opinion: Distortions in The Looking Glass
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This gringo has been spending too many hours trying to discern what is really going on in this crazy...
Opinion: Whose Amazon Is It Anyway?
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Let’s look at it this way. Some sounds are scarier than others. It all depends on your fear threshold. The...
Opinion: Defending the Indefensible, Explaining the Inexplicable
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - For this gringo, a long-time and happy resident in Brazil, a "quasi-Brasileiro" as my friends say, answering the question: “What...