Columns
Federal Police Arrest ‘Coyote’ Forging Illegal Immigration Documents
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Saturday, September 5th, the Federal Police launched Operation Chacal against a criminal organization...
Agri Column: Foreign Investors Increasingly Interested in Brazilian Agritech Startups (Week 31/2020)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One of the main innovation and technology events of...
After Secretary of Culture’s Spectacular Meltdown, a New Twist in Brazil’s Culture Wars
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Column) It was a spectacularly absurd act of self-sabotage. The Special Secretary of Culture, Roberto Alvim, issued an official...
Bolsonaro’s Bizarre Agency Appointments Ignite Brazil’s Culture Wars
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Directorships of public agencies have long been treated as patronage appointments in Brazil; one...
Instead of Favelas, Luxury Condos Could Soon Stand on...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Most people don’t have much cause to think about urban planning – until it...
Brazil’s Lottery Obsession: What are the Odds?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilians love to play the numbers. Whether it is...
Rio Seethes With Anger After Ágatha’s Senseless Death. Will its Governor Feel the Heat?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Column) As I write, just a day after the death of eight-year-old Ágatha Félix, the city of Rio de Janeiro feels as if it is about to explode. The tension,...
Opinion: Whose Amazon is it Anyway? A Demurrer
RIBEIRÃO PRETO, SP, BRAZIL - In a thoughtful article published in The Rio Times Monday, August 19th, Peter Rosenwald gave a series of answers to the title question above. To sum them up, the Amazon...
Brazil Drug Trafficker Attempts Prison Escape Dressed as Woman
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One of the visitors leaving Rio's Gabriel Ferreira Castilho Prison Complex was not quite like the others. So much...
Brazilian Drug Kingpins Flaunt Power Through Jewelry
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Throughout Brazil, authorities are seizing significant quantities of gold and diamonds in the forms of ostentatious jewelry worn by high ranking narco-traffickers and criminals.
According to police, the kingpins wear the...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro: “How’s He Doing after Six Months in Office?”
Column, by Michael Royster
RIBEIRÃO PRETO, Brazil – This coming Monday, July 1st, will mark the beginning of the second semester of Jair Bolsonaro’s reign as president of Brazil, so it’s fair to ask the above...
Australian Senator Gerard Rennick: "There has been a lot of misleading advertising in regards to the safe and effective claim….the risks have never been clearly outlined"
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