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Opinion Articles from The Rio Times
The Death of the Forest is the End of Our Lives
Dorothy Stang, the 73-year-old American killed in the Amazon Basin in 2005, is remembered by a famous picture where she...
June 4, 2013
The Curmudgeon on “Hygientrification” ©
The Curmudgeon confesses: he has been to Singapore, and he liked it. The Curmudgeon thinks that Hizzoner, aka DuDu, Lord...
May 28, 2013
Brasileirão Makes Underwhelming Start – As Always
Blink and you might have missed it. The 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro, the country's national league season, kicked off this past...
May 28, 2013 Time for Neymar to Move On
The scene was the end of the Campeonato Paulista, the São Paulo state championship, in which Corinthians had just defeated...
May 21, 2013 White Elephants and Soccer Balls
Futebol, aka "soccer", is the most popular sport in Brazil for good reasons: people love it and it is part...
May 21, 2013 The Curmudgeon on “Y oh Y?”
The Curmudgeon wonders why. Why, oh Why? He gets up every morning and walks some 300 meters to the newsstand...
May 14, 2013 Scolari Makes Right Choice for Confederations Cup
Seleção coach Luiz Felipe Scolari this morning announced his squad for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and it was refreshing...
May 14, 2013 Kindness Generates Kindness: Pedaling in Rio
Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The bicycle is the most efficient form of locomotion ever invented....
May 7, 2013