The Curmudgeon on Where the Buck Stopped
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - “Yes! Weekend!” was the caption of a cartoon last Saturday, showing...
March 22, 2011Section
Guest Opinions
Opinion Articles from The Rio Times
It’s All Carnival in Brazil
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – You know the saying that people will not take you seriously...
March 15, 2011Obama’s Favela Visit: Opportunity, Not Just Security
Opinion, by Michael D. Kerlin RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On March 20th, U.S. President Barack Obama will visit one...
March 15, 2011 The Curmudgeon on Carnival
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bah! Humbug! Sure, Carnival is the “greatest show on earth” south...
March 8, 2011 Hey Maconheiro!
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Why is it that when talking about the “problem of drugs”...
March 1, 2011 The Curmudgeon on the Minimum Salary
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The battle has been raging, or so they say, over the...
February 22, 2011 Beheading Crime
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The news is hardly surprising. But that does not mean they...
February 15, 2011 A Rio Problem
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Since 2007 the federal government planned 392 projects on urban and...
February 8, 2011 This is No Time
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This is no time to be curmudgeonly. Hundreds of people have...
February 1, 2011