My Wonderful City
Opinion by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Shock. Disbelief. Fear. Insecurity. Adrenaline. Tension. Anger. Frustration. My Cidade Maravilhosa...
November 30, 2010Section
Guest Opinions
Opinion Articles from The Rio Times
The Curmudgeon on Shock Treatment
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last week the Mayor’s office announced, with a discrete amount of...
November 23, 2010Cariocas: Rise Up
Opinion by Samantha Barthelemy "The government wants to make the favelas safer for tourists because the view up here is...
November 16, 2010
The Curmudgeon on Elections Here and There
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The results of the U.S. midterm elections, which created a small...
November 9, 2010Will She Surprise Us?
Opinion by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One week after Brazil’s presidential elections, history is somewhat still waiting...
November 9, 2010
The Curmudgeon’s Post Election Predictions
Opinion, by Michael Royster The Curmudgeon had predicted the results of the second round election would be sixty to forty...
November 2, 2010Violence in the Marvelous City
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In less then a week Brazilians will flaunt into voting stations...
October 26, 2010Accountability Versus Continuity – Third Presidential Term
Opinion, by Dr. Greg Michener (Ph.D. in political science, University of Texas at Austin) and Hugo Porto Fonseca (Master's in...
October 26, 2010
We Have Met the Enemy, and He is Us
Opinion, by Jack Woodall RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Thus spoke not Zarathustra, but Pogo, the philosophical possum of the...
October 19, 2010