Street vendors in Angola ask for urgent help and warn of risk of revolt
They are ubiquitous in Luanda, selling a little bit of everything, from fruit to bags of peanuts, water bottles, lunch...
September 7, 2022Section
Guest Opinions
Opinion Articles from The Rio Times
Opinion: Does Portugal need Brazil to be Portuguese?
By Rodrigo Tavares* (Opinion) There is no other comparable case in history. After bringing about the independence of a former...
September 6, 2022
GringoView: Bread and circuses
The late first-century Roman poet Juvenal is believed to have coined the exhortation ‘bread and circuses’ which provided a palliative
September 4, 2022
Nueva Germania, the racist dream of Nietzsche’s brother-in-law in Paraguay
On June 3, 1889, Bernhard Förster died by suicide in Paraguay as his Aryan colony collapsed. Discover the dark history...
September 1, 2022
Heart of Dom Pedro I conjures pride and respect for Brazil’s imperial past
As Brazil's bicentennial celebrations come to a head this Sept. 7, the topic of Brazilian identity and the very essence...
September 1, 2022
Opinion: National defense, a forgotten state policy of Argentina
By Jorge Alberto Martino and Luis Norberto Martínez Reumann (Opinion) On Friday, August 26, El Litoral published an article by...
August 31, 2022
Opinion: Resumption of relations between Venezuela and Colombia is a failure for the U.S.
resumption of political relations between Venezuela and Colombia is a "clear and convincing sign that U.S. foreign policy in Latin...
August 30, 2022
Opinion: Brazil has a dictatorial police force instead of a Supreme Court
In its place has come a dictatorial police force that invades citizens' homes and offices at 6 a.m., violates the...
August 29, 2022
Opinion: Tourism boom in 2022 confirms Brazil’s potential
After more than two years of pandemic-related restrictions, there is great enthusiasm for the resumption of tourism in Brazil. In...
August 25, 2022