Opinion: Will Brazil’s Covid CPI actually accomplish something?
(Opinion) Created in April by Brazil’s Senate, the parliamentary investigative committee known as the Covid CPI is scheduled to end...
June 30, 2021Section
Guest Opinions
Opinion Articles from The Rio Times
Gringo View: “Bipartisanship crisis”
(Opinion) I can’t remember who first voiced this insight: ‘bipartisanship’ is not just about agreement among the political parties in...
June 29, 2021
Opinion: BRIC by BRIC – a geopolitical analysis of Brazil’s “Covaxin” cause célèbre
All but one of the so-called BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China, but not South Africa – are today...
June 25, 2021
Opinion: Happy Anniversary … Not!
Saturday, June 19, the city of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, where I now live, celebrated 165 years since its founding...
June 22, 2021
Gringo View: “We cannot stay silent”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) If I were the admissions head of any great university, more than trying to...
June 14, 2021
Opinion: “Invincible, inflexible and indigestible” – Brazil’s President as Macho Man
Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro has never been known for either subtlety or modesty. Last week, on the eve of nationwide...
May 31, 2021
Gringo View: Our racial dilemma
Two horrendous images will be forever imprinted on my mind. One is George Floyd’s body, dying under the knee of...
May 28, 2021
Gringo View: Truth or Consequences
Starting in the 1940s, ‘Truth or Consequences was a popular American radio program that asked contestants questions and when they...
May 18, 2021
Opinion: Bolsonaro impeachment? Be careful what you wish for
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (Opinion) – On May 11 and 12, a Datafolha poll asked over 2,000 people throughout...
May 16, 2021