Opinion: “Law enforcement” in Rio’s favelas is largely non-existent
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) Many people (including this writer) are shocked (but not surprised) by the Rio de...
May 10, 2021Section
Guest Opinions
Opinion Articles from The Rio Times
Gringo View: The wages of cynicism
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) Cynicism has been around for a very long time. In 390 BC, it had...
May 5, 2021
Opinion: Is Brazil doomed to economic failure in the post-pandemic?
With the anticipation of household, business and government consumption, there is no hope for a bright outlook for Brazil in...
May 4, 2021
Opinion: Happiness rediscovered!
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (Opinion) Last week, my fellow columnist, codename This Gringo, said it was hard to be...
May 2, 2021
Opinion: Brazil’s Theater of the Absurd: Bolsonaro says “our” Army will hit the streets
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (Opinion) Last week and this, while railing against the “cowardly” restrictions on people’s movements by...
April 28, 2021
Opinion: Why does Brazil sell itself so cheap?
Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles supposedly thought he was very clever when he announced that he intends to demand "US$1...
April 14, 2021
Opinion: Brazil’s “Covid CPI” – a “tempest in a teapot”, “terminating in pizza”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (Opinion) Under Article 58 §3 of Brazil’s 1988 Constitution, either house of Congress can create...
April 13, 2021
Opinion: How do bitcoins respond to governments’ trillion-dollar stimulus in economies?
I have lived and worked on five different continents over the past few years and it has led me to...
April 13, 2021
Opinion: Brazilian states and cities can, and should, ban religious services during the pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (Opinion) Today, March 7, Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF) will hear cases involving the controversial question...
April 7, 2021