Gringo View: The murder of George Floyd & rescue of a purple unicorn
The way US law enforcement treats different criminal suspects has been on endless display these past few weeks. What is...
April 6, 2021Section
Guest Opinions
Opinion Articles from The Rio Times
Opinion: AMANuensis, or how to “commemorate” March 31st
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (Opinion) Fifty-seven years ago today, on the evening of March 31, 1964, the Brazilian military...
March 31, 2021
Gringo View: Missing Arts & Culture
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) It’s a hopeful sign that the longer we stay cooped up in our pandemic...
March 28, 2021
Opinion: Are the state institutions and powers now beginning to abandon Bolsonaro?
By Juan Arias* RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) According to data and media analysis agency MAP, President Jair Bolsonaro's...
March 28, 2021
Gringo view: The problem is not the electoral system – the problem is the voters
About the only thing this gringo can reliably say about the US electoral system is it’s a horrific mess.
March 11, 2021
Opinion: Fachin’s Gambit – How a judge turned the Lava-Jato legal scene upside down
The most talked-about television show of the late pandemic is “The Queen’s Gambit”. Decades ago, William Faulkner published “Knight’s Gambit”....
March 9, 2021
Opinion: Between Saudi Arabia and Norway, Brazil needs its own oil policy direction
By Marcelo Gauto RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) There are many narratives surrounding fuel prices in Brazil, antagonistic, politicized...
March 5, 2021
Opinion: Are Venezuelan refugees worth less than those from Syria and South Sudan?
By Rafael Osío Cabrices RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) The Brookings Institute, a U.S. think tank, has been following...
March 2, 2021
Gringo View: Cancel “Cancel Culture”
I don’t know about you guys but the more this gringo hears about ‘cancel culture’, the more I want to...
March 1, 2021