Gringo View: Revisiting ‘1984’ – Are We Going Mad?
It has become seriously disquieting and almost impossible to know what to believe in the dystopian world into which we...
September 4, 2020Section
Guest Opinions
Opinion Articles from The Rio Times
Opinion: Message From a Portuguese Mother With a Broken Heart
I was two years old when the Carnation Revolution took place on April 25th, 1974, which overthrew the authoritarian 'Estado...
September 3, 2020
Gringo View: Is Now a Good Time to Write Your Own Obituary?
How many of us, stranded and isolated for the past months by the pandemic and unable to have normal contact...
August 27, 2020
Opinion: The Triumphal Return of the “300 Picaretas”
RIBEIRÃO PRETO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) Back in 1993, running for President after serving in Congress for four years, Luis Inácio...
August 20, 2020
Gringo View: Order, Progress and Unity?
(Opinion) Watching the Brazilian flag with its stirring positivistic motto ‘Ordem e Progresso’ flapping in the wind and reflecting on...
August 14, 2020
Gringo View: A Light In The Isolation Tunnel
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) There is very little positive to gather from these months of isolation. In fact,...
August 1, 2020
Gringo View Opinion: The Bananas in Brazil Are So Good
It has certainly been easy to trash Brazil lately. It seems like it has become a mini-industry for the world’s...
July 15, 2020
Opinion: Bolsonaro’s Silence After 50,000 Deaths Confirms That Covid Is Not Priority
In terms of significance, 50,000 Brazilians killed were less relevant than the arrest of Fabrício Queiroz, who was hiding in...
June 23, 2020
Opinion: Pandemic Could Ruin Bolsonaro’s Presidency
Faced with the challenges brought on by the pandemic, the President ought to log off from his social media for...
June 15, 2020