Opinion: One Year of Bolsonaro in Brazil – Threats, More Arms Sales and a Still Sluggish Economy
The first year in office of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro did not end without further polemics and worrying statistics.
January 6, 2020Section
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Opinion: Paradise Lost or Only Delayed?
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - One beautiful weekend morning many years ago, wandering among the artists showing and selling their paintings...
January 1, 2020
Opinion: How (and Why) the Presumption of Innocence Became Controversial in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The presumption of innocence is one of democracy’s fundamental components — no country without it...
November 21, 2019
Opinion: Can Chief Justice Toffoli Avert a Brazilian Institutional Crisis?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last week’s decisions by Brazil’s Supreme Court STF, which adhered to the literal language of...
November 19, 2019
Opinion: How the Presumption of Innocence Could Cause a Brazilian Constitutional Crisis
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The landmark decision, on November 7th, by Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF), holding by a slim...
November 9, 2019
Opinion: When is Enough, Enough?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - For each of the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marching in the streets of Brazil,...
October 27, 2019
Opinion: Distortions in The Looking Glass
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This gringo has been spending too many hours trying to discern what is really going...
October 7, 2019
Opinion: Bolsonaro’s Campaign Speech at UN Shows His Determination to Run for Re-election
RIBEIRÃO PRETO, BRAZIL – As noted in a prior column, Jair Bolsonaro’s 2018 campaign platform stated that he would NOT...
September 28, 2019
Opinion: A Curmudgeonly Response to “Gender Ideology”: “E pur si muove!”
RIBEIRÃO PRETO, BRAZIL - President Bolsonaro’s radical-right administration has publicly stated that there is no difference between sex and gender;...
September 11, 2019