Opinion: Is President Bolsonaro Running for Re-Election?
Ribeirão Preto, SP – One plank of Jair Bolsonaro’s campaign platform in 2018 stated that he would not be a...
August 20, 2019Section
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Opinion: Defending the Indefensible, Explaining the Inexplicable
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - For this gringo, a long-time and happy resident in Brazil, a "quasi-Brasileiro" as my friends say,...
August 10, 2019
Opinion: In Defense of Glenn Greenwald, or Vaza Jato vs. Lava Jato
RIBEIRÃO PRETO, BRAZIL – (aka The Curmudgeon): Glenn Greenwald, the American journalist who became famous worldwide for having collaborated with...
July 25, 2019
Opinion: “Environmental Psychosis” and Brazil’s Amazon
RIBEIRÃO PRETO, Brazil – On his return from Japan, where he participated in the G20 meeting and met several of...
July 22, 2019
Brazil’s Bolsonaro: “How’s He Doing after Six Months in Office?”
Column, by Michael Royster RIBEIRÃO PRETO, Brazil – This coming Monday, July 1st, will mark the beginning of the second...
June 30, 2019
Lava-Jato: Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Column, by Michael Royster RIBEIRÃO PRETO, BRAZIL – Twice last year there were times when the imminent passing of Lava-Jato...
June 13, 2019
“The Toffoli Factor”: a Cautionary Tale From Brazil | Rio Times
[caption id="attachment_224154" align="alignleft" width="150"] Michael Royster, aka The Curmudgeon.[/caption] Opinion, by Michael Royster SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – In 1974, Paraguayan...
June 9, 2019
Rio – The Beautiful Bagunça
Column By Patrick Fitzgerald RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The other morning I went to play a little "altinha" (keepy...
May 24, 2019
Opinion: Brazil’s Continuing Institutional Problem
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIBEIRÃO PRETO, BRAZIL – Three years ago, the Curmudgeon published a comment describing Brazil's biggest problem:...
May 20, 2019