Opinion: Brazil’s Standard? Poor!
The seemingly inevitable has happened—Brazil has now been downgraded by Standard & Poor's, one of the three big credit risk...
September 14, 2015Section
Guest Opinions
Opinion Articles from The Rio Times
Opinion: Brazil’s (Unofficial) Presidential Campaigns
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The unofficial Brazilian presidential campaigns have begun. Former President Lula told...
September 7, 2015
Opinion: Brazil’s Busted Budget
The government has just submitted to Congress its proposed Budget for 2016, together with the obligatory 4 year plan through...
September 2, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s Dismal Dithering Dilma
Economics is sometimes called the “dismal” science, because it deals with scarcity. The etymology of “dismal” is from Latin “dies...
September 1, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s CPMF Tax Resuscitated?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL- There is a Brazilian saying that goes “Farinha pouca? Meu pirão primeiro!” That translates, roughly, into...
August 28, 2015
Opinion: Brazil’s Rural Culture, a “Bovine” Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s second most popular sport in terms of spectators, according to...
August 20, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s (Informal) Death Penalty
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil prides itself on being a “civilized” country, since it does...
August 17, 2015Opinion: Brazil’s Pizzaioli at the Ready
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Not long ago, there were reports that the TCU, one of...
August 16, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s Presidential Dilemma
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon asks his readers to put yourselves in President Dilma’s...
August 11, 2015