Opinion: Brazil’s High Plains Drifter? a Provocation
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The 1973 film epic “High Plains Drifter” stars Clint Eastwood as...
August 6, 2015Section
Guest Opinions
Opinion Articles from The Rio Times
Opinion: Bombs Away! (“Pauta Bomba”) in Brazil
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The month of August is known as being difficult for Brazilian...
August 5, 2015
Opinion: Petrobras Scandal Affects Journalists as Well
Opinion, by Peter Howard Wertheim and Dayse Abrantes RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The massive corruption scandal within state–controlled oil...
August 4, 2015 Opinion: Brazilian Pork Barrel, Revisited
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - “Orçamento impositivo” is the sesquipedalian rendering in Portuguese of “pork barrel”...
August 3, 2015Opinion: Brazil’s Presidents under Investigation
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - It’s been a bad week for Presidents in Brazil, with almost...
July 18, 2015
Opinion: Courting Brazil’s Supreme Court
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Recently, the current STF Presiding Justice, Ricardo Lewandowski, had a secret...
July 15, 2015Opinion: Has PMDB Taken Over Power in Brazil?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – PMDB was the successor to MDB, the official opposition party created...
July 9, 2015 Opinion: Will Brazil’s President Dilma Resign? a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – No one in Brazil seems to want Dilma as President. Her...
July 6, 2015Opinion: Dilma’s Dismal Disconnects in Brazil, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Dilma has been visiting the U.S., making nice with POTUS the...
July 3, 2015