Gringo View: Our Free Speech Conundrum
When Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and almost all other reasonable social media threw the ‘off’ switches closing Donald Trump’s access to...
February 3, 2021Section
Op-Ed
Editorial, Opinion and Letters to the Editor
Opinion: Scandalous Mishandling of Vaccinations in Portugal
Mayors, nursing homes managers, social security and National Institute of Medical Emergencies (INEM) officials are involved in several reported cases...
February 3, 2021
Opinion: Why the U.S. Should Start Focusing on Improving Relations with Mexico
Even though Russia and Mexico have had diplomatic and commercial relations since 1945, exports between the two countries are scarce.
February 1, 2021
Opinion: How Open Banking Will Redefine Brazil’s Financial Ecosystem
With the first stage of the Open Banking implementation scheduled for February 1st, a process promoting the right of customers...
January 30, 2021
Opinion: Portugal Covid Management – Among the Worst in the World?
In a statement on January 21st, in which he shamelessly blamed the population for the surge in Covid cases, Portuguese...
January 22, 2021
Gringo View: Class War – ‘Them’ and ‘Us’
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) Donald Trump has finally disappeared from center stage and Joe Biden has been inaugurated...
January 21, 2021
Opinion: Rethinking the Unthinkable – Trump’s Resignation, Ouster, or Impeachment
In our “Unthinking the Unthinkable” essay, published early on January 6th, a few hours before the truly unthinkable occurred in...
January 10, 2021
Gringo View: Watching History Happen in Real Time
Eckhart Tolle, the popular spiritual guru, argues that there is really nothing we can do about the past; it’s gone
January 8, 2021
Opinion: Thinking the Unthinkable – Is “Loser” Trump Truly Deranged?
The most concise definition of Trump Derangement Syndrome, abbreviated TDS, is a "hatred of President Trump so intense that it...
January 6, 2021