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, 2019Section
Op-Ed
Editorial, Opinion and Letters to the Editor
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
Opinion: Whose Amazon is it Anyway? A Demurrer
RIBEIRÃO PRETO, SP, BRAZIL - In a thoughtful article published in The Rio Times Monday, August 19th, Peter Rosenwald gave...
August 23, 2019Opinion: 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, 2019
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: Brazilians’ Diffident Attitude towards Climate Change
RIBEIRÃO PRETO, BRAZIL - A recent DataFolha poll indicates that some 85 percent of Brazilians believe in global warming, and...
July 30, 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