Opinion: Brazil’s Bolsonaro – How’s He Doing in 2019?
Immediately after his formal swearing-in as Brazil’s President, Jair Messias Bolsonaro gave two speeches. The first was to the assembled...
January 3, 2019Section
Op-Ed
Editorial, Opinion and Letters to the Editor
Opinion: Brazil’s Lamentable Lame Duck Presidency
Brazil’s last quarter 2018 saw the election of Jair Bolsonaro, who began immediately to act as if he were already...
December 27, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Fatally Fractured STF (Federal Supreme Court)
Wednesday, December 19th, was the date of the last plenary session of STF - Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court - in...
December 21, 2018
Letter to the Editor: Black Consciousness Day
Letter to the Editor, by Jesse Marsden RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – I am an American teacher, who has lived...
November 21, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Bolsonaro – How’s He Doing?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As the weeks pass since Jair Bolsonaro won election as President,...
November 16, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Lula, a Legendary Myth
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Jair Bolsonaro, a/k/a “o Mito” has been elected President of Brazil....
October 31, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Bolsonaro: Legend or Myth?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The second round in the presidential election will occur this Sunday,...
October 27, 2018 Opinion: Could Brazil Become Another Venezuela?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – One of the rallying cries of the supporters of presidential candidate...
October 16, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Election Surprises – Part II
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Continuing our curmudgeonly concentration on the State of Rio de Janeiro,...
October 15, 2018