Opinion: Occupy Rio! Part II
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Like most Carioca residents, the Curmudgeon is unsure about exactly what...
March 8, 2018Section
Op-Ed
Editorial, Opinion and Letters to the Editor
Opinion: Occupy Rio!
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – One prominent Rio political commentator closes all his regular columns with...
March 2, 2018Opinion: Rio’s Carnival Versus Its Mayor
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This year, as last year, the Rio de Janeiro Carnival kept...
February 17, 2018Opinion: Brazil’s Political Parties, Part II
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Why does the Curmudgeon focus on Brazil’s political parties now? First...
February 2, 2018Opinion: Brazil’s Political Parties, Part I
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon majored in Politics at his university, and had many...
January 30, 2018Opinion: Brazil’s Democracy and Lula
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Yesterday a three-judge panel of the Federal Court of Appeals (TRF)...
January 25, 2018Opinion: Brazil’s “Ficha Limpa” Law and Lula
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Tomorrow a three-judge panel of the Federal Court of Appeals (TRF)...
January 23, 2018Opinion: Brazil as Lu-La Land
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – All of Brazil has come to a screeching halt this month....
January 18, 2018
Letter to the Editor: Dear Curmudgeon
Dear Mr. Royster [AKA the Curmudgeon], I was a missionary serving for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
January 2, 2018