Opinion: Brazil’s “Criminal Mastermind”, an Update
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Last September, a federal prosecutor accused former President Lula of being...
May 12, 2017Section
Op-Ed
Editorial, Opinion and Letters to the Editor
Opinion: The End of Brazil’s Lava Jato?
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Last week, by 3-2 decisions, the 2nd Panel of the STF...
May 9, 2017 Opinion: Brazil’s Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – For almost one hundred years, crying Mayday! thrice has been an...
May 1, 2017 Opinion: Brazil as a “Serious Country”
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In a remark erroneously attributed to former French President Charles de...
April 17, 2017 Opinion: Fachin’s Lists in Brazil
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On the eve of the Ides of March, Federal Chief Prosecutor...
April 12, 2017 Opinion: Rio’s Mayor’s First 100 Days
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Today marks 100 days since Mayor Crivella was sworn in as...
April 10, 2017
Editorial: Rio is Burning, the First UPP was Literally Set on Fire
Editorial, by Stone Korshak RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Last night the first UPP (Police Peacekeeping Unit) station created in...
March 31, 2017 Opinion: Rio’s “No-Accounts” Tribunal
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The institutional structure of Brazil is complicated, even for Brazilians, so...
March 30, 2017 Opinion: Brazil’s Unstable Political Stability
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Late last year, the Curmudgeon wrote that “the institutional foundations of...
March 27, 2017