Opinion: Brazil’s Presidential Dilemma, Revisited
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon asks his readers: put yourself in President Dilma’s shoes...
March 11, 2016Section
Op-Ed
Editorial, Opinion and Letters to the Editor
Opinion: In Brazil “Worse is Better”?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - “Quanto pior, melhor” has been a catch phrase for PSDB and...
March 5, 2016 Opinion: Did Dilma Know? a Smidgen from Brazil
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Sunday March 22, 2015, Datafolha published a survey with some...
March 4, 2016
Editorial: Falling Back with Daylight Savings Time in Brazil
At midnight on Saturday evening (February 20, 2016) most of Brazil changed their clocks back to observe the end of...
February 22, 2016
Opinion: Rio’s “Unfinished” Metrô Line 4
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Saturday’s O Globo announced that Rio’s Mayor had sent an email...
February 22, 2016 Opinion: An End to Impunity in Brazil?
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon, whose daytime job involves laws rather than public health,...
February 20, 2016
Opinion: Zika is Not Brazil’s True Problem
Rio de Janeiro — The Curmudgeon has wasted far too much time reading contradictory pieces about the Zika virus and...
February 1, 2016 Opinion: Curmudgeons Day
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Curmudgeon was surprised yesterday to learn, from a friend, that...
January 31, 2016 Opinion: Brazil’s Real Zika Crisis
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — The Curmudgeon wrote a couple weeks ago that “Brazilian media are...
January 27, 2016