Opinion: Brazil’s Impeachment Process – a Primer
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Under Article 85 of the 1988 Federal Constitution, Impeachment is justifiable...
December 4, 2015Section
Op-Ed
Editorial, Opinion and Letters to the Editor
Opinion: Brazil Should Give Thanks Today
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In his last posting, the Curmudgeon maintained that to avoid becoming...
November 27, 2015 Opinion: Is Brazil a Failed State?
Opinion, by Michael Royster Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – A reader has asked the Curmudgeon the “philosophical” question in the...
November 24, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s Sea of Mud, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This week, how not to write about the sea of mud?...
November 20, 2015 Opinion: A Tale of Two Courts
The Curmudgeon pays attention to news concerning the Judicial Branch of both Brazil and the USA. He is happy to...
November 17, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s Power Vacuum
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Aristotle is said to have coined the phrase “Nature abhors a...
November 16, 2015 Opinion: Packing Brazil’s Supreme Court – Chapter Umpteen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This is written on Friday the 13th of November, which may...
November 14, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s Recipe for Disaster
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon has been off line for a month now, but...
November 9, 2015Opinion: Brazil’s Embattled President
Last week, in a move designed to promote her desire to do something to keep the proverbial cow from meandering...
October 8, 2015