Letter: Broken Heart Upon Return to Rio de Janeiro
A few years ago I had what I thought was a wonderful opportunity to return to my home town of...
October 6, 2015Section
Op-Ed
Editorial, Opinion and Letters to the Editor
Opinion: The Green-go-fication of Rio de Janeiro
The recycled Olympic aluminum torch will soon make landing in Brazil as it makes its way from the eternal Olympiad...
October 5, 2015
Opinion: Dilma’s Resignation?
The Curmudgeon has suggested several times that Dilma should resign. The news this week shows that in one sense of...
October 2, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s Un-Real Currency
Around 22 years ago, writing for another Rio publication and using his real name (no pun intended), the Curmudgeon correctly...
September 30, 2015
Opinion: Brazil’s Kleptocracy
The Curmudgeon occasionally hears from U.S. sources that Brazil’s been taken over by communists. That’s not the case. Although Dilma’s...
September 25, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s Dismal Dithering Dilma, Part II
Those of us who hoped Dilma would quit dithering after S&P’s consigning Brazil to the investment community’s scrap heap have...
September 24, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s Citizens Re-United
The Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) has just dared do what the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) did not dare to...
September 21, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s Standard? Poor!
The seemingly inevitable has happened—Brazil has now been downgraded by Standard & Poor's, one of the three big credit risk...
September 14, 2015Opinion: Brazil’s (Unofficial) Presidential Campaigns
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The unofficial Brazilian presidential campaigns have begun. Former President Lula told...
September 7, 2015