Opinion: Brazilian Pork Barrel, Revisited
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - “Orçamento impositivo” is the sesquipedalian rendering in Portuguese of “pork barrel”...
August 3, 2015Section
Op-Ed
Editorial, Opinion and Letters to the Editor
Editorial: The Sky is Falling in Rio, Finally!
Editorial, by Stone Korshak RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The sky is falling! The Brazilian economy is in a tailspin,...
July 21, 2015Opinion: Brazil’s Presidents under Investigation
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - It’s been a bad week for Presidents in Brazil, with almost...
July 18, 2015
Opinion: Courting Brazil’s Supreme Court
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Recently, the current STF Presiding Justice, Ricardo Lewandowski, had a secret...
July 15, 2015Opinion: Has PMDB Taken Over Power in Brazil?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – PMDB was the successor to MDB, the official opposition party created...
July 9, 2015 Opinion: Will Brazil’s President Dilma Resign? a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – No one in Brazil seems to want Dilma as President. Her...
July 6, 2015Opinion: Dilma’s Dismal Disconnects in Brazil, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Dilma has been visiting the U.S., making nice with POTUS the...
July 3, 2015
Opinion: The Curmudgeon on Chutzpah in Brazil
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Yesterday’s headlines brought the news that former President Lula told the...
June 23, 2015 Opinion: The Curmudgeon on Charleston Reaching Brazil
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Curmudgeon thought that after 37+ years of living here in...
June 22, 2015