The Curmudgeon on Marina Silva
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After the June protests the favorite to become the next President...
October 8, 2013Section
Op-Ed
Editorial, Opinion and Letters to the Editor
The Curmudgeon on the Litmus Test
In American politics, it is common for appointees to the Supreme Court to be asked about their position on certain...
October 1, 2013
Fair Winds for Wind Energy in Brazil
wind power corresponds to close to two percent of the total installed electricity capacity in Brazil
October 1, 2013 The Curmudgeon on “Infringing Embargos”
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Readers of The Rio Times will be pardoned if, even though...
September 24, 2013 Opinion: The Curmudgeon on Spying
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian press has lately been replete with references to the...
September 10, 2013 The Curmudgeon on Deputy Don
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Eric Clapton wrote a famous song entitled “I shot the sheriff”...
September 3, 2013 The Curmudgeon on Foreign Doctors (Revisited)
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Cubans are coming! The Cubans are coming! Card Carrying Communists...
August 27, 2013
The Curmudgeon: “It’s not the 20 centavos!” (Revisited)
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This past week, protests about buses have broken out anew, with...
August 20, 2013 The Curmudgeon on Shame
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Capistrano de Abreu was a Brazilian historian who died 86 years...
August 13, 2013