Opinion: Brazil’s Smoking Gun?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Just when you thought things in Brazil couldn’t get worse, they...
March 17, 2016Section
Opinion
Op-eds, perspectives, and editorial commentary
Opinion: Brazil on Tenterhooks: Will He or Won’t He?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon, together with almost everyone else in Brazil, is on...
March 16, 2016
Opinion: Lula, Brazil’s Horatio Alger Hero?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon owes the inspiration for this column to a 2009...
March 12, 2016 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, 2016 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 Opinion: Brazil’s Presumption of Guilt – a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – The decision by Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF) to permit judges to...
February 24, 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