Opinion: An End to Impunity in Brazil?
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon, whose daytime job involves laws rather than public health,...
February 20, 2016Section
Opinion
Op-eds, perspectives, and editorial commentary
Opinion: Zika is Not Brazil’s True Problem
Rio de Janeiro — The Curmudgeon has wasted far too much time reading contradictory pieces about the Zika virus and...
February 1, 2016 Opinion: Curmudgeons Day
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Curmudgeon was surprised yesterday to learn, from a friend, that...
January 31, 2016 Opinion: Brazil’s Real Zika Crisis
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — The Curmudgeon wrote a couple weeks ago that “Brazilian media are...
January 27, 2016
Editorial: The Year is Here, Ready or Not, Let the Games Begin
Editorial, by Stone Korshak RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – We started The Rio Times in March 2009, and by October...
January 11, 2016 Opinion: Brazil’s Zika Crisis … Not!
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian media are buzzing like flies about a virus called Zika,...
January 8, 2016 Opinion: The Curmudgeon on 2016 in Brazil
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — Everybody likes to do lists this time of year, and the...
December 27, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s Supreme Court Legislates – Badly
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last week Brazil’s Supreme Court spent two days debating the impeachment...
December 21, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s “Catiline Conspiracy”
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – “O tempora! O mores!” Cicero’s famous phrase, usually translated “Oh the...
December 16, 2015