Opinion: Brazil’s Power Vacuum
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Aristotle is said to have coined the phrase “Nature abhors a...
November 16, 2015Section
Opinion
Op-eds, perspectives, and editorial commentary
Opinion: Packing Brazil’s Supreme Court – Chapter Umpteen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This is written on Friday the 13th of November, which may...
November 14, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s Recipe for Disaster
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon has been off line for a month now, but...
November 9, 2015Opinion: Brazil’s Embattled President
Last week, in a move designed to promote her desire to do something to keep the proverbial cow from meandering...
October 8, 2015
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, 2015
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