Opinion: The Dark Side of Carnival
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Carnival is all but ended; the only thing left on the...
February 20, 2015Section
Opinion
Op-eds, perspectives, and editorial commentary
Opinion: Too Bovine to Fail, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — Yesterday was Friday the 13th. The Curmudgeon is not superstitious, albeit...
February 14, 2015
Opinion: Water, Water … Where?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s Northeast has long suffered from periodic droughts, particularly in the...
February 13, 2015
Editorial: Back in Print in Brazil
Editorial, by Stone Korshak RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – We published our first print edition in January 2011, and with...
February 10, 2015Opinion: Bovinity and Puppetry, Petrobras in Brazil, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bovinity has been defined as: “the state or quality of being...
February 7, 2015 Opinion: The Curmudgeon on the Sacred Cow, an updated Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Groundhog Day, a prominent Brazilian daily announced that President Dilma...
February 5, 2015 Opinion: Fisiologismo 101, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - When you look up this word in Portuguese, you get a...
February 4, 2015 Opinion: Impunity 102, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Under long-standing Brazilian administrative law, all companies whose executives have been...
February 2, 2015Opinion: Impunity 101, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – January 29th, 2014, one year ago, Brazil’s first Anti-Corruption Law (12.846/13)...
February 1, 2015