Opinion: The Curmudgeon on the Sacred Cow, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s most sacred cow is Petrobras. When calved in 1953, its...
January 30, 2015Section
Opinion
Op-eds, perspectives, and editorial commentary
Opinion: Irony and Indonesia, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil abolished the death penalty when it became a Republic in...
January 19, 2015 Opinion: Brazil and the Not-so-Magic Mountain
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Thomas Mann’s mammoth novel is set in a sanatorium in a...
January 18, 2015
Letter: Brazil’s New Minister of Science
Letter to the Editor, by Dirk Neyhart Dear Editor, A recent article in the New York Times says that Brazil...
January 14, 2015 Letter: Warning About American Airlines Lounge in Rio
Letter to the Editor, by Anu Raghunathan RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – We live in New Jersey, U.S. and we...
January 5, 2015
Editorial: The Story Behind the Paywall and The Rio Times
Editorial, by Stone Korshak RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Many of our regular heavy readers may have noticed something new...
December 22, 2014 Opinion: Who Were Those Guys? a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Yesterday, December 13th, was the 46th anniversary of the promulgation by...
December 14, 2014 Opinion: A Tale of Two Countries, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Yesterday’s headline news from the U.S. was utterly depressing, if not...
December 11, 2014 Opinion: Lula Knew? Dilma Knew? Now what?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – It is difficult these days to read the newspapers and not...
December 10, 2014