Gringo View: The murder of George Floyd & rescue of a purple unicorn
The way US law enforcement treats different criminal suspects has been on endless display these past few weeks. What is...
April 6, 2021Section
Opinion
Op-eds, perspectives, and editorial commentary
Opinion: AMANuensis, or how to “commemorate” March 31st
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (Opinion) Fifty-seven years ago today, on the evening of March 31, 1964, the Brazilian military...
March 31, 2021
Gringo View: Missing Arts & Culture
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) It’s a hopeful sign that the longer we stay cooped up in our pandemic...
March 28, 2021
Opinion: Are the state institutions and powers now beginning to abandon Bolsonaro?
By Juan Arias* RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) According to data and media analysis agency MAP, President Jair Bolsonaro's...
March 28, 2021
Gringo view: The problem is not the electoral system – the problem is the voters
About the only thing this gringo can reliably say about the US electoral system is it’s a horrific mess.
March 11, 2021
Opinion: Fachin’s Gambit – How a judge turned the Lava-Jato legal scene upside down
The most talked-about television show of the late pandemic is “The Queen’s Gambit”. Decades ago, William Faulkner published “Knight’s Gambit”....
March 9, 2021
Opinion: Between Saudi Arabia and Norway, Brazil needs its own oil policy direction
By Marcelo Gauto RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) There are many narratives surrounding fuel prices in Brazil, antagonistic, politicized...
March 5, 2021
Opinion: Are Venezuelan refugees worth less than those from Syria and South Sudan?
By Rafael Osío Cabrices RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) The Brookings Institute, a U.S. think tank, has been following...
March 2, 2021
Gringo View: Cancel “Cancel Culture”
I don’t know about you guys but the more this gringo hears about ‘cancel culture’, the more I want to...
March 1, 2021