Opinion: Brazil’s False Election “Dilemma”
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Seven Sundays from now, Brazilian citizens will go to the polls...
August 28, 2018Section
Opinion
Op-eds, perspectives, and editorial commentary
Opinion: Brazil’s Campaign Financing Rules
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In 2015, Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF) declared unconstitutional the statute permitting...
August 14, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Absurd Senatorial System
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At their national conventions last week, Brazil’s political parties nominated candidates...
August 10, 2018
Opinion: Natural Birth: A Rarity in Rio?
Opinion, by Rachel Brabbins RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Making the decision to have a baby outside of your home...
August 9, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Presidential Party Propaganda
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – August 6th was the deadline for all political parties to register...
August 7, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s “Sistema” Fights Back
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon’s prior submission pointed out the similarity between today’s Russia...
August 1, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s “Kompromat” “Sistema”
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A friend sent the Curmudgeon an article by Adam Davidson from...
July 24, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Lava Jato: Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Again)
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Last weekend, after Brazil’s “Seleção” crashed out of the World Cup,...
July 10, 2018 Opinion: Rio’s Devout Marxist Mayor?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – If, as Karl Marx famously said, “religion is the opiate of...
July 9, 2018