Opinion: Packing Brazil’s Supreme Court?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Just as football was threatening to steal all the headline space...
July 5, 2018Section
Opinion
Op-eds, perspectives, and editorial commentary
Opinion: Brazil’s World Cup Doldrums
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As ancient mariners told the tale, the Doldrums were that part...
June 19, 2018 Opinion: Milking Brazil’s Most Sacred Cow
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The most sacred cow in Brazil is Petrobras. When calved in...
June 15, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Teamsters on Strike!
Opinion, by Michael R Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In the USA, the word “teamster” used to mean a...
May 31, 2018 Opinion: The Other Rose Among Brazil’s Thorns
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Curmudgeon, having paused for refreshment, will now deliver on his...
May 29, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Rose Among Thorny Ministers
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As the Curmudgeon writes this, it is less than a day...
April 6, 2018 Opinion: What Brazil’s Crusading Judge Moro Fears
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Monday night, Judge Sergio Moro was interviewed on TV Cultura, and...
March 28, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Lava Jato: Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Thursday, March 22nd Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF) held a vote...
March 25, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Unique “Presumption of Innocence” Part III
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO - Previous segments of this abstruse essay have dealt with the unusual nature...
March 22, 2018