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Trailers for ‘Rio’ Hit Theaters Worldwide
By Sibel Tinar, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Animated films have gained a new momentum with the introduction of 3D technologies to...
The Curmudgeon on The Political Thicket
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mr. Justice Frankfurter, long ago, exhorted his colleagues on the U.S. Supreme Court not to enter...
The Curmudgeon’s Post Election Predictions
Opinion, by Michael Royster
The Curmudgeon had predicted the results of the second round election would be sixty to forty percent in favor of Dilma...
The Curmudgeon on Election Uncertainties
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the first round of voting October 3rd, Brazilians elected 513 federal deputies and 54 senators—or...
Gay Adoption Rights Threatened
By Jewellord T. Nem Singh, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil's National Congress is proposing a new debate that could fundamentally change the adoption...
Politicians vs Anti-Corruption Law
By Sibel Tinar, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – As the official campaign for the upcoming Brazilian elections begins, the Ficha Limpa (Clean Record) law,...
State Ready to Defend Oil Revenues
By Jewellord T. Nem Singh, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – State Attorney Luis Roberto Barroso delivered the opinion of Rio's State Prosecutor’s office on...
The Curmudgeon on 1979 Amnesty
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO - John Le Carré, in his novel “The Honorable Schoolboy” has a minor character define democracy to a...
Brasil Sabor Food Festival
By Felicity Clarke, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - The "prato feito" combination of the basic choices of meat (beef, chicken, pork or fish),...
Time to Party
Editorial
RIO DE JANEIRO - We've been planning our one year anniversary party, and it's going to happen on Thursday, April 1st. Obviously...
Offshore Riches – Part 2
Opinion, by Michael Royster
The Curmudgeon has never quite believed the “sky is falling” rhetoric of Rio de Janeiro politicos over the Ibsen Amendment. After...
Regional Electorate Tribunal
By Pedro Widmar, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - After a defeat in a polemical campaign against corruption in 2008, Rio de Janeiro’s Regional Electoral...
Cuba Caught in a Time Warp
By Aaron Smith, Contributing Reporter
CUBA - “My mojito in La Bodeguita, my daiquiri in El Floridita,” was Hemingway’s famous quote about his two favorite...
Brazilian Passed Over for WTO Position
By Marcela Canavarro, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - A defeat for an international election at the World Trade Organization (WTO) provoked a wave or...