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Opinion: O Tempora! O Mores! Brazil in 2017
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As the Curmudgeon mused slightly less than twelve months ago, “O tempora! O mores!” (“Oh the...
Opinion: Why is There No “Fora Temer” in Brazil?
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As the Curmudgeon explained last year, the phrase “Fora Temer!” is best translated as “anyone but...
Opinion: Brazil’s Other “Criminal Masterminds”
Opinion by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Last September, a federal prosecutor accused former President Lula of being the mastermind and supreme leader...
Opinion: Brazil’s Shameless Politicians
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Last week and this have proven beyond any doubt that Brazilian politicians have no sense of...
Opinion: Brazil’s “Criminal Mastermind”, an Update
Opinion by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Last September, a federal prosecutor accused former President Lula of being the mastermind and supreme leader...
Opinion: Brazil’s “Weak Flesh” and Weaker Spirit
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Last week, the Federal Police announced their lastest investigation, entitled “Carne Fraca” or “weak flesh” in...
Opinion: Brazil’s Gang Bangers
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon invites his braver readers to Google the word “suruba”. Almost all the references will...
Opinion: Brazil’s 2017: O Tempora! O Mores!
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As the Curmudgeon mused little more than twelve months ago, “O tempora! O mores!” (“Oh the...
Opinion: Brazil’s 2018 Election Predicted?
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Polls released yesterday show that, in elections for President of Brazil, in the first round, against...
Opinion: Brazil’s Other Criminal Mastermind
Opinion by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This week, Eduardo Cunha, former President of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, now a private citizen...
Opinion: Brazil’s Criminal Mastermind–Part the Next
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Tuesday, October 18th, former President Lula took the opportunity to publish an exculpatory diatribe in...
Opinion: Brazil’s Rural Culture Diminished
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Most Cariocas don’t know that Brazil’s second most popular spectator sport is the “vaquejada”; some four...
Opinion: All the (Brazilian) President’s Men
Opinion by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The evidence against Lula is starting to mount up. This week Antonio Palocci, Lula’s all powerful...
Opinion: Brazil’s “Criminal Mastermind” — A Curmudgeonly Explanation
Opinion by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Quite a bit of backlash has arisen since the spokesperson for the federal prosecutor’s office accused...