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Opinion: The Curmudgeon on “Straining out Gnats”
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Curmudgeon quotes Matthew 23:23-24: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ou have overlooked …...
Opinion: The Curmudgeon on Petrobras
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - “O Petróleo é Nosso!” (“It’s Our Oil!”) was the joyful cry of Brazilian nationalists in the...
Opinion: The Curmudgeon Among the Believers
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Wednesday, March 12th, 2014, the Curmudgeon was invited to attend the inauguration of a photographic exhibition...
Opinion: The Curmudgeon on the Failure of Democracy
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - “Venezuela is not Ukraine,” quoth Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff recently, and in a technical sense, she’s...
The Curmudgeon on “Mirror, Mirror”
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - No, not last year’s film nominated for an Oscar in Costume Design. Rather, it’s shorthand for...
Vila Isabel Samba School: Carnival 2013
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Known for its famous samba composers and traditional presentations, G.R.E.S. Unidos de Vila Isabel will...
The Curmudgeon on the Second Coming
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Nicolás Maduro aspires to be the reincarnation of Lula. He may just get his wish. He’s...
Lower IPI Rates Set to End Friday: Daily
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The reduction in the tax on industrialized products, known as IPI (Imposto sobre Produtos...
The Curmudgeon in Praise of Paraguay
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Fernando Lugo, Paraguay’s President, who (because he used to be a Jesuit Priest?) is much craftier than...
Brazil Joins CELAC, a Non-US LatAm Bloc
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil has joined a new political-economic regional bloc that unites 33 countries from across...
The Curmudgeon on CELAC
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Dilma has just returned from Caracas, where she and representatives of 32 other countries located...
Rio Denies Entry to UK Warship
By Nestor Bailly, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President Dilma Rousseff, in one of her first international policy moves, pushed regional solidarity to the...
Dilma Rousseff as President of Brazil
By Sibel Tinar, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Dilma Rousseff, the first woman to be elected the president of Brazil, was sworn...
Popularity Contests
Editorial
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President Lula da Silva has enjoyed a level of popularity and approval in Brazil bordering on iconic. With...