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The Curmudgeon on the Minimum Salary
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The battle has been raging, or so they say, over the amount of the “minimum” salary,...
Diretas Já!
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Curmudgeon begs leave of readers under the age of forty (there must be a few...
This is No Time
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This is no time to be curmudgeonly. Hundreds of people have died up in the mountains...
The Curmudgeon on “Cell” Phones
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - What is it about these people? Why haven’t they gotten it? Don’t they know...
Amnesty and Permanent Residency
By Nestor Bailly, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In July 2, 2009, then-president Lula signed into a law an amnesty granting foreigners who...
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 on 2010
Opinion, by Michael Royseter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon, never having finished a year as a regular contributor to any publication, has decided...
Happy Birthday Dilma and Oscar
Opinion by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One week ago today, December 14th, the Curmudgeon wished “many happy returns” to Dilma Roussef, President-elect...
The Curmudgeon on Gas and Oil
Opinion, by Michael Royseter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last Thursday, the two biggest news stories were (1) Russia and Qatar had been chosen to...
The Curmudgeon on Push Coming to Shove
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One sad piece of last week’s news was that almost 400 people in Cambodia were killed...
The Curmudgeon on Shock Treatment
Opinion by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last week the Mayor’s office announced, with a discrete amount of pomp, that City Hall was...
The Curmudgeon on Elections Here and There
Opinion by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The results of the U.S. midterm elections, which created a small stir in the world, has...
Small Business Options in Brazil
By Vânia Maciel, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With it's thriving economy and growing middle class, Brazil is becoming more attractive to foreign...
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...