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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...
The Curmudgeon on The Second Round (Part II)
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Okay, okay, the Curmudgeon was wrong. The post two short weeks ago said there wouldn’t be...
The Curmudgeon on Vans
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO - Last week the Curmudgeon opined on bicycles on Rio streets, mentioning the dangers of cars, trucks, buses...
The Curmudgeon on Carfree Cycling
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO - Last June, the Mayor of Rio announced he wanted to turn Avenida Rio Branco into a pedestrian...
The Curmudgeon on The Second Round
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO - First, here’s the good news for all residents of the State of Rio, especially those who run...
The Curmudgeon on São Conrado (Part II)
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO - There was a shoot-out in São Conrado early Saturday morning August 21st; most of the perps, including...
Brazil’s Land Protected From Foreigners
By Michael Royster, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - On August 23rd the Diário Oficial da União published an order signed by President Lula,...
The Curmudgeon on São Conrado History
Opinon, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO - There was a shoot-out in São Conrado early Saturday morning; there was an invasion of high-rise condos;...
It Can’t Happen Here
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio’s major newspaper this week ran a front page picture featuring a Greenpeace activist wearing an oil-sludge-begrimed...
The Curmudgeon on Sticks and Stones (Again)
Opinion, By Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO - On the eve of his visit to Iran, President Lula has publicly requested President Ahmadinejad to allow...
The Curmudgeon on The FARC Farces
Opinion, by Michael Royster
What are we to do with the FARC? The US and the EU have classified them as a “terrorist” organization that...
The Curmudgeon on Trains
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO - Just last week ANTT, the Brazilian Land Transportation Agency, published the public invitation for bids for the...
The Curmudgeon on Who Hexed the Hexa?
Opinion, by Michael Royster
After their exit from the World Cup last week, here are exactly seventeen Curmudgeonly reasons why Brazil lost to Holland.
1) The...
The Curmudgeon on The Fat Lady
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO - “Is there an ear, nose and throat specialist in the house?” This was the medic the Fat...