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Opinion: The Curmudgeon on the Cusp of the Cup
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - What’s not to like about the 2014 FIFA World Cup? The Curmudgeon, having watched half the...
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 the Coup d’état
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - No, the Curmudgeon was not in Brazil on April Fools Day, 1964, but he’s here now...
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...
The Curmudgeon on “Secret” Ballots
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last August 28th, in a secret ballot, the Federal Chamber of Deputies decided NOT to remove...
The Curmudgeon on Marina Silva
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After the June protests the favorite to become the next President of Brazil (among protesters) was...
Back on the Trail of Brazil’s Fortunes
Editorial, by Doug Gray
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In March 2009, I was among the first reporters to be hired by a local news...
The Curmudgeon on the Litmus Test
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In American politics, it is common for appointees to the Supreme Court to be asked about...
Brazil’s Foreign Minister Patriota Resigns
By Maria Lopez Conde, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Minister of Foreign Relations, Antonio Patriota, resigned last Monday, August 26th following the...
The Curmudgeon on Foreign Doctors (Revisited)
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Cubans are coming! The Cubans are coming! Card Carrying Communists infiltrated into our heartland by...
The Curmudgeon on Foreign Doctors
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the interests of transparency, The Curmudgeon confesses that he is a practicing member of the...
The Curmudgeon: “It’s Not the R$0.20!”
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The protests continue apace, and the protesters seem to be growing in number. Brazilian media of...
World Cup Turf Consultants in Brazil
By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With the 2014 World Cup looming and host cities beginning to declare their stadiums...
Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, MAC
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANIERO, BRAZIL - Completed in 1996, the Oscar Niemeyer designed Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (Museu de Arte Contemporanea...