Decisive Week For Brazil’s Suspended House Speaker Cunha
After seven months of delays the Chamber’s Ethics Committee is expected to vote this week on whether or not to...
June 6, 2016Topic
Dilma
Opinion: Brazil’s High Plains Drifter, Reconsidered
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Back in August 2015, the Curmudgeon likened the political situation in...
May 16, 2016Opinion: In Brazil, “Disembark on the Right!” Part II
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon reprints below a column published on March 30th. The...
May 14, 2016Opinion: Brazil Crosses the Rubicon
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In the year 49 BC, Julius Caesar, upon crossing the Rubicon...
May 12, 2016
Opinion: Brazil’s Shameful, Shameless Politicians
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon’s last op-ed submission accused the STF of having acted...
May 9, 2016Opinion: Brazil’s Pots and Kettles
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – One of the recurring themes of Brazil’s impeachment controversy has been...
May 5, 2016
Olympic Flame Arrives in Brazil to Begin 95-Day Relay
Stepping off a plane in Brasila early this morning, Carlos Arthur Nuzman, President of the Rio 2016 organizing committee, arrived...
May 3, 2016
Opinion: A Primer on Brazilian Impeachment
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Curmudgeon is reverting to didactic mode, so if you’re looking...
April 27, 2016
Brazil’s President Rousseff Visits United Nations in New York
President Dilma Rousseff is in New York today, where she will attend the signing ceremony of the Paris Agreement on...
April 22, 2016