Opinion: Brazil’s Dismal Dithering Dilma
Economics is sometimes called the “dismal” science, because it deals with scarcity. The etymology of “dismal” is from Latin “dies...
September 1, 2015Topic
Dilma
Opinion: Brazil’s CPMF Tax Resuscitated?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL- There is a Brazilian saying that goes “Farinha pouca? Meu pirão primeiro!” That translates, roughly, into...
August 28, 2015
Opinion: Brazil’s Presidential Dilemma
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon asks his readers to put yourselves in President Dilma’s...
August 11, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s High Plains Drifter? a Provocation
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The 1973 film epic “High Plains Drifter” stars Clint Eastwood as...
August 6, 2015 Opinion: Bombs Away! (“Pauta Bomba”) in Brazil
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The month of August is known as being difficult for Brazilian...
August 5, 2015Opinion: Brazil’s Presidents under Investigation
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - It’s been a bad week for Presidents in Brazil, with almost...
July 18, 2015
Opinion: Courting Brazil’s Supreme Court
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Recently, the current STF Presiding Justice, Ricardo Lewandowski, had a secret...
July 15, 2015
Brazil’s Rousseff in Russia to Meet Leaders for BRICS Summit
The five BRICS countries represent one-fifth of the world’s economy and holds forty percent of the world’s population.
July 9, 2015Opinion: Has PMDB Taken Over Power in Brazil?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – PMDB was the successor to MDB, the official opposition party created...
July 9, 2015