Opinion: In Brazil “Worse is Better”?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - “Quanto pior, melhor” has been a catch phrase for PSDB and...
March 5, 2016Topic
Lula
Brazil’s Lula Questioned About Lava Jato Scandal
Former President was taken in for questioning Friday while more than 200 federal police officers served 44 warrants related to...
March 4, 2016 Opinion: Did Dilma Know? a Smidgen from Brazil
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Sunday March 22, 2015, Datafolha published a survey with some...
March 4, 2016
Brazil Invested R$250 Billion in PAC Projects in 2015
Last year's volume is the equivalent to 24.2 percent of the total to be invested by 2018, of R$1.04 trillion.
March 1, 2016 Opinion: Brazil’s Power Vacuum
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Aristotle is said to have coined the phrase “Nature abhors a...
November 16, 2015
Poll Shows Voters Reject Presidential Candidates in Brazil
Probable candidate for the 2018 Presidential race, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva received the highest rejection rate of...
October 27, 2015
Opinion: Dilma’s Resignation?
The Curmudgeon has suggested several times that Dilma should resign. The news this week shows that in one sense of...
October 2, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s Un-Real Currency
Around 22 years ago, writing for another Rio publication and using his real name (no pun intended), the Curmudgeon correctly...
September 30, 2015
Opinion: Brazil’s Dismal Dithering Dilma, Part II
Those of us who hoped Dilma would quit dithering after S&P’s consigning Brazil to the investment community’s scrap heap have...
September 24, 2015