Opinion: Thirty Fatalities in Rio de Janeiro! (Yawn)
Seven dead in favela mudslides: cause, torrential rain. Ten dead in dormitory fire: cause, flamingo vultures. Thirteen dead in Santa...
February 13, 2019Topic
Opinion
Opinion: Brazil’s BBB and Voting Blocs – Bolsonaro’s Challenge
Fear not, gentle reader - the BBB in the headline is NOT about Brazilian broadcasting’s bowdlerized debauchery. Rather, it stands...
January 22, 2019 Opinion: Brazil’s Worldview – Past is Prologue?
After reading Ernesto Araújo’s public address upon his installation as Brazil’s Foreign Minister the Curmudgeon is worried that the Bolsonaro...
January 7, 2019 Opinion: Brazil’s Bolsonaro – How’s He Doing in 2019?
Immediately after his formal swearing-in as Brazil’s President, Jair Messias Bolsonaro gave two speeches. The first was to the assembled...
January 3, 2019 Opinion: Brazil’s Lamentable Lame Duck Presidency
Brazil’s last quarter 2018 saw the election of Jair Bolsonaro, who began immediately to act as if he were already...
December 27, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Fatally Fractured STF (Federal Supreme Court)
Wednesday, December 19th, was the date of the last plenary session of STF - Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court - in...
December 21, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Lula, a Legendary Myth
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Jair Bolsonaro, a/k/a “o Mito” has been elected President of Brazil....
October 31, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Bolsonaro: Legend or Myth?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The second round in the presidential election will occur this Sunday,...
October 27, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Election Surprises – Part II
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Continuing our curmudgeonly concentration on the State of Rio de Janeiro,...
October 15, 2018