Opinion: The Curmudgeon on the Coup d’état
The strangeness of having no date on which to celebrate the end of the dictatorship.
April 1, 2014Topic
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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...
March 25, 2014 Opinion: The Curmudgeon Among the Believers
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Wednesday, March 12th, 2014, the Curmudgeon was invited to attend the...
March 18, 2014
Letter: Rio’s Rooted Music Scene
Letter to the Editor, by Tom Moon RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - It was nearly 2AM on an average Wednesday,...
February 4, 2014
Opinion: The Curmudgeon on Downtown Traffic
Opinion, By Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This week marks the beginning of the end for Rio traffic....
January 28, 2014
Opinion: The Curmudgeon on “Rolezinhos”
Opinion, By Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - “Rolezinhos” (“flash mobs”) have sprung up like mushrooms around urban centers...
January 21, 2014 Opinion: The Curmudgeon on Live-In Maids
Opinion, By Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Readers of last week’s column will recall that the Curmudgeon fearlessly...
January 14, 2014 Opinion: The Curmudgeon Revisits 2013
Opinion, By Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Revisiting Rio de Janeiro in 2013, whose biggest events might be...
December 31, 2013
Environmental Currency: Carbon Crypto Coins?
Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – We live in the anthropocene era and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...
December 24, 2013