Amazonas State Faces Health System Collapse Due to Covid-19
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The state of Amazonas in the Northern region of Brazil is expected to be the first...
April 11, 2020Topic
President Bolsonaro
Opinion: “Environmental Psychosis” and Brazil’s Amazon
RIBEIRÃO PRETO, Brazil – On his return from Japan, where he participated in the G20 meeting and met several of...
July 22, 2019
Brazil’s Bolsonaro: “How’s He Doing after Six Months in Office?”
Column, by Michael Royster RIBEIRÃO PRETO, Brazil – This coming Monday, July 1st, will mark the beginning of the second...
June 30, 2019
Opinion: Brazil’s Continuing Institutional Problem
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIBEIRÃO PRETO, BRAZIL – Three years ago, the Curmudgeon published a comment describing Brazil's biggest problem:...
May 20, 2019 Opinion: Is Sergio Moro “Too Big to Fail”?
Opinion by Michael Royster RIBERÃO PRETO, SP – When President-elect Bolsonaro announced he would appoint crusading Lava Jato Judge Sergio...
May 17, 2019
Opinion: Brazil’s Bolsonaro and The (Not Very) Magic Mountain
A century ago, Davos was the setting for Thomas Mann’s novel “The Magic Mountain”: it featured a cloister peopled with...
January 25, 2019 Opinion: Brazil and Brexit and Bolsonaro
Today is crunch time for Brexit, as Prime Minister Theresa May tries to drum up support for her plan. She...
January 15, 2019