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
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Opinion: Brazil’s Embattled President
Last week, in a move designed to promote her desire to do something to keep the proverbial cow from meandering...
October 8, 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
Investigations Probe into Rousseff’s Re-Election Campaign in Brazil
Judge Gilmar Mendes at Brazil's federal electoral court (TSE) asked prosecutors to investigate several leads hinting at potential illegal financing...
August 26, 2015
Worker’s Party Ad Disrupted by Panelaço Protest Sounds in Brazil
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff made an appearance on TV yesterday night together with several members of her Worker's Party PT,...
August 7, 2015
Opinion: The Curmudgeon on Chutzpah in Brazil
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Yesterday’s headlines brought the news that former President Lula told the...
June 23, 2015
More Than One Million Protest Against Government in Brazil
Sunday’s protests were focused on a single issue, that of corruption during the Rousseff administration.
March 16, 2015
Peaceful Protest in Rio Took Over Copacabana Beach
In Rio de Janeiro around 15,000 people protested against the government of President Dilma Rousseff and the recent money laundering...
March 16, 2015
Presidential Campaign to Cost Nearly R$1B in Brazil: Daily
Presidential campaign spending in Brazil this year will be almost fifty percent greater than in 2010.
July 7, 2014