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, 2019Topic
Temer
Battisti Captured in Bolivia After Fleeing Brazil in December
After more than forty years as a fugitive, thirteen of those living in Brazil, Italy’s Cesare Battisti, was captured in...
January 14, 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
Senate Decision Unites Political Enemies in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Less than fifteen days after one of the fiercest...
November 12, 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
Brazil’s Temer Asks China to Reduce Agricultural Surcharges at Summit
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s President Michel Temer urged Chinese President Xi Jinping...
July 26, 2018 Opinion: Milking Brazil’s Most Sacred Cow
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The most sacred cow in Brazil is Petrobras. When calved in...
June 15, 2018
Brazil May Face Another Crisis with Truck Freight Rates
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Supreme Court has given the government of President...
June 14, 2018
Brazilian Officials Oppose Venezuela Border Closing Request
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s General Attorney’s office (PGR) released a document on...
April 19, 2018