Brazil’s Rousseff Likely to Lose Support From PMDB Party
On Tuesday, Brazil’s largest political party, the PMDB is expected to announce it is withdrawing its support for the Rousseff...
March 28, 2016Topic
Temer
Opinion: Brazil’s Surreal Presidential Politics, Part 2
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Pity the poor Curmudgeon. Every time he writes that something is...
December 12, 2015
Opinion: Brazil’s Surreal Presidential Politics
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon writes this as the Chamber of Deputies is still...
December 9, 2015
Opinion: Brazil’s Confusing Impeachment Process
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon writes this as the several dozen political parties represented...
December 8, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s Power Vacuum
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Aristotle is said to have coined the phrase “Nature abhors a...
November 16, 2015Opinion: Brazil’s (Unofficial) Presidential Campaigns
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The unofficial Brazilian presidential campaigns have begun. Former President Lula told...
September 7, 2015
Opinion: Brazil’s High Plains Drifter? a Provocation
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The 1973 film epic “High Plains Drifter” stars Clint Eastwood as...
August 6, 2015
Brazil Plebiscite Date Now in Doubt: Daily
A plebiscite on political reforms to be held in 2014 has been thrown into doubt after Vice President Michel Temer...
July 5, 2013