Brazil Plebiscite Date Now in Doubt: Daily
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Plans by the Brazilian government for a plebiscite on political reforms in Brazil, originally brought forward by Brazilian President...
View ArticleOpinion: 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 an anonymous stranger who crosses the high plains until reaching Lago, a town...
View ArticleOpinion: Brazil’s (Unofficial) Presidential Campaigns
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The unofficial Brazilian presidential campaigns have begun. Former President Lula told supporters that, if it were necessary, he’d agree to run for...
View ArticleOpinion: Brazil’s Power Vacuum
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Aristotle is said to have coined the phrase “Nature abhors a vacuum”. Down the years, political scientists have denatured the phrase to define...
View ArticleOpinion: Brazil’s Confusing Impeachment Process
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon writes this as the several dozen political parties represented in Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies are trying to choose the 65...
View ArticleOpinion: Brazil’s Surreal Presidential Politics
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon writes this as the Chamber of Deputies is still choosing the members of the Impeachment Committee. As the Curmudgeon predicted...
View ArticleOpinion: 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 surreal, he is obliged to read the news and discover, to his op-ed horror, that...
View ArticleBrazil’s Rousseff Likely to Lose Support From PMDB Party
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil and the PT party are preparing for a difficult week, with the likelihood of allied PMDB party...
View ArticleBrazil’s President Rousseff Loses Biggest Political Ally PMDB
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – It took less than three minutes on Tuesday afternoon, for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to receive one of the biggest blows to her...
View ArticleOpinion: Brazil’s Car Wash to be Whitewashed?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – There are serious commentators who worry that PMDB’s maneuvering to impeach Dilma and install Temer as President is in reality designed to put a...
View ArticleBrazil’s Vice President Michel Temer Resigns as PMDB Leader
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In another series of political maneuvers, the vice president of Brazil, Michel Temer, who is also the president of the largest political...
View ArticlePresident Rousseff Loses More Allies in Brazil, Decries Coup
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Just five days away from another milestone that could lead to the end of her presidency, Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff received another blow in...
View ArticleOpinion: Brazil’s Indirect Election, Part II
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In his previous column, the Curmudgeon opined that Congress, while paying lip service to the “presidential” system of government, has essentially...
View ArticlePresident Rousseff Aims at Cunha and Temer in Brazil
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Several days after Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies voted to authorize the advancement of impeachment proceedings against her, President Dilma...
View ArticleBrazil’s President Rousseff Visits United Nations in New York
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President Dilma Rousseff is in New York today, where she will attend the signing ceremony of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and is...
View ArticleOpinion: A Primer on Brazilian Impeachment
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon is reverting to didactic mode, so if you’re looking for entertainment, you should check out the Night Life Guide. This column will be...
View ArticleMarina Silva Criticizes Trivializing the Term Coup in Brazil
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Popular former senator in Brazil, Marina Silva, who ran for president in 2014 elections, has criticized the current vice president Michel...
View ArticleOpinion: Brazil’s Pots and Kettles
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – One of the recurring themes of Brazil’s impeachment controversy has been the oft-repeated claim by Dilma’s supporters that those who stand in line...
View ArticleOpinion: Brazil’s Shameful, Shameless Politicians
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon’s last op-ed submission accused the STF of having acted without constitutional support by barring Eduardo Cunha from exercising his...
View ArticleDecisive Week for Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian Senate opens up a decisive week for President Dilma Rousseff on Monday, with Senate president, Renan Calheiros scheduled to...
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