Opinion

The Naysayers Were Wrong. The Rio Olympics Were an Absolute Success

The Olympic Games were an absolute success. This is the result of the work ...

It’s High Time Brazil Got Rid of Its Stray-Dog Complex

To bastardize Charles Dickens: It was the worst of times, and it was the ...

Now What, Rio?

In less than one week, the final curtain will be drawn on the 2016 ...

Brazil’s Bolsa Família Is Good for the Poor But Bad for Poverty

Recently we witnessed President Lula’s great victory, thanks to a program directed to the ...

Behind Free Koran Distribution in Brazil Is Islam’s Push to Win the Infidels

According to an article published here in Brazzil, on June 1, 2006, free copies ...

Besieged by Cops and Gunmen a Brazilian Community Thrives

Natives of the Santa Catarina backwoods are instinctively reserved and mistrustful, but Luiz Backes ...

An Autopsy of the Corruption That Sapped Brazil’s Ruling Party

“Hear me, citizens of Brazil, senators, and deputies…” Thus commenced the televised coverage of ...

Believe It or Not, Brazil’s Second in Line for Presidency Is a Communist

Master Gilberto Freire  was absolutely right when he remarked that Brazil was the country ...

Bank Robbers, Treasury Robbers. Brazil Has No Honest Robbers Anymore.

Nature follows its course. Whoever tries to thwart it can be deceived by the ...