The Curmudgeon on The Falklands
Opinion, By Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Thirty years ago, the reigning Junta in Brazil’s largest neighbor to the south, feeling in need of a little popular succor, decided upon a course to divert public opinion away from the evil it had been perpetrating over the past couple of decades. In the time-honored [...]
Working Abroad
Opinion, by Pia RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Here are the results of a study of ECA International (management and assignment of Employees around the world) conducted in 2006 in over 270 companies: • 72 percent of the companies which answered the study said they had offered more long-term missions abroad during the last three [...]
How Lucky We Are in Rio!
Opinion, by Pia Granjon Lecerf RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – We live near people who reached the first rank on the index for future happiness! And it is the fourth time that Brazilian people dominate this ranking. So it has nothing to do with chance. It is constant! The etymology of the word comes from [...]
Latin Trade, Investment Prospects and the U.S. Election
Opinion, by Michael Kalavritinos RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In the CNN debate prior to the Florida primary, the Republican front-runner called for a hemispheric focus on free trade by calling for the implementation of the Panama and Colombia Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). There is a realization that the U.S. needs to become more active [...]
The Curmudgeon On Rio+20
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon understands nothing at all about ecology or the environment, after all he’s a lawyer by trade, and lawyers are taught not to look at the real world too closely, it could be harmful to their health. What the Curmudgeon does understand is politics. Rio [...]
The Curmudgeon on Boys Will Be Boys
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On the Ca-lends of March, a couple of weeks before a planned visit to Brazil to view several cities which will host World Cup matches in 2014, Mr. Jerôme Valcke, FIFA’s General Secretary, made some pointed criticisms about Brazil’s lack of progress towards hosting the Cup. [...]
Gone Fishin
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – “Summertime, and the livin’ is easy. Fish are jumpin’…” George Gershwin knew all about Brazilian politics. On the summery first day of March 2012, President Dilma (“the Big D”) should have been ashamed of herself. Sadly, she wasn’t, according to her doppelganger Ideli (the “Little D”). [...]
Adapted to Brazil
Opinion, by Pia Granjon Lecerf RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Hello! The expatriate population grows at the pretty fast speed in the Cidade maravilhosa. Rio is zooming up. A few days ago, I was having a caipirinha with a friend along the beach at a ‘quiosque’ in Ipanema. We were discussing how we had adapted [...]
The Curmudgeon Below the Antarctic Circle
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s favorite penguin used to be the one placed on the label of every single beer sold by Antarctica, once the most popular beer in Brazil and still at least number three in sales. And why not, it’s a symbol of coolness and elegance, an upright [...]
Fire, Oil….Thorium
Opinion, by Antônio Brassil RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Thor, the Norse God of Thunder, is known for striking both fear and punishment against his enemies. Thorium, like Thor, contains a similar power to change to destroy its energy competitors with its amazing power and force. Thorium is an element virtually unknown to all earth’s [...]
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