The Rio Times

Brazil-based English-language right-center

Background

The Rio Times was founded in 2009 by American journalist Stone Korshak as an English-language news source aimed at expatriates and international readers interested in Brazil. It launched a print edition in December 2011, which grew to a circulation of 10,000 copies before the print format was discontinued in 2017 as the outlet shifted fully online. In March 2019, facing closure, the paper was acquired by Swiss businessman Matthias Camenzind, who had a background in investigative business journalism. Under Camenzind, the outlet expanded its geographic scope to cover all of Latin America and the Global South, and its audience grew roughly fifteenfold between 2019 and 2025, making it one of the largest English-language news outlets in Latin America. Media Bias/Fact Check rates it as right-center in bias with mostly factual reporting and a medium credibility score, noting a lack of transparency around ownership and selective coverage that tends to favor conservative narratives — particularly those aligned with former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Ground News similarly rates it as leaning right. The outlet's treatment of the second Trump administration reflects its right-center orientation: it reports factually on U.S. policy developments that affect Brazil, such as tariffs and diplomatic summits, but has at times adopted conservative framing, as in a headline that echoed Trump's own language about 'woke dominance in journalism.'

Sources

1. The Rio Times – Wikipedia
2. The Rio Times – Bias and Credibility – Media Bias/Fact Check
3. News from The Rio Times – Ground News
4. The Rio Times to Continue and Expand Under New Ownership of Matthias Camenzind
5. About Us – The Rio Times
6. Trump's Push to Fix Media Bias in the U.S. Challenges Woke Dominance in Journalism – The Rio Times

Profile compiled 2026-07-12; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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