Lise Alves
Lise Alves is a Carioca who spent much of her life in the U.S., and now lives in São Paulo. She writes mainly national politics and business for us, with an occasional travel story.
Rio de Janeiro Sees Protests Turn Violent Again in Centro
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The center of Rio de Janeiro faced another violent day on Wednesday as more than...
Decisive Week for Brazil’s Supreme Court, Congress
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – With the start of February comes the end of the legislative and judiciary recess in...
Brazil’s Public Accounts Register Record Deficit of R$155.8 Billion
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The consolidated public sector in Brazil (federal, state, municipal and state-owned companies) registered a primary...
Brazil’s Ex-Billionaire Eike Batista Returns to Rio and Sent to Jail
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Former Brazilian billionaire, Eike Batista, handed himself over to authorities on Monday, after arriving in...
Brazil Registers 12 Million Unemployed, Up by 36 Percent
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The latest survey by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) shows that Brazil...
Brazil’s Chief Justice Ratifies 77 Odebrecht Depositions
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Chief Justice of Brazil’s Supreme Court, Carmen Lucia Rocha has ratified the 77 depositions...
Oi’s Largest Shareholder Rejects Recovery Plan in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Pharol SGPS, former Portugal Telecom and largest shareholder of Brazilian telecommunications operator Oi, said on...
Brazil Sees Opportunities in Trump’s Protectionist Measures
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to review his country’s trade agreements with other nations...
Brazil’s Batista on Interpol List to be Arrested and Extradited
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A Brazilian judge has included the name of former billionaire businessman, Eike Batista on the...
Brazil Issues Arrest Warrant for Billionaire Eike Batista
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Federal police in Brazil have issued a warrant for the arrest of billionaire businessman Eike...
Domestic Air Travel in Brazil Falls by 7.8 Percent in 2016
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Not even the major sporting events, like the Rio Olympics and Paralympic Games in August...
Peru Cancels US$7 Billion Contract with Brazil’s Odebrecht
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Caught up in a massive international corruption scandal, Peru’s government announced that it was cancelling...
Brazil Improves Its 2016 Corruption Perception Ranking
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index 2016, released January 25th, shows that Brazil’s score improved by...
Authorities Try to Contain Prison Riot in Northeastern Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The government of Rio Grande do Norte announced on Monday a series of emergency measures...