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.
Brazil’s Agrobusiness Interests Fear Amazon Fires May Hurt Exports
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Despite Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro apparently curving to global pressure and announcing stronger measures to combat fires currently burning in...
Half of the World’s People to Live in Water-Scarce Regions by 2050 – Report
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – By 2050 more than fifty percent of the world’s population will live in water-scarce regions with almost sixty percent of...
Brazil Criticized For Anti-Environmental Stance During Climate Change Conference
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Environment Minister, Ricardo Salles, was booed on Wednesday (August 21st) at the opening of the third day of the...
São Paulo Passes Bill Likely to Increase Already High Number of C-Sections
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – São Paulo’s state legislature (Alesp) approved a bill last week that would give women the option of a cesarean section...
As Brazil’s Economy Moves Sideways, Household Debts Continue to Grow
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Fernando Albuquerque, 32 years old, has been looking for a permanent job for the past eighteen months. While he looks,...
Brazil Hopes to Raise R$1 Trillion Selling Off Properties and Assets
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s federal government has decided to sell off more than 750,000 properties and assets, to gain cash flow. The ambitious...
Women March on Brasília Seeking Equal Rights, More Representation
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s capital, Brasília, will be taken over by women this week. The two scheduled marches, one by indigenous women of...
Landmark Brazilian Law Unable to Halt Increasing Number of Feminicides
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Bete speaks softly to her employers as she tries to push down her sleeves to cover her bruised arms. The...
Brazil-U.S. Talks May Take Years Says Former Ambassador
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Less than two months after announcing that a trade deal between Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay) and the European...
Tension Between Brazil’s Bolsonaro and the Country’s Northeast Continues
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Tension between the government of president Jair Bolsonaro and the governors of nine Northeastern Brazilian states continues high. In the...
MBL, Organizer of Rousseff Impeachment, Now Shunned by Other Right-Wing Groups
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A key organizer of the 2013 street protests, which eventually led to the impeachment of former president Dilma Rousseff, the...
Bolsonaro Wants to Reduce Society’s Participation in Policymaking Decisions
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Since taking office on January 1st, 2019, President Jair Bolsonaro has announced several measures that many say are dismantling the...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Wants to Control Data About Amazon Deforestation
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – After suggesting that the latest deforestation data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) was false, Brazilian president Jair...
Brazil’s Voting Bloc “Centrão” Takes Center Stage in Country’s Political Scenario
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro was elected on the promise of breaking with the old politics of "one hand washes the...