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.
Auto Sales in Brazil Show Slight Recovery in August
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Automobile sales in Brazil increased by 1.4 percent in August compared to the previous month...
Brazil’s Independence Day Marked by Parades and Protests
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – In several cities throughout Brazil today, Independence Day is being celebrated with military parades as...
Paralympics Will Have Same Security System as Olympics
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Less than twenty days after the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, security forces are once...
Brazil’s Pension Funds Investigated for R$8 Billion in Fraud
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Federal Police in Brazil issued 147 warrants and ordered the seizure of assets of...
Bank Employees Strike Again for Better Wages in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Bank employees in at least fifteen states and the capital, Brasilia, started a strike on...
Protests Against Brazil’s President Temer Continue
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Less than a week after the impeachment of the country’s first woman president, Dilma Rousseff,...
Economists See Greater Retraction in Brazil’s GDP in 2016
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Despite some positive economic indicators, economists are forecasting an even lower economic growth for 2016...
Impeached Rousseff Still Able to Hold Political Office in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – On Wednesday Dilma Rousseff was impeached by the Brazilian senate. The controversy that arose after...
Brazil’s Industrial Production Stable in July, Negative for 2016
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The industrial production in Brazil remained virtually stable in July, increasing only 0.1 percent in...
Rousseff’s Impeachment Sparks Reactions in Brazil and Abroad
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Reaction to former President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment on Wednesday (August 31st) came swiftly, both from...
Brazil’s 2017 Budget Bill Calls for Deficit of R$139.99 Billion
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Minutes after the ceremony that installed Michel Temer as Brazil’s new president, part of his...
Analysts Doubt Rousseff’s Impeachment will Fix Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – After months of debates, accusations and justifications, Brazil’s senate is expected to impeach suspended President...
Brazil’s Q2 GDP Affected by Lower Consumer Spending
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), closed the second quarter of 2016 down by 0.6 percent...
Brazil’s Rousseff Asks Senators to Vote With Their Conscience
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – After almost fifteen hours of being grilled by senators, suspended Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, reiterated...