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.
Belo Monte Dam Operator in Brazil Ordered to Pay Damages
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Less than two months after starting partial operations, the operator of Belo Monte Hydroelectric, Norte...
Rio de Janeiro State Cuts Social Programs to Reduce Deficit
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Facing one of the worst economic crises in its history, the Rio de Janeiro...
Impeachment Trial Begins for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The first witnesses for the prosecution took the stand on Wednesday (June 8th) in the...
Brazil Maintains its Benchmark Interest Rate Unchanged
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - For the seventh consecutive meeting, the Brazilian Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (COPOM) decided...
Education Goals in Brazil Unlikely to be Met in 2016
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The targets scheduled be met in Brazil’s ten-year National Education Plan (PNE) by June 24th...
Brazil Inflation Index in May Shows Highest Since 2008
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The IPCA (National Consumer Price Index) in Brazil rose by 0.78 percent in May, according...
Brazil’s Interim President Temer Bars Political Appointees
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The interim president of Brazil, Michel Temer, vows the country will not appoint any more...
Record Number of Brazilian Firms File for Judicial Recovery
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – In the first five months of this year judicial recovery requests in Brazil increased by...
Decisive Week For Brazil’s Suspended House Speaker Cunha
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The week ahead in Brazil’s political arena promises to be turbulent with the Chamber of...
Brazil’s Petrobras May Pay Billions in U.S. Class Action Case
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A class action suit filed in the United States on behalf of stock investors at...
Body Found in Rio May be of Missing Australian Ryan Hunt
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Police are trying to determine if a body seen floating eight kilometers off Copacabana...
Petrobras’ CEO Seeks to Recover Company’s Credibility
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Petrobras’ new president, Pedro Parente, said on Thursday, June 2nd, during his swearing in ceremony...
Brazil’s Rousseff Says Ousting Used to Halt Lava Jato
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff's legal team handed in the defense for her impeachment trial...
OECD Report Reveals Recession in Brazil May Extend Until 2017
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Although the latest economic data released in Brazil this week showed some easing of the...