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 Seeks to Increase Trade and Exports to United States
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC), Armando Monteiro, met with U.S. Commerce...
Brazilian President Says No Grounds for Impeachment
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The government’s announcement of the new phase of Brazil’s housing program, Minha Casa, Minha Vida...
Brazil Government Announces R$21.2B More in Budget Cuts
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A little over a month after the Brazilian government announced its was reducing the federal...
Brazil’s President Rousseff Loses Biggest Political Ally PMDB
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – It took less than three minutes on Tuesday afternoon, for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to...
Brazil’s Bar Association Presents Impeachment Request
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil was dealt a new blow in her attempt to remain...
Easter Sales Register Worst Results Since 2007 in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Easter holiday this year in Brazil was sour for most food retailers with the...
Brazil’s Rousseff Likely to Lose Support From PMDB Party
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil and the PT party are preparing for a difficult week,...
Biodiesel Mixture Increases to Eight Percent in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian government has sanctioned a law which increases the amount of biodiesel in the...
International Agencies Concerned with Brazil’s Political Stability
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – As tensions rise in Brazil due to the on-going impeachment debate started in the Chamber...
Brazilian Government Forecasting R$96.7B Deficit for 2016
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian government’s economic team announced this week that they are asking Congress to...
Lula Campaigns Against Rousseff Impeachment in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A movement is on among Brazil’s Workers’ Party (PT) to block President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment...
Unemployment Rate in Brazil Continues to Rise
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The number of unemployed persons in Brazil increased by more than 135,000 in February, according...
Brazil’s President Rousseff Says She Will Never Resign
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Although a recent opinion poll showed that 68 percent of Brazilians support the impeachment of...
Brazil’s Lava Jato Focuses on Odebrecht in Its 26th Phase
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The twenty-sixth phase of the Lava Jato (Car wash) investigation started Tuesday morning with a...