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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.

Violent Deaths Increase in Rio’s UPP Areas in First Half of 2015

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Despite the increased feeling of security in favela communities with a Pacifying Police Unit...

Brazil Pushes for New EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A bilateral commercial agreement between Mercosur partners and the European Union is a priority for...

Crack Found on Third Dam in Brazil Mining Complex

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – As rescue workers continue to look for nineteen people who are still missing after two...

Brazil’s Rousseff Worried About Agricultural Subsidies

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff spoke on Sunday about agricultural subsidies during the G-20 summit currently...

Permanent Residency Granted to 43,000 Haitians in Brazil

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The government of Brazil signed this week an authorization which gives more than 43,000 Haitian...

Brazil’s Petrobras Registers R$3.76 Billion Loss in Q3

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s oil giant, Petrobras, registered a loss of R$3.759 billion during the third quarter of...

Brazil’s President Rousseff to Visit Dam Accident Site

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Rescuers are still digging through the mud around the Samarco plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil,...

Christmas Bonuses in Brazil Will be Used to Pay Debts

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – With the deterioration of economic indexes and forecasts of more financial turbulence ahead in 2016...

Brazil’s Government Criticized for Fining Truck Strikers

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Independent truckers on strike will receive a heavy fine if they obstruct and block the...

Only Ten Workers Remain at Petrobras Plant During Strike

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – While Petrobras officials and union leaders negotiate a deal to end a two-week national strike,...

Truckers’ Strike Disrupts Major Highways in Brazil

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Independent truck drivers started to block highways across Brazil on Monday, in a strike to...

Hope Fading on Finding Missing From Brazil’s Dam Break

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Officials in Brazil admit that hope of finding more of the missing 26 people alive...

Analysts Forecast Inflation Near Ten Percent in Brazil in 2015

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Financial analysts have increased once again inflation forecasts for this year and next. According to...

Dams Break in Brazil Flooding Town in Minas Gerais

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Rescue workers are racing to find survivors trapped under tons of mud after two dams...

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