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 2014 GDP Surprises Officials and Grows
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s 2014 Gross Domestic Product results surprised government officials by growing 0.1 percent last year...
Consumer Confidence in Brazil Falls to Historic Levels
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The latest consumer confidence survey in Brazil by the Instituto Brasileiro de Economia – IBRE...
Inflation Rate May Top Eight Percent in Brazil in 2015
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Financial analysts have increased forecasts for the annual inflation in Brazil for 2015 to 8.12...
Water Crisis in Brazil May Have Led to Dengue Increase
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The water shortage crisis in the Southeastern region has created another type of disaster, according...
Brazil’s Petrobras Pre-Salt Clusters Set Record Production
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Despite the fallout from the on-going corruption scandal which has tarnished Brazil’s largest state-controlled company,...
Brazil’s President Announces Anti-Corruption Measures
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff announced on Wednesday, March 18th, anti-corruption measures which she says will...
Approval Rates of Brazil’s President and Congress Drop
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The latest Datafolha opinion poll shows that more than half of Brazilians classify President Dilma...
Dow Jones Removes Brazil’s Petrobras From Sustainability Index
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Editor
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Dow Jones has announced that Brazil’s oil giant Petrobras is no longer a part of...
More Than One Million Protest Against Government in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – More than one million people took to the streets in Brazil to protest against corruption...
Forecasts for Inflation in Brazil Continue to Rise, GDP Fall
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Estimates by financial analysts regarding annual inflation in Brazil for 2015 have once again increased,...
Thousands of Pro-Government Supporters March in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Thousands of pro-government backers took to the streets on Friday in Brazil to show their...
Convicted Italian Activist Arrested for Seven Hours in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Former Italian activist, Cesare Battisti was arrested in São Paulo on Thursday, March 12th...
MST Landless March to Protest Brazil’s Agribusiness Model
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Protesting against the country’s agribusiness model, thousands of landless Brazilians have been marching on highways,...
Tougher Law for Crimes Against Women in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s President announced during International Women’s Day that she was signing into law a bill...