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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.

Brazil Forecasts Lower GDP Growth, Increased Inflation

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The government of Brazil has reduced its official estimate for the country’s economic growth (GDP)...

Brazil’s CB Freezes R$47 Million in Assets from Lava Jato Scheme

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - The Central Bank of Brazil announced Thursday, November 20th, it has frozen more than ...

Dia da Consciência Negra: Black Awareness Day in Brazil

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – On Thursday, November 20th, Brazil celebrates Consciência Negra (Black Awareness Day) with a little over...

Brazil’s Unemployment Rate Falls Again in October

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil registered an unemployment rate of 4.7 percent last month, the lowest rate for the...

Scandal Oveshadows Petrobras Record Production Results

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – What started out as a scheduled meeting by Petrobras officials to announce the company’s quarterly...

Rio to Implement Policies to Decrease Thefts on Beaches

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With summer season just around the corner and forecasts of hundreds of thousands of...

Brazil Arrests Another 36 in Money-Laundering Operation

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s federal police started Friday morning (November 14th) enforcing 36 arrest warrants and 49 search...

Officials in Brazil Ask SBM For Help in Bribery Investigation

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Corregedoria Geral da União - CGU, (Comptroller General’s Office), filed an inquiry against Netherland’s...

Cabinet Ministers Resign in Brazil Ahead of Second Term

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – At least ten of Brazil’s 39 cabinet members resigned on Tuesday, including the country’s Chief...

New Zealand Murderer Phillip John Smith Arrested in Rio

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Yesterday afternoon (November 12th) Brazilian federal police officers arrested Phillip John Smith in Rio de...

Brazil to Register Record Grain Production Year Despite Drought

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil should register a record crop harvest in 2015, according to the IBGE (Brazilian Statistics...

Critics Say ENEM is Not Evaluation of Education in Brazil

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – This past weekend 6.3 million people took the Exame Nacional do Ensino Medio (National High...

Inflation Increases Less in October Due to Food, Transport

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The consumer prices (IPCA) in Brazil rose by 0.42 percent in October according to the...

Real Estate Price Growth in Rio, São Paulo Continues to Fall

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The price increase per square meter of residential and commercial real estate in São Paulo...

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