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 Will Not Allow Foreign Countries Passage to Attack Venezuela
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil believes that a peaceful solution must be found for the Venezuelan crisis and...
Month After Brumadinho Dam Tragedy, 131 Still Missing
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Exactly one month after Brazil’s most deadly mining disasters, firefighters and volunteers still search...
Half-a-Million People to Pass Through Rio Bus Terminal at Carnival
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – More than five hundred thousand passengers are expected to pass through Rio de Janeiro’s...
Brazil Condemns Violence on Venezuelan Border
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s government condemned the violence registered along the border of Venezuela and Brazil and...
Brazil Maintains Plans to Deliver Aid to Venezuela Despite Border Closing
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilian authorities say they are still planning to deliver tons of aid to Venezuela...
Praise and Criticism for Brazil’s New Social Security Reform Bill
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As Brazil’s government announce the details of the much-awaited social security reform bill, presented...
São Paulo to Host the Largest Number of Carnival Blocos in Its History
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – When one thinks of Carnival in Brazil one thinks of Rio de Janeiro or...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Delivers Social Security Reform to Congress
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, delivered the new project for the country’s social security reform...
Ford Employees in Brazil Strike After Announcement of Plant Closing
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Reacting to the news of the closing of its truck manufacturing plant in São...
Brazil’s Moro Delivers New Anti-Crime Bill to Congress
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, signed on Tuesday (February 19th), the country’s anti-crime bill. Minister...
Brazil Registers Disappointing GDP Growth in 2018
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), grew by only 1.1 percent in 2018, according to...
Tons of Trash Collected as Carnival Celebrations Start in Rio de Janiero
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Cloudy skies and the threat of thunderstorms throughout the weekend did not discouraged thousands...
Brazil’s Government Finalize Pension System Reform
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – After weeks of rumors and uncertainties, President Jair Bolsonaro and the government's economic team...
International Entities Want to Exclude Vale From UN Global Pact Group
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – International human rights and environmental organizations urged the United Nations this week to exclude...