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.
Haddad Likely to Make Runoff Elections in Brazil, as Lula’s ‘Substitute’
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Seen by some as merely a substitute for former president Luiz Inacio Lula da...
Brazil’s Right-Wing Candidate Invokes Extreme Views from Voters
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Former army captain and currently with a very comfortable lead in Brazil’s Presidential election,...
Economists Pessimistic with Brazil’s Presidential Election Outcome
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With ten days before the first round of presidential elections in Brazil and candidates...
Brazil’s Temer May Suspend Rio’s Military Intervention for Pension Reform
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President of Brazil, Michel Temer, admitted on Tuesday that the Federal Government may suspend...
Over 1,800 Barred from Running in Brazil’s General Elections
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Of the 29,101 candidates who requested registration to run in this year’s general elections...
2018 Oil & Gas to Discuss Digital Technologies, Innovation in Rio
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – For the first time, Rio Oil & Gas 2018, which opens Monday in Riocentro,...
Fragmentation Dictates São Paulo’s 33rd Art Bienal
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Although one of the oldest contemporary art events in the world, the Bienal de...
Study Links Lack of Basic Sanitation Systems to Epidemics in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Only 38.2 percent of Brazilian municipalities have basic sanitation policies, which includes services of...
Far-Right, Left Wing Candidates Expected in Brazil’s Presidential Run-Off
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A new Ibope poll on voter intention for this year’s Presidential elections in Brazil...
Brazilian Judge Assures Electronic Ballot Machines Are Fraud-Proof
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The electronic ballot machines are one-hundred percent reliable, assured Brazil’s newly appointed Supreme Court...
Lima Group and Brazil Clash with OAS on Venezuelan Intervention
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Tension between the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Amalgro...
Brazilian Real Reaches Lowest Level Against US Dollar Since 1994
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian real devaluated again on Thursday against the U.S. dollar, with the North...
Rio Must Improve Security Systems at Six Museums or Face Closure
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A judge in Rio has given six federally-run museums in Rio de Janeiro thirty...
Polls Show Right-Wing Bolsonaro Still Ahead in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A new poll on voter intention for presidential candidates taken in Brazil, in the...