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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 Announces Seleção to Play 2018 World Cup

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With a little over two months before their first game in this year’s World...

Brazilian Government Request CIA Reports on Dictatorship

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Foreign Ministry in Brazil announced that it will ask the United States to...

Police Recreate Assassination of Rio Councilwoman Marielle Franco

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – An extensive security scheme was set up on Thursday night in the center of...

Brazil’s Gymnastics May Lose Sponsor Due to Reports of Abuse

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Following the scandal of sexual misconduct and abuse by one of the coaches of...

Brazil’s Anti-Corruption Judge Backs Out of Presidential Race

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s former Supreme Court Chief Justice, Joaquim Barbosa, announced on Tuesday (May 8th) that...

Brazil’s Lava Jato’s 51st Phase Focuses on Petrobras, MDB Party

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office in the state of Paraná (MPF-PR), launched today the...

Defaced Bills in Support of Ex-Leader Cause Confusion in Brazil

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – After several days of widespread rumors, Brazil’s Central Bank stated last week that bills...

Brazil’s Supreme Court Limits Lawmakers’ Jurisdiction Privileges

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court (STF) decided on Thursday to restrict privileged forum for federal...

Brazil Criticizes U.S. Steel Import Tariffs and Quotas

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian government responded on Wednesday to the U.S.’s decision to halt negotiations and...

São Paulo Firefighters Search for Survivors of Collapsed Building

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Firefighters in São Paulo city continue to dig through the rubble, looking for possible...

Fire Causes Collapse of 24-Story Building in São Paulo

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A twenty-four story high-rise burned and collapsed during the early morning of May...

Rio’s Governor, Ex-Security Secretary Accused of Corruption

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Current Rio de Janeiro governor, Luiz Fernando Pezão and former Rio State Security Secretary...

Rio to Remove Half of Police Pacifying Units From Favelas

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Federal Intervention team in Rio de Janeiro decided to close half of the...

U.S. Dollar Closes at Highest Rate in Almost Two Years

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian real registered another day of registered heightened volatility on Wednesday, with the...

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