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.
Brazilians Struggle with Checking Accounts and Unemployment
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Despite forecasts of an improvement in the country’s economy in the coming months, Brazilians are...
Brazil’s Congress Braces for Odebrecht Plea to Name Names
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Tension is high in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, as close to eighty executives from the Odebrecht...
Brazilians Embrace Black Friday but Fear Fraud
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazilians do not celebrate Thanksgiving on the last Thursday in November, but they have in...
Brazil’s Indigenous Protest in Congress, Presidential Palace
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – For the second straight day members of Brazilian indigenous communities protest in Brasilia against government...
Brazil’s State Governors Try to Resolve Financial Crises
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s President Michel Temer met with state governors on Tuesday, November 22nd, to try to...
Another Crisis in Brazil’s Temer Administration
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazilian President Michel Temer is facing yet another crisis with one of his cabinet members,...
Brazil’s Banco do Brasil Announces Major Restructuring
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – State-owned Banco do Brasil announced on Monday, November 21st, it will restructure its operations, closing...
Tensions High in Rio’s City of God Favela Community
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The situation in one of Rio’s larger favela communities, Cidade de Deus (City of...
Brazil’s Petrobras Recovers R$204 Million from Lava Jato
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The oil giant of Brazil, Petrobras, received R$204 million in recovered funds from the Operação...
Latam Countries Discuss Transnational Crimes in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – With the increase of regional organized crime, whose operations have reached many countries at once,...
Brazil’s Petrobras Sells Liquigás For R$2.8 Billion
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s oil giant, Petrobras, announced on Wednesday (November 17th) that its Board of Directors has...
Two Former Rio Governors Arrested in Less Than 24 Hours
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The state of Rio de Janeiro has seen two former governors arrested in the...
Violent Protests in Rio as Lawmakers Discuss Austerity Bill
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Rio de Janeiro’s Legislative Assembly House (Alerj) on Wednesday,...
Brazil to Increase Culture Ministry Budget by 40 Percent
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – President of Brazil, Michel Temer, announced this week that his administration would be increasing the...