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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.

Michel Temer, Brazil’s New Interim President Takes Over

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Calling for unity and support of the population, Brazil’s interim president, Michel Temer, asked his...

Brazil’s President Rousseff Suspended for Impeachment Trial

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – After almost twenty hours of speeches, Brazil’s Senate voted early Thursday morning to open an...

Brazil’s Senate Votes Today on Rousseff’s Impeachment

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Today (Wednesday, May 11th) the Senate in Brazil starts to vote on whether or not...

Annulment of Impeachment Process in Brazil is Reversed

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The interim Chamber of Deputies president in Brazil, Waldir Maranhão, decided during the early hours...

Anti-Impeachment Protests Block Major Highways in Brazil

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Anti-impeachment demonstrations were held Tuesday in at least fifteen states and the capital in Brazil,...

Decisive Week for Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian Senate opens up a decisive week for President Dilma Rousseff on Monday, with...

Risk Agency Further Downgrades Brazil’s Credit Rating

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – After withdrawing Brazil’s investment grade ranking in December, risk classification agency, Fitch, once again lowered...

Brazil’s Chamber Speaker is Suspended From Congress

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Supreme Court has approved a request by the country’s Prosecutor General, Rodrigo Janot, and...

Samarco, Vale, BHP to Pay R$155B for Dam Burst in Brazil

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Ministerio Publico Federal – MPF (Federal Prosecutors Office) in Brazil has filed a civil...

Judge Orders Block of WhatsApp for 72 Hours in Brazil

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A Brazilian judge in the Northeast state of Sergipe ordered the nationwide suspension of the...

Brazil Labor Day Rallies Turn Into Impeachment Protests

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The traditional May 1st Labor Day celebrations across Brazil turned into pro and anti-impeachment protests...

Brazil’s Government Registers Lowest Q1 Revenues in Six Years

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – With the reduction in production and consumption due to one of the worst economic crises...

Brazil’s President Rousseff to Fight Impeachment to the End

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A day after Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies voted to authorize the advancement of impeachment proceedings...

Brazil’s Lower House Authorizes Impeachment of President Rousseff

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – On Sunday night (April 17th) Brazil’s Lower House voted 367 to 137 to authorize the...

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