LIESA

The Liga Independente das Escolas de Samba do Rio de Janeiro - Independent League of the Samba Schools of Rio de Janeiro - or LIESA, is the principal association that organizes the Carnival of the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Disgruntled with the official league, the Associação das Escolas de Samba da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro (AESCRJ), representatives of ten Samba schools, led by bicheiros, helped founding the LIESA in 1984.[1] They were not in agreement with the state of things in the AESCRJ, where they were a minority and always defeated in deliberations despite the fact they invested the money. Each attempt to improve the commercial success of the Carnival spectacle was being rejected.[1] They formed an independent league, which eventually took over the organisation of the parades of the Rio Carnival. The bicheiro Castor de Andrade was the first president of LIESA.

Each year, the schools promoted by the Grupo de Acesso to the top league of the Special Group become affiliated to LIESA. All other schools are affiliated with the AESCRJ.

In 2007, LIESA experienced one of the worst crisis of its history, with the arrest of various of its leaders, such as Capitão Guimarães and Anísio Abraão David, during Operation Hurricane by the Brazilian Federal Police. A inquiry was installed in the Council of the city of Rio de Janeiro to investigate the accusations of corruption.

One of the charges was that underworld figures fixed the results of Rio de Janeiro's 2007 carnival parade. Press reports suggest that Anísio Abraão David, the honorary president of Beija-Flor that won the competition, used bribes and a hitman to buy and intimidate members of the carnival jury. According to extracts from a federal police report "some individuals who worked as carnival jurors and refused to accept benefits from Anisio were threatened or had their relatives threatened with death if the Beija-Flor school did not win the 2007 carnival".[2]

On July 14, 2007, a new administration was elected, culminating in the return of Jorge Castanheira as president of the league.

Presidents

Grupo Especial

For 2017 the parade of the special group will be composed by 12 samba schools:

Sunday
  1. Paraíso do Tuiuti
Monday
  1. União da Ilha

List of champions

AnoChampion
1932Mangueira
1933Mangueira
1934Mangueira and Recreio de Ramos
1935Portela
1936Unidos da Tijuca
1937Vizinha Faladeira
1938Não houve concurso
1939Portela
1940Mangueira
1941Portela
1942Portela
1943Portela
1944Portela
1945Portela
1946Portela
1947Portela
1948Império Serrano
1949Império Serrano and Mangueira
1950Império Serrano and Mangueira
1951Império Serrano and Portela
1952There was parade but the calculation was not performed
1953Portela
1954Mangueira
1955Império Serrano
1956Império Serrano
1957Portela
1958Portela
1959Portela
1960Portela, Salgueiro, Mangueira, Unidos da Capela and Império Serrano
1961Mangueira
1962Portela
1963Salgueiro
1964Portela
1965Salgueiro
1966Portela
1967Mangueira
1968Mangueira
1969Salgueiro
1970Portela
1971Salgueiro
1972Império Serrano
1973Mangueira
1974Salgueiro
1975Salgueiro
1976Beija-Flor
1977Beija-Flor
1978Beija-Flor
1979Mocidade
1980Portela, Imperatriz and Beija-Flor
1981Imperatriz
1982Império Serrano
1983Beija-Flor
1984Portela e Mangueira
1985Mocidade
1986Mangueira
1987Mangueira
1988Vila Isabel
1989Imperatriz
1990Mocidade
1991Mocidade
1992Estácio
1993Salgueiro
1994Imperatriz
1995Imperatriz
1996Mocidade
1997Viradouro
1998Mangueira and Beija-Flor
1999Imperatriz
2000Imperatriz
2001Imperatriz
2002Mangueira
2003Beija-Flor
2004Beija-Flor
2005Beija-Flor
2006Vila Isabel
2007Beija-Flor
2008Beija-Flor
2009Salgueiro
2010Unidos da Tijuca
2011Beija-Flor
2012Unidos da Tijuca
2013Vila Isabel
2014Unidos da Tijuca
2015Beija-Flor
2016Mangueira

External links

References

  1. 1 2 (Portuguese) Impunidade na cabeca, Istoé, March 5, 2003
  2. ↑ Top criminals fixed Rio carnival result, say police, The Guardian, June 12, 2007
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