Disgruntled with the official league, the
AESCRJ representatives of ten
samba schools, led by
bicheiros, helped found the LIESA in 1984. They were not in agreement with the state of things in the AESCRJ, where they were a minority and always defeated in deliberations although they invested the money. Each attempt to improve the commercial success of the Carnival spectacle was being rejected. On July 14, 2007, a new administration was elected, culminating in the return of Jorge Castanheira as president of the league. After the intervention of
Rede Globo where understood that the spectacle, was already tiring. The Liesa in plenary approved the change of time of parade which now becomes 75 minutes, as has been discussed previously and also a decrease in the number of floats, which now becomes six. in the 2026 Carnival, the parade of children's samba schools, previously organized by ASM-RIO, will be transferred to LIESA. == Presidents ==