Massive new hydrocarbon finds and increased production have seen Latin America become a major energy frontier. Regulations have proved essential in attracting investment and managing profits.

Americas Society launched the latest issue of Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas entitled “Cityscapes of Rio and Bahia,” and held a discussion panel featuring a group of contemporary writers and scholars of Brazilian literature.

"Brazilian art is in a state of very high creativity. It's a powerful moment," said Brazilian artist Antonio Manuel, whose first U.S. solo exhibition Antonio Manuel: I Want to Act, Not Represent! is on view through December 10 at the Americas Society gallery. (en español)

In this opening event of the Cityscapes of Rio and Bahia, Brazil symposium, a group of contemporary Brazilian writers, translators, and scholars of Brazilian literature discussed currents in literature from the city of Salvador (Bahia).

Review 83 features articles by leading scholars—including the guest editors above as well as Earl E. Fitz, Charles A. Perrone, Cecilia Rêgo, and Nelson H. Vieira—on a breadth of topics relating to literature from Rio de Janeiro and Bahia.

Nancy Brune explores the emerging drug trafficking ties between West Africa and Brazil in an article from the Fall 2011 issue of Americas Quarterly, which hits newsstands November 9.

With less than three years to go before the World Cup, FIFA is anxious for Brazil to pass the World Cup law to guarantee its investments. But lawmakers are worried the legislation could violate Brazilian sovereignty.