"[M]ore than a bubble or even a boom, Brazil’s economic situation in the future looks more like a 'boomlet' but one that will lift Brazil to the ranks of the developed world," writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini for CNN's Global Public Square.

Visit www.as-coa.org/Brazil2011 for blog coverage of our annual São Paulo conference, exploring innovation, entrepreneurship, and competitiveness in Brazil.

Can Brazil build the massive infrastructure it needs to host the Olympics and the World Cup? Andrew Zimbalist explored the issue in the Summer 2011 Americas Quarterly.

The Canadian leader plans to deepen economic ties during visits to Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Honduras.

Brazil expects $34 billion in private investment for hosting the World Cup and the Olympics. But, with construction projects running behind schedule, will it update its infrastructure in time?

With Chief-of-Staff Antonio Palocci gone, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff appointed two new ministers charged with holding together the governing coalition and ushering the president’s agenda through Congress.

Danilo Santos de Miranda, the regional director for SESC-São Paulo, gave a presentation at Americas Society regarding the role of the arts-presenting organization in Brazil.