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.

The Brazilian Senate passed two landmark bills last week, one expanding freedom of information access and a second creating a truth commission to investigate dictatorship-era crimes.

With Brazil's economic boom rapidly expanding into the Northeast of the country, AS/COA Online speaks to Pernambuco's former executive secretary for technology, innovation, and higher education on the state's efforts to become a national technology hub.

"Antonio Manuel is a very important artist for this period [during the 1960s and 1970s], in between the intersection of conceptual art, neo-concretism, and pop art," says AS/COA's Gabriela Rangel speaking of Americas Society's exhibition Antonio Manuel: I Want to Act, Not Represent! (em portugues)

At AS/COA's 2011 Brazil Economic Conference, speakers explored issues such as economic policy, the impact of the international financial crisis, social issues, and infrastructure development.