In Starting Over: Brazil since 1985, author Albert Fishlow reflects on how the changes that Brazil has undergone over the last 20 years have transformed the country and will affect its future.

Brazil's agriculture minister stepped down August 17 as President Dilma Rousseff continues to root out corruption, leading to another cabinet shuffle. Her efforts to clean up government could spur tensions in her coalition.

At AS/COA's 2011 Latin American Cities conference in São Paulo, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas Shannon said "Brazilians travel with almost fanatical zeal to the United States," speaking of an increasing trend seen in the country's expanding middle class.

"[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.