Luiz Alberto Moniz Bandeira holds the professorial chair in the history of Brazilian foreign policy at the University of Brasília. Among his many books on the United States and Latin America are Presença dos Estados Unidos no Brasil; Brasil-Estados Unidos: a rivalidade emergente; De Marti a Fidel – a revolução Cubana e a América Latina; and Conflito e integração na América do Sul: Brasil, Argentina e Estados Unidos. He is retired, and lives in Germany.

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Brazil under President Lula is seeking an ambitious new role for itself on the regional and global stage. How will it negotiate this change with the United States, its fellow-giant to the north? To mark the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) summit in Miami, a respected Brazilian scholar examines the past, present and possible future of this special relationship