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