Luiz Felipe de Alencastro is a Brazilian academic. He is professor of Brazilian History at University of Paris Sorbonne . He also worked at Andrew W. Mellon Senior Research and John Carter Brown Library. He is a colluminst of the celebrity Brazilian magazine called Veja. On October 30, 2002 in Washington, DC he participated as speaker on the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). The topic under discussion was: “BRAZIL: Political and Economic Challenges Facing the President-elect and the Implications for U.S. Policy in Latin America”. http://www.cfr.org/pub5190/cfr/brazil_political_and_economic_challenges_facing_the_presidentelect_and_the_implications_for_us_policy_in_latin_america.php During the discussion someone among the audience inquired Professor Alencastro about the South-American organization...