This article briefly describes Fred P. Ellison's ground breaking contributions in Brazilian literary studies in North America. Further, his key role in the development of Brazilian Portuguese language instruction is highlighted, along with the numerous scholarly connections he made in the the field of Luso-Brazilian Studies.

The detrimental effects of neoliberalism accompany globalization. The paradoxes generated by the global-regional gap have revealed local cultures' double vulnerability to national and international development. Miguel Pereira fictionalizes this complex phenomenon in the film "Verónico Cruz. La deuda interna" (Argentina, 1988). Inspired…

States that works concerning hispanic studies traditionally deal with analyses of the Spanish language or with literary works. Emphasis is made on the need for an interdisciplinary approach. (Text is in Spanish.) (NCR)

Reprinted from "A Handbook for Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, edited by Donald D. Walsh (Lexington, Massachusetts: D.C. Heath and Co., 1969). (DS)

An intensive summer Spanish course conducted at the University of Wisconsin in 1965 for graduate social science majors studying in the Latin American area studies program is described. After outlining the details of the experimental course based on the "Modern Spanish" package and discussing its special implications for modern language…