As an emerging market, entering, selling and building a sustainable business can be
    complicated.  Given GDP growth rates and investment in IT that will occur over the next
    four years, Latin America will be a profitable region that should not be ignored, in light
    of the present financial crisis that will affect the United States, Europe and Asia in 2009.

       IT investment through 2012            GDP growth rates through 2010










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  2008
2012
CAGR
Peru
$1.8
$2.5
8%
Argentina
$2.8
$4.0
9%
Venezuela
$1.5
$2.0
8%
Colombia
$1.8
$3.0
11%
Brazil
$20.0
$30.0
11%
Chile
$2.0
$3.0
10%
Mexico
$11.0
$16.9
9%
- Business Monitor International, May 2008
- In Billions US$
  2008
2009
2010
Peru
7.5%
6.4%
5.7%
Argentina
6.0%
3.5%
3.8%
Venezuela
5.4%
2.7%
1.9%
Colombia
3.4%
2.8%
3.7%
Brazil
5.3%
2.7%
3.9%
Chile
3.9%
3.3%
3.8%
Mexico
2.3%
1.6%
3.4%
USA
1.8%
0.5%
1.7%
Japan
1.0%
1.2%
1.8%
UK
1.0%
-0.2%
1.1%
Latin America
- The Economist, September and October  2008
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