Latin American Business

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Latin American Business

• David J. Boggs, Ph.D.
• People

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Native Americans in Latin America
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Mestizos

• Chile (90-95 European or mixed European and
  Indian)
  
• Mexico 60
• Paraguay 95
• Peru 37
• Venezuela 65-70
• Central America (majority north of Costa Rica)

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Europeans

• Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German
• Argentina 97
• Brazil 55
• Chile (95 European or mixed European and
  Indian)
  
• Costa Rica 94
• Uruguay 88
• Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, Peru, and most other
  countries between 0-20

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Africans

• Brought as slaves after decline of native
  Indians
  
• Both blacks and mulattos
• Coastal Brazil
• Guianas and Belize
• French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana
• Caribbean
• Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica Bahamas, Trinidad,
  Netherlands Antilles, Grenada

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East Indians

• Originally brought as servants after slavery was
  outlawed
  
• Small number in Jamaica, Grenada, etc.
• Guyana
• Suriname
• French Guiana

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Asians

• Sao Paulo, Brazil Japanese
• Suriname Koreans and Indonesians
• Fujimori in Peru
• 0-5 Japanese and Chinese in many countries

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Latin American People

• Age (young)
• Income (most countries 1,000-10,000 USD at PPP
  with wide distribution)
  
• Occupation (more agriculture than the U.S.)
• Family structure (large, less divorce)
• Geographic density and distribution (increasing
  urbanization)

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Population

• Between 1950 and 1990, it increased from 159
  million to 430 million, growing annually at 2.5
  per cent (http//www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu
  23me/uu23me05.htm)
• A little over 500 million today versus
• USA 290 million
• EU 370 million
• China 1.3 billion
• India 1.1 billion

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Population in Millions

• Brazil 180
• Mexico 105
• Colombia 45
• Argentina 40
• Peru 28
• Venezuela 26
• Chile 16

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Latin America's largest cities Population,
1950-1990

Source National census figures.
http//www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu23me/uu23m
e05.htm

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Latin America's largest cities Population, 2003

• Bogota 8 million
• Buenos Aires 14 million
• Caracas 5 million
• Lima 8 million
• Mexico City 22 million
• Rio de Janeiro 12 million
• Santiago 5 million
• Sao Paulo 20 million