Latin American Business

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Latin American Business

• Climate, Geography and Topography

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How does climate and topography affect business?

• Rivers?
• Mountains?
• Oceans?
• Temperature?
• Forests?
• Natural resources such as plant life, animals,
  oil, and minerals?

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Latin American Geography

• North America (Mexico)
• Central America (Guatemala, Panama)
• Caribbean (Cuba, Hispaniola)
• South America (Brazil, Ecuador)

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North America
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Central America and Caribbean
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South America
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Describe Latin Americas weather and topography

• How much precipitation?
• Temperature?
• Flat or mountainous?
• Are there deserts, forests, rivers, lakes?

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Latin American Topography

• Tropical rain forests and dry deserts
• Elevated plains and mountains
• Steep, high snow-capped mountains
• Northern and southern hemispheres
• The Amazon Basin and ecological diversity
• Warm lowlands, cool highlands
• Tropical Islands

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Amazon
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Amazon
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Amazon
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Andean Mountains


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Andean Mountains


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Sao Paulo
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Rio de Janiero
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Rio Favela
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Baja, Mexico
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Baja, Mexico
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Belize
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Belize
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Tikal, Guatemala
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Tulum, Mexico
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Peru

• Landscape
• and climates

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What might explain Latin Americas economic
situation?

• Culture
• Elitism, authoritarianism, militarism
• Temperature and topography
• Mercantilistic colonizers
• Commodities-based economies
• Political instability and corruption
• Greedy multinationals and interventionist,
  dominant foreign governments
• Leftist, protectionist, economic policies
• Demographics
• Small country size

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Review of Politics in Latin America Today

• Corruption is a serious problem
• Weak democracy
• Influence of foreign governments, international
  agencies, lending organizations
• Continued political and civil disturbances
• Historically, economic, social and political
  progress had proved reversible

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