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Article: Multinational profiles: the multinational home when it comes to doing business across Latin America and the Caribbean, Miami and South Florida is the preferred location. Here's why.(FTAA)
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- South Florida CEO
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- October 1, 2003
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There are more than 500 multinationals with operations in Greater Miami and South Florida. Most are the Latin America headquarters for US multinationals, with others coming from Europe, Asia and Latin America itself.
The reasons why they are here are the same reasons why Miami is such a logical location for the permanent secretariat of the FTAA: superb transportation links to Latin America and the Caribbean, top flight telecommunications, a multi-lingual/multi-cultural workforce, a vast array of professional service providers attuned to the region and a stunning lifestyle.
Miami also offers something more difficult to quantify: flexibility. For most of ...