Making up for lost time. (implications of Latin America's improving economy on Florida...

Latin America's economies continue to grow and change. Here are the implications for Florida business.

Unlike their peers in Florida, few business leaders in Latin America wistfully reminisce about the 1980s. While unprecedented prosperity reigned in the Sunshine State, Latin America struggled through a recession that ran from 1982 to 1989. No wonder Latin American executives and politicos refer to the '80s as la decada perdida de los ochenta, "the lost economic decade."

It is clear, however, that Latin America has rediscovered economic growth in the 1990s. The re