The return of Latin markets; say what you will about diversity, and expanding into new markets.

For the last few years, the international trade community in Miami has lived by the adage that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. With economies in most of the Americas sputtering since 2001, companies have weathered the downturn by honing operations. Now they are about to inherit the wind, or at least a stiff breeze of relief.

"There are still some spots of weakness in the region, but overall I think we have gone through another cycle in Latin America," says economist Manuel Lasaga of StratInfo in Coral Gables. "Following the footsteps of our own recovery in the