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Disembarking to the world: international cargo shippers and corporate executives see Miami-Dade...

By Hemlock, Doreen
Publication: South Florida CEO
Date: Saturday, January 1 2005

The commute from New York just did not make sense anymore for Kraft Foods executives who specialized in Latin America and the Caribbean. Much of the time, they ended up flying through South Florida, because Miami International Airport (MIA) offered more international flights to the region than any other airport in the world.

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So in the summer of 2004, the food giant moved its Latin American headquarters from Rye, N.Y. to the Miami area, setting up shop on two floors of a new Coral Gables tower. It now employs more than 130 people in the

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