LATAM LATAM

Latin America

Market maturity · developing

Buying characteristics

Brazil and Mexico are the largest markets. Significant fraud and financial-crime pressure drives a lot of cyber buying. Budget variability is high. Spanish and Portuguese language requirements.

Channel reliance

High. Partner-led almost everywhere. Local distribution (TD SYNNEX, Westcon, Ingram Micro LATAM) carries most of the motion. Few vendors run direct sales in LATAM at any scale.

Procurement friction

Medium-to-high. Brazil's LGPD is the regional privacy anchor. Sector-specific rules for financial services and telecom. Long payment cycles are normal.

Compliance anchors
Preferred categories
Common mistake

Pricing for European or US economics. LATAM enterprise budgets are smaller per-deal; pricing models that work in NYC do not work in São Paulo or Mexico City.

Entry strategy

Brazilian sales presence (São Paulo) + Mexican coverage + partner network for the rest. Portuguese localisation for Brazil is non-optional; Spanish covers most of the rest.