Latin America endured the global recession much better than North America or Europe, and today it stands out as one of the stronger regions for economic growth.

The baby boom in Europe and the United States has been well documented: lower birth rates combined with longer life expectancies have resulted in an older population. This trend also extends to Latin America, where more mature adults will soon make up more than a quarter of the population.

In Latin America, sales of mobile phones have had a noteworthy increase in the last years.

Most global consumers agree that their countries have hit recession, but opinion on how long the recession will last remains mixed, Nielsen reported Wednesday.
While 53% of those surveyed by Nielsen think their country has hit a prolonged recession that will last more than 12 months, 18% of consumers, concentrated in a handful of emerging markets, like India, Vietnam, China, and Russia, told Nielsen they expect their countries to be out of recession within the next 12 months.
In contrast, consumers in Japan, Germany, Argentina, Mexico, Turkey, Italy, Taiwan, the U.S., and Spain were the …