With Brazil being (one of) the most dominant Internet player South of the United States, it only makes sense that Google reportedly has made it their homebase for all LATAM operations.  While there are no official numbers, it is estimated that Google Brazil is making about $500 million in revenues each year.

Orkut, Google’s social network that is predominantely used by Brazilians, has already moved all its operations to Belo Horizonte.  Interestingly enough, Brazil has the second most Gmail account - the social network and email service go hand-in-hand.

Brazil will definitely continue to drive anything and everything that is Internet related in Latin America - but countries like Chile, Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia are getting their groove on as well…