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LATAM Hiring: Is the Juice Still Worth the Squeeze for Seed-Stage CTOs?

The old playbook was cost arbitrage. That playbook is broken. The new value is speed, quality, and time zone alignment - not cheap engineers.

BeGlobal·January 27, 2026·4 min read

Yes, LATAM is still worth it for seed-stage startups. But not for the old reason. The cost arbitrage is dead for senior talent. The value is now about talent density, time zone overlap, and speed to hire.

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