ATL employs a small team of people to preserve those relationships, two working Latin America. They combine lots of common sense with a genuine love of doing business. Brazil's nominal gross national product is among the 10 largest in the Western world. The middle and upper classes, though modest percentages of the population, are large in absolute numbers. The national economy is extensive and diverse.
Inflation is down and the economy shows signs of sustained expansion.
Clarissa Brown is a Seattle freelance writer who has lived and worked in Brazil.