The good life.

Montevideo is the best place to live in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. according to a quality-of-life survey conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting Mercer Human Resource Consulting is a human resource consulting firm that publishes the oft-quoted "Worldwide Cost of Living Survey." External links

The Worldwide Cost of Living Survey

. The firm assessed factors such as crime, traffic and the environment in 215 cities worldwide. After weathering four years of economic recession, Buenos Aires captured a respectable second place among the Latin American cities featured in the survey, followed by Santiago. Latin American cities with the worst quality of life were San Salvador, San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula (säm pā`thrō s

`lä), city (1997 est. pop. 417,000), capital of Cortés dept., NW Honduras. It is the second largest city in the country. and lastly Havana. Switzerland's Zurich and Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland
Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. tied for first place on the global list.

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Title Annotation:	Trade Talk; Mercer Human Resource Consulting
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