Launches operations centres in Brazil, Mexico and Latin America to provide advertising services and search experience to users, advertisers and partners.

Google, today announced the launch of its two Latin American operations centres in São Paulo, Brazil and Mexico City, Mexico. These new offices will enable the company to provide advertising services and search experience to users, advertisers and partners in Brazil, Mexico and Latin America.

While Google's Mexico operation is being led by Gonzalo Alonso, former Director of Sales at T1MSN, the Brazilian operation is led by Alexandre Hohagen, who was previously General Manager for HBO in Brazil. Alonso and Hohagen will work with Google's current Latin American clients to develop it's client base in the region. The company's Latin American advertisers represent companies like Mercado Libre, Dell in Mexico and Wal-Mart in Brazil.

"The online environment in Latin America is changing rapidly with the infrastructure for high-speed Internet access expanding, and with it e-commerce. Google's Latin America teams will partner closely with businesses, advertisers and agencies throughout the region to enable them to capitalize on the significant opportunities this brings," said Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Vice President, Asia Pacific and Latin America operations, Google.