Best Latin America bank to work for

Question for EM/LATAM guys out there.... outside of the US Primaries (Citi/JP/GS/MS, etc), what is the best Latin American bank to work for, on EM/LATAM trading? I have looked @ Santander, BBVA, BTG, etc, but curious which of the Latin American banks clients view as best.

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I am not 100% sure, but as far as I know both Brazil and Mexico are good payers and, adjusted by cost of living, you'd be making more than in US. But I can't tell numbers.. I don't cover nor work in any of those two countries (I'm in Argentina, another good place to be -if you are willing to live in a high-inflation country)

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Look at some of the Canadian banks too. I know Scotia is pretty prominent in LatAm.

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As previously mentioned, Scotia is becoming huge in South America. They are probably the strongest players in commodities excluding Ag.

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