Chile observes 16 national public holidays in 2026, and employers owe a 50% pay surcharge plus one full compensatory rest day for any hours worked on one. Five of the…

Colombia observes 19 paid public holidays in 2026, more than any other major nearshore country in Latin America. Eleven of those festivos shift to Monday, ten of them under the…

Brazil has nine nationwide public holidays in 2026, plus Good Friday and Corpus Christi, which most municipalities observe. State and municipal holidays add more dates depending on where the employee…

Argentina observes 16 feriados nacionales in 2026 under Ley 27.399, plus 3 días no laborables con fines turísticos added through Resolución 164/2025, for 19 non-working dates in total. Every feriado…

Chile, Peru, and Uruguay offer US tech companies 60-68% cost savings versus fully loaded US rates, with engineers operating in the same or adjacent time zones. Senior engineers in these…

Using an Employer of Record in Chile lets US companies hire compliant employees in under two weeks. Chile has 61,000 software engineers, costs 55-68% less than US rates, and offers…

An Employer of Record in Peru lets US companies hire local engineers in 3-5 days, saving 60-68% versus US tech hub salaries. Peru's 170,000+ tech professionals work at UTC-5 year-round,…

Agile team structure organizes software teams into autonomous, cross-functional squads that own end-to-end delivery. High-performing squads save 60-65% on engineer costs by combining LATAM nearshore talent with structured agile practices.…

Nearshore development in Latin America cuts engineering costs 40-65% while giving US SaaS startups access to 2.2 million developers in overlapping time zones. LATAM developers cost $35-90/hour for senior roles.…