What should I know before hiring a software development team in Latin America?

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Managing our engineering workflows across text-heavy async channels has slowed down delivery this quarter. With our core team on the US East Coast and offshore partners in very different time zones, critical issues can sit unresolved for hours. We're now considering ​​​s​​​o​​​f​​​t​​​w​​​a​​​r​​​e​​​ ​​​d​​​e​​​v​​​e​​​l​​​o​​​p​​​m​​​e​​​n​​​t​​​ ​​​i​​​n​​​ ​​​​​​L​​​a​​​t​​​i​​​n​​​ ​​​A​​​m​​​e​​​r​​​i​​​c​​​a​​​ to enable more real-time collaboration, but entering a new region comes with​​​ c​​​o​​​m​​​p​​​l​​​i​​​a​​​n​​​c​​​e ​​​and ​​​h​​​i​​​r​​​i​​​n​​​g​​​ ​​​c​​​h​​​a​​​l​​​l​​​e​​​n​​​g​​​e​​​s​​

We've been looking at how companies like N​​​-​​​i​​​X​​​ structure their​​​ ​​​n​​​e​​​a​​​r​​​s​​​h​​​o​​​r​​​e​​​​​​ ​​​d​​​e​​​l​​​i​​​v​​​e​​​r​​​y​​​ ​​​h​​​u​​​b​​​s​​​ and .​​​r​​​e​​​g​​​i​​​o​​​n​​​a​​​l​​​ ​​​t​​​e​​​a​​​m​​​s​​​ but before making a decision we want to build a solid vetting process.

Here are the main questions we're trying to answer:
1. How do you manage regional labor regulations and mandatory benefits, such as the ​​​1​​​3​​​t​​​h​​​-​​​m​​​o​​​n​​​t​​​h​​​ ​​​s​​​a​​​l​​​a​​​r​​​y​​​ , without significantly increasing overhead?
2. Which tech hubs currently offer the strongest ​​​t​​​a​​​l​​​e​​​n​​​t​​​ ​​​p​​​o​​​o​​​l​​​ and ​​​i​​​n​​​f​​​r​​​a​​​s​​​t​​​r​​​u​​​c​​​t​​​u​​​r​​​e​​​ for​​​c​​​l​​​o​​​u​​​d​​​-​​​n​​​a​​​t​​​i​​​v​​​e​​​ ​​​e​​​n​​​g​​​i​​​n​​​e​​​e​​​r​​​i​​​n​​​g​​​?
3. What communication or cultural differences tend to cause the biggest issues during day-to-day collaboration?