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Tag: Los Islotes

30 Oct
The Panama Canal

Easy Living In A Tax Haven

I’ve been warning people of the risks of hanging all your hopes on any one country… any one economy… or any one currency… for close on 30 years. If everything you own is tied to one country and things go awry there it will likely spell disaster. The smart move is diversification. I’ve established residency […]

22 Oct
Casco Viejo is the historical part of Panama City, Panama

Home From Home

Today, Lief and I are on our way back to Panama. When the kids were young, these repositioning events involved a dozen checked bags and innumerable carry-ons. Now Lief and I transition from home base to home base with a single suitcase each and our laptops. Each move is both exciting and sentimental. We look [...]
04 Dec
How To Miss Opportunities Overseas

How To Miss Opportunities Overseas

“Where will people buy their groceries?” That was the first question one of the civil engineers we engaged asked at the very beginning of the planning for our residential development on the Azuero Sunset Coast of Panama—Los Islotes. She had never been to this part of the country, but she knew it didn’t have much, [...]
25 Jan
Street scene Panama City, Panama.

The Effects Of The Pandemic In Panama: Why You Need To Invest Today

I knew Panama had been hit hard by the pandemic, but hearing about the challenges and living them are two different things. Staff in Panama have been living through the various lockdown measures since last March, but their accounts of the pains of the restrictions, which at times have been even stricter than they are […]