I’m back in Panama after having been away for a year. Kathleen and I arrived in the country about a month ago and headed straight out to the Veraguas coast. We remained in residence at Los Islotes until this week. After months of lockdown in
Lief and I have tromped a lot of beaches. From Nicaragua to Belize, from Uruguay to Ecuador, from the shores of Curaçao and St. Croix to the coasts of France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Vietnam, Thailand, Down Under, and on and on, we’ve seen most
In the early days of the pandemic, we predicted that property values in Europe would take a hit. Here in
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 […]
We’re more than midway through January, and the massively discounted real estate deals expected as a result of the pandemic have yet to materialize. Au contraire, dear fellow
In a make-or-break year like 2021, it’s critical to make the smart investment choice. Property is a safe bet, but where offers the best return on your money? Let’s go about this using a question I get often: “What would you buy right now if you had a budget of US$150,000 to invest in real […]
A study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine calls out the danger to food security created by an overweight global population. Larger bodies require more energy even when sitting still. The global population is expected to grow by 1.9 billion people between now and the year 2050. The added strain on the […]
Panama has long been recognized as one of the best—and easiest—options in the world for a backup residency. When former president Ricardo Martinelli created the Friendly Nations program in 2012, any citizen of one of the countries on that list could get residency in Panama by opening a local bank account with just a US$5,000 deposit. Today, the […]
Where in the world will offer the best options for repositioning yourself overseas in 2021? Diversifying your lifestyle and your investment portfolio to embrace the many opportunities our world continues to offer is a more important agenda as we begin a New Year than it’s ever been. The way to make sure you’re prepared for […]
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