Central America

5 Reasons Why It's Smart to Invest in Belize Real Estate Investing in and buying the best foreign real estate can feel overwhelming. After all, there are countless destinations where…
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Rachel Jensen is the Vice President of Sales & Marketing for ECI Development. She has structured the Teak for Residency Program in both Panama and Nicaragua to assist those looking…
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Get to Know The Best Places to Live in Belize There are many reasons why people from around the world are drawn to Belize. Living in this tropical paradise is desirable because of the…
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Costa Rica: Cost of Living by Region and Residency Options Obtaining Costa Rica residency is possible through a variety of options. It all comes down to what kind of lifestyle you’re…
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Retire to another Country Without Worrying about Money There is no doubt that the United States is the greatest country on Earth. Everybody around the world wants to come here and…
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Best Cities for Americans to Retire to: Costa Rica One of the best places in the world for American Expats is Costa Rica. It’s proximity to the United States and that fact that it’s…
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What You Should Know Before Moving to Costa Rica Costa Rica has become a haven for American Retirees in the past few years. There are many reasons behind this, but the main ones have…
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Perception and reality can be two radically different things, and you have to see a couple e-mails I received last week from two folks who came to Nicaragua in November. They really…
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Links to previous articles in this series: Part 1, Part 2,Carlos and I became friends over a decade ago.  He and his team have always taken us on such great trips.  Not being a…
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This is a continuation of "The Non-Angler Tries a New Angle, Part 2." Click here to read the preceding portion of Part 2, or you can click here to go back and read Part 1 at…
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In Part 1 of this series, Jim attempted to reward his hard-working little brother with a fishing trip in Belize, not realizing circumstances would conspire to have Jim accompany his…
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What do you get when you transplant a feisty, organized, compassionate woman from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama?  Well, among other things you get the president of…
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In this episode of Belize Talk Radio, host Macarena Rose takes us  to the Belize Zoo to meet its founder and director, Sharon Matola. If you missed the ABC Nightline program featuring…
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Linda and Hellmut Pedersen and their expat venture in Panama called Chiriqui Mini Storage is a going concern between Boquete and David and has been for several years.  However, now…
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A large tree grows beside our house; no one that I can speak with can tell me how old it is. I was told that before the wall and before the house, when there was only an empty pasture…
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Our recent Belize conference wrapped up with a snorkeling trip to the Mexico Rocks dive site off of Ambergris Caye. After snorkeling, our dive guide demonstrated how to remove a conch…
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"Push" is the slang in Panama for a ‘push button’ motel, also known as a love motel. I drove by several of these since coming to Panama, thinking they were large storage facilities.…
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I have lived in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, since April 1999. El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America, and it has the highest density of population in the…
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You have been hearing about real estate as being the investment to pursue if you’re looking to build your assets. It’s claimed to be a moneymaking vehicle that will work for you.…
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Excerpted from Domingo Silvas’ November 2013 interview with Daniel Guerrero, Mayor of San Pedro, Belize. The Blue Hole is in one of the atolls. It's in the Lighthouse Reef, and it was…
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