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Top Ten Places To Visit In Spain
Spain is always ready to take your senses for a drive anytime. Definitely, it pays homage in almost every corner...
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Live and Invest Overseas Staff Receives “Friend Of Abruzzo” Award
While much of the Live and Invest Overseas team is in the meeting rooms of the Panama City Marriott Hotel...
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The #1 Beach Destination In The World: El Nido, Philippines
CNNGo, Condé Nast Traveler, and several other travel Publishers agree: El Nido, in the province of Palawan, in the Philippines,...
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The Guide To Survival Abroad (While On A Tight Budget)
Living abroad can be hard. Living abroad can be even harder depending on your monetary situation. But even so, it’s...
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The Best Alternatives To Cable TV Services Overseas
As of 2016, The Nielsen Company estimates household ownership of television sets in the United States is around 95%, and...
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10 Countries With The Easiest Gun Laws In The World
The United States of America is the best/easiest place in the world to own guns. Period. It’s the only place...
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The 10 Best Panamanian Dishes You Must Try Today
When people talk about Panama, the first things you’ll probably hear (or read) will be on favorable taxes, great shopping,...
Read moreHow To Build A Professional Network Overseas
Being an expat can be as exciting as it is intimidating. It takes a lot of courage to leave the...
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The World’s 8 Best Countries For Dental Tourism
You may already heard of dental tourism through friends, on social media, or TV. In recent years, this trend has...
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More And More Americans Abroad Are Renouncing Their Citizenship
As the adage goes, the truth is in the numbers, and the truth is there are more Americans renouncing their...
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10 Essential Pieces Of Travel Gear For Every World Traveler
Ready to pack your bags and go satisfy your wanderlust? Be sure to have this list checked first. We’ve put...
Read moreTop 10 Healthiest Countries In The World
Using a recent study published by The Lancet, we have come up with a definitive list of the 10 healthiest...
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Same-Sex Marriage Coming To Mexico?
In the wake of a 2015 Supreme Court decision that makes it illegal for individual Mexican States to bar same-sex...
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Border Restriction Sparks Tourism Blues For Chiang Mai
Since June 27, 2016, restrictions on tourists driving into Thailand from Laos have been in place as a way to...
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Are Thailand And Malaysia Building A Wall?!
Thai and Malaysian officials engaged in friendly talks on Sept. 9, 2016, to see about increasing security against violent extremism,...
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U.S. Flights To Cuba Resume
The first scheduled flight from the United States to Cuba in over 50 years left Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at 9:45...
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Japan Opens Up To Foreign Workers
The Japanese government is working to make the labor market here more attractive to foreign workers, with reforms to residency...
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Top 10 Countries With The Tallest People
Here are the 10 countries with the tallest people 10. Australia: Apparently Australians are growing even taller. Australian men have...
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British Virgin Islands Property Market Developing, Despite Low Demand
The British Virgin Islands property market may be appreciating with an increasing cost per home, but demand, on the other...
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The Newest Casual Dining Franchise To Arrive In Panama
Another popular U.S. food franchise is coming to Panama. The casual-dining chain Cosi, specializing in flatbread sandwiches and salads, has...
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Panama Economic Growth Continues
The IMF is projecting Panama’s economic growth to surpass 6% this year, once again ranking it among the fastest expanding...
Read moreFDI Tops US$5 Billion In 2015
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Panama climbed 16.9% in 2015 to over US$5 billion, according to reports from the Comptroller...
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Saint Kitts And Nevis Attracting High-End Property Buyers
Thanks to its citizenship-by-investment program, the federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis is attracting an increasing number of wealthy foreign...
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Panama Housing Figures For 2015 Released
The National Board of Housing Developers (Convivienda) recently released market figures for 2015, showing that home sales for the year...
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New Investment Incentives in Colón
Among the measures for increasing commerce in the Colón Free Zone approved by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, companies...
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Nicaragua Canal Progress At A Standstill
The progress of the Nicaragua Canal seems to have come to a (unsurprising) halt. First proposed in the 16th century...
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Panama Now Top Destination For Wealthy
According to Virtuoso, a company specializing in luxury travel, Panama has become the destination of choice for wealthy vacationers. After...
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Expocomer Generates US$131 Million
During the four days of Expocomer 2016, held at the Atlapa Convention Center in Panama City, more than 500 exhibiting...
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The 8 Least Touristy Countries In The World
Sophisticated travelers often long to find that one beach without a tiki bar, that one trattoria where mom still rules...
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Colombia’s Best Region For Agriculture
In a study conducted by the Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute (IGAC) to determine which part of Colombia has the best...
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Travel To Brazil Visa-Free This Summer
With an underwhelming amount of ticket sales for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro this Aug. 5–21, Brazilian officials...
Read moreExpat Vote Could Play And Outsize Role In Presidential Race
Oxford Researchers Suggest Expats Could Play Outsize Role In 2016 Presidential Vote A report out of the United Kingdom’s Oxford...
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Uruguay Marijuana Laws Draw Spotlight As UN Convenes Global Drug Summit
As U.N. Convenes Global Drug Summit, Uruguay Charts Its Own Course With World’s First State-Sanctioned Recreational Marijuana Sales Uruguay is...
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Interview: Canadian Expat Michelle On Living In Tulum, Mexico
Tulum is at the center of Mexico’s Ruta Riviera Maya, an area stretching from roughly Playa del Carmen in the...
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Beware Central America’s Poisonous Frogs
The rain forests of Central America are alive with the sounds of animals that you’ll likely never see outside of...
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9 Strange Halloween Traditions Around The World
The first thing to know about Halloween around the world is that nowhere in the world is Halloween celebrated to...
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Jeff And Justine Start Over In Bocas Del Toro
Jeff and Justine are a young and ambitious couple from San Diego who decided to move to Bocas del Toro,...
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Five Things You Need To Know About Your Overseas Real Estate Agent
"Imagine yourself sitting on this veranda each afternoon, watching the sun sink into the horizon straight out there," said my...
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The Best 10 Islands In Central America
1. Coiba Island, Panama: This is the largest island in Central America and was once used as a high security prison....
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How To Choose A South Pacific Island
Celeste Brash (Lonely Planet) - South Pacific confounds even the savviest map buffs with its splatter of dots spread across...
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Build Your Own Hostel Overseas
Clearly a tourism-based establishment, running a hostel can be a lucrative endeavor if you do it right. The market for...
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Recruiting Foreign Doctors In Panama
Brenna LaBine – If you have ever traveled to Panama and receive medical attention in the provinces of Bocas del...
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10 Interesting Facts About Wales
Would you like to impress your friends with interesting facts from around the globe? Live and Invest Overseas News can...
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The Countries With The Most Prostitutes
Denis Foynes - Every year, about 3 million people travel on sex tourism trips and this figure is on the...
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Official Countries With The Most And Least Beautiful People
BeautifulPeople.com is an online dating service that only allows attractive people to join. Applicants submit photos and within 48 hours...
Read moreMen Deported From Saudi Arabia For Being “Too Handsome”
Three men from the United Arab Emirates have been deported from Saudi Arabia for being “too handsome.” The representatives from...
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Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher: The Pros And Cons
Margaret Thatcher continues to divide the British people in death as she did in life. Her passing this week prompted...
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Which Counties Produce The Most Models?
Looking for a supermodel for a wife? Then you should be buying a ticket to one of the following countries...
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Countries With The Highest And Lowest Divorce Rates
Oscar Wilde once said “One should always be in love; that is the reason one should never marry.” That seems...
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