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The Safest Places To Live And Travel In The World By Region
Ever Wondered Where’s The Safest Place To Be In The World? According to the Institute…
Top 10 Expat Havens With The Fastest Internet In The World
The Best Destinations In The World, Sorted By Internet Speed Connection For internet savvy expats,…
Top Ten Places To Visit In Spain
Spain is always ready to take your senses for a drive anytime. Definitely, it pays…
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 #1 Beach Destination In The World: El Nido, Philippines
El Nido, Philippines: A Movie-like Experience CNNGo, Condé Nast Traveler, and several other travel Publishers…
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…
The Best Alternatives To Cable TV Services Overseas
As of 2016, The Nielsen Company estimates household ownership of television sets in the United…
10 Countries With The Easiest Gun Laws In The World
The World’s Best Countries For Owning Guns (And Living as an Expat) The United States…
The 10 Best Panamanian Dishes You Must Try Today
Food In Panama Is More Than Cuisine, It’s Culture When people talk about Panama, the…
How To Build A Professional Network Overseas
Being an expat can be as exciting as it is intimidating. It takes a lot…
The World’s 8 Best Countries For Dental Tourism
Top Destinations For Affordable, Quality Dental Treatment You may already heard of dental tourism through friends,…
More And More Americans Abroad Are Renouncing Their Citizenship
Doing So Is Tougher Than Ever, So Why Are More Americans Renouncing Citizenship In Record…
10 Essential Pieces Of Travel Gear For Every World Traveler
The Absolute Essential Gear You’ll Need When Traveling The World Ready to pack your bags…
Top 10 Healthiest Countries In The World
Using a recent study published by The Lancet, we have come up with a definitive…
Same-Sex Marriage Coming To Mexico?
In the wake of a 2015 Supreme Court decision that makes it illegal for individual…
Border Restriction Sparks Tourism Blues For Chiang Mai
Since June 27, 2016, restrictions on tourists driving into Thailand from Laos have been in…
Are Thailand And Malaysia Building A Wall?!
Thai and Malaysian officials engaged in friendly talks on Sept. 9, 2016, to see about…
U.S. Flights To Cuba Resume
The first scheduled flight from the United States to Cuba in over 50 years left…
Japan Opens Up To Foreign Workers
The Japanese government is working to make the labor market here more attractive to foreign…
Property Investment Rising As FDI Declines In Latin America
CBRE’s newly released Latin America Investor Intentions Survey 2016 states the majority of real estate…
Top 10 Countries With The Tallest People
Do you want to find a towering husband or wife? Then you should focus your…
A Coup For Belize’s LGBT Community
A rainbow flag, the most recognizable symbol used in the LGBT community, was raised at…
British Virgin Islands Property Market Developing, Despite Low Demand
The British Virgin Islands property market may be appreciating with an increasing cost per home,…
Greek Housing Prices Continue To Fall
House prices continue falling in Greece, though at a slower pace than the sharp drops…
Kiev Property Market Continues To Develop Despite Weak Demand
When compared with the recent stats of the Kiev, Ukraine, housing market, a 2% fall…
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…
Panama Economic Growth Continues
The IMF is projecting Panama’s economic growth to surpass 6% this year, once again ranking…
DGI Continues Crackdown On Unregistered Rentals
The Dirección General de Ingresos (DGI) continues to try formally regulate short-term vacation rentals made…
Panama’s Tourism Authority Launches International Promotion Effort
The National Tourism Council (CNT) has authorized a budget of as much as US$20 million…
United States Treasury Plans To Require Identification Of Anonymous Shell-Companies’ Owners
The United States wants to force anonymous shell-company owners to disclose their personal information, a…
Panama City Hosts International Real Estate Congress
Panama City will host the 67th FIABCI World Congress in late May, with real estate…
Metro Line 3 Tender Set For May 2017
President Varela pronounced May 2017 to be the date the tender will be launched for…
Global Renewable-Energy Investment Market Expected To Boom After Record-Breaking 2015
Approximately US$409 billion was invested in renewable-energy resources worldwide in 2015, according to the 10th…
Free Zone Sees US$1 Billion Drop
The Colón Free Zone experienced a fall of US$1 billion in movement of goods in…
Continued Strong Growth In Czech Housing Market
Economic growth, low mortgage rates, and increasing foreign demand continue to fuel a strong housing…
More Work Permits For Foreigners In Panama
Panama’s Ministry of Labor and Workforce Development issued 67% more work permits to foreign nationals…
Brazilian Lower-House Votes In Favor Of Impeachment For President Dilma Rousseff
On Sunday, April 17th, Brazil’s lower-house council members voted in favor of the impeachment of…
Housing Affordability Continues To Fall In Scotland
Data from the Bank of Scotland Affordable Cities Review shows affordability in Scottish cities is…
Growing Demand For Beachfront Apartments In Panama
Demand from both domestic and foreign buyers is expected to grow beachfront apartment inventory from…
Guatemala Sees 25% Decline In Mango Harvest
Guatemalan mango producers will see drop of as much as 25% in production compared to…
Clearing Up Panama City Sidewalks
Following the recent passing of amendments to a 1954 regulation relating to the use of…
FDI Tops US$5 Billion In 2015
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Panama climbed 16.9% in 2015 to over US$5 billion, according…
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…
Panama Housing Figures For 2015 Released
The National Board of Housing Developers (Convivienda) recently released market figures for 2015, showing that…
New Investment Incentives in Colón
Among the measures for increasing commerce in the Colón Free Zone approved by the Ministry…
Nicaragua Canal Progress At A Standstill
The progress of the Nicaragua Canal seems to have come to a (unsurprising) halt. First…
Panama Now Top Destination For Wealthy
According to Virtuoso, a company specializing in luxury travel, Panama has become the destination of…
Expocomer Generates US$131 Million
During the four days of Expocomer 2016, held at the Atlapa Convention Center in Panama…
The 8 Least Touristy Countries In The World
8 Least Touristy Countries On The Planet Sophisticated travelers often long to find that one…
El Sultán
Panamanian director Enrique Castro Ríos recently made his feature film debut with the movie “Sultán,”…
Colombia’s Best Region For Agriculture
In a study conducted by the Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute (IGAC) to determine which part…
Travel To Brazil Visa-Free This Summer
With an underwhelming amount of ticket sales for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro…
Expat Vote Could Play And Outsize Role In Presidential Race
Oxford Researchers Suggest Expats Could Play Outsize Role In 2016 Presidential Vote A report out…
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…
Earthquake In Ecuador: Tourist Centers Largely Untouched
Major Tourist Centers Largely Untouched In Devastating Ecuador Earthquake Hopes dwindled of finding more survivors…
U.S. Mango Market Prices Skyrocket Following Dry Season
Abnormally low mango production sends prices at U.S. markets skyrocketing Historically low imports tied primarily…
Medellín Wins Another Award
Medellín, once South America’s most drug-ridden city, terrorized by the infamous drug lord, Pablo Escobar…
Latest Visa Restrictions Index Released
Henley & Partners recently launched its annual Visa Restrictions Index for 2016. In its 11th…
New Frankfurt-Panama Flights
Lufthansa recently began its new non-stop service between Frankfurt and Panama with five flights a…