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The 4 Best Places To Retire In Latin America

Kat Kalashian

How do we come up with these rankings?

We’ve identified the 14 most important factors for retirees to consider when sizing up a potential expat haven.

We call these our Key Relocation Criteria, and we use them to measure the performance of the havens included in this index and produce the final ranking.

The Key Relocation Criteria include:

Cost Of Living
Climate
Health Care
Entertainment
Recreation
English Spoken
Expat Community
Infrastructure (including Internet, Electricity, and Domestic Access)
Access To North America
Environmental Factors
Crime
Real Estate Restrictions
Residency
Taxes

With that in mind, following are some of the most beautiful, welcoming, and safe havens that offer compelling lifestyle opportunities in Central and South America…

#4: Colombia, The Best Health Care In Latin America With Diverse Lifestyle Opportunities

Colombia lies where the Andes converge with the Pacific and the Caribbean, providing a dramatically beautiful country with two coasts and lots of geographic and cultural diversity along with strong regional identities. It’s considered the second most biodiverse country in the world after Brazil.

With a population of about 50 million, Colombia has the third largest economy in South America, after Brazil and Argentina. The World Bank ranks Colombia as the #1 country in Latin America and the #6 country in the entire world for investor protection (that’s better than the United States).

This country offers great diversity, from the world-class colonial city of Cartagena to smaller Spanish-colonial towns… from international-class cities, including and especially Medellín, to mountain villages and fincas… plus great beaches, too.

Health care in Colombia is world-class, but it’ll cost you only 1/4 or less of what you’d pay in the United States… and, yes, plenty of English-speaking doctors can be found in the cities.

Plus, the strength of the U.S. dollar (as well as Canadian dollar, to a lesser extent) is adding even more bargaining power to the already low cost of living… you can lock in the historic rate by purchasing a property or opening a bank account.

The visa process is quick and cheap: You can qualify as a pensioner with an income of only $810 a month… or you can invest as little as $27,700 to obtain an investor visa. The clincher? You don’t even need to hire a lawyer.

To retire in Colombia is far from the obscure idea it once was. Escaping from its “drug renegade” reputation, Colombia is now considered one of the world’s top retirement destinations.

With miles and miles of beautiful coastline, quaint colonial cities, awe-inspiring mountain ranges, and some of the best weather in the world, Colombia offers something for every retirement lifestyle.

As a retiree living in Colombia you can spend your days relaxing by the pool, strolling through the park, sipping coffee at one of the many cafés, or just about anything else you could imagine.