Tags: Expats in Panama

Exploring Panama With New Eyes

November 4, 2024

Coming to Panama feels surreal these days. Between the nostalgia for our lives here pre-Paris and the evolution of the city, country, and our long-term home here, Los Islotes, plus bringing our daughters to this place we talk about all the time but they don’t know themselves… It’s a dreamlike state I feel when I’m…

Trading Toronto, Canada, For Torio, Panama

September 30, 2024

Although firmly on the map as a world-class retirement haven, parts of Panama are still relatively undiscovered. The country’s Veraguas Province is one such place. It sits on the Azuero Peninsula, and its western coast is one of the few places in Panama from which you can watch the sun set over the ocean. And…

Finding Your Personal Paradise In Panama

September 23, 2024

My husband and I just bought tickets to return to Panama, where we lived for seven years. It’s been a couple of years since we’ve been back, and this time there was a deadline: we need to renew our permanent residency and get new ID cards. Even though we moved away in 2018, we’re still…

Why We Picked Panama

August 26, 2024

Why were Lief and I drawn to Panama in the first place, some 26 years ago? And why have we invested more in this country than anywhere else in the world? It’s partly because Panama’s is one the greatest economic success stories in the world. Massive Growth Has Been Due Largely To Foreign Investment When the United States handed…

The Top 2 Hotspots For A Latin America Retirement

July 8, 2024

Last week, I began a countdown of the top four places to retire in Latin America in 2024, and today, we come to the top two… #2: Panama, A Retirement And Business Haven With Pacific And Caribbean Coastlines Panama could arguably be called the world’s best offshore haven. There is no doubt that Panama has…

My #1 Wealth Building Strategy

June 17, 2024

If you purchase a piece of real estate in another country, should you have the ownership documents issued in your name or, perhaps, in the name of a corporation?If a corporation, should it be a local company (formed in the jurisdiction where you’re purchasing) or one based somewhere else? I get these questions from readers…

From Canada To Panama: Our Expat Story

January 15, 2024

Rachel and Sacha are happy new residents of Panama City, Panama. They decided to relocate during the pandemic and finally arrived here in October of 2022. After enduring two long, cold winters under COVID-related curfews in Montreal, Canada, they knew they wanted to head for sunnier climes... ideally before a third pandemic winter could settle…

Move To Panama: Live Better And Save More

October 31, 2022

We Chose Panama When We Could Have Based Ourselves Anywhere—Here’s Why “In 2013 my wife Carolyn and I decided we needed a change. Our lives in Hawaii

Panama Offers A Variety Of Exciting Lifestyles

October 24, 2022

Panama: A Top Choice For Anything You Want To Do Overseas Panama has it all… We often refer to the Hub of the Americas as the world’s #1 “do-anything

Contadora Island: A Tranquil Beach Getaway In Panama’s Pearl Islands

September 20, 2021

Find Your Paradise In Panama’s Las Perlas Islands… Las Perlas offers an island lifestyle reminiscent of the Virgin Islands back in the 70s, before those islands became overpriced and crowded with people, commerce, and high-rises… This string of islands has the best beaches and fishing, plus consistently perfect weather, within easy reach of Panama City.…