While people in the US complain that gas prices are horrendous at an average of $3.55 per gallon, try $4.30 per gallon. But since the inflation rate leaves gas and food off the index, I guess that it not hurting anyone back there. It will here, but in Panama most of the population takes mass […]
I could not believe that I would ever see this happening but as reported in CentralAmercaDat.com: Due to poor yields during harvest the country must import about 6 million quintals of coffee in order to supply demand from the local market. The purchase will be made through Bolsa Nacional de Productos (Baisa), arriving the country in […]
This is more testament as to why a few other people think Panama is the place to invest. This is in part due to real estate, hotel development specifically and the duty free zones, which are second to Hong Kong. According to a report by the Comptroller General, the country received $ 2.362 billion in […]
El Visitante or The Visitor, which is a weekly newspaper here in Panama, always grabs my attention with it’s great cover stories. Jacob Ehler pens a great story with the opening of Carnival here in Panama. Carnival is coming, are you prepared? The Carnival is coming to Penonome, Panama City, La Chorrera and Las Tablas. This […]
Panama was selected to host the 2011 Baseball World Championships according to Prensa.com. The event is scheduled to have 16 teams and be played during the last week of September and first week of October. Edwin Cabrera, president of the organizing committee, said that he estimates an investment of about $ 5 million in organizing […]
This property consists of the Rights of Possession to 6 hectares or roughly 15 acres of coastal property near the town of Quebrada de Piedra andthe entrance to a large estuary system where there is a Government Naval Base. There is extensive ocean front and calm protected bay waters on the other side of the […]
Welcome to the first in this series of Panama road trips for 2011. We have already been back to Pedasi twice this year, meeting with customers and enjoying this incredible place that is still undiscovered by most people, even with many Panamanians who have never ventured out of the City past the gold coast. While […]
Gold Gold Gold!!!! Before I tell you about the riches in our land here in Panama, let me touch on the subject of one of my favorite metals. I keep hearing that word “Gold” and the fact that if we don’t buy it we are all going to suffer. I remember the Hunt brothers who ran […]
As the weather extremes affect commodity prices around the world, we see that close to home here in Boquete our specialty coffees will cost us more this year. This in from Newsroom Panama. It might be a good time to call us about some of our listings on coffee plantations where you can invest either on […]
Panama has had record rainfalls and flooding in December when rainy season usually subsides. We are not the only ones and many places around the world are experiencing highly unusual weather patterns. I read a report that was referenced in a John Mauldin newsletter the other day and drilled down to the article that was hosted as a […]