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 […]
Well, it looks like we may see an end to the protests that have paralyzed parts of Panama at times over the last few weeks. While the world is going through serious times of unrest, Panama’s problems pale in comparison. That said the subject of extracting $100 billion dollars of copper from an open pit […]
After living in Miami for 35 years, I always was amazed at how the Port of Miami functioned. It was an incredible logistics process for moving cargo and people as it was located right off Biscayne Boulevard in Downtown Miami. It seems that it is now going to get a lot busier and will profit […]
We are seeing a rising middle class in every country in Latin America except for Venezuela and that has to do with increased trade and productivity of it’s people. This in from the Washington Post. USHUAIA, ARGENTINA – Here at the end of the Earth, just 600 miles from Antarctica, tourists hike over glaciers and […]
Back in Florida I see where Port Everglades is ramping up for increased trade with Latin America. One of the improvements includes the dredging a deeper channel to accommodate the larger ships that will be passing through the Panama Canal when it’s expansion is complete in 2014. Broward County‘s seaport is undertaking a $2 […]
STRONG DRIVER Caterpillar continues to outperform its multinational peers in Latin America. (Photo: Jo Mateix) As reported in the Latin Business Chronical Latin America continues to outperform global sales for US and European multinationals. These are heady times for multinational companies active in Latin America. Revenues from the region rose an average 17.2 percent for the […]
I have found that being transparent with the United States Internal Revenue Service has always been the best policy. If you have not and you are found out, the penalties are horrific. Just breeze through the following and see more on this. 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
I read recently where Panama’s Vice President and Foreign Minister, Juan Carlos Varela, and the Regional Director of Project Services of the United Nations, María Noel Vaeza, signed a memorandum for the construction of the Offices of the Regional Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations in Panama. “The construction […]
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 […]
This is another reason to celebrate life here in Panama and that is its local products. Here in Boquete we are the bread basket for the rest of the country where almost 80% of the produce consumed in Panama comes from farms in our region of Chiriqui. Fresh fruit and vegetables are literally fresh and full of flavor. […]