Upcoming Panama Jazz Festival


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Tito Puente Jr. Mark your calenders and make your airline reservations, the Panama Jazz Festival is coming!      Go Tito!!    Click here to see the video 9th Annual Panama Jazz Festival Jan 16 – Jan 21, 2012 Teatro Nacional, Atlapa Convention Center, Plaza de le Catedral Also, the dean of Panama’s saxophonists, Carlos Garnett Click here […]

August 17, 2011

Hot Panama City Condo Deals


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             My friend from Panama City brings me this hot tip for the next good investment there.  He has made a lot of money in the Trump building with developer resales where depositors could not close.       The building is located in the most exclusive area of Bella Vista neighborhood, just off Balboa Avenue in […]

August 11, 2011

HSBC to cut 30,000 jobs in global overhaul


News from Panama

Well here goes more jobs in the US.  While this is a global move, watch closely at what they do in the US, not here in Panama.  (HSBC already announced a deal to sell 195 U.S. branches to First Niagara Bank for $1 billion). The bank wouldn’t disclose where layoffs were coming from, but said […]

August 10, 2011

U.S. should not retreat from the hemisphere


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I was reading the Miami Herald that we get here in Panama and came across this article written by Bill Richardson,  a former governor of New Mexico and special envoy for the OAS.  In it he speaks about the importance of the US embracing Latin America.  An example of what is wrong up north is […]

August 10, 2011

Paradise in Pedasi Part 2


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Welcome to the fourth in this series of Panama road trips for 2011.  We have already been back to Pedasi three times 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 the inventory of […]

August 10, 2011

Wealth Protection


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  Today’s number one concern for one’s estate should be wealth protection.  Whether you are an astute investor (or crazy enough to be a day trader), this one theme should be in the forefront of your strategic plan to survive these turbulent times.  While I am not proposing that you run for the hills or […]

August 10, 2011

Panamax 2011 – Naval exercises begin next week


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This years Panamax naval exercise takes place next week off of the waters of Panama.  Just a friendly reminder to all, that Panama and Latin America are always ready to rumble if things were to ever get out of hand.  It also sends a strong signal to drug runners that things are taken very seriously down […]

August 10, 2011

Estate Planning in Panama


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    One of the law firms that I use here in Panama is very well versed in real estate law as well as corporate, administrative and probate law, all of which you need to understand when investing here.    This post deals with how best to structure your ownership.   As I know that I have fewer years […]

August 6, 2011