” WELCOME TO PANAMA!! ” This was music to my ears as I saw the greeter open the door to the second huge bus loaded with tourists from the States after it pulled into the Marriott Courtyard at Multiplaza Mall. The hotel was full despite numerous surveys stating that it should be otherwise. Something in […]
As 2009 came to an end, we closed escrow on another deal on the morning of the 31st back in the US and started celebrating the New Year early. 2009 was a turbulent year and most of my clients who listed and sold property with me through the run up were happy to have gotten […]
Panama will have Latin America’s highest GDP growth in the five-year period starting next year, while Venezuela will have the lowest, according to a Latin Business Chronicle analysis of new forecasts from the International Monetary Fund. My friend and Editor-in-Chief, Joachim Bamrud publishes one of the best sources for important events in Latin America. Latin […]
We are enjoying a wonderful San Juan Summer up in the mountains at our home town of Boquete with bluebird skies for most of the month of July. I have spent some quality time with my younger son and we have just returned from a road trip to PEDASI where I am investing some money […]
Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal is to be sworn in as the Panamanian President today. Martinelli was born in Panama on March 11, 1952. In 1973, he graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Fayetteville in Arkansas. He later earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the INCAE Business School in […]
Panama News, June 2009
It is June in Panama and the “Green Season” is in full swing. In the coming month we are going to see a new President take office with the hope that this pro-business leader will help build the tourism business that has just started here in Panama. New coastal highways, new international airports and title […]
Road Trip, Boquete, Panama – March, 2009
Road Trip, Pedasi, Panama – February 2009