Aging Baby Boomers May Curb U.S. Expansion


News from Panama

This is not your mother’s recovery. I might want to re write this BLOOMBERG article to the headlines of Aging Baby Boomers  Gives Rise to Explosion in Retirees Moving to Panama.  Everyone here in Panama knows that you can live cheaper and a have better quality of life without the hassles, expenses and stress we […]

August 31, 2011

New International Airport triggers development interest


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The start of construction of the new international airport in Rio Hato has triggered significant  investor interest in the area.  We will see a surge of new hotel development as direct flights from the US, Canada and Europe bring in hundreds of tourists daily.  Rio Hato is approximately two hours by car from Panama City, and the […]

August 28, 2011

Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival


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   I have suggested that you mark  your calenders for the Panama Jazz Festival coming in January and I  suggest that you  take the opportunity to add this to your event calender as well.   The Boquete Jazz & Blues Foundation presents: World-Class Jazz & Blues on the slopes of Volcan Baru, March 1-4, 2012        Open-air […]

August 27, 2011

Just another day in the valley


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Yes, here we are enjoying  a cup of coffee on our veranda and suddenly the quiet is interrupted by a whine of a high powered turbo engine as a Eurocopter flies and lands just below our villa.  Later, I am on the way to the gym and notice a group of younger people who are […]

August 27, 2011

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

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