{"id":29968,"date":"2020-09-24T15:16:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T20:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=29968"},"modified":"2020-09-24T15:18:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T20:18:05","slug":"panama-still-obvious-escape-hatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/panama-still-obvious-escape-hatch\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama is still an obvious escape hatch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bocas-del-mar-cover.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29969\" src=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bocas-del-mar-cover.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"867\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bocas-del-mar-cover.png 867w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bocas-del-mar-cover-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bocas-del-mar-cover-768x252.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a great post from Simon Black at Sovereign Man who has been coming to Panama over the last 17 years as well as numerous countries around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">At the turn of the 20th century, the United States had recently become the largest economy in the world\u2026 and it was showing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">The US had just vanquished Spain in the Spanish-American War, resulting in a vast new American colonial empire, stretching from the Philippines to Puerto Rico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">And it was just the beginning of American dominance overseas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">A few years later in 1903, JP Morgan (as in, the founder of the mega-bank that bears his name) engineered a coup in Central America that ended up creating a new republic in the region: Panama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">And almost immediately, JP Morgan and his colleagues got to work developing a canal that would run right through Panama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">The Panama Canal was a game changer back then, and one of the most ambitious engineering projects in history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">Before the canal, ships traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast had to circumnavigate the entire American continent, sailing from New York, down to the southern tip of Argentina, and back up the Pacific Coast to San Francisco.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">The trip took forever. But the Panama Canal slashed the journey down to a fraction of the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">The Canal was of such strategic importance to the United States that the Defense Department built more than a DOZEN military bases in Panama (a country less than half the size of Florida.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">And Panama became very Americanized as a result. The government dollarized the economy from Day 1. English became widely spoken.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">The US finally withdrew all of its forces on December 31, 1999, and handed over control of the Canal to the Panamanians. Most of the suit-and-tie experts thought it would be a disaster\u2026 that Panama would bungle it all up and the economy would soon be in hyperinflation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">That didn\u2019t happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">In the 20 years since taking over, Panama has flourished. Trade, transportation, banking, real estate, and tourism have all boomed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">And the growth has been pretty mesmerizing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">My first trip to Panama was back in 2003. Back then the main airport (Tocumen International) was basically a rural airstrip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">The taxi ride into town was dark and lonely, and downtown Panama City was a quaint backwater at best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">Over the years I\u2019ve been back at least 20 times, and even lived there for a time. And the pace of development has been truly impressive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">Today Panama is practically a different country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">It\u2019s obviously not all rainbows and buttercups\u2013 Panama has its issues, just like any place else.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">But over the last two decades, a robust middle class has developed in Panama that\u2019s 2-3x the size (as a percentage of population) than its regional neighbors like Nicaragua or Honduras.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">Plenty of business and investment opportunities abound. The economy has consistently been one of the fastest growing in the region. And the capital\u2019s downtown skyline seems more like Miami than Central America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">Plus, as we\u2019ve written several times before, <a href=\"https:\/\/iman.infusion-links.com\/api\/v1\/click\/6392863349932032\/5820206408531968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0645ad;\">Panama makes it VERY easy for foreigners to obtain residency<\/span><\/a>. The country\u2019s doors are wide open, welcoming foreigners to come and join in on the prosperity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">Our research team counts at least 19 different ways you can obtain legal permanent residency in Panama. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">But the most popular option for Westerners still remains the \u201cFriendly Nations Visa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">They rolled this out eight years ago. In short, if you\u2019re a citizen of one of the 50+ countries with significant economic or cultural ties to Panama, you can obtain residency by setting up a corporation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">(The list of eligible countries includes the US, Canada, UK, Australia, most of Europe, Israel, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, South Africa, and several Latin American countries.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">In theory it\u2019s a bit like an investor visa, since the original goal of the program was to generate economic activity in Panama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">You\u2019re supposed to set up a business and fund the company with a small deposit at a local bank (less than $20,000 should be sufficient for the whole family to qualify).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">And once your paperwork is approved, you can even withdraw the money if you choose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">In my view, this is a real no-brainer Plan B option for most people. It\u2019s fast. It requires a very low investment amount. And the money isn\u2019t tied up for long at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">Having a legal residency in another country is a very sensible option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">It doesn\u2019t mean that you need to move away from your home country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">It only means that, if at some point down the road you decide that you NEED to leave, then you\u2019ll already have a place where you\u2019ll be welcomed with open arms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">If conditions in your home country deteriorate rapidly and you have people rampaging in your face, or a government that wants to tax you to oblivion, you won\u2019t want to start thinking about your options while you\u2019re packing your bags.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">This is a really important point. Emotional decisions are bad decisions. And if you wait until the proverbial hits the fan to even start thinking about where you might want to go, you\u2019ll be too emotional to make rational decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">Start making those types of decisions now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">Where might you want to obtain legal residency, just in case? Where are the places you could see yourself spending time (if you really needed to)? Do you or your family have any special needs?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block\" style=\"margin: 9.75pt 0in 9.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #343434;\">Panama is an easy option for a lot of folks. 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