{"id":8187,"date":"2013-07-30T13:50:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T18:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=8187"},"modified":"2013-07-30T13:50:21","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T18:50:21","slug":"central-america-competes-for-baby-boomers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/central-america-competes-for-baby-boomers\/","title":{"rendered":"Central America Competes for Baby Boomers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/retired-couple-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8189\" title=\"retired couple 2\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/retired-couple-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/retired-couple-2.jpg 581w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/retired-couple-2-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Panama, Belize and Nicaragua are competing with Costa Rica and Mexico in trying to attract retirees from the U.S. and <span class=\"hlink\">Canada<\/span>.\u00a0 Panama will soon be second next to Mexico as it will pass Costa Rica in the near future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">All of these countries are offering residency  packages and tax exemptions at rates similar to those granted by Costa  Rica. For example, in Nicaragua there is a law which provides advantages  for <span class=\"hlink\">retirees<\/span> on items ranging from cars to building materials. In the case of  Panama, there is a program which has reduced the requirements to <span class=\"hlink\">invest<\/span> in property, businesses and other endeavors. &#8220;The message of this law is simple. &#8220;It is &#8216;Come to Panama'&#8221; said lawyer <span class=\"hlink\">Manoj Chatlani<\/span> .<\/p>\n<p>Laprensa.hn reports: &#8220;New luxury complexes, equipped with spas,  restaurants, marinas and golf courses, are spreading. Developers say  they are using more materials that add quality and luxury which is  designed to appeal to buyers with high purchasing power. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The number of Americans receiving pension payments in Panama has  increased by 65%, as 2,164 new people between 2006-11, while in  Nicaragua it went from 595 to 1322 people. However, these figures fall  short when compared to <span class=\"hlink\">Mexico<\/span> and Costa Rica, where more than 50,000 Americans received their pension payments in Mexico and 5,000 do so in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n<p>In Belize, where developers are trying to promote the country as a place  for retirees to live in luxury, they are currently building a complex  which will hold 2,000 residential plots, 250 condominiums and townhouses  and a marina with capacity for up to 250 boats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"link_source\">Source: elheraldo.hn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panama, Belize and Nicaragua are competing with Costa Rica and Mexico in trying to attract retirees from 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