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Venezuala is not a good place to even visit. Chavez's sucessor is no better. He claimed that Chavez intervened with God to get a Latin American pope. Politics is a concern. Most countries are stable now. But most have had a history. Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Peru, Colombia...

I'm currently in Central America - I haven't been to South America yet. I will be in Medellin in Colombia for a few days, my only excursion into South America. I mention Panama only because I know a little more about it. Guatemala is probably cheaper, but I'd have trouble living there. I...

I'm currently in Central America - I haven't been to South America yet. I will be in Medellin in Colombia for a few days, my only excursion into South America. I mention Panama only because I know a little more about it. Guatemala is probably cheaper, but I'd have trouble living there. I loved...

No estate taxes. Repatriation of money is not a problem, especially if done through a corporation. If we're looking at recent history, Chile has a more scary history than many.

Be careful about generalising. What happens in Costa Rica may be quite different from what happens thousands of kilometres away in Argentina. In just two adjacent countries - Panama has actively gone after the expat retiree market, offering easy options for people with an independent income to...

I was talking with an American who now lives in Costa Rica. He came here about ten year ago, and has done extremely well. He knew the country before he came, and had researched Central America. He invested a lot in the Quepos area, on the pacific coast. He bought one piece of land just outside...