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Buying Property in Panama
Weather is an important consideration while choosing a place to settle down and Bocas del Toro has typical Carribean tropical weather. It is warm and humid in summer with sea breeze and light rains from August through January. Volcan is in an elevated location and the weather is usually cool with a prolonged rainy season. Read
By: Jean Bouttet | 25/01/2007 | Business
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Amazing Places Around Panama City
Just 40 minutes drive from Panama City is the Chagres River National Park containing some of the most pristine rain forests in the world. One has to travel by canoe along the Chagres River to meet the Emberas community. Read
By: Jean Bouttet | 25/01/2007 | Business
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Affordable Living in Panama
Panama is a democratic country and has a growing economy. The inflation is a modest 2% and the government provides statutory financial privacy and banking secrecy to investors. The income earned abroad is non-taxable. There are also special benefits for retirees like discounts while buying airplane tickets to groceries and more. Read
By: Jean Bouttet | 25/01/2007 | Business
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A Tourist’s First Impression of Panama City
When a tourist first visits Panama City, he or she would be anxious to know what is in store as the plane lands in the tarmac of the city’s airport. Lot would have been read and heard about the place that would arouse the curiosity of a visitor about the country in general and the city in particular. Read
By: Jean Bouttet | 25/01/2007 | Business
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Panama as an Asset Haven
Panama has been long known for its investor friendly tax policies with many tax exemptions given to lure foreign business men, retirees etc. to invest in the country. It has a strong financial network with over 80 national and international banks operating there. It has strict banking secrecy laws which keep the investment details of individuals out of purview of public scrutiny. Read
By: Jean Bouttet | 25/01/2007 | Business
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Panama’s Transportation System
If you intend to explore Panama from its Colombian tip to the Costa Rican tip, you would need to know how to do so. Even were you visiting for just a few days with no intention to do some extensive exploring, it is just common sense to investigate how to get around and about in any place that is not your home. Read
By: Jean Bouttet | 25/01/2007 | Business
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Tips to Buying a Home in Panama
Panama is a popular tourist destination. Some people, once they have been to Panama cannot get it out of their system. They are so amazed at the wonder of Panama’s sights that they wish to be back again to this country. Some people have even gone so far as to decide that the only solution would be to buy a vacation home in Panama. Read
By: Jean Bouttet | 25/01/2007 | Business
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The Undiscovered Beauty of Panama
The thought of the Caribbean automatically brings to mind wonderful and fabulous beaches. And true to form, people flock to the proven tourist destinations in the area. Lying in obscurity is Panama, mainly known for its noteworthy Panama Canal but not for its attributes that would make a great tourist destination. Read
By: Jean Bouttet | 25/01/2007 | Business
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Taking a Panama Cruise
What better way of exploring a land besieged by water? And not just any run of the mill seawater, mind you. Modify that to say very clear, pleasantly warm, dazzling aquamarine and turquoise waters. Since Panama is indeed flanked by both the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, a Panama cruise may prove to be a most inspired vacation plan. Read
By: Jean Bouttet | 25/01/2007 | Business
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Panama: the Two Sides of Beautiful
When people think of vacations, the thought of the beach always comes to mind. No wonder. After all, commercialism of the Caribbean and the long reach of the Internet are partly responsible. Whatever the cause, beaches are one of the foremost requirements in vacation destination. Read
By: Jean Bouttet | 25/01/2007 | Business