About Paraguam

Status:

Preparing to Move Abroad 

Currently Lives:

South Carolina, United States

Citizen Of:

United States

HR/Relo
Professional:

Provider of Expat-Related Services & Products

Some Forum Posts:

Panama: Throwin Out the Lifeline to Penonome:

Personally, I didn't find CR or PA beauty prizes at all. An out of date, run-down look prevails. Touring with friends who've made it their business to home in on the most viable spots for our middle-class means, the only actual beauty I saw was a beach with gorgeous warm water and sand too hot to walk on. Boquete and David are like Jersey City except there are few signs of present or past elegance. I don't fault these countries for it at all -- the reason for the drab is that they haven't followed the "first world" in placing top priority on appearances, filthy lucre and self-glorification, and have been victimized by it for centuries. May they find freedom from it..... someday! Just one man's opinion -- others violently disagree, and they're welcome to.

Panama: Shipping Household Items:

Much useful info here, but unmentioned is the quality/price of goods in Panama. As with Uruguay and other LatAm countries, everything I hear elsewhere is to the effect of "say goodbye to quality and variety, and don't expect to save much if any money replacing your stuff here." Including from world travelers I know personally who are entirely sympathetic to their new homelands and disgusted with the state ameriKa. Neither are we looking for miracles in countries known to be 50-75 years behind ameriKa in many ways, often happily. Obviously if you're wealthy none of this applies, but my friends and I are middle class, as I would guess a majority of folk in this forum are.

Panama: Anybody Home??:

Thanks for another chunk of bedrock reality, tharin4prez. It sounds like you're in a good position to advise expats how to harm PA as little as possible. Any thoughts? Other than trying to be polite and humble with locals, using small bills, learning more Spanish every day. I saw the place for the first time last April and plan to move down this year. Huge undertaking -- too much stuff to thin out. I plan to take only essentials -- clothes, some books/ CDs/ keepsakes. Basically no furniture, maybe some musical insts.

Panama: Expat Friends Talk To Me About Euador:

Greetings all and kudos to sweetsouthernbelle and folks who "amen" her. Obviously discussion forums need to be extremely careful about keeping things on-topic, or tempers flare and sometimes totally explode over nothing. But this is not just any forum; its main de-facto purpose would seem to be helping people unhappy with the ruin of the USA, no? This discussion seems just right -- hot topics are condoned in the end but nobody quits over them, yet. Bravo Expat Exchange! I would venture to guess that (for what it's worth) a large majority of Expat Exchange members agree with sweetsouthernbelle's views on the USA overall, even if they don't take the time to sign in and say so. I for one find it blessed relief to see somebody saying the unsayable here when most people don't dare be in least bit "controversial", ever. sweetsouthernbelle's handle is another nice surprise as I once again randomly check this site. Am a longtime D---- defender myself*, and will be PMing her shortly. Here in upcountry SC there's a small movement of our kind (mostly former yankees!) leaving for Panama, Chile and Uruguay.... For exciting, romantic stories on the first great wave of principled American expatriation, google CONFEDERADOS.... but please be aware that this movement wasn't only confined to Brazil. *Bizarrely, on first attempting to post this msg, the site told me I'd used a forbidden word, the South's traditional nickname, and I had to delete it -- ???

Panama: new business in Panama:

How much of a business does it have to be, please?

Dominica: Moving to Dominica:

Zyanne is right. It's only natural for people to want to be with others like themselves. Multiculturalism is a politician's pipe dream, the politician typically never going near it himself -- oh no, it's others he wants to force it on. It's also the best way to destroy cohesion in a society and one of the reasons the US is such a great place to escape from anymore.

Venezuela: Fast or instant citizenship:

I've recently heard that Chavez is offering the above to anybody who will (third-hand recreation of description here) live in Venezuela 6 months before voting for him in the next election. Or live there 6 months every year? Can't find anything definite about it online.

Paraguay: Fast Track Residency in Paraguay:

This is a great, frank page of a type I've been looking for. Would appreciate your opinion on some things asserted about Paraguay elsewhere in another site (qwealthreport.com): 1. "you can apply after three years for citizenship, with no need to worry about family units" 2. "it’s more anarchic than Uruguay, meaning less control and more freedom… for example, nobody is really going to count how many days you are there. Having residence on paper is enough." Suspect they're indulging in recreational hyperbole with use of the word "anarchic"-- but I am in fact looking for the practical, real-world version of things regardless of what's on paper. That seems to be your approach. The page in question links to yet more exciting (crazy?) statements which I hope are true. Thanks!

Date Joined:

11/15/2010

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