Jake Nomada 🌎

In the USA 🇺🇸 $50K basically gets you a used Chevy Tahoe these days In 11 Latin American cities, it still buys you a brand new apartment In one of the *BEST* areas of the city TE LO JURO Live this month, from the portals locals use: → 75 m² 2BR, two balconies — $62,000 → 33 m² on the water, river in every window — from $44,500 → Furnished 71 m² 2BR, sea-view balcony, Caribbean island — $56,000 → New studio, pool + gym, capital financial district — from $66,000 Those are 4 of 33 listings in the new @investlatamX guide Two cities in full below, with links The other 9, the maps, and my absolute favorites of the bunch are in the free guide — link in the first reply 1/🧵

Bolivia 🇧🇴 isn't only gas lines and strikes this week → ~4,700 schools getting Starlink → Cybertruck ambulances already in use Both stories can sit side by side

This stuff isn't complex... There's no universal "El Dorado" anywhere in the world, only your personal utopia Decide what you're optimizing for, then pick the location that allows you to optimize those area(s) of your life For example: → Cheapest = Bolivia 🇧🇴 + Ecuador 🇪🇨 + Paraguay 🇵🇾 → Best Plan B Residency = Uruguay 🇺🇾 + Panama 🇵🇦 + Paraguay 🇵🇾 → Best for Retirees = Panama 🇵🇦 + Mexico 🇲🇽 + Costa Rica 🇨🇷 → Best for Families = Panama 🇵🇦 + Uruguay 🇺🇾 + Chile 🇨🇱 → Best for Single Broski = Brazil 🇧🇷 + Colombia 🇨🇴 + DR 🇩🇴 → Best for Vibes = Argentina 🇦🇷 + Brazil 🇧🇷 + Costa Rica 🇨🇷 Ya tu sabes 🫡

Details matter... Great breakdown of the residency files processed in Panama 🇵🇦

🇵🇦 PANAMA 🇵🇦 13 days after a 7.5 earthquake, Panama's president had 27 global companies and institutions from 17 countries in the presidential palace for a World Economic Forum strategy meeting Maersk, AES, EQT and Stena Line sent their CEOs, Visa, Mastercard, DHL and PepsiCo were there too His pitch: Moving cargo isn't enough anymore, Panama should be the region's biggest multi-energy, logistics, digital and financial hub Built on 4 pillars... → Water: expand storage in the Canal watershed → Energy: Canal as a multi-energy hub, lead shipping decarbonization → Trade: new Mercosur associate state, multinational nearshoring base → Rule of law: off the EU money-laundering list and its tax blacklist The WEF's Alois Zwinggi called it a shared commitment to boost Panama's strategic position Nobody in that room flew to Panama for the beaches, although there's some damn good beaches here too ;)

🇵🇦 PANAMA 🇵🇦 Panama's migration service (SNM) cleared 18,494 residency files in Q3… Up 132.9% vs Q2 Kind of insane 👀

I think people undervalue just how impressive the infrastructure built or being built in small Central American countries like El Salvador 🇸🇻 and Panama 🇵🇦 truly is... But when you compare it to other similar sized countries in the region, you walk away incredible impressed with the ability of these places to build things that work for citizens, residents, and tourists alike 🫡

🇲🇽 MAZATLÁN, MEXICO 🇲🇽 Nearly everyone will disagree with me on this one... Mazatlán should be the best beach city in Mexico The beach in the Zona Dorada is one of my favorite beaches in the world, golden sand, light waves, perfect for body surfing, pleasant to swim in, and a little boat takes you to the island right off the sand The rest of the case: → Amazing seafood, some of the best beach-town food I've eaten anywhere → Weather that's ideal 7 to 8 months a year, spring-like mornings for the malecón, hot afternoons for the beach, a few months too cold to swim, a few months super hot → 21 km of malecón, the longest in the world outside Rio → High-rise hotels and apartments with insane ocean views → Pretty good nightlife → Cheap to live in → Short flight from the US and Canada I wouldn't raise a family there, but kids aside it's my favorite beach city in Latin America NOT in Brazil So why hasn't it fallen to mass gringo tourism like Playa del Carmen or Cabo? The Sinaloa Cartel runs it, a true gangsters' paradise The city moves in phases, when the cartel isn't at war it's calm, when it is, it gets dangerous and it's not a place you want to be A world-class beach city you can only enjoy between cartel wars That's the tragedy of Mazatlán

A bit aggressive, but... He *might* not be wrong here For someone whose main focus is low cost of living in a city that doesn't suck + prefers 1-3 million people cities over mega cities Santa Cruz de la Sierra 🇧🇴 is going to be tough to beat The only other contenders: - Asuncion 🇵🇾 - Quito 🇪🇨 - Cali 🇨🇴 - Puebla 🇲🇽 - Brazil 🇧🇷 (handful to choose from...)

🇻🇪 VENEZUELA 🇻🇪 Richard Branson just spent 2 days in Venezuela, his first trip there ever... → "A lot obviously depends on the next 18 months" → Once elections happen and rule of law is in place, Venezuela has a "tremendous opportunity" → Until then a lot of the big money waits, his words: "Investment needs certainty" and "It needs transparency" → Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia pitched him a Virgin Atlantic route from Caracas 🇻🇪 to London 🇬🇧 and he said he'd look at it but won't promise the numbers work → In La Guaira (the port by the main airport) people asked him about Virgin Voyages ships docking there, something he said they'd seriously look at, but years out → He pitched acting president Delcy Rodríguez on copying Virgin StartUp Loans, a UK program that has lent to nearly 10,000 small businesses So now we have Trump and Branson talking about Venezuela, about the potential... Interesting times ahead 🇻🇪