The Mayans, Aztecs & Olmecs Traded Using Cocoa, I Guess This Is Why! Retail chocolate prices are rising (and will increase much further, while shrinkflation will take hold) after wholesale cocoa prices surged to an unthinkable all-time high of $10,000 a ton recently. For sake of reference, it was $2,500 USD a ton a year […]
Tag: CentralAmerica
El Salvador is Not Worth All The Hype. Here’s Why:
Ponte las gafas, por ver el estafa (put on your glasses, to see the scam) Bitcoin = Freedom from the system, right? Bitcoin is going to 1,000,000 dollars per coin, right? (A market cap of 21 Trillion Dollars). El Salvador is the new Switzerland, right? By the looks of some headlines out there, these are […]
Costa Rica
OnTheBall Travels Experience with Pura Vida Anything humans made, looked awful–Anything nature made, was beautiful Arrival If you’re already in Latin America, you’ll find that San Jose (capital) is relatively well connected. Mostly nobody stays here though given the level of crime, infrastructure and general unpleasantries. Costa Rica does have domestic airlines to fly to […]
The Belize LLC is No More & Businesses are Already Leaving
Offshore Jurisdiction Changes to LLCs Since the tyrannical economic substance requirements swept the offshore world in 2019 (and has been tightened since), the Belize IBC has been effectively a no-go. It had mandated tax, presence, hiring of staff on-the-ground & many other regulations that made it no longer a feasible corporate structure for international portfolios. […]
