By Valerie Pinto My family first visited Antigua in 1950. There was a small cruise ship that docked at various Leeward Islands within the Lesser Antilles, with Antigua being one of the stops. In that time it was a very simple, straightforward island that was encased with natural, untouched beauty. My grandmother-in-law, Margaret, and her…
By John Savage, Banker Trust Although the Dominican Republic is not typically regarded as a tax haven, that is actually one of its attractions. Unlike traditional offshore centers, it has not been under pressure from the likes of the OECD, the G20 and the Obama administration. The Dominican Republic has a territorial tax system much…
By Joe Johnson, EscapeArtist’s Ambassador for Chile (chile.escapeartist.com) “The dentist plugged my nose and told me to blow. When I did, I felt the inside of my mouth shift and fall into place.” I just sat there with my mouth open for a moment. That seemed like one of the strangest things I’d heard to…
By Juliana Blawyn My family travels, lives and plays in the South Pacific; The Kingdom of Tonga is our home during the Southern winter and we go to New Zealand for the Southern summer. Tonga is a great place to live if you’re not sold on the American dream – which has basically turned into the…
By Valerie Pinto My family first visited Antigua in 1950. There was a small cruise ship that docked at various Leeward Islands within the Lesser Antilles, with Antigua being one of the stops. In that time it was a very simple, straightforward island that was encased with natural, untouched beauty. My grandmother-in-law, Margaret, and her…
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By John Savage, Banker Trust Although the Dominican Republic is not typically regarded as a tax haven, that is actually one of its attractions. Unlike traditional offshore centers, it has not been under pressure from the likes of the OECD, the G20 and the Obama administration. The Dominican Republic has a territorial tax system much…
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By Joe Johnson, EscapeArtist’s Ambassador for Chile (chile.escapeartist.com) “The dentist plugged my nose and told me to blow. When I did, I felt the inside of my mouth shift and fall into place.” I just sat there with my mouth open for a moment. That seemed like one of the strangest things I’d heard to…
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By Juliana Blawyn My family travels, lives and plays in the South Pacific; The Kingdom of Tonga is our home during the Southern winter and we go to New Zealand for the Southern summer. Tonga is a great place to live if you’re not sold on the American dream – which has basically turned into the…
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By Donna Morgan Fazekas A parent of an international teacher tells what it’s like to be mom OK, moms and dads, you have just been told the ‘good news’ by your son or daughter that they have decided to take their teaching degree and do some international teaching. The conversation in your head immediately goes…
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In a March 2012 article written for the MIT Technology Review, Jessica Leber shared an anecdote from leaked State Department cables describing the shock of Afghani policemen when they received their first paycheck via the mobile phone payment system M-Paisa. The amount they received was around 30% more than they were receiving previously, prompting them to believe they’d received a raise. After…
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