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February 24, 2012 Santiago, Chile I want to start off today’s letter by thanking the 120+ folks who’ve made the journey down to Chile over the past two weekends to break bread on the farm. Last weekend’s event was a real delight, and I’m looking forward to tonight’s festivities with the new group.
February 14, 2012 Talca, Chile One of the local papers here in Chile ran an interesting story a few days ago about the number of young Spanish immigrants coming to Chile in search of work. Fed up with the ridiculously high unemployment rate in Spain, and tired of being shut out of every
May 31, 2011 Santiago, Chile As I told Sovereign Confidential subscribers on our monthly teleconference yesterday afternoon, I’ve been focused over the last several months on sniffing out the best deals in Chilean farmland for our planned resilient community. We’re definitely close. My base in Chile is here in beautiful Santiago, however, and
June 11, 2010 Santiago, Chile As I mentioned in yesterday’s subscribers-only letter, I’ve been to Chile numerous times, and I like it more each time I’m here. For this trip, which is unfortunately short, I wanted to survey the countryside to see the extent of the earthquake damage. It’s easy to have already
April 8, 2010 Panama City, Panama Do you remember that really awkward phase we all went through as adolescents? Growth spurts, voice changes, menstruation, and yes, pimples– in the end, while we all came out of it more mature and grown up, there was a difficult and sometimes painful transition period in which
March 31, 2010 Panama City, Panama It appears that not all is amiss with sovereign debt: Panama may be one of the only bright spots, at least in the western hemisphere… the country recently had its debt rating upgraded by Fitch to ‘investment grade’ with a positive outlook. Now, I have been quite
March 25, 2010 Tokyo, Japan About 20-years ago, many of the world’s sovereign nations started down an interesting path. Region by region, governments formed supranational free trade blocs in order to facilitate economic growth. Supranational organizations were nothing new… from the failed League of Nations after the Great War to the UN and
March 24, 2010 Hong Kong, SAR One of the worst things that can happen to a country is to experience a brain-drain. The loss of productive people who create new technologies and companies means the loss of the jobs and wealth that they create. The long-term aggregate effects of this can be truly
March 18, 2010 Pattaya, Thailand Something interest happened this week in Thailand that I think says a lot about the country and its people. For the last several months… well, years, actually… a large group of organized protesters has stepped up its calls for the current government of Thailand to step down. The
I’m sitting in a comfortable, overstuffed leather chair this morning typing away at this letter while a team of local women give me a traditional Thai foot massage. 30 minutes in the chair will set me back about $4, and I can’t think of a better way to part with my money.
