December 29, 2005If you’re a church-going practitioner of religion, you’ll want to locate a church, synagogue, mosque, temple, center, or whatever, at your new home overseas. Continue Reading
I was recently searching for expatriate resources on the Internet and came across a helpful resource: Expatriates.com. Billed as “the community website created for and by expatriates and internationally minded people everywhere,” this site focuses on providing bulletin boards, classified ads, and a resource directory of expatriate websites to expatriates around the world. The classified…
An article by Ilana Ozernoy in a recent (December 26, 2005) U.S. News & World Report offers an outsiders view of American evangelical efforts in Eastern Russian. Among other things, it states, “The ex-pat evangelical community itself is largely fractured. Missionaries seldom mix with other Americans for fear of becoming more visible or being lumped…
If you’re heading overseas for an extended stay, you will want to have a good strategy for converting your money into the local currency. (I’m assuming that you will not be paid in the local currency, which is standard practice for international companies.) It’s important to learn before you go where to keep your money…
Matt Ellsworth January 25, 2006 Expats in Latin America, keep a wary eye on your surroundings. I’m not sounding an alarm, but I don’t want anyone to be unaware that political sentiment, and consequently economic policy, are moving leftward in Latin America. Continue Reading
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The Associated Press reported on December 14 that Wal-Mart has bought 140 stores in Brazil from a Portuguese conglomerate, adding to stores it owns in Argentina, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. They also own a 33 percent share of a Costa Rica-based chain with stores in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. My question…