Coastal Dreaming

A nice video put together by the PRONicaragua Tourism Directive.  The beauty and diversity of the country is amazing and still relatively unknown, making it a great offshore investment opportunity.

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Pretty interesting video on how the port of San Juan is expected to build out.  Its amazing the transformation this little town is going through and the upcoming Survivor series will only accelerate that. 

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Law for the Promotion of Foreign Investment (Law No. 344)
The main legislation that governs foreign investment consists of Law No. 344 for the Promotion of Foreign Investments and its bylaws, as well as other sector-specific laws that provide incentives for investment.
Law No. 344 provides: a) equal treatment of foreign and domestic investment; b) eliminates restrictions [...]

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Nicaragua is an original Member of the WTO, and attaches considerable importance to its participation in the multilateral trading system. Since the beginning of 1990s, Nicaragua has engaged in multilateral negotiations, regional and bilateral negotiations (Free Trade Agreements). Preferential agreements have become an important component of trade liberalization in Nicaragua.
The country offers: 48 universities with [...]

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One of Nicaragua’s greatest assets is its people. Nicaragua’s population is very young; in fact 80% of the total population (an estimated 5.7 million in 2009) is under the age of 39. The country’s labor force is made up of 2.3 million people, and it is known to be flexible and highly productive, with good [...]

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Nicaragua has various incentive laws for priority sectors, such as the Tourism Incentive Law, the Renewable Energy Incentive Law and the Free Trade Zones Law (for export-oriented industries, including light manufacturing, agribusiness and contact centers). According to international agreements with WTO members (Doha Article VII), Nicaragua is now one of the few countries in the [...]

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Nicaragua has approximately 19,000 km of roads connecting the capital, Managua, to all major cities. The Pan- American Highway traverses the country from north to south. It is 370 km long and connects Nicaragua with Honduras and Costa Rica. The main highways have been refurbished substantially in the last two years, including the highways that [...]

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The numbers of tourists visiting Nicaragua continues to grow each year. Since 2001 the number has multiplied 500% – with almost 900,000 tourists in 2009 and an expected 1.2 million by 2012. Nicaragua is being featured in multiple travel publications around the world as an affordable, adventure destination. While many vacation spots are experiencing lower [...]

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Marketing guru Seth Godin published a great post today entitled ‘Surfing is the new career’.  Seth says:
Talk to surfers and they’ll explain that the entire sport comes down to the hunt for that blissful moment that combines three unstable elements in combination: the wave is just a little too big to handle, the board is [...]

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International Living lists its top 30 retirement destinations here.  What’s important about this index for investors is that Nicaragua ties for 3rd place in the category of real estate!  The real estate category is defined as:
Countries where real estate prices are low and the purchase of real estate is relatively easy receive the highest scores. [...]

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