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President Nayib Bukele made the announcement during a conference in Miami on June 5, 2021. (Bitcoin Magazine)

June 18, 2021

The Lightning-Fast Bitcoinization of El Salvador

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World’s First Crypto Tender Law Leaves Confusion

Paz Gómez

Google’s plot is in a privately run free-trade zone called the Sciences Park. (Zona Franca PDLC)

June 1, 2021

Why Google Picked Uruguay

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Chile’s Loss Is Southern Cone Neighbor’s Gain

Producing a gram of cannabis in Colombia costs approximately $0.05 compared to $1.5 in North America. (Seed Finder)

May 6, 2021

Bureaucracy Nips Colombia’s Medical Cannabis in the Bud

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Five years have passed since Colombia jumped on the medical-cannabis bandwagon and joined the 20-plus countries that have incentivized its production and commerce.

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Panama’s banking secrecy has led the country to be known as the “Switzerland of the Americas.” (Canva)

April 8, 2021

The Price of Panama’s Banking Secrecy

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Global Regulators Tighten Screws on Central American Financial Hub

Paz Gómez

The immediate effect of the monetary unification has been tough, leading to widespread unrest. (mambí)

March 2, 2021

The End of Cuba’s Artificial Hard Money

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Phasing Out of Dollar-Pegged Peso Triggers Devaluation

Paz Gómez

In 2020, 1.5 million new investors started trading through the country’s major exchange, B3. (Rafael Matsunaga)

February 3, 2021

How the Pandemic Drove Brazilians to Stocks

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Young, Retail Investors Embrace Online Discount Brokers

Paz Gómez

The deal is particularly attractive to US citizens: they do not need a residency permit. (MariamS)

January 1, 2021

Puerto Rico’s Allure as a Tax Haven

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Struggling Island Attracts Residents, Businesses with Meaningful Benefits

Paz Gómez

The company’s objective is to offer investors an incentive to go beyond hoarding and to use gold as money. (17095 images)

December 8, 2020

Monetary Metals Turns Gold Into Fixed Income

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Lend Rather than Hoard for In-Kind Returns

Paz Gómez

Few issues impact every single Alaskan more than the annual dividend from the fund. (12019/10259 images)

October 29, 2020

What Endangers the Alaska Fund

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Politics Proves Weak Link amid Shortfall

In 2015, Guyana, an agriculture-based economy, found oil deposits along 193 km of its coast. (Dan Lundberg)

September 23, 2020

How Petrostate Guyana Got Caught in the Cross Hairs

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A tiny English-speaking country in northern South America, Guyana will be the world’s fastest-growing economy thanks to the massive oil reservoirs.

Paz Gómez