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Feature Articles
Feature Articles are more extensive and offer a more "in-depth" view of the subject. We try to post at least one feature article a month, well researched and offering resources for further study. If you have ideas about articles that you'd like to see, please send us a note or mention it on the discussion forum.
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As Goes California, So Goes The Nation
It's an accepted fact that general trends tend to start in California and work their way east. As the Greater Depression starts to take hold, we now see the state budget problems carried out to their logical end... and it's starting in California. They don't call him the "Terminator" for nothing. . . . keep reading
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Letters Of Credit and International Trade
It appears that the credit crisis is about to produce a system failure that could possibly bring international trade to a screeching halt. It starts with a simple question: if banks don't trust one another enough to lend money, why on earth would they accept a Letter Of Credit? . . . keep reading
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Getting Connected Without Hassle
While the infrastructure on Margarita is quite good, that might not be great news for a visitor. Getting online with your own notebook computer can be a problem- not because there is a shortage of internet cafe's, but because they aren't used to someone with their own computer wanting to hook up to their network. . . . keep reading
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The Cost Of Living On Margarita Island
What does it really cost to live on Margarita? This article takes a look at how far your money will go and just what it will buy on Margarita Island. The number of people who only look at the cost of real estate and don't consider the cost of living in that location is amazing... We think you'll be surprised by what Margarita offers . . . keep reading
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Getting Your Ginseng Harvested: Part 1
When planning your ginseng business, you have to plan for both time and money. Money is spent at startup, and time is spend during the maintenance phase. When it comes to harvest time, you have a choice... and here are some of your options: . . . keep reading
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Decoupling Dies As Half The World Hits Credit Crunch
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
When the best laid plans go awry, someone always gets hurt. Will it be the multi-million earning CEO, or the smallholder? We all know the answer to that. Here is how it's happening... and more evidence that moving to a little island called Margarita is probably one of the best moves you could possibly make. . . . keep reading
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CADIVI "Hit List" Grows To 10,000
Living in a country with exchange controls is a fascinating experience. For expats with money outside the country, it isn't so bad. For the Venezuelans, it creates a number of problems and opportunities. People try to work around the currency controls, and the government tries to stop them. Here's the latest saga in the soap opera of Venezuelan Exchange Controls. . . . keep reading
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SpyChips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID
Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre
Imagine a world of no more privacy. Where your every purchase is monitored and recorded in a database, and your every belonging is numbered. Where someone many states away or perhaps in another country has a record of everything you have ever bought, of everything you have ever owned, of every item of clothing in your closet—every pair of shoes. What's more, these items can even be tracked remotely. . . . keep reading
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Jobs On Margarita
We constantly get asked "what kind of jobs are available on Margarita" by people who are thinking of moving to the Island. Here is a snapshot of the local employment situation. . . . keep reading
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Why Did Senator John Kerry Stand Idly By?
PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
Seen the video yet? Ask the wrong question at a political rally and you get surrounded by cops, dragged from the auditorium and tasered. Forget the questions about police brutality and whether he should have been tasered or arrested- there is a better question to ask: Why did Senator Kerry let this happen? . . . keep reading
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Making Grave Mistakes
Derrick Sambrook
One of the last things people want to do is plan for their death, but it's a critical issue for anyone who moves abroad. It's possible to provide some asset security, estate planning and enhance your freedom, but it requires making some plans. . . . keep reading
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An Expat's Trip To The US
What's it like to visit the US after living outside the country for several years? We had an opportunity to learn the answer to this question on our recent month-long trip to the US. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . . keep reading
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Chavez Tries To Close Casino Industry
Anyone who's visited Margarita knows that there are casinos all over the island. Last month at the Latin American Energy conference here on Margarita, El Jefe said that he was against Casinos. This month he did something about it. . . . keep reading
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Alcohol Sales Restricted For Holiday Season!
Chavez is out to change the culture of Venezuela, and he really got things going by passing a law restricting the sales of alcohol just before the vacation period of the Easter Week. The impact on Margarita was profound, and it's going to result in some changes to life on the island. . . . keep reading
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