Detailing a common import-export scheme in Latin America that uses customs and clearance regulation to inflate costs and even steal assets. In this case, monster trucks in Colombia.
Tag: business
The Time I Met Alfonso Plazas Vega in Bogota
Alternate Title: A Look at the Shadetree U.S. Visa Industry, and the time I met a controversial military commander in prison.
Goya Foods Makes an Incredible Blunder … Maybe
A look at the curious blunder by the CEO of Goya Foods which resulted in a call to boycott the Hispanic foods company.
Don’t Think about Venezuela
Why Venezuela is not a good play for investing time or money. Maybe not even the time and effort to read this.
Repat Chronicles
Explaining my reasons for moving the family from Lima to St. Louis, Missouri and the implications of repatriation.
Just Checked, Restaurant Service Still Sucks
A look at the inferior restaurant service in Peru and greater Latin America, with anecdotes from the cities where I’ve lived: Lima, Bogota and Arequipa.
Expat Chronicles 