Posted on 07/20/2018 9:16:21 AM PDT by C19fan
After decades teaching social studies at a California high school, Noel Correa moved to Nicaragua, buying a home on the outskirts of this colonial city. Then, the country he chose as his retirement paradise began to unravel.
We were just getting settled when the fighting broke out, said Mr. Correa, 67, who arrived here with his wife in December. Now we are in limbo.
So are many other expats caught up in a three-month-old uprising against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, whose crackdown in response has killed more than 300 people.
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The rule of law apparently wasnt important...
Only a retired social studies teacher from California would think retiring to Nicaragua was a good idea.
Only a retired social studies teacher from California would think retiring to Nicaragua was a good idea.
Yet, you’ll read paradisaical prose on FR from expats in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Panama, Mexico, etc., who never seem to think that their world can blow up.
My wife and I are both 64. We read all the articles about ex-patriating to live like a king and queen. But people forget that these countries don’t have the stability of the US, nor the undying love/protection of American citizens.
So we did the next best thing. We “ex-patriated” from seattle to a farm in south-central Kentucky. The cost of living for retirees is a fraction of what it is in Seattle. And a huge part of that benefit is the taxes.
A preview of where the U.S. is headed, then.
Yes I’ve read quite a few reports from people on this site, who have retired outside the US.
They are dependent on the stability of the countries they have settled in.
There is also some cheap land in Hawaii with volcano view.
Im being presumptuous, but you got to love these liberals and their twisted mindsets.
LOL! Yeah, a single white female who lives in a tiny house with fifty cats.
Some of the others need to be considered very carefully, particularly if they have a history of flirtation with Communism within the last 50 years or so . . . which pretty much describes Nicaragua.
If you still insist on going to such places, then rent, don't buy. Let your local landlord take the risk of when TSHTF.
Sadly, the last bit of advice would apply to more than a few places in the USA as well.
Don’t forget that Ortega was Jimm Carter’s good buddy as well. And the U.S. Congress once the Democrats took control in the 1988 mid-terms. All we heard about was Iran-Contragate for the last two years of the Reagan administration.
Before I would even consider leaving he US, I would want to know about health care and their stance on guns. Most all of the countries I would even consider fall flat on the guns issue.
I won't retire to anywhere I can't be armed the way I am now. Hell, I'm loathe to even go to states where I can't be armed. Right now, New Mexico has pretty favorable gun laws, but things may (probably will) change if Lujan-Grisham gets in as our Gov in the fall, as the Donks own the house and senate here, and have attempted gun grabs in the past.
We don’t like fellers like you movin’ here. I bet you own shoes and gots most of yer teeth. You better watch yerseff.
I can relate to that; even moving from Long Island, NY to central PA (near a daughter and grandchildren) made a big difference.
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