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👋🏻🇪🇺 I've left Europe for Latin America... No more woke agenda Feminine women Ultra-low taxes Traditional values I've found love, many like-minded friends and started a successful business here. If you have ever thought of doing the same, follow me to know how life here is.

Old Paraguayan passport No joke, no meme Found by a friend of mine for real

The percentage of Germans in the business class of Asunción-Madrid is higher than the percentage of Germans in Germany

The government of Dubai shut down 1,000 social media accounts in 24 hours. For posting real videos. Saturday I wrote a post about Dubai and the Iranian missiles. The thesis was simple: even the strongest brand in the world does not make you immune to reality. Hundreds of missiles. Three dead. Fifty-eight injured. The Fairmont Hotel on Palm Jumeirah in flames. The airport hit twice. The port of Jebel Ali (36% of Dubai’s GDP) at a standstill. And in the comments, people living in Dubai wrote: “But almost all the missiles were intercepted. It’s still a safe place.” Under missile fire. Explaining to me that everything is fine. There’s a British trader in Dubai who told Reuters, one of the largest news agencies in the world: “All the locals tell me, ‘nah bro, there’s nothing to worry about.’ And I think… there’s a real war around where you live.” In the same city, at the same time, a Syrian resident was saying: “I don’t see anything serious, just small things. Nothing scary.” And a third guy, hiding in a bathroom, terrified, asked to remain anonymous. Not so much out of fear of the missiles… but out of fear of Dubai’s censorship. Same city. Three completely different perceptions of reality. And censorship is not a detail. While these three were experiencing the same event in three different ways, the Emirati government was shutting down over 1,000 social media accounts of people posting real videos of the missiles. Real videos. The ones that contradicted the official narrative. The penalty for sharing unauthorized footage is up to 12 months in prison and a fine of 100,000 dirhams. Several influencers voluntarily removed their posts. And while people were struggling to sleep from worry… state media were publishing photos of Dubai’s ruler at the horse races: “A special evening with exciting competitions.” Propaganda, beyond creating the bubble… punishes anyone who tries to burst it. And propaganda works, especially on those who are exposed to it up close. It’s the same thing that happens when you’re in love with someone who hurts you. At first you ignore the signs. Something feels off, but you tell yourself you’re overreacting. That it’s your fault for seeing problems where there aren’t any. Then the signs become behaviors. Concrete things. Things that hurt. But by then you’ve invested too much. You’ve told everyone this is the right person. You’ve built your life around that choice. And admitting you were wrong would mean admitting that everything you built rests on a fragile foundation. So you minimize. “Well, that one time didn’t mean anything.” “Yeah okay, but usually it’s not like that.” “You don’t know her the way I do.” And if someone tries to open your eyes, you attack them. Who the hell do you think you are. And you shut down their account. Because they’re attacking your choice. Your identity. What happened in the comments under my post is the exact same mechanism. They’re defending their choice. Dubai has little to do with it. In marketing it’s called investment confirmation. The more a customer invests in a brand—money, time, identity—the more impermeable they become to negative information. At that point the product is secondary. They’re buying confirmation that their choice was right. It’s the restaurant that deletes negative reviews on TripAdvisor. It’s the $5,000 online course that seems amazing because you spent $5,000 and your brain refuses to accept the alternative. It’s the brand that makes you feel part of a tribe and convinces you that anyone who criticizes it “just doesn’t get it.” Except in the Dubai version, instead of deleted reviews there are closed accounts and threats of prison. And the crazy thing is that it works. Cognitive dissonance is more powerful than any advertising campaign. It’s even more powerful than reality… at least until reality crashes into your living room in the form of a missile. That's it.

Shopping del Sol area - 2009 vs 2025

Paraguay is 1 of just 4 countries to vote against the United Nations mandate to accept refugees regardless of national laws I can't stop falling in love with this country

I was right about real estate in Paraguay. The resolutions that will come out this week for two of our clients should be more or less number 175 and 176. I am talking about the SUACE resolutions that qualify a person as a relevant investor for the country, allowing them to immediately obtain permanent residency. Looking back, it means that something like half of the relevant investors this year have been helped by Paraguay Pathways. And I've always told them one thing: stay AWAY from real estate. Especially, stay away from all these luxury buildings and skyscrapers. Not everything that shines is gold. More del Sol is empty. Skytower is empty. The One is empty. Emerald is empty. Firenze is empty. The Eminent is empty. Tribeca is empty. Forvm is empty. Flats del Sol is empty. And so on... Every time I visited these building with my clients we didn't meet anyone, anytime. Not in the reception, not in the elevator, not in the gym, not on the rooftop. It's well known that the Argentinians represent almost 100% of the purchases of these buildings. The builders gather the money in Argentina and then they build a huge luxury project in Asunción. The investors in Argentina are so desperate to turn their pesos into a real asset that they don't mind if the yield will be zero, or even if they lose a bit of money: still better than holding pesos. As my prediction goes, the more Milei fixes the economy, the more people will take their capital back to Argentina. It's already happening. You don't meet as many Argentinians as in previous years, not nearly as many. Airbnb is FLOODED with supply. There is just one building I truly like and I truly want to move into. The rental price for 100 m² in this place was 2.200$ last year. It was lowered to 1.900$ three months ago. It was lowered to 1.600$ this week. I think I'll still pass and rent in January for 1.300$. And guess what? With MET Del Sol, Solana, Casa Emme, and then even worse with Petra Icon, Petra Imperial, Paseo 55 and Garden Park, the situation is only getting WORSE. There is space to accomodate 50 000 people in high-end apartments that only 10 000 people in Asunción can afford. And more capacity is coming online by the day. Out of those 10 000, for cultural reasons, 9 000 prefer to have a single family home outside of the city with a dog and a backyard. Do the maths. Rent for a couple years, wait for the Argentinian-fueled crash to bottom out, and THEN buy real estate.

For the most part

PARAGUAYANS ARE NOT READY Calling the owner of my apartment. "Hey there, the AC stopped working yesterday" "Sure, get in touch with this number, they'll fix it" Calling the number: "Hey, I've been given your number by the owner of apartment X at SkyTower, the AC stopped working, can you come and fix it" "Si señor" "When?" "Te aviso señor" (I'll update you, Sir) They never called back. I called them 5 times at 60 minutes intervals, for two days in a row. Nothing. I call the owner: "Hey sorry, the guys won't reply and won't show up" "Don't worry, try this other number" I tried 6 times. They never replied. I call the owner again: does not reply. And then again: still she doesn't reply. That's why literally in every market when a foreign company enters they win.

Paraguay banking logic becomes EVEN MORE stupid. Itaù lady calls me: "Tell your clients we will now accept only permanent residents, no temporary ones" Me: "WTF? Why?" Lady: "To prevent money laundering" Like if you stop eating shrimps you'll prevent a nuclear war.

Old money restaurants in Asuncion that foreigners haven't invaded yet: 1. Bolsi 2. Bar San Miguel 3. Josephine de Tayllerand 4. Pez de Mar Dulce

Italy: 45% taxes Pay 2€ to use the cart at the airport Paraguay: 10% taxes Cart is free Happy to be back 🇵🇾

15.000 seats, a shopping center and the biggest fountain show in Mercosur. This is Smart Arena, a private investment in Nueva Asunción set to start construction in 2026 😱

Update on my investment in a martial arts and functional training gym in Asuncion. We found a place 3 weeks ago and rented it. 15k in, we have fixed up the structure. Bathrooms, showers and changing rooms are under way and paid for. We pay 1300$ a month for 650 sqm

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The first Gringo Night of Paraguay is here 🔥 Social dinner, then full party until 1 am 🪩 350+ Local girls and 150+ foreigners on the list already Finest club in town. Language exchange with language pins. Thematic tables. Free entry if you are on the list 💪

Some people spreaded random fuss about the Geingo Night being somewhat related to "sexual tourism". I want to make extremely clear that it is absolutely something we reject. It is a moment of socialization among expats and among expats and locals. Everything else never came out of our mouth or our content. It is correct to state that most of the local list is comprised of girls and most of the expat list is comprised of men. That is free market, nothing else. 90% of foreigners in Asuncion are single men, so no surprise there. And that seems to have called the attention of many Paraguayan ladies would like to hang out practice their English or just try out a different format of party in Asu. We strongly disagree with the false accusations of promoting sexual tourism or anything even close to it. Come enjoy the food, the drinks, the chats and the music instead of throwing random hate. Peace ✌️

Paraguay has just made it mandatory to declare crypto holdings or operations in excess of 5.000$ per year. For all residents. Here is what it means for you: 1. This regulation does not alter or affect taxation at all, it's purely about declaration 2. Thanks to this declaration, you will be able to transparently report your crypto transactions and eventually it will be possible to bank crypto in Paraguayan banks 3. The requirement is to disclose the type of operation, the date and the cryptos/tokens involved 4. Operating your crypto transactions through a US LLC or other offshore structures still does not cause any filing requirements (but avoiding the declaration is counterproductive as still, it makes you come out clean about your holdings) 5. In order to do this declaration, you will need a RUC

The government of Dubai shut down 1,000 social media accounts in 24 hours. For posting real videos. Saturday I wrote a post about Dubai and the Iranian missiles. The thesis was simple: even the strongest brand in the world does not make you immune to reality. Hundreds of missiles. Three dead. Fifty-eight injured. The Fairmont Hotel on Palm Jumeirah in flames. The airport hit twice. The port of Jebel Ali (36% of Dubai’s GDP) at a standstill. And in the comments, people living in Dubai wrote: “But almost all the missiles were intercepted. It’s still a safe place.” Under missile fire. Explaining to me that everything is fine. There’s a British trader in Dubai who told Reuters, one of the largest news agencies in the world: “All the locals tell me, ‘nah bro, there’s nothing to worry about.’ And I think… there’s a real war around where you live.” In the same city, at the same time, a Syrian resident was saying: “I don’t see anything serious, just small things. Nothing scary.” And a third guy, hiding in a bathroom, terrified, asked to remain anonymous. Not so much out of fear of the missiles… but out of fear of Dubai’s censorship. Same city. Three completely different perceptions of reality. And censorship is not a detail. While these three were experiencing the same event in three different ways, the Emirati government was shutting down over 1,000 social media accounts of people posting real videos of the missiles. Real videos. The ones that contradicted the official narrative. The penalty for sharing unauthorized footage is up to 12 months in prison and a fine of 100,000 dirhams. Several influencers voluntarily removed their posts. And while people were struggling to sleep from worry… state media were publishing photos of Dubai’s ruler at the horse races: “A special evening with exciting competitions.” Propaganda, beyond creating the bubble… punishes anyone who tries to burst it. And propaganda works, especially on those who are exposed to it up close. It’s the same thing that happens when you’re in love with someone who hurts you. At first you ignore the signs. Something feels off, but you tell yourself you’re overreacting. That it’s your fault for seeing problems where there aren’t any. Then the signs become behaviors. Concrete things. Things that hurt. But by then you’ve invested too much. You’ve told everyone this is the right person. You’ve built your life around that choice. And admitting you were wrong would mean admitting that everything you built rests on a fragile foundation. So you minimize. “Well, that one time didn’t mean anything.” “Yeah okay, but usually it’s not like that.” “You don’t know her the way I do.” And if someone tries to open your eyes, you attack them. Who the hell do you think you are. And you shut down their account. Because they’re attacking your choice. Your identity. What happened in the comments under my post is the exact same mechanism. They’re defending their choice. Dubai has little to do with it. In marketing it’s called investment confirmation. The more a customer invests in a brand—money, time, identity—the more impermeable they become to negative information. At that point the product is secondary. They’re buying confirmation that their choice was right. It’s the restaurant that deletes negative reviews on TripAdvisor. It’s the $5,000 online course that seems amazing because you spent $5,000 and your brain refuses to accept the alternative. It’s the brand that makes you feel part of a tribe and convinces you that anyone who criticizes it “just doesn’t get it.” Except in the Dubai version, instead of deleted reviews there are closed accounts and threats of prison. And the crazy thing is that it works. Cognitive dissonance is more powerful than any advertising campaign. It’s even more powerful than reality… at least until reality crashes into your living room in the form of a missile. That's it.

PARAGUAYANS ARE NOT READY Calling the owner of my apartment. "Hey there, the AC stopped working yesterday" "Sure, get in touch with this number, they'll fix it" Calling the number: "Hey, I've been given your number by the owner of apartment X at SkyTower, the AC stopped working, can you come and fix it" "Si señor" "When?" "Te aviso señor" (I'll update you, Sir) They never called back. I called them 5 times at 60 minutes intervals, for two days in a row. Nothing. I call the owner: "Hey sorry, the guys won't reply and won't show up" "Don't worry, try this other number" I tried 6 times. They never replied. I call the owner again: does not reply. And then again: still she doesn't reply. That's why literally in every market when a foreign company enters they win.

Final verdict on Buenos Aires: - If you are European and homesick go there, you'll stop homesickness and remember why you left - If you speak zero Portuguese so Brazil is not an option for you, it's a good weekend escape - If Brazil is an option, zero reasons to go

Paraguay banking logic becomes EVEN MORE stupid. Itaù lady calls me: "Tell your clients we will now accept only permanent residents, no temporary ones" Me: "WTF? Why?" Lady: "To prevent money laundering" Like if you stop eating shrimps you'll prevent a nuclear war.

I was right about real estate in Paraguay. The resolutions that will come out this week for two of our clients should be more or less number 175 and 176. I am talking about the SUACE resolutions that qualify a person as a relevant investor for the country, allowing them to immediately obtain permanent residency. Looking back, it means that something like half of the relevant investors this year have been helped by Paraguay Pathways. And I've always told them one thing: stay AWAY from real estate. Especially, stay away from all these luxury buildings and skyscrapers. Not everything that shines is gold. More del Sol is empty. Skytower is empty. The One is empty. Emerald is empty. Firenze is empty. The Eminent is empty. Tribeca is empty. Forvm is empty. Flats del Sol is empty. And so on... Every time I visited these building with my clients we didn't meet anyone, anytime. Not in the reception, not in the elevator, not in the gym, not on the rooftop. It's well known that the Argentinians represent almost 100% of the purchases of these buildings. The builders gather the money in Argentina and then they build a huge luxury project in Asunción. The investors in Argentina are so desperate to turn their pesos into a real asset that they don't mind if the yield will be zero, or even if they lose a bit of money: still better than holding pesos. As my prediction goes, the more Milei fixes the economy, the more people will take their capital back to Argentina. It's already happening. You don't meet as many Argentinians as in previous years, not nearly as many. Airbnb is FLOODED with supply. There is just one building I truly like and I truly want to move into. The rental price for 100 m² in this place was 2.200$ last year. It was lowered to 1.900$ three months ago. It was lowered to 1.600$ this week. I think I'll still pass and rent in January for 1.300$. And guess what? With MET Del Sol, Solana, Casa Emme, and then even worse with Petra Icon, Petra Imperial, Paseo 55 and Garden Park, the situation is only getting WORSE. There is space to accomodate 50 000 people in high-end apartments that only 10 000 people in Asunción can afford. And more capacity is coming online by the day. Out of those 10 000, for cultural reasons, 9 000 prefer to have a single family home outside of the city with a dog and a backyard. Do the maths. Rent for a couple years, wait for the Argentinian-fueled crash to bottom out, and THEN buy real estate.

South American meat is the best value for money But if you don't mind 80€ for a steak, 1.3 kg of bistecca alla Fiorentina in Firenze will make you laugh at any churrasco or asado 🇮🇹 Unbelievable quality and craftmanship behind every step of the supply chain Different league 🚀

Citizenship-based taxation in France has been officially proposed for the National Budget of 2026. If approved, amendment N-ICF380 will tax people who: - Resided in France for 3+ of the last 10 years - Make >230.000€ per year - Move where taxes are >40% lower than in France

Old Paraguayan passport No joke, no meme Found by a friend of mine for real

Socialism did ONE great thing Without socialism, Argentina wouldn't have had hyperinflation Without hyperinflation, Argentinians wouldn't have rushed to buy all the skyscrapers in Asuncion Without the Argentinians as a target market, developers wouldn't have installed bidets

Towers will go down in Asu more steeply and more quickly than in Dubai. Today I received a call from a well known local real estate agent, she was freaking out. "All my clients say they never want to buy in Paraguay ever again. How do I avoid this thing?" Well, in this case, you actually can't (you won't be able to register a local apartment to a Nevis LLC or a Panama Foundation without establishing a local parment establishment). Other than Petra and Alzara, I've had the chance to speak personally with the owners/general directors of any big real estate company in Py that builds towers. Some had just 20%, some had up to 40% of their apartments sold in crypto. Almost always to foreigners. If 20-40% of demand vanishes overnight, that's gg. Even more so in a very hot market. By September you'll see the aftermath of the new crypto regulation. Our thermometer is our community: I can say that most people now are hoping Paraguay will step back from the new rule. If that does not happen fast enough, and big towers buyers feel like the rule will stick, we're months away from a generational buying opportunity.