@Tail Gunner
American expat in Colombia
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Registration: 02 April 2023
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Nationwide water drought 2024 by cccmedia
Colombia is afflicted with a long-lasting droughtapparently caused by the weather phenomenonknown as El Niño.I've been in Bucaramanga, Santander .. and it hashardly rained at all, with no hard rains, in recent months.This is not a local ...
@nico peligro As for the breeding part apparently many nations like Japan , China and the US are already seeing reverse population growth patterns . Less people , less CO2 means less trees and green foilage which means less oxygen . Read More
Nationwide water drought 2024 by cccmedia
Colombia is afflicted with a long-lasting droughtapparently caused by the weather phenomenonknown as El Niño.I've been in Bucaramanga, Santander .. and it hashardly rained at all, with no hard rains, in recent months.This is not a local ...
From the middle of Valle del Cauca and South we have been getting some decent rain for about two weeks now , have not been up to take a look at the reservoir above our pueblobut i would imagine the water level is up pretty decent . Guess that makes ... Read More
The US Dollar Vs. The Colombian Peso ............. Who's Up? Who's Down? by cccmedia
Weekly close a record.For the first time ever, the exchange closed forthe week with the U.S. Dollar above 5000 Pesos.The closing value for the week endedNovember 4, 2022, is 5092 Pesos to the Dollar.Source... xe.com USD-COP charting
@cccmedia I believe currently 90% of all foreign bank transactions involve the $USD , that has been challenged many times over the past decade or so with BRICS but when you consider the economic problems facing China and the Russian Ruble ... Read More
Pereira or Armenia? Where to retire to! by J L Barrera10
Good morning, Y'all! I'm a U.S. citizen! Born and raised in south Texas but have lived and worked almost all of my adult life in Houston Tx. Married my Colombian sweetheart (from Cali) last year after bringing her to the U.S. in 2021. I'm now less ...
@Lpdiver When i think about Santa Rosa the first thing that pops into my head is chorizos and they do have the best there i have ever eaten . Read More
Pereira or Armenia? Where to retire to! by J L Barrera10
Good morning, Y'all! I'm a U.S. citizen! Born and raised in south Texas but have lived and worked almost all of my adult life in Houston Tx. Married my Colombian sweetheart (from Cali) last year after bringing her to the U.S. in 2021. I'm now less ...
@Lpdiver Honestly after all the years here i still find it fascinating how good the food is at our local restaurants here in the pueblo and extreemly reasonable price wise . My wife is Colombian and was a nurse here for over thirty ... Read More
Pereira or Armenia? Where to retire to! by J L Barrera10
Good morning, Y'all! I'm a U.S. citizen! Born and raised in south Texas but have lived and worked almost all of my adult life in Houston Tx. Married my Colombian sweetheart (from Cali) last year after bringing her to the U.S. in 2021. I'm now less ...
@nico peligro My wife and i visit Termales a few times a year to enjoy the hot springs as for Salento in the many years here we have been there twice the last being about six years ago it never changes and the food is terrible it's ... Read More
Making phone calls in Colombia by Maximilien
Hi, When settling in Colombia, one of the priorities is to be able to make phone calls. How to proceed to get a landline installed in Colombia? What are the mobile operators? What is your average monthly budget? Thank you in advance ...
@Maximilien Actually many have given up their landlines here the cell phone is the # 1 way to communicate here , if you need the use of a landline there are many places you can pay to use one . This has nothing to do with a jiho but consider ... Read More
The US Dollar Vs. The Colombian Peso ............. Who's Up? Who's Down? by cccmedia
Weekly close a record.For the first time ever, the exchange closed forthe week with the U.S. Dollar above 5000 Pesos.The closing value for the week endedNovember 4, 2022, is 5092 Pesos to the Dollar.Source... xe.com USD-COP charting
@futuroexpat I would speculate that if Trump wins re-election one of his first actions is going to be returning the US to being energy independent once again and returning America to the numer 1 producer of oil and natural gas which in ... Read More
The US Dollar Vs. The Colombian Peso ............. Who's Up? Who's Down? by cccmedia
Weekly close a record.For the first time ever, the exchange closed forthe week with the U.S. Dollar above 5000 Pesos.The closing value for the week endedNovember 4, 2022, is 5092 Pesos to the Dollar.Source... xe.com USD-COP charting
@nico peligro When i initially moved here in 2008 the exchange rate for the next full year was around 1$usd = $18.55 cop .Later in 2009 it hovered around two to one for most of that year . Read More
Pereira or Armenia? Where to retire to! by J L Barrera10
Good morning, Y'all! I'm a U.S. citizen! Born and raised in south Texas but have lived and worked almost all of my adult life in Houston Tx. Married my Colombian sweetheart (from Cali) last year after bringing her to the U.S. in 2021. I'm now less ...
@J L Barrera10 Ain't much on telling people what to do but from past experience after living here for almost sixteen years i live in a small pueblo basically in the middle of Colombia i did not come here for hustle and bustle if that is ... Read More
Colombian Citizenship by PhilCo58
Anyone considering applying for Citizenship should be aware that the requirements changed in September. Previously the requirements were dictated under : Ley 43 de 1993Now details are dictated under:Ley 2332 de 2023 ...
@PhilCo58 I have been here going on sixteen years . LUV IT have a wonderful wife and life BUT rather than subject myself to a PROBABLE situation regarding the laws here taking the little bit of time to renew my R-VISA is not a problem for me . Read More
Websites with apt rentals geared for "Locals" by Johnny Earl
Hello, I am considering retirement somewhere in Columbia. Can anyone direct me to websites that have rental listings that cater to local people. In other words websites that do NOT have listings for "snowbirds" or vacation rentals, or list their ...
@Johnny Earl It is Colombia , no offense meant not Columbia Read More
The US Dollar Vs. The Colombian Peso ............. Who's Up? Who's Down? by cccmedia
Weekly close a record.For the first time ever, the exchange closed forthe week with the U.S. Dollar above 5000 Pesos.The closing value for the week endedNovember 4, 2022, is 5092 Pesos to the Dollar.Source... xe.com USD-COP charting
@nico peligro All the inflation that has occured in the US is tied into the drilling , fracking and producing everything tied to oil production began on January 21 2021 in the Oval office . Bidens war on fossil fuel has brought down the ... Read More
Colombia visa application wont change status by Wale Taiwo
I applied for colombia visa online and uploaded all document and paid for application study. and got application confirmation email. almost over a month now the application status has not. changed . I check application. it shows application study ...
@mtbe Three months ago i renewed my RES VISA and had no problems . Read More
The US Dollar Vs. The Colombian Peso ............. Who's Up? Who's Down? by cccmedia
Weekly close a record.For the first time ever, the exchange closed forthe week with the U.S. Dollar above 5000 Pesos.The closing value for the week endedNovember 4, 2022, is 5092 Pesos to the Dollar.Source... xe.com USD-COP charting
@futuroexpat Sounds like great stuff ? So apparently with crude oil prices along with the price at the pump rising in the US along with about a seventeen percent in reality increase in inflation the highest in almost fifty years costing US ... Read More