Court Faults Milei’s Use of a Decree to Overhaul Citizenship, in a Case-Specific Ruling
Ahmad Abbas
July 2, 2026
Nothing changes for the investment program today. Its constitutional foundation is another matter.
Category: Latin-America
Uruguay Moves to Scrap Witness Hearings for Citizenship as Applications Hit 1,500 a Year
Ahmad Abbas
June 11, 2026
The Electoral Court drafted the reform to the 1928 law itself; applicants now wait up to a year just to begin the procedure.
Panama Begins Debate on Bill to Tax Foreign Passive Income of Shell Entities
Ahmad Abbas
May 14, 2026
Multinational group entities that cannot prove real operations in Panama would lose their foreign-income tax exemption under Bill 641.
Argentina Appoints CBI Agency Director, Two Weeks After Killing Tender
Ahmad Abbas
April 30, 2026
Eleven months after creating the agency, Argentina puts someone at the desk. The program itself remains undefined.
Venezuela Pushes for Mercosur Reinstatement as Bloc Launches EU Trade Deal
Ahmad Abbas
April 30, 2026
Readmission would restore settlement rights across the world’s largest free-movement zone by area; consensus remains elusive.
Paraguay’s Investor Pass: The Fine Print Is In, And It’s More Generous Than Expected
David Lincoln
April 28, 2026
Direct PR, 30% down on real estate, and a 5-day clock. Paraguay just built the most flexible investor residency in the region.
El Salvador Slashes Residency Presence Requirement From Nine Months to 90 Days
Ahmad Abbas
April 27, 2026
Decree 531, now in force, cuts the physical presence burden on temporary residents by two-thirds and codifies denaturalization grounds.
Paraguay Launches “Investor Pass” as Argentina Confirms Golden Visa in the Works
Ahmad Abbas
April 17, 2026
Paraguay offers permanent residency from $150,000 via three new investment tracks; Argentina’s Caputo says a golden visa is in development.
Argentina Cancels CBI Master Agent Tender After Two Firms File Challenges
Ahmad Abbas
April 16, 2026
The evaluation recommended a winner in March. Six weeks later the tender was dead after two losing bidders had filed challenges.
Paraguay Mandates Wallet-Level Crypto Reporting for Residents and Platforms
Ahmad Abbas
March 13, 2026
A jurisdiction long favored by Bitcoin holders for its territorial tax regime and non-CRS status now requires transaction-hash disclosure above US$5,000 a year.
Argentina Recommends Four-Firm Consortium for CBI Master Agent Contract
Ahmad Abbas
March 6, 2026
Argentina’s CBI evaluation report is out. Four of six bidders were declared inadmissible.
Argentina Exempts CBI Citizens From Automatic Tax Residency in New Law
Ahmad Abbas
March 3, 2026
Argentina has addressed what practitioners called the CBI program’s single largest fiscal obstacle: Automatic tax residency.
Uruguay Raises Tax Holiday Threshold to US$2 Million, Taxes Foreign Income at 12%
Ahmad Abbas
February 25, 2026
Francisco Litvay warns that Uruguay is repeating Portugal’s NHR mistake. Philippe May thinks the real winner is next door.
All You Need to Know About Próspera’s New $5,000 Lump-Sum Tax Program
Moustafa Daly
February 3, 2026
Honduras’s autonomous jurisdiction of Próspera introduces a crypto-friendly flat-tax residency with a seven-day annual visit.
Six Firms Compete for Argentina’s CBI Master Agent Contract
Ahmad Abbas
January 28, 2026
From Caribbean to MENA: four-firm consortium among six bidders for Argentina’s citizenship program contract.
Paraguay Recorded a 50% Surge in Residency Applications in 2025
Marco Mesina
January 8, 2026
Nearly 43,000 people applied for Paraguayan residency in 2025. That’s 50% more than the year before.
Venezuela’s Residency Options as the Maduro Era Ends
Moustafa Daly
January 3, 2026
Maduro’s capture Saturday triggered celebrations across the Venezuelan diaspora, and possibly quiet calculations about investing in a nation with the world’s largest oil reserves and real estate at half its 2014 value.
Belize Proposes $500,000 Investor Fast-Track to Permanent Residency
Moustafa Daly
December 19, 2025
The proposal could take effect relatively quickly given the ruling party’s supermajority.
Argentina Publishes Tender to Appoint Master Agent for New CBI Program
Ahmad Abbas
December 7, 2025
The master agent will design Argentina’s entire CBI program from scratch, including investment thresholds, routes, processes, and global rollout.
Argentina CBI Program Could “Whet the Appetite” of Latin American Countries
Ahmad Abbas
October 16, 2025
Philippe May thinks Argentina’s program could be a precursor to Latam CBI, and doesn’t think real estate will be a part of it.