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Peruvians Returning from Abroad to Live in Peru — the exodus begins
Crowds at LAX, photo by Philip Figures from Peru’s National Statistics Institute (INEI) show that increasing numbers of former expatriate Peruvians are returning to live again in Peru. The immigration numbers from August 2008 alone show a signficant rise in Peruvians choosing to repatriate. About 12.7% more Peruvians (180,000 people) left other countries to return to Peru in August 2008 than did expatriate Peruvians in August 2007. Israel Ruiz, writing for Living in Peru, summarizes the trend: A 12.7 percent increase was registered in the number of Peruvians that returned to the Andean country in August 2008 when compared to the same month in 2007. According to the country’s National Statistics…
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Should Americans Consider Moving to Peru? Part I
Today my opinion piece “Escaping the U.S. Credit Nightmare” appears in the Sunday Miami Herald, Money section (10/12/08). The teaser reads: “An American who now lives in Peru finds that she no longer must fend off unwanted offers for credit cards and loans,” which highlights one of the unanticipated benefits I gained from our move to Lima last year. That benefit might entice some overwhelmed Americans to consider moving to Peru to experience a reprieve from credit offers or to weather out the economic crisis. I’ve heard from several friends, and a few strangers, that the idea has crossed their minds in the last month. Closing the door on a…