Latin American Living The Relocation Magazine
The Magazine

Stories for the move south.

Dispatches, guides, and first-person essays on the art and logistics of starting over in Latin America.

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First Moves · Featured

How to choose the Latin American city that fits your life

Climate, cost, community, and the visa that lets you stay — a calm, four-part framework for narrowing a whole continent down to one address.

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Money

What a comfortable month actually costs in six cities

Real budgets from people living there now — rent, food, and the surprises.

6 min read
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City Guides

A first week in Mérida, neighborhood by neighborhood

Where to land, where to look, and where to drink your first coffee.

7 min read
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First Moves

Healthcare abroad: what we wish we'd known on day one

Public, private, and the insurance that actually travels with you.

5 min read
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Essays

On selling almost everything and not looking back

A reader on the strange freedom of fitting a life into two suitcases.

9 min read
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Culture

From zero to conversational: a realistic Spanish timeline

What six months of daily practice really gets you — and how to start.

6 min read
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First Moves

Moving with pets: the paperwork, the flights, the reunion

A step-by-step on bringing the dog or cat along for the move.

8 min read