Parvati discovers that the Dominican Republic's expats do far more than just laze on the beach. Follow her on season 3 of Around the World For Free at CBS.com/world.
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Morning mountain bike ride by English/Aussie Expats at Timberland mountain bike track, Roxas track San Mateo Quezon City Philippines, July 2011
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Expats Mountain bike ride @ timberland San Mateo in Quezon City Philippines - Video
Get your free report on Panama here: www1.internationalliving.com International Living's Panama correspondent, Jessica Ramesch, shows us a glimpse of an upscale community in the Highland town of Boquete, in Panama's Chiriqui province. Known as Valle Escondido, the development offers amenities like US-style housing and construction, spa, café, restaurant and other conveniences, onsite hotel, and Boquete's excellent infrastructure and active expat community. Boquete is known for its cool climate, but Jessica says it makes an impact thanks to its sensuous scenery...lush, velvety green hills and flowers in passionate, tropical hues.Learn more about Panama and other countries in our daily postcard e-letter.
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Boquete, Panama: A "Hidden Valley" Perfect for Expats - Video
A third of all internationally invested private wealth is kept in the tiny landlocked country of Switzerland, where tax evasion is not recognised as a crime. But Switzerland is defiantly standing behind its policy of banking secrecy, despite a global attempt to crack down on tax havens. Al Jazeera's Hamish Macdonald reports.
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Switzerland evades tax haven crackdown - 22 June 09 - Video
Congressman Lloyd Doggett, a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, today questioned US Treasury officials and tax law experts about banking secrecy practices that allow wealthy Americans to conceal more than $1.5 trillion in offshore tax havens, costing taxpayers up to $50 billion a year in lost revenue. Rep. Doggett also revealed the number of tax shelters being used by corporations receiving money under the Troubled Assets Relief Program.
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Rep. Doggett: $1.5 trillion in offshore tax havens - Video