Where would be a good town/city to open a Coffee Shop/Language School in Latin America??

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I would avoid major cities as they are tons of coffee shops there (starbucks!!) and many many language schools so you wll face tough competition. I would chose the south of Chile. I have been there 7 times and ther are beautiful places like Pucon, Valdivia, Villarica, Puerto Varas, Puerto Montt, Osorno etc and even the north of Chile places like La Serena (gaining more tourism every summer!) or Coquimbo. If Chile is not your cup of tea, then try places in Argentina like Mendoza, or Cordoba or even Patagonia places like Bariloche or Villa la Angostura.
In Peru you can open it in places like Arequipa (avoid Cuzco as there are million of places like that!) or Huaraz.
In Colombia go to small places, avoid big cities. In ecuador you can open it in places like Cuenca.
I hope I;ve given you a wide range of options although my number one choice will still be the south of Chile; great people and great atmosphere there, huge potential for coffee shops/language schools.

Fulanito

Nicaragua has a big ex-pat community, more importantly the city of Granada (oldest colonial city in North, Central and South America) is a very nice city and is getting a lot of attention, the population is small, it isn't even close to 1 million. So, if you like colorful cities, not-to-big population, old colonial structures, friendly people, and easy to get around, open one in Granada, Nicaragua. I'll list a couple of pages that will help you out. Granada is also only 1 hour away from the capital and has a lot of eco-touristy things for you to do while living there.

Well, According to the World Bank and its "Doing Business report, Nicaragua is actually the 2nd best country to start a business in Central America and 4th best in Latin America (after Panama, Chile and Mexico). Paperwork doesn't take nearly as long as that of other countries in the region and finding qualified workers is as easy as a breeze. See here for the country rankings http://www.doingbusiness.org/EconomyRankings/Default.aspx?direction=asc&sort=2 And here you can find Nicaragua's profile and rankings for "Starting a Business" "Difficulty of Hiring" "License procedure" "Registering property" among other things. http://www.doingbusiness.org/ExploreEconomies/?economyid=141 Investing in Nicaragua is Safe, without question, and perhaps contrary to popular belief, Nicaragua is a stable, safe, and peaceful country for investment. There is no doubt that Nicaragua is a developing country, but that does not constitute it being unsafe. In fact, quite the opposite is true: (1) Nicaragua is the second safest country in all of Latin America (behind Uruguay); and (2) Nicaragua has a lower reported crime rate that than France, Germany and the United States, according to a United Nations/Interpol study. Internationalliving.com seems to have pretty straightforward information about various types of Investment in Nicaragua. A foreign investment law ensures you can repatriate 100% of your profits and, after three years, the initial investment as well. (Even if you don't 'register' your investment, banks will freely repatriate profits.) You'll find no legal grounds for discrimination against you when you invest. The law allows for 100% foreign ownership in every economic sector. And there are no restrictive visa or work-permit requirements to inhibit investment. http://www.internationalliving.com/nicaragua/investment.html

ColombianitoNY- NO MAS GUERRA!

I would say any big city such as Bogota, Buenos Aires, Mexico city, Lima...and others are really good places to do that..specially the language school since now you can see a lot of people learning different languages...but not just the capitals, also try Medellin, Cali, Maracaibo and others..since there are people that wants to learn another language and there are not too much languages school..so you want to go where there are less schools/...good luck

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Antigua, Guatemala

The best town to open a language school / coffee shop, is Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. Also, the town is an the ancient city of Guatemala, therefore, a lot of people travel there, it's a multicultural town. Another reason is because you will enjoy your staying there, you'll found people from many different cultures.

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