Historic center and skyline of Mexico City

Latin America

Great overlap with US business hours, warm climates, and some of the best value coworking and coliving scenes in the world.

7 countries · 12 flagship cities

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Countries in Latin America

Visa path, tax notes, and flagship cities for each country

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Moderate

Mexico

Same time zone as most of the US, direct flights everywhere, and Mexico City's Roma/Condesa neighborhoods are wall-to-wall coworking and coffee shops.

Temporary Resident Visa

Tax: No special nomad tax regime; standard residency tax rules apply

Medellin city and green mountain valley seen from a remote-work terrace

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Easy

Colombia

Medellín's transformation into a nomad hotspot is one of the decade's biggest lifestyle-migration stories — famous for climate, coliving, and cost of living.

Digital Nomad Visa (V Visa)

Tax: Foreign income generally untaxed if visa conditions are met

Colorful Caminito street in La Boca, Buenos Aires

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Easy

Argentina

European-feeling architecture, legendary steak and wine culture, and a currency situation that (for better or worse) keeps costs low for foreign earners.

Digital Nomad Visa

Tax: Nomad visa holders generally excluded from local tax residency

Turquoise ocean and sandy beach under clear sky

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Moderate

Brazil

Florianópolis — 'Silicon Island' — pairs a genuine tech scene with beach-town living, and Brazil's nomad visa has one of the lowest income bars of any Latin American program.

Digital Nomad Visa (VITEM XIV)

Tax: No special nomad tax regime; standard 183-day residency rules apply

Tropical beach with palm trees at golden hour

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Moderate

Costa Rica

Pura vida meets fiber internet — Costa Rica's actual nomad visa (not the separate Rentista residency track) is a straightforward income-based path, and Tamarindo pairs surf-town living with one of the country's densest coworking scenes.

Digital Nomad Visa (Estancia para Trabajadores Remotos)

Tax: Full exemption from Costa Rican income tax on foreign income

Pacific coastline cliffs and parks in Lima, Peru

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Easy

Peru

Lima anchors Peru's remote-work scene with Pacific food culture, improving coworking, and US-friendly time zones — Cusco and the coast are easy weekend escapes.

Tourist stay / temporary residence (no classic DN visa)

Tax: Standard residency rules if you settle; plan day counts

Santiago de Chile cityscape with Andes backdrop

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Moderate

Chile

Santiago is South America's most 'orderly' big-city base: solid infrastructure, four seasons, wine-country weekends, and a professional remote-work scene that feels closer to Europe than backpacker LatAm.

Temporary residence / visa-free tourist (varies by passport)

Tax: No special nomad tax holiday — standard Chilean rules once resident