The Expat Files: Living in Latin America

EXPAT FILES SHOW #1486 - 12-19-25

#1- 3rd world optimism versus reality:

 

#2- Why 3^rd world countries remain 3^rd world as 1^st world countries slwly slip into 3^rd world status:

 

#3- How Latinos score on the big 5 personality traits as compared to gringos and expats:  

 

#4- Getting the Nobel piece (of shit) prize:  

 

#5- Latin Americans have a certain idea of what your previous life in the USA was like…. and it is all wrong:

 

#6- Latin American party etiquite:    

 

#7- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he’s been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at:

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The Expat Files: Living In South America #1485, FRI, DEC 12 (12-12-25):

#1- Expat landlords in Latin America:

Is being a landlord worth the hassle?

#2- 3rd world landlord rental property dilemmas you won’t encounter in the 1^st world:

 

#3- Why Latin American real estate deals don’t seem to make sense to gingos and expats:

You need to look beyond the obvious. Chances are you're not analyzing the secondary factors...

 

#4- Yo must get it into your head that Latin America is a “renter’s” market:  

 

#5- How smart Latin American real estate owner’s low-ball their property tax bills:

 

#6- Why it's true that for most Latinos owning a home is practically the only way to beat inflation:    

 

#7- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he’s been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at:

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The Expat Files: Living in Latin America - #1484, FRI, DEC 05 (12-05-25):

#1- Latina eating habits that bug gringos and expats:

Should you mention them or hold your tongue?

 

#2- Poor food safety and bad hygiene habits in Latino markets:

 

#3- The foolish dating app traps gringos and expats routinely fall for:  

 

#4- Guilty pleasures -Part 2:  

 

#5- The Latin American minimum wage battles:

 

#6- Data shows we are about 20% worse looking and less handsome than we think we are:

Is that good or bad news?     

 

#7- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he’s been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at:

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The Expat Files Show #1483

#1- The downside of being bilingual:

Yes, it's true, some people say there is a downside…

#2- The 3^rd world inferiority complex:

#3- The “not so obvious’ signs that you are experiencing a 3^rd world country:

By the way, the USA is moving along on that fast track path…

#4- Driving self-defense tips when on the road in Latin America:  

#5- A word about gringo fashion sense or lack of it, sometimes referred to as the Gringo / Latino  “bling” gap:

#6- Latin American “Acts of God”(or not);

#7- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he’s been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at:

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The Expat Files Show 11.21.25

#1- DYK there groups of expat gringos holding no kings protesters in Latin America?

WTF?

#2- Travel… the best education in the world:

#3- The things your cleaning lady gets away with behind your back:  

#4- No one likes a gringo “know it all”:  

#5- Why is it so many fakebook expat groups seem to be made up of vocal, cringy,anti-capitalist, anti-trump wokesters?

Thankfully though, they're found almost exclusively on the gringo tourist trail…     

#6- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he’s been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at:

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The Expat Files 11-14-25

#1- Guilty pleasures:

I’ll tell you mine if you tell me yours…

#2- The dark side of love and romance in Latin America:

#3- TEN more good reasons to get the hell out of Dodge:  

#4- Do Latina women lie when they openly compliment average gringo men on their looks and tell them that they are sooo handsome…

#5- How Latinas classify and rate other Latinas:

Often times Latinas are their own worst critics…

#6- comparing Latin American Junk food versus typical American junk food:

#7- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he’s been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at:

bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

EXPAT FILES SHOW FRI, NOV 07 (11-07-25)

#1- The cost of dying in Latin America:

 

#2- What about wills, testaments and powers of attorney in Latin America:

 

#3- You won’t believe the crazy differences between Latino funerals held in the campo (out in boonies) versus a typical funerals held in the city:  

 

#4- Being a weekday Catholic in Latin America:

Its awful confusing and definitely not logical…

 

#5- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he’s been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at:

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EXPAT FILES SHOW 10.31.25

#1- Nagging tax problems certain expats have long after they get out of dodge:

#2- The real cost of being middle class in Latin America:

#3- Why gringoized enclaves in Latin America can often be so disappointing to certain types of expats:  

#4- Living in Latin America means you eventually will get passed counterfeit money:

It's not a matter of if, but when… 

#5- How I can easily spot a counterfeit funny money bill:

 My personal trick…

#6- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he’s been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at:

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EXPAT FILES SHOW #1481 FRI, OCT 24 2025

#1- When your taxi or uber driver smells like booze.. what then? 

#2- A listener reports on his first robo-taxi trip:

Is it even possible for them to transition to Latin America?

#3- TEN more good reasons NOT to sign on to a Latin American national healthcare plan: 

#4- You need to know about a foreigner's tough monetary requirements for Mexican permanent residency: 

#5- Behind the scenes at an average Latin American restaurant:

You might want to skip this rant… 

#6- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he’s been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at:

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EXPAT FILES - SHOW #1479 FRI, OCT 17 2025

#1- Why I don’t recommend Nicaragua- PART 3: 

#2- What you need to know about Latin American banks: 

#3- The odd and strange sentences and fines Latin American courts hand down to guilty parties: 

 

#4- The best and worst airlines for you to fly:

According to me, my retired air traffic controller relative and simple logic… 

#5- A toxic plastic lesson you won’t soon forget: 

#6- comparing Latin American Junk food versus typical American junk food: 

#7- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he’s been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at:

bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com