The Expat Files: Living in Latin America

#1- More on that crazy Guatemalan Jade mining story:

 

#2- Proof why Latin American governments can never be trusted: 

Oh, and the US govt is even worse….

 

#3- The problem with Miami mailbox forwarding services:

 

#4- What you never knew about your Latin American electric bill:

 

#5- Why buying a hybrid car is NEVER recommended:

 

#6- How newbee green gringos are easily misled by woke Fakebook gringo expats sites:

 

#7- More proof that only corrupt people need run for Latin American political office:

The question is… are the candidates just a little corrupt or a lot corrupt?  

#8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "2026 - LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":

The new edition for 2026 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com                

 

#1- DYK that severe Air B&B restrictions are in the works in most all Latin American countries?

So, as govts. crack down, Gringos and expats must be aware that owning an Airbnb is NOT a long term good or sure investment anymore...  

 

#2- DYK Costa Rica has double the minimum wage of most all other Latin American countries, and they enforce it:

That means in the rest of Latin America you can get 2 cleaning ladies for the price of a single Costa Rican maid…  

 

#3- What laws do Latin American cops actually crack down on or seem to enforce?

 

#4- Homeowner’s insurance policies in Latin America:

 

#5- Emotional support animals and their whimpy owners in Argentina:

 

#6- About that rat's nest of wires you're seeing on the nearest power pole:

 

#7- My Book Review of a brand new must read called, “ THE GRINGO ADVANTAGE”

Finally… there is an actual no BS step by step guide to getting out of dodge...

#8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "2026 - LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":

The new edition for 2026 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com                

 

#1- Dumb and dumber in Latin America:

 

#2- A word about physical books and bookstores in Latin America:

 

#3- What you really need to know about phone and internet plans in Latin America:

 

#4- What the Narcoculture influence has done to women in Mexico:

 

#5- Emotional support animals and their wimpy owners in Argentina:

 

#6- The downsides of having a Latina GF:

 

#7- Latino male complaints about American Gringas:

#8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "2026 - LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":

The new edition for 2026 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com                

#1- To be fat or obese in Latin America:

 

#2- Ozempic and GLP-1’s have arrived in Latin America:

Is that a good or bad thing? Do the locals even understand it?

 

#3- Brownouts, blackouts and power outages in Latin America AND the USA:

Are you prepared to suffer or will you just put up with it?

 

#4- Why its absolutely time to go solar and off-grid no matter where you live:

Why the payback time period is worth the initial cost…  

#5- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "2026 - LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":

The new edition for 2026 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com                

 

Descriptions - 

 

#1- When your rudimentary Spanish suddenly allows you to hear things you are not supposed to hear:

 

#2- Living super cheap in the Latin American boonies:

 

#3- The govt in Ecuador is more corrupt than you can imagine:

 

#4- So many little daily irritations have such simple solutions that are never addressed:

 

#5- The #1 crime (by far) committed against individuals in Latin America is.....

 

#6- What do most American women who fly down to Latin America for plastic surgery (BBL’s, etc) have in common- besides wanting an improved butt and a thinner waist 

 

#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 

#8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "2026 - LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":

The new edition for 2026 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com                

 

 

 

#1- The preponderance of hacks and data breaches in Latin America and how they affect gringos and Expats:

 

#2- Scammers impersonating me trying to sell crap in my name:

 

#3- The Latin American / Miami real estate connection is real:

 

#4- Envy, jealosy and snobbery in Latin America:

 

#5- The simple thing that most all successful Expats have in common:

 

#6- You don’t ever want a Latino, or especially a Latina, to refer to you as a “papa sin sal”    

 

#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 

#8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "2026- LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":

The new edition for 2026 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com 

 

#1- What do Expat Files listeners have in common?

 

#2- When legal Latinos living in the USA throw in the towel, get out of dodge, and move back to their home country:

 

#3- Latin American “sweatshop” realities;

 

#4- Lotteries in Latin America:  Who wins?

 

#5- DYK that Ecuador is on its 7^th round of curfew lockdowns, all of that in just the last two and half years?

Meanwhile, Ecuador is forever touted by so-called USA retirement experts as a top choice for retiring expats… how do you square that?

 

#6- Why does every scumbag Latin American politician say he loves El Salvador’s Bukele and his measures yet none of these other shit-bag politicians has yet to implement any Bukele’s ideas:

 

#7- The rapidly accelerating sad fate of Latin America’s 2.5 million call center workers:

 

#8- 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 

 

#9- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":

The new edition for 2026 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com and click on the "Latin American Healthcare Report”.

#1- What about becoming an Expat in Portugal?

Yes, if you've noticed, in the last few years expat rags and social media have been promoting Portugal as a great Plan B. Well, sorry to say, unless you have a nice fat nest- egg or great pension above and beyond social security you will never make ends meet.

 

#2- The truth about modern-day backpackers:

You might be surprised to hear that in today's world it’s not like the backpacking days of old…

 

#3- 1st World American women neuroticisms versus 3^rd World Latina neuroticisms:

They're on a totally different scale...

 

#4- How will you react when your Latina girlfriend asks to scroll through and inspect YOUR smart phone?

 

#5- How Expats and gringos are handling the continuing power outages in Ecuador (or not):

 

#6- Why suddenly, many of those expensive private bilingual helicopter schools are in trouble and closing:

 

#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 

 

#8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":

The new edition for 2026 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com and click on the "Latin American Healthcare Report”.

#1- When Gringo Expats in Latin America exhibit stupid and asinine behavior:

 

#2- TDS- Trump Derangement Syndrome in Latin America:

Funny how Latinos don’t seem to exhibit it, but a certain percentage of Gringo Expats and tourists certainly do…

 

#3- How to instantly confirm that you have been stupid about your tattoos:

 

#4- The huge, recent 16-million-person data and credit card hack in Ecuador:

 

#5- More on the frequent electrical power outages in Latin America:

 

#6- The problem with Jade stones in Guatemala:

 

#7- Meanwhile, as we lucky expats watch the USA train derail from a nice, safe distance….

 

#8- 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 

 

#9- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":

The new edition for 2026 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com and click on the "Latin American Healthcare Report”.

Hey Guys, use this audio attached please, the one I sent earlier today was missing the intro and exit bit.. but this one is complete.. sorry about that but I'm on vacation in the Mediterranean and the connections and circumstances are a bit crude...................... 

 

Descriptions - THE EXPAT FILES SHOW #1509, FRI, MAY 29 (05-29-26): 

 

#1- A word about “influencers” and other internet beggars:

 

#2- DYK the hantavirus that’s been all over the news lately actually was first detected in Argentina a half century ago?

Even in that country of 40 million people it's been around a long time and only kills a handful of super old and immune compromised people each year- so Argentines think the rest of the world is completely nuts for worrying about it. So much for another big pharma false start on the next Plandemic.

 

#3- Do Chinese solar products spy on you?

Since 95% of panels, inverters and batteries come from China, should you worry?

 

#4- Poisoned and enabled by “Remissas”;

How certain Latinos back home start viewing their so-called “wealthy” relatives up in the states as human  ATM machines. It was only a matter of time… and human nature...

 

#5- Some hints and tips on what type of maid or cleaning lady you should NEVER consider hiring!!

 

#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:

bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

 

#7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":

The new edition for 2026 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com and click on the "Latin American Healthcare Report”.