The Expat Files: Living in Latin America

#1- When Gringo Expats in Latin America get bored with their lives:

 

#2- Tips concerning Electrical Appliances (you will thank me for later) when you finally go solar and get off the grid :

 

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

 

#4- The two most dependable and available solar power inverter brand(s) I recommend for use in Latin America:

 

#5- Ever wonder how often Amazon stuff gets damaged in shipping once it lands in Latin America?

After all, your stuff has been on a hell of a long trip and tossed around by many sets of brutish handlers…

 

#6- Some Aduana tips and hacks to avoid or reduce import taxes:

 

#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 an Expat in Latin America owns property, what happens to it when he or she dies?

 

#2- You won’t believe the strange peculiarities of Latino inheritance laws:

 

#3- “Point of use” tankless versus tank water heaters:

A discussion of the only type of water heater you should consider for use in Latin America…

 

#4- The truth about solar power backup versus LP gas or diesel backup generators:

 

#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:

bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#6- 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”.

 

Descriptions - EXPAT FILES SHOW #1506, FRI, MAY 08 (05-8-26): 

 

#1- “Karens” in Latin America:

 

#2- Having a bad neighbor in Latin America:

 

#3- Don’t make this shortsighted Hybrid car mistake:

 

#4- Sorting out Latin American “cost of living” myths:

 

#5- What you need to know about Latin America salaries:

 

#6- What is really "middle class" in Latin America?

 

#7- How all classes of Latinos have learned to live in the moment:

 

#8- When Expats LIE to you, or put spin on the reasons they pack it in and throw in the towel:

 

#9- 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- Latina girls and a particular testy problem that arises when they are at work and when attending university:

 

#2- Churches, temples and mosques in Latin America:

 

#3- About those Muslim populations in Latin America:

 

#4- Using WAZE in Latin America:

 

#5- You need to know about power blackouts in Latin America:

 

#6- Backup generators in Latin America:

Should you get one?

 

#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- Common folk “credit plans” in Latin America

 

#2- Home mortgages in Latin America:

 

#3- My personal internet regrets:

 

#4- The surprising, somewhat amazing, Latin American birthrate and life expectancy dats:

 

#5- The fate of expired food and medicines in Latin America:

 

#6- Going off the grid -Part 3

 

#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- Buried in debt and credit is normal for Latinos:

Yet, they are still the happiest people in the world…

 

#2- Living “off the utility grid” in Latin America:

 

#3- EV myths and hypocrisies:

 

#4- Rooftop solar water heaters- Why I changed my mind about them:

 

#5- The trouble with being troubled by not learning Spanish fast enough… and feeling like a dolt:

 

#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 

EXPAT FILES SHOW #1502, FRI, APR 10 (04-10-26):

 

#1- Biometric fears in Mexico- PART 2:

 

#2- What you need to know about owning a cell phone in Latin America:

 

#3- Poor Latinos who are not poor by their own standards:

Living well on 3 bucks a day out in the boonies…

 

#4- There’s an infertility epidemic in Latin America:

Who would have thought this was possible…

 

#5- Amazon deliveries in Latin America:

The company you love to hate…

 

#6- The worst commercial airlines in Latin America:

 

#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 

 

 

Descriptions - EXPAT FILES SHOW #1501, FRI, APR 03 (04-03-26): 

 

#1- Did you know that in Latin America there are a huge variety of Tacos you cannot eat:

 

#2- Gringo expats and their often stubborn music tastes :

 

#3- Latinos who actually think they are from New York or Mijami:

 

#4- A word about those slick teak farm investments so many trusting gringos get suckered into:

 

#5- The dope on travelling outside the USA if one has a felony on his record:

 

#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 

 

#1- 1500 Expat Files Show milestone:

 

#2- When Expats get old and decrepit:

What’s your plan on how to fade into the sunset? Do you even have a plan?

 

#3- Planning ahead is NOT part of the Latin American playbook:

 

#4- Unfettered capitalism is alive and well in Latin America (and Latin  governments and politicos absolutely hate that):

 

#5- How to instantly spot stupid gringos:

 

#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 

#1- When gringos and expats obtain indigenous wives and girlfriends:

#2- AI arrives in Latin America in a big and unexpected way…starting with the famous “Mercado Libre” buy and sell website eliminating10,000 white collar jobs (half of their support and marketing staff):

#3- How’d 3 million folks of Japanese decent end up in Brazil and Peru?

#4- About those gringo expats who prefer to have a driver or chofer on call:

#5- Extreme gringo prices and the excessive gringo gouge… today’s shocking “boots on the ground” story:

#6- What is the best Spanish language course or system for gringos and expats?

#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