The Expat Files: Living in Latin America

The Expat Files 7.21.23

#1- What some of us dislike about certain Gringo Expats:

 

#2- The three types of Latin American shopping malls:

What you definitely need to know before you go…

#3- Silly (even cringy) Expat love stories: 

 

#4- When Expats make stupid investments:

it could happen to you...

#5- How certain clever Gringo/Expat Hotel owners survived the Cov-idiot lockdown:

#6- When older Gringa Expats hook up with young studly Latinos: 

#7- Do you want to get into the exploding Crypto-currency world but don’t feel quite confident enough to dive in?

Our own 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 2023 (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”.

The Expat Files 7.16.23

#1- More “boots on the ground“ El Salvador dope:

The inside story on why the first world media keeps smearing Pres. Bukele  

 

#2- Things that keep stressing out Gringos and Expats:

What Expats continuously harp about when they get together

  

#3- DYK Latin America is an expat  bullshitter’s Paradise? 

#4- Viagra and Gringo Expats:

#5- A Gringo love story gone sour:

#6- Mating/Dating and kid baggage in the Latin American romance scene:  

#7- There’s something rotten in Argentina you need to know about…  

#8- Do you want to get into the exploding Crypto-currency world but don’t feel quite confident enough to dive in?

Our own 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 2023 (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”.

The Expat Files 7.14.23

#1- What Latinos think of their own governments (and ours):

#2- What’s up with the explosion of Chinese car sales in Latin America?

#3- Public Displays of Affection and other romantic embarrassments:  

#4- Auto-Hotels and quickie sex encounters in Latin America:

#5- Cracking down on fat frequent fliers:

#6- Do you want to get into the exploding Crypto-currency world but don’t feel quite confident enough to dive in?

Our own 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 2023 (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”.

The Expat Files 7.09.23

#1- When Gringos brush with Jehovah’s witnesses in Latin America:

A few choice “boots on the ground” stories    

 

#2- Love that dirty water?

What gringos must consider...  

 

#3- Johnny’s DIY under-counter water treatment system versus the portable countertop Eco-filter units available at hardware stores throughout Latin America:

 

#4- Air B&B investing in Latin America... but be very careful. You must hear this…   

#5- Do you want to get into the exploding Crypto-currency world but don’t feel quite confident enough to dive in?

Our own 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 2023 (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”.

The Expat Files 7.07.23

#1- Latin American Healthcare tips:
What to believe and what NOT to believe
#2- More of what you need to know if you are hooked up to a Latin American municipal water line:

#3- The rigid social class divide in Latin America:
How and why most people are born into a certain social class and never get out...

#4- What is your definition of poor?
Do you really know and understand what poor is? If you are American, I bet you don’t.    

#5- The art of using disposable email addresses to stay anonymous and spam free:
What most gringos and expats don’t know but should 
#6- Do you want to get into the exploding Crypto-currency world but don’t feel quite confident enough to dive in?

Our own 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 2023 (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”.

The Expat Files 7.02.23

#1- A Latin American “Loan Shark” story gone bad: 

 

#2- Filtering your own tap water in Latin America:

More about what expats need to know

 

#3- A tale of a Latina’s scorn:

A story of a wronged woman's revenge Latin style 

 

#4- Do you think gringos and expats take advantage of poor Latinos and Latinas?

Is the $300 a month Latin American minimum wage an unjust insult we gringos secretly hope persists?     

 

#5- What about those terrible Maquilas (sweat shops) in Latin America?

Have you ever visited one? Then don't be so fast to condemn. Here's what most gringos and expats don’t know...

#6- Do you want to get into the exploding Crypto-currency world but don’t feel quite confident enough to dive in?

Our own 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 2023 (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”.

The Expat Files 6.30.23

Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1256, FRI, JUN 30 (06-30-23)  

 

#1- Do we really have the so called “Gringo Advantage” once we land in Latin America or is it just more of Johnny’s hyperbole?  

 

#2- The trouble with your tap water in Latin America:

And it ain’t about the fact you should never drink it…

 

#3- Eight more tips for gringos wanting to wipe their business competition in Latin America:

What gringos inherently do right and Latinos inherently do wrong  

#4- A 30 something n American Gringa sounds off about the men on those Tinder and Cupid dating sites:

 

#5- The Latin American mating and dating game:

How to punch way above your weight ..

#6- Do you want to get into the exploding Crypto-currency world but don’t feel quite confident enough to dive in?

Our own 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 2023 (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”.

The Expat Files 6.25.23

#1- Viagra, Expats and bad Gringo role models:

Yup, it’s what you’re thinking and much worse… 

#2- Gringos who won’t shut up about themselves, especially how they got reamed in their previous divorce:

 

#3- The scopolamine question and the bad guys drugging gringos rumors:

Is it real or fake news? We need to talk about this…    

#4- The hard truth about Shit-hole countries(including the USA):

#5- Beware of local brands of Latin American junk food:

 

#6- My "Paper Straw" pledge:

Are you doing your part to save the planet?

#7- Do you want to get into the exploding Crypto-currency world but don’t feel quite confident enough to dive in?

Our own 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 2023 (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”.

The Expat Files 6.23.23

#1- When Gringo Latino mating and dating relationships fail miserably;

It’s not at all what you’re thinking… 

 

#2- Huge Latino mating and dating no no’s:

Don’t let this happen to you!!

 

#3- How gringos and expats get scammed and suckered on cupid hookup sites:

Today we highlight a tragic “boots on the ground” story    

#4- How certain clever Latinos and Latinas trigger our Gringo “savior’ instinct:

#5- Expats reveal their biggest failures and regrets:

#6- Do you want to get into the exploding Crypto-currency world but don’t feel quite confident enough to dive in?

Our own 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 2023 (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”.

The Expat Files 6.18.23

#1- The Latin American car wash experience;

 

Be prepared, it’s not at all what you’re used to…  

#2- Parking lots, parking in general and other unduly stressful vehicular experiences: 

#3- How the vast majority of gringos and expats with successful businesses in Latin American never re-invent the wheel:

 

#4- The truth about toxic charities:

The subtle social and cultural damage clueless gringo “do gooders” nearly always inflict on local populations:

 

#5- Do you want to get into the exploding Crypto-currency world but don’t feel quite confident enough to dive in?

Our own 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 2023 (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”.