The Expat Files: Living in Latin America

The Expat Files 10.11.23

#1- Skinflint Gringos and Expats -Part 2: 

 

#2- What is the famous “Canasta Basica”???

It’s a term that means nothing to expats and gringos but is very very  important to the average Latino and Latina…  

#3- A funny thing happened on the way to the gas station: 

#4- How and why Latinos are “idiot light” optimists:

#5- Are Latino politicians more (or less) toxically sociopathic than US politicians???

#6- Latin American supermarket chickens and eggs:

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

the new edition for 2024 (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     

#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 

The Expat Files 10.4.23

#1- Smart phone proliferation in Latin America:

Yes, Latinos everyone has one or more. Latinos are as hopelessly addicted to Fakebook and Tick Toc as North Americans. Yet smart phones have not made Latinos smarter, more efficient nor on time…   

 

#2- “Only in Costa Rica, Brazil, Guatemala, Panama, etc., etc., (fill in the Latin country):

You hear that common phrase bandied about by gringos and expats… depending what Latin Country they happen to be living in…  

#3- The facts about ordering stuff from Amazon while living in Latin America: 

 

#4- Mexico elects to transport illegal aliens arriving at their southern Guatemalan border directly to the US border:

Mexicans do not want them lingering in their country so they are providing illegals secure buses and meals for the 550 mile trip…    

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

the new edition for 2024 (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     

#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 

The Expat Files 9.29.23

#1- Historic and beautiful colonial buildings are awfully nice. Gringos and expats love them … but the tip here is that when they come up for sale (and they often do) you’d be nuts to buy one: 

#2- Latino governments don’t fluoridate their municipal water (That’s the good news). The bad news is they do chlorinate the shit out of it:

#3- The truth about those raw sugarcane sticks that kids out in the boonies love to suck on:  

 

#4- Your “Gringo Advantage “ in love and romance”

Five more not well understood reasons why its nothing to sneeze at…

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

the new edition for 2024 (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     

#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 

 

The Expat Files 9.27.23

#1- Revisiting the many uses of rainforest hardwood in your Latin American home or apartment:

People love Latin American hardwoods and get frustrated when they find out they can't bring any of the stuff back to the states and here's why...

 

#2- Should gringos and expats invest in high return re-forestation and hardwood farm projects in Latin America?

Are they legit or scams?    

 

#3- DIY projects in your Latin American home or apt:

What sorts of projects should you attempt and which ones are best left to the local craftsmen?  

 

#4- Five good reasons why you should never use pine for houses garages or any buildings or pine for any DIY projects in Latin America:

 

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

the new edition for 2024 (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     

 

The Expat Files 9.22.23

Descriptions - EXPAT FILES SHOW #1375 SUN, SEPT 22 (09-22-24) 

 

#1- Do Haitians really eat cats and dogs?

Today’s first wild and crazy “boots on the ground” story direct from the mouths of Haitians …

 

#2- How Latinas “mother” their Gringo husbands and boyfriends:

The question is… do the men like it… or are they complaining?   

 

#3- Can you differentiate Latinos originating from different countries by sight or by accent?

For example- Can you tell a Peruvian from a Mexican from a Costa Rican, etc., etc.?

#4- Find out how I was called a ”racist” well before it was even popular to call people “racist”.  

#5- A cautionary email from another disgruntled Swedish listener:

#6- Are Argentines the most “racist” Latinos?  

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

The new edition for 2024 (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     

#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 

The Expat Files 9.20.24

#1- Ever notice that the vast majority of Latino homes appear to have been decorated with bad taste on an epic scale?

Today we give a gentile reminder as to why you should NOT let your Latina GF or wife decorate your home…

 

#2- The strange and often embarrassing habits of wealthy Latinos:

They should know better, but with wealth comes arrogance…   

 

#3- Will millions of illegal Latinos in the USA really vote in the upcoming election?

Yes, you’ve heard that hypothesis but can it really be?

#4- A scary cautionary email from a Swedish listener:

 

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

The new edition for 2024 (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   

#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 

The Expat Files 9.15.24

#1- The restrictions when importing your car from the USA: 

#2- A case of the ‘tragedy of the commons” in Latin America: 

 

#3- Switching from plastic to paper bags ain’t so easy in Latin America:

Latinos have clogged their streets with plastic. Switching should be a good thing right? Not so fast...

#4- The truth about air quality in Latin American cities:

#5- “Gringo Envy” (yes it does exist) comes with some strange secondary effects:

 

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

 

The new edition for 2024 (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     

 

#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 

 

The Expat Files 9.13.24

#1- Middle-aged gringos and their sad 1^st world tales of romantic failure:

A big reason (but not the only reason) so many are on a Plan B journey in Latin America     

 

#2- A wise man once said…”the human race is an ongoing experiment entirely conducted by women”:

So true. Lets dissect this a bit…

 

#3- Having questions about microaggressions in Latin America?

WTF? Are you kidding? South of the border, the word doesn't even exist...  

#4- The Canadian rush to get out of dodge:

 

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

The new edition for 2024 (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   

#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 

 

The Expat Files 9.8.24

#1- Details, details and the general lack thereof:

#2- Gringo hiring / firing tips and Latino labor laws:

#3- The Expat Plan B “honeymoon“ period:

#4- Just who is living the good life? And who ain’t:

#5- Don’t buy a car with a sunroof:

#6- Is Guatemala really safe? 

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

The new edition for 2024 (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     

 #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 

The Expat Files 9.6.24

#1- Expats- please stop obsessing about US politics:

Shut up about it. Most of us expats have left to escape all of that. If you’re so obsessed, please do us a favor and just go back to Cleveland.

#2- The many ways gringos piss off the natives:

#3- Latin America- the land of deadbeat dads:

 

#4- Why Latina ladies nearly always prefer gringo men to their own Latino men:

It’s way too simple to say its because gringos have more money and resources. Today we offer another stark “boots on the ground” story to prove the point…   

 

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

The new edition for 2024 (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     

#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