The Expat Files: Living in Latin America

The Expat Files 2.7.25

#1- Why Latina cleaning ladies, vacuum cleaners and garbage disposals don’t mix: 

#2- More tips on Latin American household pest control:

#3- A US based “Americanized” Latina listener explains the single mother epidemic in Latina America: 

#4- Elon’s DOGE group reveals how billions are wasted by thoroughly corrupt US agencies doling out dough in every Latin American country, starting with USAID: 

 

#5- How single men looking for love and hookups are scam targets in Colombia:

Stupid things NOT to do while visiting there:

#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 2.2.25

#1- When creepy insects and lizards move into your Latin American home:

What to kill, what to shoe out and what to leave alone 

Its not a matter if if but when..

#2- Things you never knew about Latin American parking lots:

 

#3- The single mother epidemic in Latin America:

“Madres Soltares” are everywhere and strangely enough the phenomena is accepted as completely normal…

 

#4- Why gringos and expats are fleeing Costa Rica like never before:

A “boots on the ground” report…  

#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 1.31.25

#1- Mail Forwarding service ripoffs and how to avoid them:

What to do if your mail service screws up…

#2- The types of Expat /Gringo fibbers and lairs you will certainly encounter:

#3- Why even the best and most talented musicians in Latin America can’t get a bank loan or a credit card:

#4- Can you still be under the radar and (almost) anonymous 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     

#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 1.26.25

#1- The Chileans are testy and will protest, block roads and create general chaos at the drop of a hat (like a 4 cent increase in public transportation rates):

Not very welcoming or appealing prospect to gringos with a Plan B…

#2- How stupid energy subsidy decisions made by Latin American tax authorities to buy votes end up gouging gringo and expat residents:

#3- El Salvador’s Bitcoin volcano mining progress report:

#4- How crazy Latin American labor laws make gringo bosses pull their hair out:  

#5- Increasing the chances of a Plan B success:

 

#6- More painful “cost of living” news from Argentina:

President Milei warned there would be pain…     

#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 1.24.25

#1- Trump and the Panama canal- the real story:  

 

#2- Ever wonder why Mexico tops the scale again as the country with the most obese diabetic and pre-diabetic children in the world?

Today we give you the dirty details…

#3- How is it possible that small, laid-back peaceful Uruguay has more homicides per capita than Colombia?

 

#4- Plastic surgery clinics in Latin America and why there's such a continuous flow of “Latina” patients from the USA:

Yes, the cosmetic surgery clinics are absolutely full of STATESIDE Latinas who come down for a week to get nipped, tucked, “rounded” out and we talk about the how's and why's… 

#5- Billionaires in Latin America and how they differ greatly from USA billionaires:    

 

#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 1.19.25

#1- Wouldn’t it be nice to find a 1^st world building contractor in 3^rd world Latin America?

Many gringos expats have had that same idea. It sounds like such a winning business proposition. But wait. Not so fast, as you’ll soon find out why it almost never pans out as a gringo business in today’s first “boots on the ground” story.          

 

#2- What to expect when the Latino plumber, electrician or glass worker arrives at your door:

I mean besides the fact that he doesn’t speak a word of English…

 

#3- What you need to know about the doors, locks, nobs and hinges in your Latin American home:

Today we have some practical tips that will save you a lot of future grief…

 

#4- 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     

#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 

The Expat Files 1.17.25

#1- Latinos who’ve become legal in the states often visit the relatives in their home country, bearing gifts, strutting their stuff and putting on the dog:

For the folks back home the gifts are nice but the crowing gets old pretty fast…      

 

#2- Racism in Latin America:

Is there even such thing as a Latino race?

#3- A Latin American guns and ammo story:

#4- Argentina sucks up to the IMF once again:

#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 1.12.25

 

#1- Stupid mistakes that Gringos and Expats make in the pursuit of mating dating in Latin America: 

 

#2- How AI will affect Latin Americans:

BTW: Latinos are completely oblivious as to AI’s existence...

 

#3- Why Latin Americans are true survivors (and you’re not):

For example: Could you really maintain your cool in a 3 day power or water outage?

 

#4- A few words about the local handyman in your neighborhood:

There’s always a local “jack of all trades” nearby, just ask anyone living close by…

#5- Why you should never ever trust a Latin American weather forecast:

#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 1.10.25

#1- The myth of “American Exceptionalism”:

Why certain gringos still believe it even though the US has not been #1 in anything significant or positive for more than 25 years (since the millennium).

 

#2- “Boots on the ground” in Brazil:

The cost of living in Brazil. What it takes to live like a first world gringo.

 

#3- The two different versions of the “American Dream”:

 

#4- Three ways why statistically, 40% of retired gringos will end up broke:

Don’t let this happen to you…

 

#5- How Google will soon get killed by AI:

I can’t wait to watch that happen… 

#6- Be sure to pick up my 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 1.3.25

#1- The “entitled” rich kid phenomena in Latin America:

BTW…you’ll find they’re generally nicer, less demanding, more polite and more respectful to adults than the entitled American rich kids up in the states.

#2- Ever wonder how well gringo expat kids mix when they get enrolled in Latin American “helicopter” schools?

 

#3- The “live at home” adult Latino kid phenomena:

Yes, the vast majority of Latino kids live at home with the parents till they marry. But what if they never marry? Then what?  

 

#4- Is it dangerous driving through tunnels in Latin America?

Yet another scary “boots on the ground” story.   

 

#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