The Expat Files: Living in Latin America

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A guide to moving to Latin America, finding work, and settling in.

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Friday Aug 08, 2025

The Expat Files 8.8.25

Friday Aug 08, 2025

#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed:

Stay tuned for updates…

#2- Sexual predators in Latin América:

#3- How Latino men balance bigamy:

#4- When govts own the utilities guess what you get? The 3^rd world:

#5- The Mexican experiment with defunding the police:

#6- One particular Latin Country has been rated in the top 3 most expensive foreign travel destinations for American tourists:

#7- When podcasters go bananas:

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

the new edition for 2025 (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

#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

Sunday Aug 03, 2025

The Expat Files 8.3.25

Sunday Aug 03, 2025

#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed:

Stay tuned for updates…

#2- Striking things that physicians and dentists are saying to each other privately:

#3- When Latinos default on their loans:

#4- Stepfathers and child abuse in Latin America:

#5- More strange Latina and Latino names:

#6- Social media problem and Latin American kids:

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

#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

Friday Aug 01, 2025

The Expat Files 8.1.25

Friday Aug 01, 2025

#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed:

Stay tuned for updates…

#2- New and huge Latin American mega shopping malls are stuck on “Lag Time” mode too:

#3- Should you kill or just kick out uninvited home invaders?

#4- A reason to dislike those innocent harmless little geckos:

#5- How to spot a deported Latino in 10 seconds or less:

#6- What you need to know about airports in Latin America:

#7- 23 and Me:

Did you get sucked into that DNA scam like my brother did?

#8- Are you withering away on your Social Security check?

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

#10- 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

Sunday Jul 27, 2025

The Expat Files 7.27.25

Sunday Jul 27, 2025

#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed:

Stay tuned for updates…

#2- What’s with those odd looking hump backed Latin American cattle roaming around the countryside?

#3- The pressure pot culture of Latin American kitchens:

#4- Chicharones .. the national junk food of Latin America:

#5- Pet blessing ceremonies in Latin America:

Yup, they have them regularly… but do they help?

#6- When Latinos hate on Latinos:

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

#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

Friday Jul 25, 2025

The Expat Files 7.25.25

Friday Jul 25, 2025

#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed:

Stay tuned for updates…

#2- Lessons learned from Gringo business failures in Latin America:

Many gringos and expats have had an “Honorable” failure…

#3- TEN ways your Latin American business can go down the tubes:

Keep your eyes open for these early warning signs…

#4- A big and tall man complains about living in Latin America:

#5- Forced biometric data collection arrives for all Mexican citizens and residents:

A very bad idea in a failed state that is controlled by narcos…

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

#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

Sunday Jul 20, 2025

The Expat Files 7.20.25

Sunday Jul 20, 2025

#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed:

Stay tuned for updates…

#2- How to find the right Gringo business niche in Latin America:

FYI- restaurants and tourist agencies are NOT business niches…

#3- Will you be extorted in Latin America?

How frequent is it and what are the chances it will happen to you…

#4- Oil pipeline and LP gas thieves:

A few words about the second largest illegal business in Mexico…

#5- In Ecuador, sexual violence against women is out of control:

Because upwards of 40% of Ecuadorian women report they have been targeted, the president is pushing hard for a mandatory chemical castration law for rapists:

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

#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

Friday Jul 18, 2025

The Expat Files 7.18.25

Friday Jul 18, 2025

#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed:

Stay tuned for updates…

#2- Sex, Love and Romance in Latin America - PART 9

#3- Finding a nice, grounded Latina GF in Medellin, Colombia:

Good luck... ha, ha, ha!

#4- What “high maintenance” looks like in Latin America:

#5- My quick and dirty definition of a “shithole” country:

#6- More crazy-ass Latino names to rival the most moronic names coming out of US ghettos:

Life is tough enough. Its had to fathom why “shit for brains” parents handicap kids on the first day of their lives...

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

#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

Sunday Jul 13, 2025

The Expat Files 7.13.25

Sunday Jul 13, 2025

#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed:

Stay tuned for updates…

#2- Translation Apps:

Fantastic innovation or lazy man’s crutch?

#3- Spanish language “dunces” unite!!

#4- The art of keeping an arm’s length employee / employer distance with your cleaning lady and maintenance guy:

#5- Seeing cringy extreme gringo “wananbee “ syndrome on display:

#6- A cautionary tale of south of the border internet spying:

How chronic Latin American indifference to detail can sometimes have very bad consequences … today's “boots on the ground” story

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

#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

Friday Jul 11, 2025

The Expat Files 7.11.25

Friday Jul 11, 2025

#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed:

Stay tuned for updates…

#2- How long will your retirement nest-egg last in Latin America?

PART 2…

#3- Getting Social security payments in Latin America:

#4- A single Expat in Guatemala breaks down his total monthly expenses:

#5- Thinking of Latin America as a place of tranquility, calmness, peace and quiet?

Think again…

#6- A word about the recent Mexican backlash and protests against gringos and expats who have settled in Mexico City:

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

#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

Friday Jul 04, 2025

The Expat Files 7.4.25

Friday Jul 04, 2025

#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed:

Stay tuned for updates…

#2- Three Mexican banks get blacklisted by the us SWIFT system for cartel money laundering (and more will fall):

Do you live in Mexico? Are you worried yet?

#3- Where to keep your nest-egg or mother load (if you have one):

#4- A word about every Expat’s natural disdain and revulsion for all politicians:

#5- More bad news out of Ecuador:

#6- Brazilians are finally turning on their socialist scumbag president Lula:

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

#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