The Expat Files: Living in Latin America

#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":

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     

#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 

#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":

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     

 

#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 

 

 

#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":

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     

#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 

#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":

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     

#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 

#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":

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     

#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 

#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":

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     

#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 

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

Stay tuned for updates… 

#2- Does Trump derangement syndrome and Elon Musk derangement syndrome (by proxy) exist in Latin America? 

 

#3- Ground clearance and your car:

Bet you’ve never even heard the term before, yet it’s of great importance when buying a car in Latin America…

 

#4- Owning an EV (Electric vehicle) in Latin America:

Good or bad idea? 

#5- Gringo and expat car buying mistakes while in Latin America: 

#6- 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     

#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 

 

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

Stay tuned for updates… 

 

#2- Transit cops and those ever-changing rules of the road:

Which ones can you easily ignore?

 

#3- Speed traps, bribes:

Are you easy pickings for corrupt cops?

 

#4- Used car buying tips in Latin America:

 

#5- A word about driving your vehicle down from the states:

Another crazy “boots on the ground” story… 

#6- Those famous coco leaves and Bolivia: 

#7- 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     

#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 

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

Stay tuned for updates…

 

#2- Latinos have some strange Christian habits:

Have you ever had a priest bless your new car, or apartment?

 

#3- Latinos do not appreciate Jesus jokes:

Tell some at parties and people will keep their distance…

 

#4- There are no atheists in foxholes… nor in Latin America:

 

#5- Latina females and Muslim males don’t mix:

A "boots on the ground" story…

 

#6- Should gringos and expats get homeowners insurance to cover their Latin American homes and apartments?

Latinos don’t… 

#7- 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     

 

#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 

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

Stay tuned for updates… 

#2- Challenges that new gringo expats need to overcome in their first year abroad, or probably just go home: 

#3- Certain old gringo habits will die and new and different ones will take their place:

 

#4- How to get your USA Health insurance to cover your Latin American medical appointments and procedures:

A “boots on the ground” trip to the dentist in Guatemala… 

#5- 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     

#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