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The Expat Files: Living in Latin America

English, Social, 1 season, 169 episodes, 3 days, 6 hours, 23 minutes
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A guide to moving to Latin America, finding work, and settling in.
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The Expat Files 10.20.24

 #1- More really crazy things that can only happen in Latin America:    #2- What about Ecuador? For many reasons I have never really recommended having a Plan B in Ecuador, but somehow, lately things have gotten so bad there that its hard to even recommend a short term visit..   #3- Gas generator backup power for your Latin American home: Do you really need to buy one? I'd say yes and here's why...     #4- Pushy Gringos and Expats: #5- Your nest egg and how long it should last in Latin America?   #6- Gringos and Expats working for the man in Latin America (and NOT for yourself) : What to expect and is it worth it? #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: [email protected] 
10/21/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 10.18.23

#1- Get use to the fact that you will have one or more Propane Gas tanks if you decide live in Latin America: Here’s what you need to know about your use of propane tanks…     #2- There definitely will be building, plumbing and electrical “code violations” in your Latin American house: Should you be worried about those occasional leaks and electric shocks in the shower?   #3- You’ve probably heard the saying “God protects drunks, children and idiots”: Funny how that seems to be an unofficial motto in Latin America..   #4- Electric stoves versus gas stoves in Latin America: What type of kitchen stove is most practical for gringos and expats?   #5- Tesla Robo-Taxis are coming to Latin America. They will be welcomed with much fanfare and open arms… most especially by Latina Ladies and here's why…     #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: [email protected]   
10/18/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 10.13.23

#1- Latinos often say things like, “In time, my country will progress from 3rd world to 1st first world just like the USA”: I see very little evidence of that. The sad truth is that 1st world countries are fast reverting to 3rd world status…   #2- Is your Latino house or apt properly wired? Its important that all of your electrical outlets have an earth ground. Have you even checked?   #3- Living in Latin America you really need a small, cheap UPS (uninterrupted power supply) for your TV or monitor and here’s why:  #4- A word about house building and building inspectors 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: [email protected] 
10/14/202428 minutes
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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: [email protected] 
10/11/202428 minutes
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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: [email protected] 
10/4/202428 minutes
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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: [email protected]   
9/29/202428 minutes
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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       
9/27/202428 minutes
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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: [email protected] 
9/23/202428 minutes
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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:   [email protected] 
9/20/202428 minutes
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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: [email protected]   
9/15/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 9.13.24

#1- Middle-aged gringos and their sad 1st 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:  [email protected]   
9/13/202428 minutes
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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: [email protected] 
9/8/202428 minutes
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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: [email protected] 
9/6/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 9.1.24

#1- About all of those old gringo expats in poor health:   #2- Ten more reasons why Latinos think gringos are nuts:  #3- Ozempic and weight loss drugs in Latin America; #4- Gringo deathbed regrets:  #5- What you don’t know about illegal organ trafficking in Latin America:  #6- How cartels take advantage of the waves of gullible, low IQ, US bound illegals:  #7- To be homeless on the gringo tourist trail in Latin America is a pretty good gig:  #8- 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 #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: [email protected]
9/3/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 8.30.24

#1- About that certain percentage of expats who are forever worried about the clueless (or ever suffering) “old folks” and family back home:     #2- An expat gringo writes an open letter to ridiculous gringo and gringa“wanabees”: Unfortunately, this letter is in English so it won’t be seen by any of said “wanabees”   #3- Why the Starbucks franchise is so successful in Latin America: Its gringo wannabee heaven… #4- Car insurance fraud scams 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:   [email protected] 
8/30/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 8.25.24

#1- What’s your #1 unearned “Gringo Advantage”?   #2- Your “Plan B” risk - reward ratio:  #3- Latinas and “feminism lite” in Latin America:    #4- The Latina negative “Barbie” effect”: Why the Barbie was a flop with Latin Americans… #5- How long will your “Plan B” nest-egg last? #6- DYK Argentina’s last president was a serial wife beater? #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:   [email protected] 
8/25/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 8.23.24

#1- Why so many embarrassing “out of shape” gringos and expats?     #2- Though Latinas may whisper about our lack of fashion sense and gringo clothing faux pas, still, they are ever so forgiving: Funny how Latinas claim they can spot a gringo by his cloths from a mile a way...   #3- These are the hoops your Latina GF will “try” to make you jump through:   #4- Is the BTC run up over? Is it a bad time to invest in crypto? Gringos and expats are forever asking that question… #5- Where can one get real, unbiased, non-fake, unfiltered news about Latin America? #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:  [email protected]   
8/23/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 8.18.24

#1- Super nice (but retarded) Latin American “Customer Service” personnel explained:   #2- When the “employee of the month” becomes the “shithead of the month”:   #3- A boots-on-the-ground Venezuelan ballot box report from an actual “blue collar” Venezuelan who observed the voting shenanigans in his own town: Hear how the 1st world media and the Venezuelan media are both telling you the truth about the election, hiding things, and lying to you at the same time…   #4- What you need to know about the spraying of toxic chemicals on fruit crops 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:   [email protected] 
8/18/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 8.16.24

#1- What you need to know about “Certified Organic” food in Latin America: How about “Almost Certified” food?  #2- The not-so-obvious downsides to living in Latin America:  #3- What gringos and expats can get away with that Latinos can’t:  #4- The problem with those ubiquitous tortilla stands in Latin America:  #5- Watch out for Latin American bank ATM glitches:  #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: [email protected] 
8/16/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 8.11.24

#1-Marry the girl, marry the family: That’s what you're in for in Latin America…   #2- How to test the “sincerity” of your Latina or Latino romantic partner: #3- Latino adolescent boys versus American adolescent boys: #4- The fatal flaw in Latin American universities:   #5- The “fake honey” problem in Latin America: #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:   [email protected] 
8/12/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 8.9.24

#1- How to scam a gringo:  #2- How gays manage to live in the very macho Latin society:  #3- Confessions of an Expat social media addict:  #4- Hysterical expats with “Trump Derangement Syndrome”:  #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: [email protected]   
8/9/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 8.4.24

#1- Why some previously gung-ho Plan-B Gringos throw in the towel and leave- Part 2:  #2- The Latin American 'Nepotism" disease… or how Latinos insure their businesses remains 3rd world:  #3- Latino body builders… skinny legs and all:  #4- The real dope on the recent Venezuelan election:   #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: [email protected] 
8/5/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 8.2.24

#1- The problems with using Google and Whatsapp in Latin America: #2- Road obstacles and missing manhole covers: #3- Picking up Spanish by osmosis:  #4- Latin parking lot etiquette: #5- Gringo stress levels: #6- What about all that Latin American graffiti? #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:  [email protected] 
8/5/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 7.28.24

#1- The truth about Latin American ‘Gym Rats”:    #2- the 4 most common Latin American building construction errors:  #3- Latino body builders… skinny legs and all:  #4- What about sexual micro-aggressions in super macho Latin America?  #5- Sweatshops in Latin America:  #6- How Latino tax amnesty programs work:  #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:   [email protected] 
7/29/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 7.26.24

#1- Apartment problems you should know about but won’t readily see:  #2- Saved by the trusty wet/dry vac:    #3- Pre-construction real estate deals: Are they really good deals? #4- Mini-split A/C units and tips to know about them:   #5- Monthly maintenance fees explained:   #6- How Latin American National Healthcare systems consistently fail Expat patients: Today’s sad and tragic boots on the ground story…   #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: [email protected] 
7/26/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 7.21.24

#1- The “Gringo Advantage” and Argentina: Nope, not much…   #2- Bidets: don’t knock em’ till you’ve tried em': Don’t poo poo them just because their a French thing...   #3- Living in Latin America on $1500 a month: #4- Middle-age dating facts to consider:   #5- Gringos, Expats and personal regrets:   #6- Do you have social media anguish? #7- Gringo/Latina arm-candy relationships: #8- 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      #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: [email protected]   
7/21/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 7.19.24

#1- The problem with cheap-ass skinflint Gringo Expats:    #2- The problem with moto delivery guys:   They're everywhere and here's what you need to know…   #3- When a gringo decides to live in a $200 a month apt in the barrio:   #4- The differences between deadbeat Latino dads versus deadbeat stateside dads:     #5- Strange Argentine facts you never knew:   #6- Latin American criminals and their luxury Miami homes:   #7- How come fatherless Latino kids so positively outshine their stateside counterparts in many ways? #8- 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      #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:   [email protected] 
7/19/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 7.14.24

#1- Why adjacent Latin country residents often claim Argentinios have an uppity air about them: Could it be because even the lowly street urchins in Argentina avoid slang and speak proper Spanish?   #2- So then how do Argentines feel about other Latin country residents? Let’s just say they are not forthcoming with complements… #3- Why lonely lovelorn Gringos and Expats should tune into the new “Que Rico” podcast:  #4- Biden, Bidets and plumbing tips for your Latin American home or apartment? #5- Facts about Latin men that north American Gringa ladies really need to consider: #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:  [email protected]  
7/15/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 7.12.24

#1- Argentina- the whitest country I've ever seen:    #2- Have you heard the term “papa sin sal”?: It means uninteresting, no spark, no energy… like a potato without salt. #3- The real estate situation in Argentina:   #4- Argentinians love dogs and hate pooper scoopers: Keep your eyes down and beware of landmines, there’s poop everywhere!!!. #5- Should Expats report crimes to the local cops or not? #6- Divorce scars and expats -Part 2 #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:  [email protected] 
7/12/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 7.7.24

#1- Latin America is chock full of real leather products and every Latino with dough wears the real stuff all the time: If wearing animal products is against your religion you’d better not leave your comfortable cocoon, because if you visit south of the border you’ll be offended at every turn.   #2- A word about Argentine steakhouses: In Buenos Aires, they really do have a top notch steakhouse on practically every corner. Soo..if eating animal products is against your religion you’d better not leave your comfortable cocoon, because if you visit Argentina you’ll be offended at every turn. #3- The problem with trying to spend money in Argentina:   #4- Listen and find out why 99% of Argentine on the ground aren’t much excited by President Milei: Hint: it isn’t because he hasn’t been doing wonders from day one… #5- Just who’s been immigrating to Argentina lately?   #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      #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: [email protected] 
7/8/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 7.5.24

#1- The “problem” with emotional support dogs is not the dogs themselves: Today we talk about the ever increasing appearance of emotional support dogs for woke wienies. It's today's first wild and crazy Latin American a boots on the ground story… #2- Flying US airlines versus Latin American airlines: #3- Rubbish, plastic and pollution in Latin America: Who are the biggest pigs, abusers and litterbugs and which Latin countries are the worst culprits? #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  
7/5/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 6.21.24

#1- A rant for all of you EV (electric vehicle) and solar panel off-the-grid naysayers and doubters: Today you will hear the REAL, hard-ass engineering and material science facts regarding the latest greatest EVs and newest extremely cheap home solar power system energy solutions. I made this rant today simply because I know that so many of you do NOT read or have access to the latest science and solar rags. (or maybe its that reading the science and tech journals are just too boring for some). Anyway, so many of you only hear how solar and EV technology degrades the planet and encourages slave labor mining in 3rd world countries, etc., etc. Yes, all that was true up till about the last few years but NOT anymore! So listen and you will hear why today's media whiners and smarty pants non - scientific talking heads are all wrong about solar and EV's. Listen and hear a dozen reasons why, if you own your own house and have the roof or yard space, you owe it to yourself (and the planet) to go solar and get an EV asap or forever regret it.   #2- 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: [email protected]  #3- 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                                   
6/21/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 6.16.24

#1- Who might I vote for in the USA elections … if a gun was put to my head?   #2- The trouble with Starbucks in Latin America:    #3-  A message to the remaining ninnies and fools who are still masking in Latin America: #4- A word about Colombia’s broken Latino National Healthcare systems: #5- A health insurance hack for Gringos and Expats who would not otherwise have qualified for a private health insurance plan:         #6- Expats, divorce, infidelity and the toxic effect of social media: #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: [email protected]  #8- 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                               
6/17/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 6.14.24

#1- How much dough do you think you need to get the hell out of Dodge? How much is enough-vs- how much you think is enough...     #2- Dialing 911 in Latin America: #3- The low down on trying to search Johnny’s Expat Files Show topics:   #4- Two new health warnings about your tattoos: The real and alarming reasons why they fade over time…   #5- A sour “note” about Bolero music and other Latino standards for older people: The songs can actually be pretty well done, but like Jazz music in the USA, young Latinos can’t relate because there's no sex, vulgarity or ass shaking and thus the genre is practically dead.           #6- The problem with popular Latino and Latina singers: A gringo’s guide to why most famous Latino singers are nothing special, and in fact bore most of us gringos and expats to tears…  #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:  [email protected]   #8- 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                               
6/14/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 6.9.24

#1- Only in Latin America:  #2- Latin America, love it or leave it:  #3- Status crazy Latin Americans and their obsession with titles and diplomas: #4- Weird Latin American dinner table customs gringos should be aware of:   #5- Gringos and expats to avoid:   #6- The peculiar problems with Latin American adolescents: #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:  [email protected]   #8- 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                                 
6/10/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 6.7.24

#1- How I organize my emails, texts and anti-social media platforms  for anonymity and stealthy searches:  #2- The PC reasons why you may not have heard of the “Latino Health Paradox”: #3- Why every Latino medicine cabinet houses a big jar of Vick’s Vapo-Rub:   #4- Indigenous herbal medicines, potions and gringos: Beware! If an older Latina sees you’re under the weather, she just may mix up a batch of herbs and force you to take a swig… don't laugh, more often than not it works! #5- Many Latinos love booze but unlike Americans, pharmaceutical drugs and opiates don’t figure much in the average Latino’s party lifestyle:            #6- Some facts about the Jewish population in Latin America: Most all came to Latin America escaping Russian pogroms in the 1900’s to 1920’s and escaping from Germany in the 1930’s. Their kids then married mostly Catholic Latinos and Latinas. Making the adults today a mixed blooded group, very small in number, but very highly educated high achievers... like Mexico's new woman president    #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:  [email protected]   #8- 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                                   
6/7/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 6.2.24

#1- Why it's not a smart idea to attempt to learn Spanish from Latino song lyrics:    #2- Taylor Swift gets no respect in Latin America: Probably a good thing, but I’ll take her any day over brain-shriveling reggaetón..  #3- Your chances of getting a traffic citation in Latin America: #4- Female cops versus male cops:   #5- Your chances of getting stung by a Latina “gold digger”: Advice every single gringo should follow but probably won’t …            #6- Gringos and expats leading double lives- a balancing act that mostly ends badly: Today’s harrowing “boots on the ground” story…      #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: [email protected]    #8- 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                               
6/3/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 5.31.24

#1- Miami mail forwarding services and what can go wrong:    #2- How AI will soon allow you to search all topics of my 1300+ “Expat Files” shows:   #3- Electric Power Grid problems in Latin America and what Expats should be doing about it:  #4- Owning an EV in Latin America, is it worth it?    #5- “Solar Panel Envy” is a real thing in Latin America: Jealousy and envy can prevail when you have a solar setup and your upscale Latino neighbors do not..  #6- “Baby on Board” and other stupid vehicle stickers that unfortunately have transitioned to Latin America:      #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: [email protected]    #8- 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                               
5/31/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 5.26.24

#1- Some surprising reasons why gringos leave the USA:  #2- How the media lies about Argentina’s president Milei at every opportunity (just as they lie about El Salvador’s Bukele):  #3- Home construction tips for expats with building projects in Latin America: #4- The truth about water and power shortages in Latin America:     #5- My current number one 100% off-grid turnkey Solar Power system pick: Here’s the exact system I would buy and install right now to get off the grid…          #6- EMP and coronal mass ejection protection in Latin America: By installing a product called “EMP Shield” you can completely protect your house and electronic equipment, but the device will cost you 400 bucks!    #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: [email protected]    #8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":
5/26/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 5.24.24

#1- The unvarnished truth about “Ugly Americans”   #2- Its a shame, but most American tourists have gone soft:  #3- Clueless gringos are getting dumber.. not smarter:    #4- Gringo-vs European backpackers: There are many differences...   #5- Latinas are famous for dressing up and looking their best at the bank, bus stop, church, supermarket wherever: Today we offer tipoffs that help you instantly evaluate their true socioeconomic status #6- A sad tale of low-class gringo tourism debauchery:  #7- Shoplifting in Latin America:  #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:  [email protected]   #9- 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                               
5/24/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 5.19.24

#1- Driving through Latin Countries: The Latin countries I personally would, and would, not drive through #2- Latin cop extortion techniques explained: #3- Why the Latino "lag-time" effect should NOT to be viewed as a negative thing:   #4- Attention Gringos and Expats in Mexico- PLEASE STAY THERE! There are many reasons why astute expats who’ve steered clear of Mexico never want the 1.5 million gringos there to suddenly wake up and realize its time to GTFO. We don’t want them heading further south..    #5- Why do most Latino couples claim they are married but are really not? Yup, its crazy but true…  #6- Marriage preneps- PART 2  #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:  [email protected]   #8- 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                               
5/20/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 5.17.24

#1- Shit jobs and happy Latinos: What we gringos might think as totally shit jobs are just regular and necessary jobs to Latinos… #2- Cues and clues to be aware of in the cross cultural mating and dating games: #3- Do you have privacy (or not) using Whatsapp, Signal and the Telegram apps and your smartphone?   #4- What are some Latinos so easy to understand and yet others almost impossible? A word about different Spanish accents #5- How and why the site www.encuentra24.com is a gringo’s best friend: #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:    [email protected]    #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                               
5/17/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 5.12.24

#1-The problem with expat groups on Fakebook:   #2- Expat whiners and energy vampires:    #3- DYK- Most Latino pedestrians have a death wish?  #4- How language dunces like me learn to “fake it” in Spanish: #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:   [email protected]    #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                          
5/13/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 5.10.24

#1-Used car dealers tricks they use in Latin America: What gringos and Expats need to know…     #2- Buying a car from a private party: Its not as easy as you think…   #3- How much dough do Latin American “professionals” like MD’s, dentists, lawyers and engineers earn? #4- “Plan B” (NOT)- Part 2 #5- E-mail pushback against Latino Lawyers: #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:   [email protected]    #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                               
5/10/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 5.5.24

#1- Yes, Latin American “lag time“ still abides:   #2- In Latin America more money and more class means fewer tattoos:   #3- What you should know about discrimination in Latin America:    #4- North American racism -vs- Latin American racism: There are some very big differences but Latinos win the the gold on this one hands down…      #5- How entitled adult kids hold their parents back from pulling the trigger on a Plan-B: A boots on the ground story… #6- Funny things do happen to gringos at “all inclusive” Latino resorts: #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:  [email protected]  #8- 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                               
5/6/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 5.3.24

#1-Bank and credit card fraud in Latin America:  #2- Tips on what Latin American Bank(s) gringos and expats should use and ones to avoid:    #3- Prenuptial agreements in Latin America: Do you need one and do they even exist? #4- Revenge of the nerds Latin style:  #5- Latino Lawyers- Part 6: #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:   [email protected]    #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                               
5/3/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 4.28.24

#1-Crooked Latino lawyers:    #2- Latino’s are not naturally curious: They understand tourism but don’t understand at all why gringos abandon the ‘American dream”.        #3- More lies about Mexico: #4- A word about droughts and water supply problems:   #5- Latino professionals and their annoying macho habits: You’d think the educated ones would shed those adolescents habits… but they don’t. #6- Are you giving up on your “Plan B”?  #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:  [email protected]   #8- 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                               
4/29/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 4.26.24

#1- Why Latina ladies claim most Latino MALES never mature beyond adolescence:  #2- The 3 most common trials and tribulations of Backpackers and low rent tourists: #3- Avoiding bad hotels and Air B&B’s:   #4- How ultra-wealthy gringos in Latin America comport themselves: Hint: they almost never act like Rich Latinos… #5- How “putting on the dog” is NOT a smart gringo travel plan:   #6- When a Latino cop is NOT a cop at all: Beware of fakers out there… #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:   [email protected]    #8- 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                               
4/26/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 4.21.24

#1- Why do so may illegal aliens relocate in Chicago?    #2- How Gringos stereotype Latinos: Before moving to Latin America I used to think Latinos from all 20 Latin countries were basically like the Mexicans I knew in Chicago… boy was I wrong.       #3- The state of Dentistry in Latin America: What expats definitely need to know… #4- Why Brazil will never be on my permanent “Plan B” list: #5- Gringo/Latino mating and dating games in Latin America- Part 7:   #6- When Latinas cheat on their husbands and boyfriends: Note, tough much less common, Latinas will sometimes cheat on their inattentive or boring Gringo boyfriends too:   #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:   [email protected]    #8- 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                               
4/22/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 4.19.24

#1- Business startups in Latin America versus business startups in the USA: What are the actual success and failure rates?   #2- Gringos doing Business in Latin America: What Gringos and Expats with a new business in mind need to know before they pull the trigger   #3- Things no one told me about Restaurants in Latin America:   #4- How a certain Gringo in Latin America has made a fortune with a simple simple food cart idea: And you can too! #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:   [email protected]    #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                                 
4/19/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 4.14.24

#1- Bad guys and thugs in Latin America: Should we be afraid?   #2- Gringos /Expats and dengue fever, zika and malaria; How susceptible are gringos and expats to that stuff?   #3- Montezuma’s revenge revisited:  #4- Cryptocurrency rules and regs in Latin America:  #5- Property taxes in Latin America:  #6- Credit reports in Latin America:  #7- Deadbeat debtors in Latin America:  #8- Stem Cell clinics update:  #9- Salvador’s president Bukele does it again with his new free passport plan for skilled and educated foreigners:  #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:  [email protected]  #11- 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       
4/15/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 4.12.24

#1- You should avoid owning the following dog breeds in Latin America:    #2- Too bad the residential tower sign says “no dogs allowed." Don’t fret, this is Latin America where the rules are rarely enforced. #3- “Manana time” and its unintended consequenses: #4- Latino etiquette you should be aware of - Part 2 #5- Here’s why being 100% bilingual ain’t what it used to be: #6-Is Venezuela safe for gringos? #7- A few things about Podcasting I bet you never know:    #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:   [email protected]    #9- 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                        
4/12/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 4.7.24

#1- Latin grocery store etiquette for gringos:  #2- Some facts about backpackers you need to know:  #3- Why I never ever eat shrimp:  #4- The original Dave #1 chimes in on bad dogs and Holistic Doctors in Latin America:   #5- Espresso enema anyone? Everything you didn’t want to know about Colonics and coffee enemas in Latin America: #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:   [email protected]    #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                               
4/8/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 4.5.24

#1- Latinos chime in on why we are so lucky to be gringos:    #2- Meanwhile, more and more gringo wannnabe Latinos resent the  gringo advantage and the increased presence of gringos: #3- A word about Latino showoffs and posers:  #4- An educated Latino in America gives us a scathing review of the newly invented woke term “Latinx” and a word about the misguided fools who proselytize it: #5- Do we need to worry how solar panels in Latin America might hold up in hurricanes, hail storms, extreme weather events and bird poop?  #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: [email protected]    #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                               
4/5/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 3.31.24

#1-Romantic culture clashes gringos need to be aware of: #2- What you didn’t know about water wells, cisterns and pumps:   #3- There are newly discovered health reasons why its not a good idea to get yourself tattooed:   #4- Can you drive a stick shift car? Today we discuss the many reasons for the high prevalence of stick shift vehicles in Latin America. Yes there are millions of them and they're everywhere  #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:   [email protected]    #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                                   
4/1/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 3.29.24

#1- A Latin American Easter Party gone bad: Today’s first boots on the ground story…   #2- Dog training tips for gringos and expats in Latin America: You will really appreciate and want to hear these…      #3- The secrets of the Latino rich and affluent: The stuff they don’t want us gringos and expats to know…   #4- Class and status barriers in Latin America and the myths that surround them:   #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:   [email protected]    #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                             
3/29/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 3.24.24

#1- Latin American construction techniques explained: Remember, Latino construction techniques are very different than what you are used to… so, if you’re wondering the best and easiest ways to fasten things to concrete block and/or brick walls you need to hear this.     #2- Coffee, coffee and more coffee: Latin America has some of the world’s best coffee. Guatemala alone has more than 1000 private boutique coffee growers and brands to choose from. Today we talk about the coffee obsessed culture of the Latin America.   #3- 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:   [email protected]    #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              
3/25/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 3.22.24

#1- On the ground Latin American Seminar report: Boots on the ground stories…   #2- The "deported" illegal alien “call center” connection:   #3- What happens when gringo “wannabees” and their wives (or husbands) are NOT ON THE SAME PAGE:   #4- The Expat - Bitcoin connection:   #5- Explosive new Covidiot vax revelations:     #6- A Latin American healthcare insurance update: #7- Gringos and genuine “selfless” acts of kindness: #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:   [email protected]    #9- 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                               
3/22/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 3.8.24

#1-Divorce “Latin Style” revisited: Preneptuals and property settlements…       #2- Quince anos parties are mandatory: There’s terrific competition with parties when a Latin turns 15. In reality those parties are just a show for friends and neighbors. BTW- if a Latina girl is deprived of a party she will suffer in silence forever.    #3- Are Tattoos cool or overdone and fading away? There’s a world of change going on with Latino public’s attitude toward tattoos and tattoo parlors..   #4- The gringo “Savior Complex”:   #5- They roast and eat cats once a year in Peru: It’s a weird and gross annual tradition   #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:   [email protected]    #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                               
3/8/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 3.3.24

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024.For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser:  https://www.expatplanb.com/mar-8-15-2024-seminar-3/    #2- Don’t sweat the small stuff: How to overcome the frustration of living in a society where details don’t much matter…    #3- The 10 things Latin American home and condo builders always seem to get wrong:       #4- Entitled American white people don’t like when gringos and expats use the term “Third World”. They accuse said gringos of being racist : Funny though, how Latin Americans say it all the time themselves… duh?      #5- What you need to know about car washes in Latin America: #6- Sticking your foot in your mouth with your bad Spanish:    #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:   [email protected]    #8- 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                               
3/4/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 3.1.24

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024.For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser: https://www.expatplanb.com/mar-8-15-2024-seminar-3/   #2- The positive secondarily health effects of living in Latin America: No more cold sores or canker sores!   #3- A car theft story: Don’t let this happen to you..       #4- Those beautiful but under educated Latin American girls? Do they make good wives and girlfriends or will they eventually bore you?   #5- Expat cell phone and social media addicts: If Expats are known to be smarter, wiser and definitely a cut above average, then why do they fall prey to social media addictions? #6- A few harsh words about Gringos and expats who fall for the first pretty Latina that gives them a second look.   #7 When gringos and expats set their bar way too low:     #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:   [email protected]    #9- 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                               
3/1/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 2.25.24

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024. For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser: Expat Insider Seminar- MAR 8-15, 2024 – The Expat Files         Expat Insider Seminar- MAR 8-15, 2024 – The Expat Files       #2- Do you fly coach, business class or 1st class? Here are a few things you’ve probably never considered…   #3- How gringos and expats get set up for a financial scams: Some times they/we actually deserve it..         #4- Gringo getting scammed by other gringos (even your own business partner): The dangers of having a Latino business partner #5-The latest and greatest Latin American real estate scams specifically targeting gringos: #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:   [email protected]    #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                               
2/26/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 2.23.24

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024.For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser:  https://www.expatplanb.com/mar-8-15-2024-seminar-3/    #2- Expats, their smartphones and SIM chips: Tricks and tips on how to stay under the radar… #3- Illegal alien marriage, residency and passport scams you need to know about:         #4- Pursuing the ‘Latin American Dream”: The “American" dream is dead… long live the “Latin American” dream.      #5- Be careful what you name your kid: What seems cutesy now will often have damaging secondary effects on your kid’s life   #6- More and more Expats in Mexico are admitting they made the wrong “Plan B” decision: What are they supposed to do now? #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:   [email protected]      #8- 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                               
2/23/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 2.16.24

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024. For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser: https://www.expatplanb.com/mar-8-15-2024-seminar-3/ #2- Skin color preference and Latino prejudice: #3- Wny Latinos love the sun but hate getting tan:       #4- When gringos go rogue and ruin our “gringo advantage”:    #5- What you didn’t know about the masses of illegals moving north  through Latin America:   #6- DON’T USE GOOGLE!!! If you do you are a fool… #7- There are Nerds in Latin America: #8- Expats and Bitcoin: #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:   [email protected]    #10- 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                               
2/16/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 2.11.24

#1- JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR IS A GO: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024. For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser: https://www.expatplanb.com/mar-8-15-2024-seminar-3/ #2-101 ways to get the hell out of Dodge #3- How nice, straight arrow Gringos and Expats deal with Latin American corruption:         #4- Stupid is as stupid does: When gringos make terrible life choices     #5- Wheelchair bound in Latin America -Part 2: #6- A word about that tiny but ubiquitous “maid’s quarters in your house or apartment: #7- What I love about Latin American “Lag Time”: #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:   [email protected]    #9- 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                               
2/12/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 2.9.24

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024.  For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser: https://www.expatplanb.com/mar-8-15-2024-seminar-3/   NOTE: You have till Feb 10th, 2024 to get in on the earlybird discounts …after Feb 10th we are back to regular pricing   #2- En route to a Plan B: The straw that broke the camel’s back   #3- How is it that hundreds of thousands of (non-destitute)CHINESE military aged men are trekking north through Latin America… final destination USA? What could be the whole plan?        #4- How do Africans, Asians, Muslims and Indians arrive in a Latin American airport without a Visa(and not get deported)? Without a Visa, how are they even allowed to buy tickets in their country and get on a plane? Here's what they are not telling you.... #5- A word about Americans who still insist the USA is the world's gold standard and #1: #6- When Gringos and expats massacre the Spanish Language:   #7- Can the “gringo advantage” go too far?   #8- A bit more on car theft in Latin America: You need to hear this if you are worried about it: #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:   [email protected]    #10- 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                               
2/9/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 2.4.24

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024.For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser:  Expat Insider Seminar- MAR 8-15, 2024 – The Expat Files         Expat Insider Seminar- MAR 8-15, 2024 – The Expat Files        NOTE: You have till Feb 10, 2024 to get in on the earlybird discounts …after Feb 10 we are back to regular pricing   #2- A completely different take on why Latinas in the dating game much prefer older gringos and Expats: And here we always thought it was mostly economics or daddy issues. Well today we highlight a personal interview with a 30 something single Latina who confirm a new, different and logical hypothesis    #3- The problem with Air B & B’s and why I don’t use them anymore:   #4- Why so many ex-US military folks have a Plan B and eventually get the hell out of dodge? Seems counter-intuitive… since military guys are highly patriotic and Nationalistic. Well today we’ll tell you why…      #5- Wheelchair bound in Latin America: With all the terrible streets and sidewalks it’s a challenge, but if I was in a wheelchair, Latin America is exactly where I’d want to live.   #6- A pissed-off Salvadorian who escaped to the USA in the 1990’s sounds off in defense of President Bukele and rails about his false and terrible treatment by the 1st world media: #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:   [email protected]      #8- 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                                   
2/5/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 2.2.24

#1- You will hear the word “Moreno” thrown around all the time when in Latin America: Here’s what you need to know about Latinos whose have the skin color known as “Moreno” (or for ladies, “Morena”). #2- Latinos and their prejudices:   #3- How to kill your Gringo Advantage: Useful facts to keep in mind…   #4- Rumor is that Latina women in the dating game just want your money: The truth about the gold-digger or “chapiadora “ syndrome. #5- Migraines and the Latin American cure: #6- A.I. what you don’t know WILL hurt you: #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:   [email protected]    #8- 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                               
2/2/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 1.28.24

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024.For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser:  https://www.expatplanb.com/mar-8-15-2024-seminar-3/  NOTE: You have till Feb 1st 2024 to get in on the earlybird discounts …after Feb 1st we are back to regular pricing #2- The A.I. threat, are we safe from it in down in Latin America? #3- Bidets toilets in Latin America -Revisited: #4- The oh so common case of expat wannabees who NEVER pull the trigger:   #5- Latinos and their fake bling: “Putting on the dog” is a Latino way of life   #6- There’s something different about Latinos and batteries: #7- Windmill power generation in Latin America: #8- More precautions about Colombian cupid and tinder dating sites: #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:   [email protected]  #10- 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
1/29/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 1.26.24

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024.For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser:  https://www.expatplanb.com/mar-8-15-2024-seminar-3/ NOTE: You have till Feb 1st 2024 to get in on the earlybird discounts …after Feb 1st we are back to regular pricing #2- Argentina’s new president bitch-slaps the woke one world order fools at the WEF (world economic forum) and breaks the internet: #3- The Venezuelan diaspora are making enemies everywhere they go, getting on people’s nerves and overstaying their welcome:   #4- El Salvador’s Bukele get a distress call from Costa Rica: Are you aware that Costa Rica (who’s tourism depends on it  advertising itself as the safest country in Latin America) now has 7 times the homicide rate per 100000 people as El Salvador? #5- Extreme gringo “on the road in Latin America” driving stories: #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:   [email protected]    #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                               
1/26/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 1.21.24

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024. For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser: Expat Insider Seminar- MAR 8-15, 2024 – The Expat Files         Expat Insider Seminar- MAR 8-15, 2024 – The Expat Files       NOTE: You have till Feb 1st 2024 to get in on the earlybird discounts …after Feb 1st we are back to regular pricing   #2- Johnny’s $10 car ignition cutoff security system - digging into the details: How to have peace of mind by ordering a 10 buck "kill switch" kit from amazon #3- Latinos and their complete obsession with anything related to “Disney”:   #4- A trip to day the Latino doctors office and how it will differ depending whether you have health insurance or not:       #5- Stupid, wealthy Latinos and their overboard displays of stupidity, like having exotic pets: How certain idiot Latinos have given new meaning to the phrase, “putting on the dog” #6- Reason #2435 why its smart to keep a low profile in Latin America: #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:   [email protected]    #8- 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                               
1/23/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 1.19.24

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024.For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser: Expat Insider Seminar- MAR 8-15, 2024 – The Expat Files         Expat Insider Seminar- MAR 8-15, 2024 – The Expat Files       NOTE: You have till Feb 1st 2024 to get in on the earlybird discounts …after Feb 1st we are back to regular pricing  #2- Bad air B&B and furnished apartment mistakes landlords routinely make: #3- Bug Bombs and insecticides in Latin America: #4- Bedbugs, nocturnal critters and night time “no seeums” in Latin America:  #5- As Ecuador crumbles….. what about gringos living there?   #6- New land border controls instituted in order to enter Ecuador: Even gringos and expats will now need a recent police or good conduct report from their home country   #7- The TSA has hidden facts about illegal aliens (in the USA) that will surely astound you: #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:   [email protected]  #9- 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                               
1/19/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 1.14.24

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024. For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser: https://www.expatplanb.com/mar-8-15-2024-seminar-3/   NOTE: You have till Feb 1st 2024 to get in on the earlybird discounts …after Feb 1st we are back to regular pricing   #2- Are you not panicked about the recent revelation that on average 250,000 nano and microplastic particles are floting around in every liter of bottled water? I have been warning about this for years yet few people would listen     #3- Which country is a better choice for a Plan B… Guatemala or El Salvador? In which country is the gringo advantage strongest?   #4- Passport and citizenship by investment: Are they legit or just dodgy programs for rich guys?   #5- Latin American car insurance tips for gringos and expats: #6- Car theft in Latin America: #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:   [email protected]  #8- 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
1/15/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 1.12.24

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024. For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser:  https://www.expatplanb.com/mar-8-15-2024-seminar-3/ #2- Luggage wars and airport carousel battles:   #3- How to find an incompetent MD in Latin America: What percentage of Latino doctors are incompetent? Today we discuss a very important topic….what you absolutely need to know about selecting your Latin American doctor.   #4- 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:   [email protected]  #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
1/12/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 1.07.24

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024. For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser:  https://www.expatplanb.com/mar-8-15-2024-seminar-3/  #2- Gringo road rage in Latin America:  #3- Drinking and driving in Latin America:  #4- The Gringo habit of buying cars for their Latina girlfriends:  #5- The tailgating epidemic on Latin America roadways:  #6- The extreme bathtub shortage in Latin American homes:  #7- Blabbermouth tree-hugging NGO “eco-hypocrites” are everywhere:  #8- Why so many expat couples who come to Latin America eventually crash and burn:    #9- The real trouble with the “Passport Bros” movement: Most of the passport bros guys I’ve met here in Latin America are low-class, poorly educated American schlubs (with shit vocabularies)… guys I’d never want to hang with…    #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:   [email protected]  #11- 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
1/8/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 1.05.24

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024. For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser:  https://www.expatplanb.com/mar-8-15-2024-seminar-3/   #2- Latino Cop speed traps and Radar guns: Do they know what they are doing and can you negotiate with them?   #3- Bribing Latino cops: To bribe or not to bribe, what you need to know..   #4- The problems with Wikipedia: Latinos are super naive. They think Wiki is a miracle and it’s the last word in truth, while smart gringo/expats are highly skeptical and realize its been diabolically captured by big money, big govt and big Pharma.    #5- Whats wrong with Ecuador? A nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there…   #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:   [email protected]    #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
1/5/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 12.31.23

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024. For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser: https://www.expatplanb.com/mar-8-15-2024-seminar-3/   #2- Macho “abuse of power” in Latin America- PART 2: Three Latina lady victims tell how they were abused by macho men with some power and status over them…   #3- Being Gay in LA: It might not surprise you… but there is a USA Gay sugar-daddy phone app connection that will surprise you…     #4- Oops! When gringos inadvertently impregnate their Latina GFs: Since abortion is almost never an option (in such heavily Catholic societies) then what? #5- Worst car buying mistakes gringos make in Latin America:       #6- Are you a “finicky” anal gringo? Here are some tips that will help you survive in Latin America…     #7- More reasons National Healthcare options in Latin America suck: Don’t let a country’s National Healthcare system influence your Plan B decision…   #8- After just 1 week in office, Javier Milei starts draining the Argentine swamp by cutting 5000 govt jobs and more … #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:   [email protected]  #10- 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
1/2/202428 minutes
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The Expat Files 12.29.23

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024.For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser: https://www.expatplanb.com/mar-8-15-2024-seminar-3/   #2- DYK that Latinos living in Altiplano regions have measureably longer lifespans and better quality of life than those at sea level? Very true but you’ll never guess why…   #3- When gringos (without prescriptions) visit Latin American pharmacies: A “boots on the ground” story   #4- A weird thought experiment: What if, all of the sudden, USA pharmacies eliminated the necessity of a doctor’s prescription (like in Latin American pharmacies)? Would we all eat antibiotics like candy and/or become opioid addicts?      #5- Why so many boomers and gen X’ers have learned to hate live music concerts: A former concert loving listener chimes in…   #6- Rampant “abuse of power” in Latin American universities- PART 1 A Latina lady victim chimes in on how she enacted her bit of sweet revenge…      #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:   [email protected]    #8- 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
12/29/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 12.24.23

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024. For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser: https://www.expatplanb.com/mar-8-15-2024-seminar-3/ #2- Rainwater collection in Latin America: #3- Confessions of a water (H2O) thief: #4- Fireplaces and wood burning in Latin America: #5- The safety delusion of gringos living in Mexico:   #6- The shortsighted optimism of gringos and their unrealistic real estate projections: #7-When your “Plan B” suddenly needs a “Plan -C”   #8- How Mexican criminals are using “Whatsapp” to track and stalk people: And here Latinos (and you) thought Whatsapp was such a fun and easy boon to seamless communication… #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:   [email protected]  #10- 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
12/26/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 12.17.23

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024. For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser: https://www.expatplanb.com/mar-8-15-2024-seminar-3/ #2- Are we losing our Gringo Advantage?   #3- An Expat dilemma: So many Expat successes in business yet so many Expat failures in the love and romance department… #4- Disagreeable gringo syndrome: #5- I’ll never understand why so many gringos bring their whiny, entitled, tic-tock addicted adolescent kids on overseas vacations... #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:   [email protected]  #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
12/19/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 12.15.23

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024. For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser: https://www.expatplanb.com/mar-8-15-2024-seminar-3/ #2-  “Tis the season” but somehow I’m not seeing much good will towards men:  #3- What you need to know about expats living in Colombia:   #4- How gringos and expats slowly contaminate their Latina wives and girlfriends: Another crazy “boots on the ground” story   #5- How Latino bad guys dupe gringos and expats: You need to hear this hair-raising “boots on the ground” story… #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:   [email protected]  #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
12/15/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 12.10.23

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024. For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link or click on the link below or paste it in your browser:
12/11/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 12.08.23

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR: It will take place on Friday, March 8th thru Friday, March 15th, 2024. For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link. #2- Expat Gringas and their Horses: #3- Finding unwanted critters in the house: #4- El Salvador “Volcano bond” update: #5- BTC and cryptocurrency update:   #6 - House fires and fire safety in Latin America: #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:   [email protected]  #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
12/8/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 12.04.23

#1- ANNOUNCING JOHNNY’S MARCH 2024 "EXPAT INSIDER" SEMINAR: For seminar details and sign-up info go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link.   #2- Why you need skylights in your Latin American home if you don't like living in constant mold and dank humidity: Today we discuss everything you need to know about skylight selection, installation, leaks and maintenance     #3- Have you noticed that Latin America is held together with messy ugly gobs of Silicone Caulk? It’s the Latin American equivalent to chicken wire and duck tape #4- The #1 fact of life in Latin America… your roof will leak! #5 - Vehicular savagery at its worst: #6- When overconfident gringos and expats screw up the Spanish Language:  #7- Do your English speaking Latino friends and fellow workers really understand you?Don’t jump to that conclusion… #8- When Mexican cartels play Santa Claus:   #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:   [email protected]  #10- 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
12/4/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 12.1.23

#1- Upcoming March 2024 “Expat Insider Seminar” details:  #2- Where Latin America’s worst traffic and most terrible drivers live:  #3- What you need to know about commuting to work in Latin America:  #4 - Vehicular savagery at its worst :  #5- Latin American and 3rd world city layouts versus USA and 1st world city layouts:  #6- Drinking and driving in Latin America: #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:   [email protected] #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
12/1/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 11.26.23

#1- What to do if your FBI report isn’t clean: Do you need a completely clean one to apply for residency? #2- Reading books for leisure and the backpacker connection: #3 - More on Gringos and Gringas who go native: #4- When woke people eat their own:  #5- The severity of the Latin American water and drought problem: #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:   [email protected] #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
11/27/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 11.24.23

#1- Getting sued in Latin America: DYK that in the states the average America gets sued 7 times in his life time? #2- Expats with a Plan B should think twice about keeping a house or rental property in the states: #3 - Rummage and estate sales in Latin America: #4- Latin American cost of living update: #5- What the lame street media is NOT telling you about the new Argentine president:  #6- An Expat toolkit: #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:   [email protected] #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
11/24/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 11.19.23

#1- The myth of “bike lanes” in big city Latin America: There are plenty of them but just more failed copies of a 1st world trend   #2- When gringos are eye witnesses to car accidents: What to do?   #3 - Why clueless Latin American motorcyclists love to wear German WWII helmets:   #4- The mindless prevalence of Astrology beliefs in Latin America:   #5- A Bitcoin and crypto update:   #6- The stark (sex) differences between USA dating apps vs Latin American dating apps: (We’re not talking about language differences either)   #7- More tips for dog owners in Latin America:   #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:   [email protected] #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
11/20/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 11.17.23

#1- A thousand more reasons to get the hell out of Dodge:  #2- Shoplifting in Latin America:  #3 - There's an odd gringo spotting 6th sense you may experience while travelling in Latin America:   #4- Why so few gringos take my advice: They always ask for it but seldom take it… #5- Those lucky expats living in Latin America who’ve contracted their very their own 24/7 caretaker (or nurse): A very strange “boots on the ground” story.. #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:   [email protected] #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
11/17/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 11.12.23

#1- The problem with dogs, disgusting dog food and terrible doggie discipline in Latin America: Will you have a dog south of the border? If that’s your plan, you need to here this…    #2- Mold, humidity and allergies in Latin America: How is it that in my 30+ years living in Latin America I’ve never met a single Latino with an inhaler... or a peanut allergy? When you mention the phrase "peanut allergies" (or the idiotic word "LATINX" for that matter) Latinos don't know what you are talking about...     #3- 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:   [email protected] #4- 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
11/14/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 11.10.23

#1- Pools, hot tubs and Jacuzzis in Latin American: Do you want them or need them? Are they practical? What expats need to know …   #2- “Agua Pura” the worlds most overused oxymoron: What you need to know about bottled water in Latin America and why its not to be trusted..   #3- A word about gravity countertop water purifiers like EcoFilter (made in Guatemala) and Berkey countertop models and Berkey clones (from Amazon) and why you need one of these, especially if you are a renter.   #4- The Fluoride story regarding Latin American water supplies: #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:   [email protected]   #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
11/10/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 11.05.23

#1- When Expats give up on their “Plan B”: There are many various reasons why expats give up on their ‘Plan B”. Funny how so many people in that position tell white lies to hide their real reasons for giving up. Returning to Cleveland, Jersey or Milwaukee is an admission of failure and unfortunately one will have to eventually face the friends and family who said "I told ya so". Soooo... since one out of 4 people return to the states or Canada within the first 2 or 3 years upon arrival in Latin America, it’s a subject we are forced to spend some time discussing.        #2- 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:   [email protected] #3- 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
11/6/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 11.03.23

#1- Opinionated Expats who grate on you:  There's one in every crowd (or two).. #2 - Stubborn Expats and their “Plan B” mistakes:       #3- A word about “Plan B” Expats who are retired CIA, FBI and alphabet agency guys: I know a few personally… #4- Gringos and Expats living on the cheap in Latin America:   #5- About those terrible bathrooms in your Latino and Latina friend’s houses! #6- CBDC’s in Latin America- Update   #7- What you should know about Counterfeit US dollars circulating in Latin America:    #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:   [email protected]   #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
11/3/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 10.29.23

#1- You may start a kick-ass business in Latin America, but will it make you happy?  #2 - Can you ever accept ‘manana time” culture?      #3- The problem with having local Latino friends: (besides thinking you are rich and thus occasionally trying to hit you up for a loan)     #4- The Guatemala election scandal update and why it should be no big deal to Expats: Newbee/ green gringos and expats read too much into it...not knowing its just Latin American politics as usual:     #5- Occasional acts of Vigilante Justice: Do they affect gringos and Expats or not?    #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:   [email protected]   #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
10/30/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 10.27.23

#1- A cardinal signal that you should get that “Plan B” going: When you throttle or censor yourself in front of friends and family its time to get the hell out of dodge…     #2 - Yes, we know about Latin American municipal water problems.  USA city water supplies aren't much much better. US utilities are lying to you: What to do about the water when you move to Latin America    #3- The unspoken benefits of learning Spanish:   #4- Setting up a solar hot water system in your Latin American location:   #5- How much can you blend in?  Will you blend with the culture or be a lonely hermit in a sea of Spanish speakers?     #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:   [email protected] #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
10/27/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 10.22.23

#1- Thoughts on how Jewish Latin Americans view the Israel Palestine war:  #2 - When Gringos and Expats fall for Latin American investment scams:      #3- How to get on the fast track to self-sufficiency in Latin America:  #4- Solar power and off-the-grid Latin American solutions, a fall 2023 update: #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:   [email protected] #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
10/23/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 10.20.23

 #1- The peculiarities of having a Latina wife or GF: #2 - The hidden (and not so hidden) baggage that comes along with Latina/Latino romantic relationships:      #3- How many gringos and Expats slowly become cash machines:   #4- Modern Expat Wisdom says, if you are smitten with a Latina you’ve met in Latin America and want to ruin it, just bring her back to live the USA or Canada: In 30+ years I’ve only encountered 2 success stories. Today we discuss why those 2 cases survived.    #5- If you have a Latina GF… get ready for a fashion makeover: She will try to UN-Gringoize your rumpled, casual look:    #6- When it's to your advantage to play the “clueless gringo”:    #7- So many Canadians who want out of Dodge base their “Plan B” decisions around maintaining their Canadian National Healthcare: Obviously they have NOT done their Latin American insurance options homework       #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:   [email protected]  #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  
10/20/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 10.15.23

#1- The advantages to living in the boonies, in “el campo”:  #2 - Smart meters and stealing electricity in Latin America:      #3- 1001 more reasons to get the hell out of Dodge:    #4- What’s the story on 20 something Expat gonnabees and wanabees? How’d they get so smart so young?   #5- Guatemala election protest update:  Why the sweaty masses take to the streets and protest after practically every presidential election.. #6- A word about “Road Rage”… that mostly gringo trait unfortunately doesn’t seem to diminish  with time:       #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:   [email protected] #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
10/17/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 10.13.23

#1- The problem with owning a compact  car or sedan in Latin America:  #2 - What’s to like about the 6 month rainy season?      #3- A “boots on the ground” car crash story:  #4- Accidents, cops and car insurance: #5- What's really happening with the street protests in Guatemala? #6- What deported illegal Latinos will say in confidence:   #7- A word about “Road Rage”… the mostly gringo trait that unfortunately doesn’t seem to diminish  with time:       #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:   [email protected]   #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
10/13/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 10.08.23

#1- The problems for gringos in Ecuador:    #2 - The “NULO” vote: DYK that in most Latin countries you can go into the voting booth and make a protest vote called “NULO” which means “none of the above”. Sometimes “none of the above “ actually wins! The USA should definitely do the same (but won’t)    #3- Getting your soul crushed on those “cupid” dating sites? #4- How to spot insincere, jaded tourist trail Latinos whose job is to take advantage of gringo tourists and expats:     #5- Mating and dating disasters: Expat Eddie chimes in with some  Latina love and romance tips… #6- Extortion stories from the Mexican/Guatemalan border:      #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:   [email protected] #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
10/9/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 10.06.23

#1- FBI reports and the hoops you need to jump through to get residency in a Latin country  #2 - Certain crimes and misdemeanors that will disqualify you from residency in a Latin American country:      #3- The truth about El Salvador’s president Bukele: How US mainstream media attacks on him have backfired and have helped to position him as an iconic hero to nearly all Latinos. He’s also made US politicians appear they really are- useless, feeble, corrupt and retarded. #4- 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:   [email protected]   #5- 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
10/6/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 10.01.23

#1- Corruption at the local level:   #2- Who is and who isn't on the take?   #3- Americans who reject the idea of a "Plan B"   #4- Living a 1st world life in a 3rd world country:    #5- Slashing your taxes legally, with an S.A. Corporation:   #6- Notes from an "open border" skeptic:  #7- 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: [email protected]  #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
10/2/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 9.29.23

#1- Expat wannabee regrets: More lame excuses for NOT getting the hell out of dodge #2- Local Latino attitudes toward disabled people in Latin America: #3- Cultural discrimination and “white” preference in Latin America:   #4- The Decameron hotel/resort update: It ain’t such a good deal anymore! Things have changed since we revisited this topic 7 years ago!    #5: Great news for new expat “Plan B” arrivals; Expats consistently report that in Latin America they meet better, more interesting, more stimulating and creative new friends than they ever had back in the states..  #6- 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: [email protected]  #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
9/29/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 9.24.23

#1- A poll of the 20 smelliest countries in the world, and some reasons why they are so stinky: Can you guess which Latin American countries are on that list? #2- Macho men don’t floss:   #3- Personal hygiene in Latin America; The good the bad and the ugly…   #4- TEN more things that grate on me: #5: What is and what is not considered rude in America compared to Latin America:     #6- A happy ending:   #7- 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:   [email protected] #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
9/25/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 9.22.23

#1- The downsides for gringos paying very very cheap rent: What’s cheap rent? Let say $100 to $250 a month…    #2- The pros and cons of dating middle class Latinas (or Latinos) versus dating the poorer and wealther ones:     #3- Latino public university graduates versus private university graduates: There is a big difference...   #4- “Suicide” shower heads revisited: What’s a gringo to do? #5 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:   [email protected] #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
9/22/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 9.17.23

#1- Expat Insider seminar update: Looks like its gonna launch in February 2024   #2- Some say you ain’t really speakin’ real Spanish till you can roll your R’s: Can you roll your RRRR's?   #3- An amazing “boots on the ground” report from Guatemala: A recent gringo expat opens up about his first 3 years living, working and playing in Guatemala       #4- The “Gringo Advantage” can strike in the most unusual of situations… like in the weird situation we discuss today…   #5- A gringo "hit and run" story: This could happen to you so pay attention.  #6 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: [email protected]  #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
9/18/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 9.15.23

#1- Mo money Mo problems: How much dough do Gringos and Expats in Latin America really need to live a first world style of life?     #2- DYK that ATM cash machine robberies are rampant in Latin America? What you should know and watch out for…   #3- Have you noticed that having a Plan-B in Europe is now being heavily touted by most Expat rags and websites? I’ve been to Europe many times and lived there a while. Here are the main reasons I don’t recommend it.   #4- When Latino/Gringo business partnerships go bad:   #5- Notes from the Ornery Gringo complaint department:   #6- Noise pollution in Latin America: What if your Latino neighborhood is extremely noisy? Can you do anything about it?   #7 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:   [email protected]   #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
9/15/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 9.10.23

#1- Where are the big butt and obese “barbie” dolls? Realism is supposed to be valued right? It’s been proven that no normal human can have the proportions of a standard barbie doll. #2- Latinos and their switch to terrible modern diets:   #3- What you didn’t know about “Dick Pics” and Latinas: Yes, Latinas get bombarded with them on those cupid dating sites… so then how do Latinas react to such crudeness?   #4- Fake Latino doctors and BBL surgery: How to qualify the credentials of plastic surgeons in Latin America:       #5- What to do when a Latino or Expat hits you up for a loan: Tips on how to weasel out of it with diplomacy and panache #6 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:   [email protected] #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
9/11/202327 minutes, 59 seconds
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The Expat Files 9.08.23

Descriptions- THE EXPAT FILES SHOW #1273 FRI, SEPT 08 (09-08-23)   #1- Don’t get scammed by a ‘Chapiadora”: It’s a common green gringo trap- the fact that so many ‘starved for love” gringos fall for the first sexy Latina who pays them any mind. There’s actually a word for certain Latina ladies who go after gringos for their money (Chapiadoras).     #2- Latinos are NOT color blind:     #3- How fat folks are viewed in Latin America: #4- Diplomatic tips for all of you Agnostic and/or Atheist gringos out there:   #5- How NOT to get scammed on those Cupid Dating sites: Wow to give yourself a fighting chance of meeting a real live normal person #6- Are Latinas really more affectionate than 1st world ladies? Or is it just a wild rumor?               #7 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: [email protected]   #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
9/11/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 9.03.23

#1- Tips from a retired air marshal about terrorism in the 1st world versus the 3rd world:    #2- What’s with the increase in TSA- like shakedowns at popular tourist sites worldwide?     #3- Another ubiquitous Latin American “road hazard” explained:   #4- Why I will never step foot back in Chicago:   #5- 63 more reasons to get out of dodge while you still can:     #6- A top water filter brand gets sued after caught lying about the effectiveness of their product:                #7 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:   [email protected]  
9/5/202327 minutes, 59 seconds
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The Expat Files 8.27.23

#1- The state of “affirmative action" and “equity” hiring in Latin America:    #2- The Nepotism epidemic in Latin America: And why its good news for your gringo advantage in business...   #3- Ever heard of “stick therapy”? It’s alive and well in Latin America and everyone but criminals and cops love it…   #4- There’s a severe shortage of whining, woke journalists in Latin America: Is it because they’re all up in the States and Canada? #5- Maybe I’m too anal but…..: #6- A “boots on the ground” blast from the past story that will make you cry:            #7 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: [email protected]   #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”.
8/30/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 8.25.23

#1- Do the Brits really have the worst teeth on the planet?   #2- I often wonder why disagreeable “woke” gringa tourists even bother to come down:    #3- Johnny tells a dysfunctional family story:  #4- A Funny things happen at Latin American laundromat: #5- A dozen more reasons to get the hell out of dodge: #6- Today you’ll hear the most Un-PC email I’ve ever read:              #7 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:   [email protected]     #8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
8/25/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 8.20.23

#1- What’s wrong with Brazil?      #2- will you die a slow death by Reggeton? Or can one learn to block it out like a screaming infant or nails on a blackboard?  #3- More bad Air B&B news for expat investors:    #4- Are the daily and weekly Lotto's in Latin America legit? Here’s what you need to know...  #5- Love and Romance for gringos and gringas in Latin America –PART 10:  #6- When getting out of Dodge ain’t necessarily easy:    #7 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:  [email protected]    #8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":   The new edition for 2022 (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”.
8/21/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 8.18.23

#1- The dope on contaminated and unhygienic food in Latin America:  #2- How to comport yourself at a Latino house dinner invite:    #3- Strange food at the dinner party... what’s a gringo to do?     #4- My 100% successful cucaracha eradication plan:  #5- Why the US press hates president Bukele and El Salvador:  #6- New strange theories on why the Mayans died off:  #7 Our own Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypo consulting and training service (he’s been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at:   [email protected]   #8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
8/18/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 8.13.23

Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1267 SUN, AUG 13 (08-13-23)     #1- What your neighbors will be like at a $20 a night hotel in Latin America:  #2- Latino gym rats with pot bellies explained:   #3- Ozempic and other new weight loss drug use in Latin America:    #4- Fentanyl and opioid fakes in Latin American pharmacies:  #5- 145 million new reasons to get out of dodge:  #6- When newly arrived gringos blow their wad too early and suffer for it:        #7- About those green and blue-haired old Gringa ladies…  #8- Feeling suddenly rich in Latin America:  #9 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:   [email protected]   #10- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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        and click on the "Latin American Healthcare Report”.
8/14/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 8.11.23

#1- Have you heard of the hard hand “mano dura” police activates in Latin America?  #2- The 1st world media’s secret war against El Salvador and President Bukele:     #3- Scammed in Latin America (again):  #4- An update on the latest extortion techniques happening in Latin America right now: #5- There’s big trouble with Chinese restaurants in Latin America: #6- Health, food and sanitation inspections in Latin America: Here’s what you need to know....       #7- 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:   [email protected]   #8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
8/11/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 7.30.23

#1- Latin American kids: There are differences you will notice right away... #2- An entitled Latina rich girl sounds off:   #3- Tattoo parlors in Latin America: The things you definitely need to know #4- A visit to a cut rate Latino barber shop: #5- A word about “banana republics: #6- More Latin American Air B&B news: #7- Ever wonder how Argentines cope with 100% year over year inflation?   #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: [email protected]   #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”.
7/31/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 7.28.23

#1- “Poor Johnny… what a delusional dummy”: Yup... that’s what the folks were thinking some 30 years ago.         #2- A new Expat exclusive dating site has been launched: Yet another enterprising gringo (gringa) addresses a neglected business niche  #3- There are hidden forces conspiring against your “Plan B”:   #4- How unwanted Illegal aliens in the USA learn their scams and tricks: #5- Latin American “Street Justice“ rides again! #6- More “snakes in the house” stories:   #7- It can only happen in Latin America: Yet another head-scratching “boots on the ground” story    #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: [email protected]   #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”.  
7/28/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 7.23.23

#1- There’s a kind of Montezuma’s revenge they’re not telling you about:  #2- How many people really do end up getting out of Dodge?  #3- Nose jobs, plastic surgery and other fun stories:     #4- Koreans in Latin America: Don’t ever call them Chinos.. they hate that! #5- Chat GPT and AI’s effect on Expat businesses and business ideas: #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: [email protected] #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”.  
7/24/202328 minutes
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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: [email protected]   #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”.
7/21/202328 minutes
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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: [email protected] #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”.
7/17/202328 minutes
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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: [email protected]   #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”.
7/14/202328 minutes
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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: [email protected]   #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”.
7/10/202328 minutes
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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: [email protected]   #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”.
7/7/202328 minutes
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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: [email protected]   #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”.
7/5/202328 minutes
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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: [email protected] #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”.
7/5/202328 minutes
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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: [email protected] #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”.
6/26/202328 minutes
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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: [email protected] #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”.
6/23/202328 minutes
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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:   [email protected] #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”.  
6/19/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 6.15.23

#1- Why some Latino kids with a 1st world parent (or step-parent) believe they are “honorary” gringos: But are they really?   #2- Cautionary tales of gringo/Latino love and romance:   #3- Confessions of a sex-tour travel agent: #4- There’s been a recent explosion of Black American males looking for Latina love connections, and certain social media sites are up in arms about it:   #5- Middle-aged American lady "hot spots" for love hook ups in Latin America: A very underreported phenomenon     #6- 10 more good reasons to have your Plan-B “OFF” the gringo tourist trail:     #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: [email protected] #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”.
6/16/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 6.11.23

#1-Latino Police flashing lights in your rear view mirror? What to do?  #2- When political scumbag entourages with police escorts block the road:  #3- Air quality issues in Latin America:  #4- The problem with living in Mexico city: #5 When the poor ain’t really poor: #6- A word about traveling and your luggage:     #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: [email protected]   #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”.
6/12/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 6.09.23

#1- Some key Cultural fax pas to avoid when testing the mating and dating scene in Latin America:    #2- Extremely disturbing things occurred on the latest Disney cruise from Mijami to Mexico: An alarming high seas “boots on the ground” report from a frequent listener. #3- El Salvador listeners chime in on how they are sick and tired of the first world media fake news machine’s continuous efforts to bust President Bukele’s balls: #4- An honest “boots on the ground” report from a non-Spanish speaking listener in El Salvador:     #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: [email protected]   #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”.  
6/9/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 6.04.23

The Expat Files 6.04.23 #1- Airlines and their hidden extra charges: You should be pissed off.. I am.. #2- A libertarian woman in Guatemala you will certainly be hearing about: #3- Airline baggage hacks I have learned to use: #4- Tips I’ve learned the hard way for keeping unwanted critters and insects out of your Latin American residence:  #5- How should you set up your surveillance camera system in your Latin residence: The cameras and systems I use, what NOT to use, and everything else you wanted to know about monitoring your property #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: [email protected]   #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”.
6/5/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 6-02-23

#1- A funny thing happened on my way to a Latin American Mother’s Day party: This you won’t believe! #2- Latino nicknames and names you can’t believe a parent would give a poor newborn kid: #3- Why do these things keep happening to me? #4- Beyond RLS (i.e. Restless Leg Syndrome):   #5- What do Latinos think about the Russian Ukrainian war? And what’s been happening with the Russians who’ve been living and/or vacationing in Latin America?   #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: [email protected] #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”.
6/2/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 5-28-23

#1- Airlines and their hidden extra charges: You should be pissed off.. I am.. #2- A libertarian woman in Guatemala you will certainly be hearing about: #3- Airline baggage hacks I have learned to use: #4- Tips I’ve learned the hard way for keeping unwanted critters and insects out of your Latin American residence:  #5- How should you set up your surveillance camera system in your Latin residence: The cameras and systems I use, what NOT to use, and everything else you wanted to know about monitoring your property #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: [email protected]   #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”.
5/30/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 5.26.23

#1- Little known scams Latinos use to get 'legal' USA or EEU residency: As millions of illegals amass on the US southern border in order to sneak in, tens of thousands of illegals stay at home and go online to accomplish a better version of the same thing quasi-legally. The scam is to pay legal US Latino residents to enter into a fraudulent marriage. Its a fast track to instant US permanent residency for anyone who is single and gas a few grand...      #2- “Awesome” common Spanish filler words explained: You should know these extremely common filler words since you will hear them spoken a hundred times a day   #3- The death of Common Sense: We all know Common Sense has been dead and buried in the states, but do you know it’s been killed off in Europe and the UK too? Meaning, when you vote with your feet you should NEVER have a Plan B in Europe or the UK either…      #4- 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:   [email protected] #5- 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”.
5/26/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 5.21.23

#1- A word about Avocados, they are found everywhere in Latin America but why are they so inconsistent? Why do some taste great and others like a wet sponge, almost not worth eating at all?  #2- Mexico’s latest Medical Tourism healthcare scare explained:     #3- Today we have an American dentist chiming in a warning on the state and quality of dentistry in Mexico (and other countries south of the border):   #4- Johnny discovers he has a brand new "old" disease: But don’t worry, woke American doctors and big Pharma have come to the rescue…       #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: [email protected] #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”.
5/24/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 05.19.23

#1- You need to hear what you haven’t been told about the lunacy that happened in Panama during the cov-idiot lockdown:   #2- 10 more reasons Panama is a nice place to visit but I‘d never want to live or have my Plan B there:   #3- Have you heard about those UN-funded migrant rest camps for illegals on the move in Latin America?  #4- What’s up with those illegal Latinos who’ve been deported from the states 3 or 4 times?  #5- the little things you will learn to hate as you get older and wiser: #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: [email protected] #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”.
5/19/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files 5.14.23

#1- About those toxic gringo expats in Latin America: How they make the rest of us the look bad and how (after they have thoroughly ruined the states) they keep piling in to Latin America.   #2- The endearing, and not so endearing habits, of Latinos:  You will have to learn how to suppress your urge to change them or complain because it won’t help #3- More of what you didn’t know about counterfeit dough in Latin America: #4- Can CBDC (central bank digital currencies) come to Latin American countries: Will the locals adapt? What will happen then?   #5- Top cleaning lady and maid hiring tips for gringos and expats: #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: [email protected]   #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”.
5/15/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 05.12.23

Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1242, FRI, MAY 12 (05-12-23)    #1- Everything you need to know about the presence of snakes, reptiles and other repulsive critters:  How often might you encounter those creatures? Are they poisonous or agressive? Might they get into your house? Should you worry? Today we have a few expat boots on the ground “varmint in the house” stories.   #2- Tips on how to snake and varmint proof your house:  You will want to know these things, especially if you plan to live in the boonies #3- 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: [email protected] #4- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":   The new edition for 2022 (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”.
5/12/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 05.07.23

#1- Cheapskate "tacano" gringos living in Latin America: #2- Top 10 reasons why Latinos get divorced or split up: They are the same reasons for American divorces but prioritized in a much different order  #3- Stubborn gringo expats who just can’t or won’t speak Spanish:  #4- Hitting the Spanish language plateau:  It will happen to you... #5- Amazing hidden Real Estate deals in Venezuela:  #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: [email protected]   #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
5/8/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 05.05.23

#1- The real cost of living in Latin America;  #2- What about Altiplano living in El Salvador?Does El Salvador even have an altiplano? #3- Are you an expat hypocrite like me? #4- How to use StartMail.com and ProtonMail.com email aliases addresses and why you absolutely need to use them:    #5- Here's what you need to know about car odometer tampering and Carfax reports in Latin America:There's a whole lotta tampering going on...  #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: [email protected] #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
5/5/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 04.30.23

#1- Used car buying tips: Note that the used car market in Latin America is a different kind of animal than what you are used to.   #2- Seeing sexism and machoism on display at every level: It’s so pervasive the ladies are used to it. Today we get to hear a Latina’s “boots on the ground” story about her sexist, abusive landlord and her own sexist brother. #3- Colonoscopies in Latin America: As unpleasant as it sounds, of you're over 50 it's a necessary evil. So today we take a trip to a Latin gastroenterologist. #4- Sexual harassment in Latin America: Ladies, you need to pay attention to this particular “boots on the ground” story    #5- Food expiration dates in Latin American stores: Unlike in the USA, things routinely get sold beyond their expiration dates in Latin America . Should expats be worried?  #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: [email protected]   #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
5/1/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 04.28.23

#1- Coffee culture in Latin America and the trouble with Starbucks: Yes, Starbucks is all over the place down here too and causing lots of unintended, unpredictable secondary cultural effects  #2- A Latin American side trip you will want to take!  #3- Inflation and product downsizing in Latin America:  #4- The trouble with Haiti: Yes, it’s considered a Latin American country too… so we have to talk about it sooner or later #5- Vigilante justice in Latin America: #6- Clamoring for President Bukele: Today we explain why every single 3rd world country citizen poll rates Salvador’s president Bukele as a one of a kind savior and a hero, while at the same time the 1st world country media despise him... painting paint him as an evil dictator.   #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: [email protected] #8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
4/28/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 04.21.23

#1- Is the “Gringo Advantage” alive and well or slowly dying? Are certain bad gringos who’ve gone native ruining it? #2- How to ditch a gringo expat “time vampire”: #3- The 10 worst gringo/expat apartment and real estate rental mistakes: #4- How to gouge a gringo…let me count the ways: #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: [email protected] #6- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
4/26/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 04.23.23

Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1237, SUN, APR 23 (04-23-23)     #1- Is the “gringo advantage” in mating, dating, love and romance alive and well… or slowly fading… as more and more gringos pile in?     #2- Travelling through airports with gold coins, cash, crypto and bullion and what about that pesky $10000 reporting rule? #3- A word about rent-a-cops and those uniformed dickhead slugs  that lord over us at the airport: #4- 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: [email protected] #5- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":   The new edition for 2022 (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”.  
4/26/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 04.16.23

Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1235, SUN, APR 16 (04-16-23)     #1- Cowards in paradise: Today we discuss certain mentally anemic Americans and why we don’t want them in Latin America:  #2- Latin American cost of living update:    #3- Inflation in Latin America: What gringos and expats need to know…   #4- Purchasing car insurance in Latin America: What you absolutely need to consider.   #5- Are you duped by lame stream media statistics?   #6- disgusting Port-a-potties and other horrible public event experiences:    #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: [email protected] #8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":   The new edition for 2022 (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”.
4/18/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 04.14.23

Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1234, FRI, APR 14 (04-14-23)     #1-Gun ownership in Latin America- PART 3: Today we talk about the best types of guns to have around the house if you happen to live in Latin America     #2- Ever wonder how local Latinos feel about those weekly crazy mass killings that occur with such regularity up in the states? Guess what? Killings of the same mindless type are happening in Latin America too. You’re just not hearing about them…   #3- Tips for dog owners in Latin America: You will need these suggestions if you don’t want your dog to turn into the usual suspect dirty smelly untrained Latino skuzball pet         #4- 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:   [email protected]   #5- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.      
4/18/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 04.09.23

Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1233  SUN, APR 09 (04-09-23)  #1-How to make and lose Latino friends in 3 easy lessons; #2- Party topics and themes that are sure to piss off and alienate any Latinos in the crowd: #3- BEWARE- Latinas are all in on that BS pseudoscience known as astrology   #4- A new “boots on the ground” story that will surely astound and amuse you:   #5- That famous Latino English letter T-SHIRT craze takes a weird turn: #6- About those wandering guitar totin’ scruffy gringo backpacker troubadours….    #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: [email protected]   #8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
4/11/20230
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The Expat Files - 04.07.23

#1-The latest “Expat Insider” seminar reviews are coming in: Listen and hear the good the bad and the ugly      #2- How NOT to get your phone stolen: Cell phones are the number one stolen item in Latin America so pay attention  #3- Ecuador allows civilians to own guns for the first time in 12 years: Wonder why? … it’s because violent crime is up 100% since just last year   #4- CBD oil in Latin America: Is it legal and available? #5- What, expat retirement rags like AARP and International Living are NOT telling you about their top 10 picks:  #6- DYK that lunatic Klaus Schwab and his idiotic World Economic Forum wokesters have actually selected their top 5 retirement destination picks for SOUTH America? Aren’t you curious to know their pics, and why?  #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: [email protected]   #8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
4/7/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 04.02.23

Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1231 SUN, APR 02 (04-02-23)    #1-Whats up with all of those Dead Black tinted car windows? Should you tint yours that way?:   #2- How not to get robbed while in your car:    #3- Car burglar alarms in Latin America: Do you need one?   #4- What ever happed to Latin Rock and Roll music? It was alive and well and really huge in the 1980's, 90's through the year 2000 but completely vanished by about 2005...     #5- What's wrong with Peru as a Plan B? Today we highlight 10 reasons why it's not recommended     #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: [email protected]   #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.    
4/3/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 03.31.23

#1- Where do toxic gringo “wokesters” linger in Latin America? How can you avoid or foil them?- Part 2:  #2- TEN more reasons Panama is not my choice for a permanent “Plan B” destination: #3- What is the profile of the average Expat? #4- Some bad news about getting around in Latin America for people with mobility issues and physical impairments: New studies show that 4 out of 5 Latin American streets are NOT walker, cane or wheelchair accessible.  #5- What the world doesn't know about the Chinese presence in Latin America: Should we worry? In a word, Yes.   #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: [email protected] #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
3/31/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 03.24.23

Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1229 FRI, MAR 24 (03-24-23)     #1- What you need to know about female taxi drivers in Latin America:  #2- Counterfeit money and cloned goods in Latin America:   #3- Today we discuss how the “wokeness” virus has hit the US military and how it has been driving smart and astute US military personnel into a “Plan B”,,, get out of Dodge mode:  #4- 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: [email protected]   #5- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
3/27/202327 minutes, 59 seconds
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The Expat Files - 03.17.23

#1- What Latinas (the ladies) want: Gringos will want to hear this. It’s the million peso question…   #2- The problem with IKEA: It might sound like a good thing that IKEA has franchise throughout Latin America but the secondary effect is that they have steadily lowered the standards of local furniture quality and craftsmanship    #3- 20 more very good WTF reasons to get the hell out of dodge: #4- The word “Tacano” is an insult  that means cheapskate: It’s a big insult when directed toward a Latino man. Avoidance of that label is one of the main motivators Latino guys spend all they earn and don’t save dime. Even apparently successful Latinos are likely to be dead broke   #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: [email protected]   #6- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.    
3/17/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 03.12.23

Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1227 SUN, MAR 12 (03-12-23)    #1- Understandably, The Expat Files Show has listeners from many walks of life. Surprisingly enough we have many listeners on active duty in the US military: It might surprise you to know that upsetting emails come in regularly from soldiers lamenting the wokeness virus infecting the US troops at all levels. Who would have thought so many US soldiers now have a get out of dodge “Plan B”?     #2- Today we discuss the problem with a certain small percentage of gringos and expats who eventually “go native”: Here’s a tip- its best to avoid these guys, but in a friendly way. Here’s why…   #3- What you need to know about apartment and residential tower maintenance fees in Latin America: They differ quite a bit from maintenance fees in the 1st world… but in a very good way       #4- Robbed in Mexico by the cops! – AGAIN!! A loyal listener gives us the skinny on his latest Mexican robbery story. The question is…. how do you call the cops … on the cops?    #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: [email protected]   #6- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.         #1- Understandably, The Expat Files Show has listeners from many walks of life. Surprisingly enough we have many listeners on active duty in the US military: It might surprise you to know that I constantly get upsetting emails from soldiers lamenting the wokeness virus infecting the troops at all levels. Who would have thought so many US soldiers have a get out of dodge “Plan B”?     #2- The problem with certain small percentage of gringos and expats who eventually “go native”: Here’s a tip- its best to avoid these guys, but in a friendly way. Here’s why…   #3- What you need to know about apartment and residential tower maintenance fees in Latin America: They differ quite a bit from maintenance fees in the 1st world… but in a good way       #4- Robbed in Mexico by the cops! – AGAIN!! A loyal listener gives us the skinny on his latest robbery story. The question is…. how do you call the cops … on the cops?         #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: [email protected] #6- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":   The new edition for 2022 (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
3/13/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 03.10.23

#1- Johnny’s upcoming week-long Expat Insider is on for March 2023: Johnny’s next “boots on the ground” seminar will be held in Guatemala and El Salvador from Mar 17th thru 24th 2023. Just go to www.expatplanb.com for complete details and signup info. #2- “Indigenous Justice”- have you heard of it? It’s intense and....legal in some Latin American countries and makes sense, as long as you’re not on the reviving end of it! #3- Mexican narco gang crimes against tourists are in the news again: Will idiot gringo tourists never learn? #4- Amazing Stem Cell news: Main street cardiologists finally admit that Stem cell therapies not only work, but do so beyond their wildest expectations. So then why are these revelations coming so late? Because the guys that control the research money (dr. Falsi) will not fund the studies because Stem Cell treatments threaten the big pharma/hospital/surgical paradigm.    #5- Today a 7th generation Latino American blasts “Latinex” and “Latine” wokeness:   #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: [email protected] #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
3/10/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 03.05.23

Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1225 SUN, MAR 05 (03-05-23)     #1- Johnny’s upcoming week-long Expat Insider is on for March 2023: Johnny’s next “boots on the ground” seminar will be held in Guatemala and El Salvador from Mar 17th thru 24th 2023. Just go to www.expatplanb.com for complete details and signup info.    #2- Important Phone and Internet tips for gringos and expats in Latin America:   #3- Are you procrastinating with your "Plan B"? Thinking maybe it’s just too big a stretch to it going? Well today (for all you wimps out there) we have a “boots on the ground” story from a BLIND American guy who is well on his “Plan B” way…      #4- Gringos and Expats do have certain problems with their Latino and Latina domestic help: Mark my words, you will have problems like the ones we discuss today!   #5- What you need to know about those high interest rate dollar deposit accounts and CD's; Believe it or not some Latino Credit unions (called Cooperativas) are paying 10% on US dollar CD’s. Today we give you the dope on it... #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: [email protected] #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":   The new edition for 2022 (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”.      
3/6/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 03.03.23

#1- Johnny’s upcoming week-long Expat Insider is on for March 2023: Johnny’s next “boots on the ground” seminar will be held in Guatemala and El Salvador from Mar 17th thru 24th 2023. Just go to www.expatplanb.com for complete details and signup info. #2- Those last straw, “get the hell out of dodge” emails are piling up: #3- Gringos and expats business startups - an update:    #4- A medical tourism “boots on the ground” update: #5- More reasons NOT to buy property in Colombia: #6- Product warrantees and guarantees in Latin America: What's different about Latin American store return policies? #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: [email protected] #8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
3/6/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 02.26.23

Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1223 SUN, FEB 26 (02-26-23)     #1- Johnny’s upcoming week-long Expat Insider is on for March 2023:   Johnny’s next “boots on the ground” seminar will be held in Guatemala and El Salvador from Mar 17th thru 24th 2023. Just go to www.expatplanb.com for complete details and signup info.   #2- Gross Latino men habits that will make you wince: Today a rant about annoying personal Latino male habits you will never get used to… #3- How to remain calm as your Taxi, Uber or Lift driver runs stop signs and red lights:    #4- More Taxi and Uber tips for gringos and Expats:   #5- So you want to apply for Latin American Healthcare Insurance? Today we talk about those quirky Latin Health Insurance “pre-existing condition“ clauses and how expats should deal with them: #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: [email protected]   #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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 http://www.ExpatPlanB.com  and click on the "Latin American Healthcare Report”.
2/27/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 02.24.23

#1- Johnny’s upcoming week-long Expat Insider is on for March 2023: Johnny’s next “boots on the ground” seminar will be held in Guatemala and El Salvador from Mar 17th thru 24th 2023. Just go to www.expatplanb.com for complete details and signup info.    #2- The real extent of the un-PC atmosphere in Latin America: I many ways it’s refreshing to live in a culture where freedom of thought and speech of all kinds is tolerated, even when it rubs you the wrong way..     #3- Ten more irritating things about the gringo tourist trail: #4- My biggest construction errors revealed: After building and/or remodeling a dozen or so projects in 4 different countries in Latin America, today we talk about 2 big errors I personally made and why they were very big mistakes      #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: [email protected] #6- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.  
2/24/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 02.19.23

Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1221 SUN, FEB 19 (02-19-23)     #1- Johnny’s upcoming week-long Expat Insider is on for March 2023:Johnny’s next “boots on the ground” seminar will be held in Guatemala and El Salvador from Mar 17th thru 24th 2023. Just go to www.expatplanb.com for complete details and signup info.   #2- Avoiding Gringo “Wokesters” in Latin America:   Instead of punching them in the kisser... just avoid them   #3- The downside of being a smart, beautiful Latina lady: A revealing boots on the ground story   #4- Fact!! 99% of Expats have above average IQ’s: Listen to this rant … I can prove it   #5- Expat Social Media groups… should you join one? Some really suck, and others are more than worthwhile. Today you will find out how to tell at first glance     #6- Miami mailbox tips: You will need one so do hear this min-rant #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: [email protected]   #8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.  
2/20/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 02.17.23

#1- Johnny’s upcoming week-long Expat Insider is on for March 2023: Johnny’s next “boots on the ground” seminar will be held in Guatemala and El Salvador from Mar 17th thru 24th 2023. Just go to www.expatplanb.com for complete details and signup info.    #2- Some people resent the “Gringo Advantage” #3- Gyms and health clubs in latin America: What gringos need to know #4- The pitfalls of the “Latin Cupid” dating sites:How a nerdy introverted gringo struck gold there ... a “boots on the ground” story #5- Odd superstitions that nudge Latin Society along: #6- Why Latinos are more grounded than Americans: Latinos see neighborhood soothsayers and clairvoyants instead of pill pushing psychologists and psychiatrists #7- Why there is an epidemic of gastritis in Latin America   #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: [email protected]   #9- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.  
2/17/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 02.13.23

Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1219 SUN, FEB 12 (02-12-23)     #1- Johnny’s upcoming week-long Expat Insider is on for March 2023: Johnny’s next “boots on the ground” seminar will be held in Guatemala and El Salvador from Mar 17th thru 24th 2023. Just go to www.expatplanb.com for complete details and signup info.   #2- Shaking down supermarket thieves in Latin America: The gringo advantage rides again!   #3- When politicians “off” each other: Yup, around election time it’s a Latin American national sport #4- These “real” Latin America homicide stats will surprise you: #5- A “sexual monster” bites the dust in Ecuador: #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: [email protected] #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":   The new edition for 2022 (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”.  
2/13/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 02.10.23

#1- Johnny’s upcoming week-long Expat Insider is on for March 2023: Johnny’s next “boots on the ground” seminar will be held in Guatemala and El Salvador from Mar 17th thru 24th 2023. Just go to www.expatplanb.com for complete details and signup info. #2- The good the bad and the ugly gyms and workout spaces in Latin America: #3- A mystery solved.... why so many luxury SUVs in Latin America? #4- Having a ”Plan B” in the DR versus in Guatemala: A tale of two “Plan B” countries explained #5- Get a new lease on life in Latin America; Let the world implode, You'll be A-ok south of the border   #6 – What you need to know about those spectacularly beautiful (and sometimes awfully ugly) Latin America beaches: #7- Mexico bans GMO corn imports from the USA: It’s a big deal .. but there’s a huge loophole    #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: [email protected] #9- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":The new edition for 2022 (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”.
2/10/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 02.05.23

Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1217 SUN, FEB 05 (02-05-23)     #1- Johnny’s upcoming week-long Expat Insider is on for March 2023: Johnny’s next “boots on the ground” seminar will be held in Guatemala and El Salvador from Mar 17th thru 24th 2023. Just go to www.expatplanb.com for complete details and signup info. Note that by popular demand the $500 early-bird discount is extended until February 10th. #2- Inconvenient Crypto facts:   #3- Scammed online: A sad but common expat danger #4- A word about renouncing US citizenship:   #5- Disney world and the Latino pilgrimage; The life of a Muslim is not complete unless he makes the trek to mecca, the Jews must see Israel and for Latinos, its Disney World    #6- Revisiting metal plaque and manhole cover theft in Latin America:     #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:   [email protected]   #8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
2/6/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 02.03.23

Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1216 FRI, FEB 03 (02-03-23)     #1- Johnny’s upcoming week-long Expat Insider is on for March 2023: Johnny’s next “boots on the ground” seminar will be held in Guatemala and El Salvador from Mar 17th thru 24th 2023. Just go to www.expatplanb.com for complete details and signup info. Note that by popular demand the $500 early-bird discount is extended until February 10th.   #2- The problems with getting around in Latín America if you DON’T have car: Sure Uber, Lift and the local analog apps work AMOST like they do in the states but there are some very noteworthy differences you must consider.   #3- Why are you getting so many annoying little Electric Shocks around the house? Today we discuss the bad wiring facts of life in Latin America and why it always seems to get worse during the rainy season      #4- Are you aware that amazing real estate deals are coming to Venezuela: Everyone knows it’s a disaster zone now but soon it will be a buyer’s paradise. Here are  the signs and what to look for…   #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:   [email protected]   #6- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
2/3/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 01.29.23

  Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1215 SUN, JAN 29 (01-29-23)     #1- Johnny’s upcoming one week-long Expat Insider is on for March 2023: Johnny’s next “boots on the ground” seminar will be held in Guatemala and El Salvador from Mar 17th thru 24th 2023. Just go to www.expatplanb.com for complete details and signup info. Don’t forget to sign up before February 1st  to get in on the $500 early-bird discount.    #2- Comparing Guatemala versus El Salvador: Getting down to Plan B basics   #3- Though the traditional “American Dream” is dead, a non-traditional version of the phenomenon exists online: And it takes a gringo/expat to realize this fact…   #4- Public hospital gang wars: Reason #34356 why you never want to end up in a Latin American PUBLIC national health hospital      #5- The truth about no smoking zones in Latin America: Everything gringo (good and bad) eventually ends up in Latin America including smoking restrictions, but can they even enforce them?       #6- Maintenance avoidance culture: It’s not only annoying, it can sometimes lead to tragic results      #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:   [email protected]   #8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
1/30/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 01.27.23

#1- Johnny’s upcoming one week-long Expat Insider is on for March 2023: Johnny’s next “boots on the ground” seminar will be held in Guatemala and El Salvador from Mar 17th thru 24th 2023. Just go to www.expatplanb.com for complete details and signup info. Don’t forget to sign up before February 1st  to get in on the $500 early-bird discount.  #2- The AI phenomena: Should we embrace it or be scared shitless?     #3- Its important to listen to this before you buy a vehicle in Latin America: Here’s what you need to know (but unfortunately no one will ever tell you this) #4- nearly a half million flood damaged vehicles are pouring into Latin America: How not to be duped… #5- The stark realities of the maintenance crisis in Latin American- Part 2:  #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: [email protected] #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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”.
1/27/202328 minutes
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The Expat Files - 01.22.23

 Descriptions- EXPAT FILES SHOW #1213 SUN, JAN 22 (01-22-23)     #1- Johnny’s upcoming one week-long Expat Insider is on for March 2023: Johnny’s next “boots on the ground” seminar will be held in Guatemala and El Salvador from Mar 17th thru 24th 2023. Just go to www.expatplanb.com for complete details and signup info. Don’t forget to sign up before February 1st  to get in on the $500 early-bird discount.    #2- The problem with electrical connections in Latin America: Can't find a single GFI electrical outlet in your house or apt? Should you be worried? #3- A backpacker’s guide to getting out of Dodge: #4- What you didn’t know about valet parking in Latin America:   #5- Latin American VIP spaces for idiots and dweebs:     #6-  Revisiting the “5 at 50” problem for gringos and expats:   #7- A word (or ten) about generic drugs in Latin America:  #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: [email protected]   #9- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": The new edition for 2022 (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 http://www.ExpatPlanB.com    and click on the "Latin American Healthcare Report”.    
1/23/202328 minutes