The Expat Files: Living in Latin America

#1-  My personal history of being scammed in Latin America (by popular listener demand): Yes, we all get scammed in our lifetimes and have the scars to prove it, some more than others but hopefully we learn. There are bad people out there, though sometimes we're asking for it. We're just stupid , gullible, unlucky or ill-informed and thus become marks. Since no one is 100% immune from scams, before you start crying and whining about your own history of being clipped, you'll want to hear this story…   #2- Beware!!! With silver at over 100 bucks an ounce and gold over 5000, if you are lucky enough to have some, what are you supposed to do with it?  It's a dangerous time to buy, especially when there are tons of near perfect counterfeits out there on ebay and other online sites…   #3- Will Latin Americans ever accept self-driving cars and robots? Will the technology ever make it down to Latin America in a meaningful way?   #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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1-  The best and worst case scenarios when one attempts to build or remodel a house or property in Latin America: Today we cite examples at both ends of the spectrum… a gringo house building project that went very smoothly and a project that became a complete disaster…   #2- When your Latino neighbors have bodyguards: How might it affect you and what are you to make of it? #3- Crazy Latin American floor patterns and abrupt staircase height changes are common: Be extra careful or someday you will surely trip and fall on your ass… #4- When a building contractor's verbal and implied warranties,

Descriptions - EXPAT FILES SHOW #1490, FRI, JAN 16 (01-16-26):    #1- What Latin American Spanish rags are saying about the Maduro capture: Here's what 1st world captured media won't tell you…   #2- The “macho” culture restaurant effect- in reverse: Why does the lone gringo at the table so often get guilted into picking up the check?   #3- Crazy Latin American relationship facts- PART 2: A continued rant on why so many beautiful Latina women have unattractive, low-value husbands, boyfriends and errant kids…   #4- How to kill a formerly nice, popular gringo tourist spot: Might decapitating five or six locals and mounting their heads on poles at the beach do the trick?   #5- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- The Maduro capture and after effects in a few words:   #2- Gringos looking for love in Latin America:   #3- Why do so many beautiful Latina women have unattractive, low-value husbands and boyfriends?   #4- How to lose 2 points on your gringo attractiveness scale:     #5- Those ultra, ultra, super cheap gringos and expats who make all of us look bad:    #6- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

Descriptions - EXPAT FILES SHOW #1488, FRI, JAN 02 (01-02-26):    #1- What expats need to know about Chat GPT and other AI platforms:   #2- Expat Insider seminar stories that will amaze you:   #3- When the will to “get out of dodge” diminishes with time:   #4- Will your wife or significant other thwarts your Plan B efforts:     #5- No good deed goes unpunished (that goes for Latin America too):    #6- 10 most dangerous jobs:   #7- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- The ins and outs and proper steps to having your SS check deposited in your Latin American Bank Account:   #2- Why despite your natural resistance and repusion to brain numbing USA buerocracy …you really need to set up a personal account on the US Social Security website: Setting up a personal account on the SS  website will eliminate a lot of headaches when things go wrong (and they will go wrong eventually)   #3- DYK that in order to get residency in certain Latin American countries, there are multiple dreaded vaccine requirements? Yes, this is bad news, but some countries like Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador don't enforce those rules at all….   #4- Disgusting Latin American culinary surprises you will encounter:     #5- Tips for gringos and expats who are able to buy Latin American properties with CASH:    #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:

#1- 3rd world optimism versus reality:   #2- Why 3rd world countries remain 3rd world as 1st world countries slwly slip into 3rd world status:   #3- How Latinos score on the big 5 personality traits as compared to gringos and expats:     #4- Getting the Nobel piece (of shit) prize:     #5- Latin Americans have a certain idea of what your previous life in the USA was like…. and it is all wrong:   #6- Latin American party etiquite:       #7- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com   

#1- Expat landlords in Latin America: Is being a landlord worth the hassle? #2- 3rd world landlord rental property dilemmas you won't encounter in the 1st world:   #3- Why Latin American real estate deals don't seem to make sense to gingos and expats: You need to look beyond the obvious. Chances are you're not analyzing the secondary factors...   #4- Yo must get it into your head that Latin America is a “renter's” market:     #5- How smart Latin American real estate owner's low-ball their property tax bills:   #6- Why it's true that for most Latinos owning a home is practically the only way to beat inflation:       #7- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com   

#1- Latina eating habits that bug gringos and expats: Should you mention them or hold your tongue?   #2- Poor food safety and bad hygiene habits in Latino markets:   #3- The foolish dating app traps gringos and expats routinely fall for:     #4- Guilty pleasures -Part 2:     #5- The Latin American minimum wage battles:   #6- Data shows we are about 20% worse looking and less handsome than we think we are: Is that good or bad news?        #7- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- The downside of being bilingual: Yes, it's true, some people say there is a downside… #2- The 3rd world inferiority complex: #3- The “not so obvious' signs that you are experiencing a 3rd world country: By the way, the USA is moving along on that fast track path… #4- Driving self-defense tips when on the road in Latin America:   #5- A word about gringo fashion sense or lack of it, sometimes referred to as the Gringo / Latino  “bling” gap: #6- Latin American “Acts of God”(or not); #7- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- DYK there groups of expat gringos holding no kings protesters in Latin America? WTF? #2- Travel… the best education in the world: #3- The things your cleaning lady gets away with behind your back:   #4- No one likes a gringo “know it all”:   #5- Why is it so many fakebook expat groups seem to be made up of vocal, cringy,anti-capitalist, anti-trump wokesters? Thankfully though, they're found almost exclusively on the gringo tourist trail…      #6- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- Guilty pleasures: I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours… #2- The dark side of love and romance in Latin America: #3- TEN more good reasons to get the hell out of Dodge:   #4- Do Latina women lie when they openly compliment average gringo men on their looks and tell them that they are sooo handsome… #5- How Latinas classify and rate other Latinas: Often times Latinas are their own worst critics… #6- comparing Latin American Junk food versus typical American junk food: #7- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- The cost of dying in Latin America:   #2- What about wills, testaments and powers of attorney in Latin America:   #3- You won't believe the crazy differences between Latino funerals held in the campo (out in boonies) versus a typical funerals held in the city:     #4- Being a weekday Catholic in Latin America: Its awful confusing and definitely not logical…   #5- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- Nagging tax problems certain expats have long after they get out of dodge: #2- The real cost of being middle class in Latin America: #3- Why gringoized enclaves in Latin America can often be so disappointing to certain types of expats:   #4- Living in Latin America means you eventually will get passed counterfeit money: It's not a matter of if, but when…  #5- How I can easily spot a counterfeit funny money bill:  My personal trick… #6- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- When your taxi or uber driver smells like booze.. what then?  #2- A listener reports on his first robo-taxi trip: Is it even possible for them to transition to Latin America? #3- TEN more good reasons NOT to sign on to a Latin American national healthcare plan:  #4- You need to know about a foreigner's tough monetary requirements for Mexican permanent residency:  #5- Behind the scenes at an average Latin American restaurant: You might want to skip this rant…  #6- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- Why I don't recommend Nicaragua- PART 3:  #2- What you need to know about Latin American banks:  #3- The odd and strange sentences and fines Latin American courts hand down to guilty parties:    #4- The best and worst airlines for you to fly: According to me, my retired air traffic controller relative and simple logic…  #5- A toxic plastic lesson you won't soon forget:  #6- comparing Latin American Junk food versus typical American junk food:  #7- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- When is it safe to take a Moto-Uber? How about never…    #2- Now for a bit of real estate “boots on the ground” craziness:   #3- Racism in Latin America- Part 3: Most Latin Americans don't even know they are racists...   #4- Unchangable things that will continually baffle you in Latin America:  #5- Those certain harsh things you really want to say to the locals but don't…. Because you're an uninvited guest in their country (and that would be rude):  #6- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- When stupid "show off" gringos get robbed: Are they asking for it or is it just bad luck?    #2- Why do so many young adult Black American tourists wear gaudy, stupid bling: Duh... Don't they know its an idiot's invitation to get robbed?    #3- The Gringo “tourist” uniform and look: Why Latinos can spot us a mile away…   #4- Is Guatemala still a good choice for your Plan-B or is the bloom off the rose?     #5- The ins-and-outs of buying prescription drugs in a Latin American pharmacy and flying back home with the stuff: Will US customs mess with you or not?    #6- A listener does 6 weeks in a Mexican jail and buys his way out: Just another “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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- Everything you did and didn't want to know about Latino penis size: Including variations by country and culture…  #2- Informal and gray market jobs in Latin America:    #3- DYK that 50% of Latinos have side hustles: What's yours?  #4- WTF happened to all those thousands of little guys on every street corner selling CDs?  #5- Cellphone use and car accidents 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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- What if you had quick notice of a big permanent disaster in your country and had just 3 days notice to get out of Dodge? Realistically, where would you go? Do you have a proper network to help you?  #2- Everything you need to know about the Latin American verion of NETFLIX:    #3- Latinos have their own version of the “n” word: Here's the dope, and you'd better not use it in mixed company…     #4- Those seemingly “to good to be true” passive business opportunity investment deals aimed at gringos and expats: The red flags…. #6- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- What expats miss from back home: #2- Basements, attics and Man-Caves in Latin America:  #3- Latinos are the most emotional people on the planet:   #4- The fate of Gen X, Y and Z in Latin America:  #5- Profile of a Latin American “helicopter school”: #6- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com       

#1- The “Sueno Americano” is dead, but the patient doesn't know it yet:    #2- Yes, gringos and expats may claim most Latin Americans set the bar very low: On the flipside …it might be that setting the bar low is the key to happiness and a low stress life.  #3- ‘What about Argentina for your plan B?   #4- Buying property in Latin America with an S.A. corporation:    #5- The truth about purchasing an EV in Latin America: Is it a good or bad move for expats and 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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- A note to all the “BOOMERS' in the listening audience: #2- Casy Kasem lives! Oh noooo, not again!  #3- Chapiadores (gold diggers)- a deep dive:   #4- More solar power setup tips for Expats:  #5- What Latina women don't like but will put up with: #6- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com     

#1- How Latin American local country beer labels compare to internationally known brands:  #2- Latin Americans and their odd “cravings”:    #3- ‘Craft” beer joints in Latin America: Yup, they have arrived. Lag time strikes again…     #4- Hiding the “ugly” parts of Latin America from your visiting mum:  #5- What you need to know about the electric power in your home and the electric grid 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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- A surprising poll shows USA college-aged women of all stripes prefer the Latinas as an ideal body type and skin color:  #2- Why are Argentines so damn white?  #3- Emotional support dogs and other Latino copy-cat habits reserved for the wealthy classes:   #4- The case for having your Plan-B in the Guatemalan Altiplano:  #5- WTF happened to Costa Rica? My how the mighty have fallen: #6- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com   

#1- Ever wonder what Latinos think of us gringos and expats?  #2- Cheap-ass gringos and expats -Part 2  #3- Why Latinos think there are no poor gringos:    #4- Plastic contamination in Latin America: Almost NO-Latinos are paying attention or give a shit… (do you?)    #5- A word or two about furnishing your Latin home: Should you just suck it up and ship your furniture and appliances down and pay those hefty container fees? #6- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- Sex Latina style versus sex Gringa style: A very politically incorrect “boots on the ground” report…    #2- Success and failure rates for married couples with a Plan-B: How often do they throw in the towel?    #3- What about living in Latin America part time? Having a home in both places sounds like a nice solution at first, but….  #4- Gringos and the potable water situation in Latin America:    #5- A word about the sudden “gut punch” effect as more and more Latinos realize the American dream “sueno Americano” no longer exists for illegals in the states:   #6- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com   

#1- When you are stuck in a Latin American emergency room: #2- How international health insurance policies(like Cigna) rip off gullible gringos and expats:    #3- Multi-tier Latin American health insurance plans: Know how to choose correctly…  #4- What's up with those “free booze” kiosks at Latin American Costco, Walmart and big chain grocery stores?  #5- A word about those overly friendly supermarket display and product promotion girls:  #6- Should you tip the gas pump girls?  #7- The latest on how Latin American call centers use AI to scam feeble old fart Americans living up in the USA: #8- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com   

#1- My latest greatest DUI (or mostly DUI) Solar power system that's a perfect on or off the grid system for Plan-B expats:  #2- A detailed remodeling and home building checklist specifically for gringos and expats involved in construction, repair and / or renovation projects:  #3- A bit of the “ugly” in Latin America:    #4- Horrible traffic is the norm in Latin America: Either get used to it, live in a small town, live out in the boonies or go nuts:  #5- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- Johnny's AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2- Weird Latino labor laws and worker sick days in Latin América : #3- When a “license” is NOT a licence at all: #4- The league of corrupt Latino medical doctors:  #5- Big box store franchises in Latin America:    #6- The negative and positive secondary effects of gringos spoiling Latina women:   #7- Can Latino guys (who are serial cheaters) really be loyal and honorable friends expat gringos? #8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": the new edition for 2025 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com      #9- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- Johnny's AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates…  #2- Sexual predators in Latin América:  #3- How Latino men balance bigamy:  #4- When govts own the utilities guess what you get? The 3rd world:  #5- The Mexican experiment with defunding the police:  #6- One particular Latin Country has been rated in the top 3 most expensive foreign travel destinations for American tourists:  #7- When podcasters go bananas:  #8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": the new edition for 2025 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com      #9- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- Johnny's AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2- Striking things that physicians and dentists are saying to each other privately:  #3- When Latinos default on their loans:  #4- Stepfathers and child abuse in Latin America:  #5- More strange Latina and Latino names:  #6- Social media problem and Latin American kids:  #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": the new edition for 2025 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com      #8- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com   

#1- Johnny's AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates…  #2-  New and huge Latin American mega shopping malls are stuck on “Lag Time” mode too:  #3- Should you kill or just kick out uninvited home invaders?  #4- A reason to dislike those innocent harmless little geckos:  #5- How to spot a deported Latino in 10 seconds or less:  #6- What you need to know about airports in Latin America:    #7- 23 and Me: Did you get sucked into that DNA scam like my brother did?  #8- Are you withering away on your Social Security check?  #9- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": the new edition for 2025 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com      #10- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- Johnny's AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2-  What's with those odd looking hump backed Latin American cattle roaming around the countryside? #3- The pressure pot culture of Latin American kitchens: #4- Chicharones .. the national junk food of Latin America:    #5- Pet blessing ceremonies in Latin America: Yup, they have them regularly… but do they help?  #6- When Latinos hate on Latinos:  #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": the new edition for 2025 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com      #8- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- Johnny's AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates…   #2- Lessons learned from Gringo business failures in Latin America: Many gringos and expats have had an “Honorable” failure…      #3- TEN ways your Latin American business can go down the tubes: Keep your eyes open for these early warning signs…   #4- A big and tall man complains about living in Latin America:    #5- Forced biometric data collection arrives for all Mexican citizens and residents: A very bad idea in a failed state that is controlled by narcos…      #6- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": the new edition for 2025 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com      #7- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- Johnny's AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates…    #2- How to find the right Gringo business niche in Latin America: FYI- restaurants and tourist agencies are NOT business niches…    #3- Will you be extorted in Latin America? How frequent is it and what are the chances it will happen to you…   #4- Oil pipeline and LP gas thieves: A few words about the second largest illegal business in Mexico…   #5- In Ecuador, sexual violence against women is out of control: Because upwards of 40% of Ecuadorian women report they have been targeted, the president is pushing hard for a mandatory chemical castration law for rapists:    #6- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": the new edition for 2025 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com        #7- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com     

#1- Johnny's AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates…  #2- Sex, Love and Romance in Latin America - PART 9    #3- Finding a nice, grounded Latina GF in Medellin, Colombia: Good luck... ha, ha, ha!   #4- What “high maintenance” looks like in Latin America:  #5- My quick and dirty definition of a “shithole” country:    #6- More crazy-ass Latino names to rival the most moronic names coming out of US ghettos: Life is tough enough. Its had to fathom why “shit for brains” parents handicap kids on the first day of their lives...    #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": the new edition for 2025 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com      #8- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- Johnny's AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates…   #2- Translation Apps: Fantastic innovation or lazy man's crutch?   #3- Spanish language “dunces” unite!!    #4- The art of keeping an arm's length employee / employer distance with your cleaning lady and maintenance guy:   #5- Seeing cringy extreme gringo “wananbee “ syndrome on display:    #6- A cautionary tale of south of the border internet spying: How chronic Latin American indifference to detail can sometimes have very bad consequences … today's “boots on the ground” story   #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": the new edition for 2025 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com      #8- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- Johnny's AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates…    #2- How long will your retirement nest-egg last in Latin America? PART 2…   #3- Getting Social security payments in Latin America:   #4- A single Expat in Guatemala breaks down his total monthly expenses:    #5- Thinking of Latin America as a place of tranquility, calmness, peace and quiet? Think again…   #6- A word about the recent Mexican backlash and protests against gringos and expats who have settled in Mexico City:  #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": the new edition for 2025 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com      #8- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- Johnny's AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates…   #2- Three Mexican banks get blacklisted by the us SWIFT system for cartel money laundering (and more will fall): Do you live in Mexico? Are you worried yet?    #3- Where to keep your nest-egg or mother load (if you have one):   #4- A word about every Expat's natural disdain and revulsion for all politicians:  #5- More bad news out of Ecuador:  #6- Brazilians are finally turning on their socialist scumbag president Lula:  #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": the new edition for 2025 (and beyond) is available now, including the latest "Stem Cell Clinic" info and data and my top picks for the best treatment centers for expats and gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com      #8- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto consulting and training service (he's been deep into crypto since 2013). To get started, email him at: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com