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The Expat Files: Living in Latin America

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

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United States

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

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English


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The Expat Files 5.5.24

5/6/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

Duration:00:28:00

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The Expat Files 5.3.24

5/3/2024
#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: Bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 4.28.24

4/29/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 4.26.24

4/26/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 4.21.24

4/22/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 4.19.24

4/19/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 4.14.24

4/15/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 4.12.24

4/12/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 4.7.24

4/8/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 4.5.24

4/5/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 3.31.24

4/1/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 3.29.24

3/29/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 3.24.24

3/25/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 3.22.24

3/22/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 3.8.24

3/8/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 3.3.24

3/4/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 3.1.24

3/1/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 2.25.24

2/26/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 2.23.24

2/23/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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The Expat Files 2.16.24

2/16/2024
#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: bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com #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

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