Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "2026 - LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":

The new edition for 2026 (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                

·  Avoid Facebook expat groups — they create a dependency bubble full of know-it-alls, sellers, and political ranting.

·  WhatsApp is essential in Latin America; without it you’re basically cut off from daily life.

·  Machetes are common and rarely used for crime except crimes of passion.

·  Cleaning staff often salvage useful items from your trash and may open their purses for inspection when leaving.

·  Most toilets are cemented rather than properly bolted to the floor to save time and money.

·  Cheap steel screws rust rapidly in the tropics; stainless steel is rarely used by local contractors.

·  Peruvian flute bands mysteriously appear in every tourist-heavy park around the world selling CDs no one will ever play.

·  Boa constrictors almost never kill people, but venomous snakes still cause several hundred deaths a year in Latin America, especially in rural areas.

 Be sure to pick up my newly updated, “2026 – LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT”:

The new edition for 2026 (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- More on that crazy Guatemalan Jade mining story:

#2- Proof why Latin American governments can never be trusted: 

Oh, and the US govt is even worse….

#3- The problem with Miami mailbox forwarding services:

#4- What you never knew about your Latin American electric bill:

#5- Why buying a hybrid car is NEVER recommended:

#6- How newbee green gringos are easily misled by woke Fakebook gringo expats sites:

#7- More proof that only corrupt people need run for Latin American political office:

The question is… are the candidates just a little corrupt or a lot corrupt?  

#8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "2026 - LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":

The new edition for 2026 (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- DYK that severe Air B&B restrictions are in the works in most all Latin American countries?

So, as govts. crack down, Gringos and expats must be aware that owning an Airbnb is NOT a long term good or sure investment anymore...  

#2- DYK Costa Rica has double the minimum wage of most all other Latin American countries, and they enforce it:

That means in the rest of Latin America you can get 2 cleaning ladies for the price of a single Costa Rican maid…  

#3- What laws do Latin American cops actually crack down on or seem to enforce?

#4- Homeowner’s insurance policies in Latin America:

#5- Emotional support animals and their whimpy owners in Argentina:

#6- About that rat's nest of wires you're seeing on the nearest power pole:

#7- My Book Review of a brand new must read called, “ THE GRINGO ADVANTAGE”

Finally… there is an actual no BS step by step guide to getting out of dodge...

#8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "2026 - LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":

The new edition for 2026 (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- Dumb and dumber in Latin America:

#2- A word about physical books and bookstores in Latin America:

#3- What you really need to know about phone and internet plans in Latin America:

#4- What the Narcoculture influence has done to women in Mexico:

#5- Emotional support animals and their wimpy owners in Argentina:

#6- The downsides of having a Latina GF:

#7- Latino male complaints about American Gringas:

#8- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "2026 - LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":

The new edition for 2026 (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- To be fat or obese in Latin America:

#2- Ozempic and GLP-1’s have arrived in Latin America:

Is that a good or bad thing? Do the locals even understand it?

#3- Brownouts, blackouts and power outages in Latin America AND the USA:

Are you prepared to suffer or will you just put up with it?

#4- Why its absolutely time to go solar and off-grid no matter where you live:

Why the payback time period is worth the initial cost…  

#5- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "2026 - LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":

The new edition for 2026 (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                

Descriptions - 

#1- When your rudimentary Spanish suddenly allows you to hear things you are not supposed to hear:

#2- Living super cheap in the Latin American boonies:

#3- The govt in Ecuador is more corrupt than you can imagine:

#4- So many little daily irritations have such simple solutions that are never addressed:

#5- The #1 crime (by far) committed against individuals in Latin America is.....

#6- What do most American women who fly down to Latin America for plastic surgery (BBL’s, etc) have in common- besides wanting an improved butt and a thinner waist 

#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, "2026 - LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":

The new edition for 2026 (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- The preponderance of hacks and data breaches in Latin America and how they affect gringos and Expats:

#2- Scammers impersonating me trying to sell crap in my name:

#3- The Latin American / Miami real estate connection is real:

#4- Envy, jealosy and snobbery in Latin America:

#5- The simple thing that most all successful Expats have in common:

#6- You don’t ever want a Latino, or especially a Latina, to refer to you as a “papa sin sal”    

#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, "2026- LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT":

The new edition for 2026 (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- What do Expat Files listeners have in common?

#2- When legal Latinos living in the USA throw in the towel, get out of dodge, and move back to their home country:

#3- Latin American “sweatshop” realities;

#4- Lotteries in Latin America:  Who wins?

#5- DYK that Ecuador is on its 7th round of curfew lockdowns, all of that in just the last two and half years?

Meanwhile, Ecuador is forever touted by so-called USA retirement experts as a top choice for retiring expats… how do you square that?

#6- Why does every scumbag Latin American politician say he loves El Salvador’s Bukele and his measures yet none of these other shit-bag politicians has yet to implement any Bukele’s ideas:

#7- The rapidly accelerating sad fate of Latin America’s 2.5 million call center workers:

#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 2026 (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- What about becoming an Expat in Portugal?

Yes, if you've noticed, in the last few years expat rags and social media have been promoting Portugal as a great Plan B. Well, sorry to say, unless you have a nice fat nest- egg or great pension above and beyond social security you will never make ends meet.

#2- The truth about modern-day backpackers:

You might be surprised to hear that in today's world it’s not like the backpacking days of old…

#3- 1st World American women neuroticisms versus 3rd World Latina neuroticisms:

They're on a totally different scale...

#4- How will you react when your Latina girlfriend asks to scroll through and inspect YOUR smart phone?

#5- How Expats and gringos are handling the continuing power outages in Ecuador (or not):

#6- Why suddenly, many of those expensive private bilingual helicopter schools are in trouble and closing:

#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 2026 (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”.