The Expat Files: Living in Latin America

#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”.

#1- When Gringo Expats in Latin America exhibit stupid and asinine behavior:

#2- TDS- Trump Derangement Syndrome in Latin America:

Funny how Latinos don’t seem to exhibit it, but a certain percentage of Gringo Expats and tourists certainly do…

#3- How to instantly confirm that you have been stupid about your tattoos:

#4- The huge, recent 16-million-person data and credit card hack in Ecuador:

#5- More on the frequent electrical power outages in Latin America:

#6- The problem with Jade stones in Guatemala:

#7- Meanwhile, as we lucky expats watch the USA train derail from a nice, safe distance….

#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”.

Hey Guys, use this audio attached please, the one I sent earlier today was missing the intro and exit bit.. but this one is complete.. sorry about that but I'm on vacation in the Mediterranean and the connections and circumstances are a bit crude...................... 

Descriptions - THE EXPAT FILES SHOW #1509, FRI, MAY 29 (05-29-26): 

#1- A word about “influencers” and other internet beggars:

#2- DYK the hantavirus that’s been all over the news lately actually was first detected in Argentina a half century ago?

Even in that country of 40 million people it's been around a long time and only kills a handful of super old and immune compromised people each year- so Argentines think the rest of the world is completely nuts for worrying about it. So much for another big pharma false start on the next Plandemic.

#3- Do Chinese solar products spy on you?

Since 95% of panels, inverters and batteries come from China, should you worry?

#4- Poisoned and enabled by “Remissas”;

How certain Latinos back home start viewing their so-called “wealthy” relatives up in the states as human  ATM machines. It was only a matter of time… and human nature...

#5- Some hints and tips on what type of maid or cleaning lady you should NEVER consider hiring!!

#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 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- When Gringo Expats in Latin America get bored with their lives:

#2- Tips concerning Electrical Appliances (you will thank me for later) when you finally go solar and get off the grid :

#3- How to instantly confirm that you have been stupid about your Amazon purchases:

#4- The two most dependable and available solar power inverter brand(s) I recommend for use in Latin America:

#5- Ever wonder how often Amazon stuff gets damaged in shipping once it lands in Latin America?

After all, your stuff has been on a hell of a long trip and tossed around by many sets of brutish handlers…

#6- Some Aduana tips and hacks to avoid or reduce import taxes:

#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”.

#1- When an Expat in Latin America owns property, what happens to it when he or she dies?

#2- You won’t believe the strange peculiarities of Latino inheritance laws:

#3- “Point of use” tankless versus tank water heaters:

A discussion of the only type of water heater you should consider for use in Latin America…

#4- The truth about solar power backup versus LP gas or diesel backup generators:

#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 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”.

Descriptions - EXPAT FILES SHOW #1506, FRI, MAY 08 (05-8-26): 

#1- “Karens” in Latin America:

#2- Having a bad neighbor in Latin America:

#3- Don’t make this shortsighted Hybrid car mistake:

#4- Sorting out Latin American “cost of living” myths:

#5- What you need to know about Latin America salaries:

#6- What is really "middle class" in Latin America?

#7- How all classes of Latinos have learned to live in the moment:

#8- When Expats LIE to you, or put spin on the reasons they pack it in and throw in the towel:

#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] 

#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”.

#1- Latina girls and a particular testy problem that arises when they are at work and when attending university:

#2- Churches, temples and mosques in Latin America:

#3- About those Muslim populations in Latin America:

#4- Using WAZE in Latin America:

#5- You need to know about power blackouts in Latin America:

#6- Backup generators in Latin America:

Should you get one?

#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”.

#1- Common folk “credit plans” in Latin America

#2- Home mortgages in Latin America:

#3- My personal internet regrets:

#4- The surprising, somewhat amazing, Latin American birthrate and life expectancy dats:

#5- The fate of expired food and medicines in Latin America:

#6- Going off the grid -Part 3

#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”.