The Expat Files: Living in Latin America

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The Expat Files: Living in Latin America episodes

July 13, 2025 The Expat Files 7.13.25
#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:
[email protected]
28 min
July 11, 2025 The Expat Files 7.11.25
#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:
[email protected]
28 min
July 04, 2025 The Expat Files 7.4.25
#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:
[email protected]
28 min
June 29, 2025 The Expat Files 6.29.25
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed:
Stay tuned for updates…
#2- Does Trump derangement syndrome and Elon Musk derangement syndrome (by proxy) exist in Latin America?

#3- Ground clearance and your car:
Bet you’ve never even heard the term before, yet it’s of great importance when buying a car in Latin America…

#4- Owning an EV (Electric vehicle) in Latin America:
Good or bad idea?
#5- Gringo and expat car buying mistakes while in Latin America:
#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:
[email protected]

28 min
June 27, 2025 The Expat Files 6.27.25
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed:
Stay tuned for updates…

#2- Transit cops and those ever-changing rules of the road:
Which ones can you easily ignore?

#3- Speed traps, bribes:
Are you easy pickings for corrupt cops?

#4- Used car buying tips in Latin America:

#5- A word about driving your vehicle down from the states:
Another crazy “boots on the ground” story…
#6- Those famous coco leaves and Bolivia:
#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:
[email protected]
28 min
June 23, 2025 The Expat Files 6.22.25
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed:
Stay tuned for updates…

#2- Latinos have some strange Christian habits:
Have you ever had a priest bless your new car, or apartment?

#3- Latinos do not appreciate Jesus jokes:
Tell some at parties and people will keep their distance…

#4- There are no atheists in foxholes… nor in Latin America:

#5- Latina females and Muslim males don’t mix:
A "boots on the ground" story…

#6- Should gringos and expats get homeowners insurance to cover their Latin American homes and apartments?
Latinos don’t…
#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:
[email protected]
28 min
June 20, 2025 The Expat Files 6.20.25
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed:
Stay tuned for updates…
#2- Challenges that new gringo expats need to overcome in their first year abroad, or probably just go home:
#3- Certain old gringo habits will die and new and different ones will take their place:

#4- How to get your USA Health insurance to cover your Latin American medical appointments and procedures:
A “boots on the ground” trip to the dentist in Guatemala…
#5- 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
#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]

28 min
June 15, 2025 The Expat Files 6.15.25
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed:
Stay tuned for updates…

#2- A 3rd generation Latino on the ground in Los Angeles explains to us what is REALLY happening with the LA immigration protests and riots”
Hint... it’s NOT what you have been lead to believe by the lame street media…

#3- How Latinos “south of the border” are reacting to the Los Angeles riots:
The ”American Dream” is on life support...

#4- A reality check on how tough is it to jump through those crazy Latin American residency hoops:

#5- TWELVE reasons why 99% of Americans will never pull the trigger on a Plan B:

#6- What you should know about NETFLIX in Latin America:

#7- A note about the average Latin American school-aged kid:

#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:
[email protected]

28 min
June 13, 2025 The Expat Files 6.13.25
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed:
Stay tuned for updates…

#2- Gringo Advantage hot tips:
You can use it intellegently or stupidly…

#3- Late breaking El Salvador news:
Surprising things are happening there that just don’t get reported in US lame stream media…

#4- The case for sending US criminals to El Salvador’s prisons:

#5- About those Los Angeles riots in support of USA illegal immigrants:
What’s the reaction here in Latin America…

#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:
[email protected]
28 min
June 08, 2025 The Expat Files 6.8.25
#1- Johnny’s August 2025 EXPAT SEMINAR has been postponed:
Stay tuned for updates…
#2- Customs and aduana issues you will encounter when ordering stuff online:

#3- What's this about so much unclaimed merchandise at the aduana?
Why would gringos order stuff online and occasionally not show up to reclaim it?

#4- Gringos and expats who get jobs at Latino trans-nationals:

#5- You might ask the following loaded question if you feel like the odd man out:
If you need an instant icebreaker while with a group of Latinos then listen to this…

#6- The present rental situation in Latin America:
#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:
[email protected]
28 min