The Expat Files: Living in Latin America

#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