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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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The Expat Files 5.16.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/05/16

#1- Announcing Johnny’s August 2025 “Expat Insider Seminar”:Join in the fun and mark off August 15th through 22nd on your calender. For some serious boots on the ground in both Guatemala and El Salvador go to www.expatplanb.com click on the seminar link and get in on the early bird discount. #2- Why so many disagreeable gringos and expats in Latin America? #3- Costa Rica is in decline; It has priced itself out of the middle class tourist market while continuing to lie about the large crime

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The Expat Files 5.11.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/05/11

#1- Announcing Johnny’s August 2025 “Expat Insider Seminar”:Join in the fun and mark off August 15th through 22nd on your calender. Get your boots on the ground and drink from the fire hose in Guatemala and El Salvador. Just go to www.expatplanb.com click on the seminar link and get in on the early bird discount. #2- Does Uber have a future in Latin America? No not much… #3- More proof most Latinos only think about the present: #4- Being anonymous in Latin America: Is it still

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The Expat Files 5.9.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/05/09

#1- Announcing Johnny’s August 2025 “Expat Insider Seminar”:Join in the fun. Mark August 15th through 22nd on your calendar and join me for a week as we drink from the fire hose in both Guatemala and El Salvador. To get in on the early bird discounts just go to www.expatplanb.com and click on the seminar link. #2- "SIN VERGUENZA” is a phrase you will hear a lot here in Latin America: It means whne a person is without shame or one who is shameless. Time to elaborate…. #3- Does it surprise

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The Expat Files 5.4.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/05/04

#1- Announcing Johnny’s August 2025 “Expat Insider Seminar”:Join in the fun. Mark August 15th through 22nd on your calendar and join me in spending the week drinking from the fire hose in both Guatemala and El Salvador… #2- Expats living the “beach house” life: Is it what it’s cracked up to be? Today we discuss the pros and cons of living the Expat beach house retirement dream… #3- A listener proposes a totally un-PC Latin American IQ test: Un-PC yes…but somehow it makes sense… #4- Social

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The Expat Files 5.2.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/05/02

#1- Announcing Johnny’s August 2025 “Expat Insider Seminar”:Join in the fun and mark August 15th through 22nd on your calender. We’ll be spending that week drinking from the fire hose in both Guatemala and El Salvador… #2- Scammed in Latin America: It’s happened to me a few times, but you live and learn. Don’t think you’re so smart that it can’t happen to you… #3- Latin America is ripe for pyramid schemes and multi-level marketing scams: Scammers continue to target millions of gullible

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The Expat Files 4.27.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/04/27

#1- Announcing Johnny’s August 2025 “Expat Insider Seminar”:Join in the fun and mark August 15th through 22nd on your calender because we’ll be spending the week drinking from the fire hose in both Guatemala and El Salvador… #2- A world travelling Expat listener tells us about his worst Air B&B experiences in Colombia: #3- Huelgas, protests and roadblocks: Get use to it…their just the facts of life in Latin America… #4- What you need to know about using WAZE in Latin America: #5- The

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The Expat Files 4.25.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/04/25

#1- Announcing Johnny’s August 2025 “Expat Insider Seminar”: #2- A world travelling listener chimes in by saying the occasionally disgusting Latin American bathrooms are nothing compared to the crap bathrooms she’s seen in certain parts of Europe #3- More very odd latin American personal names that will make you either laugh or cry: #4- More bad news for all you tattooed folks : #5- Our man in Oaxaca Mexico finally throws in the towel: After 8 years his paradise has turned sour.. #6- three

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The Expat Files 4.20.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/04/20

#1- The annoying “one upmanship” problem that certain expats and gringos seem to want to bring to the table: #2- Expats and their tired old “war stories”: Why do certain Expats blather on about what they used to own and what they lost in the divorce? Why do they still carry around old photos of that lost beach house and Range Rover? #3- Expats and gringos, be advised that no one wants to see photos of your kids or grandkids or hear about their spectacular brilliance: Its dead boring to hear

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The Expat Files 4.18.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/04/18

#1- When you think your Spanish is better than it really is: A common gringo / expat delusion… #2- (Today by popular demand) The Guatemalan permanent Residency process described in great detail: #3- That weird and crazy “apostille” process: There are two types of “apostilles’ actually. If you apply for residency in any Latino country you will have to be familiar with both of them… #4- How to get instantly disqualified from the Permanent residency process: #5- The problem with using the US Postal

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The Expat Files 4.13.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/04/14

#1- A word about those very big and nasty flying cucarachas: #2- Boots on the ground in Paraguay: How even smart, astute, Spanish speaking gringos get scammed in Paraguay... #3- Direct from the ER (Emergency Room): Some amazingly brutal Latin American motorcycle crash stats… #4- Bicycle riding in Latin America: Is it safe, enjoyable and recommended for gringos and expats? #5- How Latinos deal with death and tragedy: It’s different in some ways than how we gringos handle it… #6- Latino humor

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The Expat Files 4.11.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/04/11

#1- The strange phenomena of how certain absolutely talentless Latino males become super-popular, super-rich music DJ’s:Lets see now, they can’t sing, can’t write songs, can’t banter (not much can be done with a 20 word vocabulary) and they can’t play a single musical instrument… WTF? #2- When there’s always an Earthquake, fire or hurricane on the Latin American horizon- what’s the proper building material to use when constructing or buying a home in Latin America? #3- Why is it Latinos are

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The Expat Files 4.6.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/04/06

#1- “Hey Mommy… a Narco’s moved into the neighborhood”- Part 2 #2- Bad with money: How wealthy Latinos routinely waste their dough: #3- Too many houses: Why wealthy Guatemalans generally own three different beautiful homes but oddly enough, none are maintained to gringo standards… #4- A few words about owning a beach house in Latin America: It’s a dream of many. Problem is the maintenance is never ending, so the image is usually much nicer than the reality... #5- Be sure to pick up my newly

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The Expat Files 4.4.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/04/04

#1- TP problems in Latin America: Don’t laugh… it’s a real situation… #2- Believe it or not, Latinos think a person is wealthy when they see the following item or items in his home… #3- The challenges of living in culture that has been continuously repaired by large gobs of silicone caulk: #4- What’s up with all the bare lightbulbs, and generally poor and crappy lighting in most all Latino homes? #5- DYK that AI is now being tasked to write fake Amazon and other online product reviews? So

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The Expat Files 3.28.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/03/28

#1- Scammed again by a Mexican Timeshare company:Fresh green gringos are perfect targets… #2- Where do Mexican cartels get their drones, AK’s and RPG’s? Ask Zalensky… #3- DYK that because of a recent explosion in crime, both Peru and Ecuador are under martial law? Bottom line? Be careful when selecting your Plan B destination… #4- What are the chances you'll get stopped at customs with a shitload of Latin American coffee (or arts and crafts)? More “boots on the ground” stories… #5- A

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The Expat Files 3.23.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/03/23

#1- Why you should be very careful using Whatsapp: You will be forced to use it in Latin America. Everyone uses it because its free (so they think) but beware… #2- Latin American vehicle insurance chaos is never ending: #3- Pay attention to the following car accident scenarios as described: If you drive long enough in Latin America, eventually one or more of these eventualities will happen to you… #4- About those expat/gringo language hypocrites you will certainly meet: #5- Yet another handful

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The Expat Files 3.21.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/03/21

#1- Comfortably unreliable Latinos: #2- Sin Verguenza means “no shame” A term you will hear frequently in Latin America… #3- Gas station etiquette: #4- Negative gringo stereotypes: #5- When is “lag time” good? #6- Autistic kids in Latin America” #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

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The Expat Files 3.16.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/03/16

#1- The good and bad news on the Latin American garbage and litter front: #2- Big Latin American cities are NOT as polluted as you might think: #3- More mating and dating tips when looking for love in Latin America: #4- Can gringos and expats overlook the bad cultural habits of Latinos and Latinas? #5- You might find it hard to believe, but amazingly enough, Latin ladies don’t nag: Instead of nagging their husbands to fix the light or take out the garbage, most ladies just stay mum and do it

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The Expat Files 3.14.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/03/14

#1-Latinos don’t understand that its dangerous to send sensitive info like cedulas, passports and contracts willy nilly over the internet and insecure platforms like whatsapp: When will they learn? #2- How Elon and DOGE are affecting certain Expat Files listeners: #3- The very bad money and credit habits of Latin Americans: Latin Americans are clueless about basic finance and money issues… #4- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REPORT": the new edition for

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The Expat Files 3.9.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/03/09

#1- Cartel and gangbanger report: #2- When expats become old and decrepit: Do you have a plan? Are you ready for that eventuality? #3- Solutions for aging out comfortably in Latin America: #4- The unfairness of the “gringo advantage”: #5- Receiving Social Security in Latin America: The traps and tips… #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

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The Expat Files 3.7.25

The Expat Files: Living in Latin America ·

2025/03/07

#1- More really good reasons to skip riding the Chicken Bus: #2- The weird yet predicable habits of wealthy Latino gringo wannabees: #3- More I-Phone theft stories that might make you want to stick to a cheap Android: #4- 10 gross reasons why you should avoid renting Air B&B’s in Latin America: #5- You say you can’t wait to hire a cleaning lady? #6- Solar power and EV Lithium battery lies, fake news and misconceptions: If you still think they’re prone to catching fire and blowing up,

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