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Descriptions - EXPAT FILES SHOW #1375 SUN, SEPT 22 (09-22-24) 

  #1- Do Haitians really eat cats and dogs? Today’s first wild and crazy “boots on the ground” story direct from the mouths of Haitians …   #2- How Latinas “mother” their Gringo husbands and boyfriends: The question is… do the men like it… or are they complaining?      #3- Can you differentiate Latinos originating from different countries by sight or by accent? For example- Can you tell a Peruvian from a Mexican from a Costa Rican, etc., etc.?

#4- Find out how I was called a ”racist” well before it was even popular to call people “racist”.  

#5- A cautionary email from another disgruntled Swedish listener:

#6- Are Argentines the most “racist” Latinos?  

#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 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 

#1- Ever notice that the vast majority of Latino homes appear to have been decorated with bad taste on an epic scale? Today we give a gentile reminder as to why you should NOT let your Latina GF or wife decorate your home…   #2- The strange and often embarrassing habits of wealthy Latinos: They should know better, but with wealth comes arrogance…      #3- Will millions of illegal Latinos in the USA really vote in the upcoming election? Yes, you’ve heard that hypothesis but can it really be?

#4- A scary cautionary email from a Swedish listener:

  #5- 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 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:

 

bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- Super nice (but retarded) Latin American “Customer Service” personnel explained:  

#2- When the “employee of the month” becomes the “shithead of the month”:

  #3- A boots-on-the-ground Venezuelan ballot box report from an actual “blue collar” Venezuelan who observed the voting shenanigans in his own town: Hear how the 1st world media and the Venezuelan media are both telling you the truth about the election, hiding things, and lying to you at the same time…  

#4- What you need to know about the spraying of toxic chemicals on fruit crops in Latin America:  

  #5- 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 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:

 

bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- What you need to know about “Certified Organic” food in Latin America:

How about “Almost Certified” food? 

#2- The not-so-obvious downsides to living in Latin America: 

#3- What gringos and expats can get away with that Latinos can’t: 

#4- The problem with those ubiquitous tortilla stands in Latin America: 

#5- Watch out for Latin American bank ATM glitches: 

#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 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:

bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1-Marry the girl, marry the family: That’s what you're in for in Latin America…  

#2- How to test the “sincerity” of your Latina or Latino romantic partner:

#3- Latino adolescent boys versus American adolescent boys:

#4- The fatal flaw in Latin American universities:  

#5- The “fake honey” problem in Latin America:

#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 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:

 

bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- How to scam a gringo: 

#2- How gays manage to live in the very macho Latin society: 

#3- Confessions of an Expat social media addict: 

#4- Hysterical expats with “Trump Derangement Syndrome”: 

#5- 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 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:

bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

 

#1- Why some previously gung-ho Plan-B Gringos throw in the towel and leave- Part 2: 

#2- The Latin American 'Nepotism" disease… or how Latinos insure their businesses remains 3rd world: 

#3- Latino body builders… skinny legs and all: 

#4- The real dope on the recent Venezuelan election:  

#5- 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 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:

bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- The problems with using Google and Whatsapp in Latin America:

#2- Road obstacles and missing manhole covers:

#3- Picking up Spanish by osmosis: 

#4- Latin parking lot etiquette:

#5- Gringo stress levels:

#6- What about all that Latin American graffiti?

#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 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 

#1- The truth about Latin American ‘Gym Rats”: 

  #2- the 4 most common Latin American building construction errors: 

#3- Latino body builders… skinny legs and all: 

#4- What about sexual micro-aggressions in super macho Latin America? 

#5- Sweatshops in Latin America: 

#6- How Latino tax amnesty programs work: 

#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 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 

#1- The restrictions when importing your car from the USA: 

#2- A case of the ‘tragedy of the commons” in Latin America: 

  #3- Switching from plastic to paper bags ain’t so easy in Latin America: Latinos have clogged their streets with plastic. Switching should be a good thing right? Not so fast...

#4- The truth about air quality in Latin American cities:

#5- “Gringo Envy” (yes it does exist) comes with some strange secondary effects:

  #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 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:

bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

 

#1- Middle-aged gringos and their sad 1st world tales of romantic failure: A big reason (but not the only reason) so many are on a Plan B journey in Latin America        #2- A wise man once said…”the human race is an ongoing experiment entirely conducted by women”: So true. Lets dissect this a bit…   #3- Having questions about microaggressions in Latin America? WTF? Are you kidding? South of the border, the word doesn't even exist...  

#4- The Canadian rush to get out of dodge:

  #5- 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 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: 

bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

 

#1- Details, details and the general lack thereof:

#2- Gringo hiring / firing tips and Latino labor laws:

#3- The Expat Plan B “honeymoon“ period:

#4- Just who is living the good life? And who ain’t:

#5- Don’t buy a car with a sunroof:

#6- Is Guatemala really safe? 

#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 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 

#1- Expats- please stop obsessing about US politics: Shut up about it. Most of us expats have left to escape all of that. If you’re so obsessed, please do us a favor and just go back to Cleveland.

#2- The many ways gringos piss off the natives:

#3- Latin America- the land of deadbeat dads:

  #4- Why Latina ladies nearly always prefer gringo men to their own Latino men: It’s way too simple to say its because gringos have more money and resources. Today we offer another stark “boots on the ground” story to prove the point…      #5- 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 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:

bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- About all of those old gringo expats in poor health:  

#2- Ten more reasons why Latinos think gringos are nuts: 

#3- Ozempic and weight loss drugs in Latin America;

#4- Gringo deathbed regrets: 

#5- What you don’t know about illegal organ trafficking in Latin America: 

#6- How cartels take advantage of the waves of gullible, low IQ, US bound illegals: 

#7- To be homeless on the gringo tourist trail in Latin America is a pretty good gig: 

#8- 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 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- About that certain percentage of expats who are forever worried about the clueless (or ever suffering) “old folks” and family back home:     #2- An expat gringo writes an open letter to ridiculous gringo and gringa“wanabees”: Unfortunately, this letter is in English so it won’t be seen by any of said “wanabees”   #3- Why the Starbucks franchise is so successful in Latin America: Its gringo wannabee heaven…

#4- Car insurance fraud scams in Latin America:

#5- 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 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:

 

bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- What’s your #1 unearned “Gringo Advantage”?  

#2- Your “Plan B” risk - reward ratio: 

#3- Latinas and “feminism lite” in Latin America: 

  #4- The Latina negative “Barbie” effect”: Why the Barbie was a flop with Latin Americans…

#5- How long will your “Plan B” nest-egg last?

#6- DYK Argentina’s last president was a serial wife beater?

#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 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 

#1- Why so many embarrassing “out of shape” gringos and expats?     #2- Though Latinas may whisper about our lack of fashion sense and gringo clothing faux pas, still, they are ever so forgiving: Funny how Latinas claim they can spot a gringo by his cloths from a mile a way...   #3- These are the hoops your Latina GF will “try” to make you jump through:   #4- Is the BTC run up over? Is it a bad time to invest in crypto? Gringos and expats are forever asking that question…

#5- Where can one get real, unbiased, non-fake, unfiltered news about Latin America?

#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 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: 

bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

 

#1- Smart phone proliferation in Latin America: Yes, Latinos everyone has one or more. Latinos are as hopelessly addicted to Fakebook and Tick Toc as North Americans. Yet smart phones have not made Latinos smarter, more efficient nor on time…      #2- “Only in Costa Rica, Brazil, Guatemala, Panama, etc., etc., (fill in the Latin country): You hear that common phrase bandied about by gringos and expats… depending what Latin Country they happen to be living in…  

#3- The facts about ordering stuff from Amazon while living in Latin America: 

  #4- Mexico elects to transport illegal aliens arriving at their southern Guatemalan border directly to the US border: Mexicans do not want them lingering in their country so they are providing illegals secure buses and meals for the 550 mile trip…    

#5- 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 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:

bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

#1- Historic and beautiful colonial buildings are awfully nice. Gringos and expats love them … but the tip here is that when they come up for sale (and they often do) you’d be nuts to buy one: 

#2- Latino governments don’t fluoridate their municipal water (That’s the good news). The bad news is they do chlorinate the shit out of it:

#3- The truth about those raw sugarcane sticks that kids out in the boonies love to suck on:  

  #4- Your “Gringo Advantage “ in love and romance” Five more not well understood reasons why its nothing to sneeze at…

#5- 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 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:

bewarecaptainmango@gmail.com 

 

#1- Revisiting the many uses of rainforest hardwood in your Latin American home or apartment: People love Latin American hardwoods and get frustrated when they find out they can't bring any of the stuff back to the states and here's why...   #2- Should gringos and expats invest in high return re-forestation and hardwood farm projects in Latin America? Are they legit or scams?       #3- DIY projects in your Latin American home or apt: What sorts of projects should you attempt and which ones are best left to the local craftsmen?     #4- Five good reasons why you should never use pine for houses garages or any buildings or pine for any DIY projects in Latin America:   #5- 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 gringos. Just go to www.ExpatPlanB.com