The Expat Files: Living in Latin America

#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 R

#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 E

#1- By popular demand, today we have Johnny ranting about USAID: #2- About those badly laid-out Latin American home and apartment floor plans: #3- Latin Americans continue making fatal bathroom and kitchen mistakes: #4- More tips (and errors to avoid) regarding shipping items to your Latin American residence: #5- Overcharged lately, by the Aduana and customs people? #6- A clev

#1- Some stupidly simple reasons why Latin American businesses would never survive if they set up shop in the 1st world; #2- Latino kids are quickly losing their basic arithmetic skills: They can't add or subtract without a cash register or calculator. Sound familiar? #3- In Latin America there seems to be an art to doing a half-assed job: Why do 9 out of 10 Latino painters, p

#1- Car accidents and those little telltale piles of glass and plastic you often come across on the street: #2- About those animal carcasses in the street… #3- Personal space (lack of personal space that is..) stories you will get a kick out of: #4- Are all Ex- Presidents crooks? Sure seems like it when you follow the money… #5- Tips on car and home insurance policies and

#1- The Miami Intl. Airport, where visiting Latinos practice all their bad habits: #2- A head’s up on the grosser aspects of living in Latin America: #3- Ecuador bans the use of cell phones in all k-12 schools in the country: How’d the bureaucrats in Ecuador get so smart? #4- More “vigilante neighborhood” payback news: #5- The word “poor” is a very confusing word

#1- The ubiquitous use of margarine and seed oils Latin America: They are everywhere and absolutely dominate in homes and restaurants… #2- Those objectionable habits of Latina cleaning ladies and maids that you will just have to put up with (or lose your sanity): #3- Why the vast majority of Latin Americans look flush but in reality are always on the edge of dead broke: #4-

#1- How I just got thoroughly grossed out in a Latin American pharmacy: #2- There are 1001 mini-earthquakes a week: What you need to know to calm your nerves about that statistic… #3- What if there’s an active volcano in the neighborhood? Then what? #4- Plan-B deal breakers: Here’s the list… #5- Beware of “porsupuestos”: Porsupuestos are work estimates given fo

#1- Why Latina cleaning ladies, vacuum cleaners and garbage disposals don’t mix: #2- More tips on Latin American household pest control: #3- A US based “Americanized” Latina listener explains the single mother epidemic in Latina America: #4- Elon’s DOGE group reveals how billions are wasted by thoroughly corrupt US agencies doling out dough in every Latin American country

#1- When creepy insects and lizards move into your Latin American home: What to kill, what to shoe out and what to leave alone Its not a matter if if but when.. #2- Things you never knew about Latin American parking lots: #3- The single mother epidemic in Latin America: “Madres Soltares” are everywhere and strangely enough the phenomena is accepted as completely normal…