The Expat Files: Living in Latin America

#1- A rant for all of you EV (electric vehicle) and solar panel off-the-grid naysayers and doubters: Today you will hear the REAL, hard-ass engineering and material science facts regarding the latest greatest EVs and newest extremely cheap home solar power system energy solutions. I made this rant today simply because I know that so many of you do NOT read or have access to the lat

#1- Who might I vote for in the USA elections … if a gun was put to my head? #2- The trouble with Starbucks in Latin America: #3- A message to the remaining ninnies and fools who are still masking in Latin America: #4- A word about Colombia’s broken Latino National Healthcare systems: #5- A health insurance hack for Gringos and Expats who would not otherwise have qualified for

#1- How much dough do you think you need to get the hell out of Dodge? How much is enough-vs- how much you think is enough... #2- Dialing 911 in Latin America: #3- The low down on trying to search Johnny’s Expat Files Show topics: #4- Two new health warnings about your tattoos: The real and alarming reasons why they fade over time… #5- A sour “note” about Bolero music and o

#1- Only in Latin America: #2- Latin America, love it or leave it: #3- Status crazy Latin Americans and their obsession with titles and diplomas: #4- Weird Latin American dinner table customs gringos should be aware of: #5- Gringos and expats to avoid: #6- The peculiar problems with Latin American adolescents: #7- Our own Expat Captain Mango has developed a unique one-on-one Crypto

#1- How I organize my emails, texts and anti-social media platforms for anonymity and stealthy searches: #2- The PC reasons why you may not have heard of the “Latino Health Paradox”: #3- Why every Latino medicine cabinet houses a big jar of Vick’s Vapo-Rub: #4- Indigenous herbal medicines, potions and gringos: Beware! If an older Latina sees you’re under the weather, she ju

#1- Why it's not a smart idea to attempt to learn Spanish from Latino song lyrics: #2- Taylor Swift gets no respect in Latin America: Probably a good thing, but I’ll take her any day over brain-shriveling reggaetón.. #3- Your chances of getting a traffic citation in Latin America: #4- Female cops versus male cops: #5- Your chances of getting stung by a Latina “gold digger”:

#1- Miami mail forwarding services and what can go wrong: #2- How AI will soon allow you to search all topics of my 1300+ “Expat Files” shows: #3- Electric Power Grid problems in Latin America and what Expats should be doing about it: #4- Owning an EV in Latin America, is it worth it? #5- “Solar Panel Envy” is a real thing in Latin America: Jealousy and envy can prevail whe

#1- Some surprising reasons why gringos leave the USA: #2- How the media lies about Argentina’s president Milei at every opportunity (just as they lie about El Salvador’s Bukele): #3- Home construction tips for expats with building projects in Latin America: #4- The truth about water and power shortages in Latin America: #5- My current number one 100% off-grid turnkey Solar Pow

#1- The unvarnished truth about “Ugly Americans” #2- Its a shame, but most American tourists have gone soft: #3- Clueless gringos are getting dumber.. not smarter: #4- Gringo-vs European backpackers: There are many differences... #5- Latinas are famous for dressing up and looking their best at the bank, bus stop, church, supermarket wherever: Today we offer tipoffs that help yo

#1- Driving through Latin Countries: The Latin countries I personally would, and would, not drive through #2- Latin cop extortion techniques explained: #3- Why the Latino "lag-time" effect should NOT to be viewed as a negative thing: #4- Attention Gringos and Expats in Mexico- PLEASE STAY THERE! There are many reasons why astute expats who’ve steered clear of Mexico never want th