#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 La...
Aug 17, 2025•28 min•Ep. 899
#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 u...
Aug 15, 2025•28 min•Ep. 898
#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 pi...
Aug 10, 2025•28 min•Ep. 897
#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 AMERIC...
Aug 08, 2025•28 min•Ep. 896
#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, includin...
Aug 03, 2025•28 min•Ep. 895
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2- New and huge Latin American mega shopping malls are stuck on “Lag Time” mode too: #3- Should you kill or just kick out uninvited home invaders? #4- A reason to dislike those innocent harmless little geckos: #5- How to spot a deported Latino in 10 seconds or less: #6- What you need to know about airports in Latin America: #7- 23 and Me: Did you get sucked into that DNA scam like my brother did? #8- Are ...
Aug 01, 2025•28 min•Ep. 894
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2- What’s with those odd looking hump backed Latin American cattle roaming around the countryside? #3- The pressure pot culture of Latin American kitchens: #4- Chicharones .. the national junk food of Latin America: #5- Pet blessing ceremonies in Latin America: Yup, they have them regularly… but do they help? #6- When Latinos hate on Latinos: #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALTH...
Jul 27, 2025•28 min•Ep. 893
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2- Lessons learned from Gringo business failures in Latin America: Many gringos and expats have had an “Honorable” failure… #3- TEN ways your Latin American business can go down the tubes: Keep your eyes open for these early warning signs… #4- A big and tall man complains about living in Latin America: #5- Forced biometric data collection arrives for all Mexican citizens and residents: A very bad idea in ...
Jul 25, 2025•28 min•Ep. 892
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2- How to find the right Gringo business niche in Latin America: FYI- restaurants and tourist agencies are NOT business niches… #3- Will you be extorted in Latin America? How frequent is it and what are the chances it will happen to you… #4- Oil pipeline and LP gas thieves: A few words about the second largest illegal business in Mexico… #5- In Ecuador, sexual violence against women is out of control: Bec...
Jul 20, 2025•28 min•Ep. 891
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2- Sex, Love and Romance in Latin America - PART 9 #3- Finding a nice, grounded Latina GF in Medellin, Colombia: Good luck... ha, ha, ha! #4- What “high maintenance” looks like in Latin America: #5- My quick and dirty definition of a “shithole” country: #6- More crazy-ass Latino names to rival the most moronic names coming out of US ghettos: Life is tough enough. Its had to fathom why “shit for brains” pa...
Jul 18, 2025•28 min•Ep. 890
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2- Translation Apps: Fantastic innovation or lazy man’s crutch? #3- Spanish language “dunces” unite!! #4- The art of keeping an arm’s length employee / employer distance with your cleaning lady and maintenance guy: #5- Seeing cringy extreme gringo “wananbee “ syndrome on display: #6- A cautionary tale of south of the border internet spying: How chronic Latin American indifference to detail can sometimes h...
Jul 13, 2025•28 min•Ep. 888
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2- How long will your retirement nest-egg last in Latin America? PART 2… #3- Getting Social security payments in Latin America: #4- A single Expat in Guatemala breaks down his total monthly expenses: #5- Thinking of Latin America as a place of tranquility, calmness, peace and quiet? Think again… #6- A word about the recent Mexican backlash and protests against gringos and expats who have settled in Mexico...
Jul 11, 2025•28 min•Ep. 889
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2- Three Mexican banks get blacklisted by the us SWIFT system for cartel money laundering (and more will fall): Do you live in Mexico? Are you worried yet? #3- Where to keep your nest-egg or mother load (if you have one): #4- A word about every Expat’s natural disdain and revulsion for all politicians: #5- More bad news out of Ecuador: #6- Brazilians are finally turning on their socialist scumbag presiden...
Jul 04, 2025•28 min•Ep. 887
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2- Does Trump derangement syndrome and Elon Musk derangement syndrome (by proxy) exist in Latin America? #3- Ground clearance and your car: Bet you’ve never even heard the term before, yet it’s of great importance when buying a car in Latin America… #4- Owning an EV (Electric vehicle) in Latin America: Good or bad idea? #5- Gringo and expat car buying mistakes while in Latin America: #6- Be sure to pick u...
Jun 29, 2025•28 min•Ep. 886
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2- Transit cops and those ever-changing rules of the road: Which ones can you easily ignore? #3- Speed traps, bribes: Are you easy pickings for corrupt cops? #4- Used car buying tips in Latin America: #5- A word about driving your vehicle down from the states: Another crazy “boots on the ground” story… #6- Those famous coco leaves and Bolivia: #7- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATIN AMERICAN HEALT...
Jun 27, 2025•28 min•Ep. 885
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2- Latinos have some strange Christian habits: Have you ever had a priest bless your new car, or apartment? #3- Latinos do not appreciate Jesus jokes: Tell some at parties and people will keep their distance… #4- There are no atheists in foxholes… nor in Latin America: #5- Latina females and Muslim males don’t mix: A "boots on the ground" story… #6- Should gringos and expats get homeowners insurance to co...
Jun 23, 2025•28 min•Ep. 884
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2- Challenges that new gringo expats need to overcome in their first year abroad, or probably just go home: #3- Certain old gringo habits will die and new and different ones will take their place: #4- How to get your USA Health insurance to cover your Latin American medical appointments and procedures: A “boots on the ground” trip to the dentist in Guatemala… #5- Be sure to pick up my newly updated, "LATI...
Jun 20, 2025•28 min•Ep. 883
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2- A 3rd generation Latino on the ground in Los Angeles explains to us what is REALLY happening with the LA immigration protests and riots” Hint... it’s NOT what you have been lead to believe by the lame street media… #3- How Latinos “south of the border” are reacting to the Los Angeles riots: The ”American Dream” is on life support... #4- A reality check on how tough is it to jump through those crazy Lat...
Jun 15, 2025•28 min•Ep. 882
#1- Johnny’s AUGUST 2025 EXPAT INSIDER SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2- Gringo Advantage hot tips: You can use it intellegently or stupidly… #3- Late breaking El Salvador news: Surprising things are happening there that just don’t get reported in US lame stream media… #4- The case for sending US criminals to El Salvador’s prisons: #5- About those Los Angeles riots in support of USA illegal immigrants: What’s the reaction here in Latin America… #6- Be sure to pick up my new...
Jun 13, 2025•28 min•Ep. 881
#1- Johnny’s August 2025 EXPAT SEMINAR has been postponed: Stay tuned for updates… #2- Customs and aduana issues you will encounter when ordering stuff online: #3- What's this about so much unclaimed merchandise at the aduana? Why would gringos order stuff online and occasionally not show up to reclaim it? #4- Gringos and expats who get jobs at Latino trans-nationals: #5- You might ask the following loaded question if you feel like the odd man out: If you need an instant icebreaker while with a ...
Jun 08, 2025•28 min•Ep. 880
