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#1027 – The Expat Files: Language, Masks, Vaccines, and the Future of Residency

Show #1027 · January 31, 2021

Johnny Mueller explores the overuse of 'so', mask-wearing in Latin America, fake vaccines, and the challenges of expat residency.

Episode Summary

In this episode of The Expat Files, Johnny Mueller begins by addressing the common overuse of the word 'so' at the start of sentences, which he finds to be a linguistic habit that many expats and locals alike fall into. He then transitions into a discussion about the use of masks in Latin America, citing bad breath—particularly from Uber drivers—as a reason for wearing masks. He also touches on the topic of fake vaccines and criminal activity in Mexico, highlighting the presence of fake vaccine laboratories set up by organized crime groups. The segment ends with a humorous note about the confusion surrounding the names of Mexico City and Washington DC among different populations.

Johnny continues by discussing the confusion among Latinos in Latin America regarding the distinction between Washington DC and Washington State, highlighting how the former is often referred to simply as 'Washington' in media and movies, leading to misunderstandings. He also addresses the issue of counterfeit vaccines being produced by major Mexican cartels, such as the CJNG and Sinaloa, who are infiltrating supply chains to steal and dilute vaccines, then selling them as authentic. Johnny explains how locals trust these cartels more than corrupt governments, especially during the pandemic, and mentions the rise of fake websites and scams, including the sale of fake negative COVID-19 test results in Cancun to tourists.

The segment then shifts to a discussion about the rise of illicit economies fueled by the pandemic, particularly the market for fake negative COVID-19 tests and counterfeit vaccines. He highlights the dangers of these practices, especially in the context of international travel and quarantine requirements. He also touches on the broader implications of the pandemic, including the potential harm of fake vaccines, and mentions real-world examples like the shutdown of a fake vaccine clinic in Ecuador. The segment then shifts to a discussion about the term 'Latinx' and its use as a gender-neutral term, with Johnny expressing skepticism about its adoption by some in the first world, suggesting that many Latin Americans are not keeping up with 'woke' trends.

In the final segment, Johnny Mueller addresses listeners about the urgency of planning for a Plan B, particularly focusing on the challenges of obtaining residency and passports in Latin America and third-world countries. He emphasizes that the US government is making it increasingly difficult for expats to leave the country, and that many countries are now imposing stricter requirements for residency and passport programs. Johnny warns that procrastination has led to missed opportunities, and he urges listeners to act quickly before these options become even more inaccessible. He also highlights the cost and complexity of alternative options like passport-by-investment programs, which are out of reach for most people.

Episode Notes

Johnny Mueller unpacks the overuse of 'so', mask-wearing in Latin America, the rise of fake vaccines, and the growing complexities of expat residency. A must-listen for anyone navigating life as an expat in the region.

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Topics

Use of the word 'so' in speech, Masks and bad breath in Latin America, Dr. Falsy and pharmaceutical conflicts of interest, Fake vaccines and organized crime in Mexico, Cultural confusion between Mexico City and Washington DC, Confusion between Washington DC and Washington State, Counterfeit vaccines and cartel involvement, Trust in cartels over corrupt governments, Fake websites and scams during the pandemic, Sale of fake negative test results, Illicit economies during the pandemic, Fake negative tests and counterfeit vaccines

Chapters

00:00:00 Opening
00:01:02 Masks and Bad Breath in Latin America
00:02:10 The Role of Uber Drivers in Mask-Wearing
00:04:59 Fake Vaccines and Organized Crime in Mexico
00:06:16 Confusion Between Washington DC and Washington State
00:07:33 Cartels Infiltrating Vaccine Supply Chains
00:10:22 Fake Websites and Scams During the Pandemic
00:12:37 The Market for Fake Negative Tests and Counterfeit Vaccines
00:14:06 Ecuador's Fake Vaccine Clinic and the Spread of Counterfeit Vaccines
00:16:16 The Controversy Around the Term 'Latinx'
00:19:16 The Identity of Educated Latinx Individuals
00:19:23 The Middle and Lower Middle Classes' Lack of Awareness
00:19:30 The Woke Movement's Criticism of the Term 'Latino'
00:19:38 The Linguistic and Cultural Significance of the Term 'Latino'
00:19:51 The Unexpected Adoption of 'Latinx' in Latin America
00:20:03 The Potential Reactions to Using the Term 'Latinx'
00:20:14 The Common Use of 'Yo' in Spanish Language
00:20:26 Johnny's Personal Dislike of 'Ragga Tone'
00:25:00 The US Government is Making It Harder for Expats to Leave the Country
00:25:09 Changes in Residency and Passport Programs in Third-World Countries
00:25:48 Guatemala's Residency Requirements Have Become More Strict
00:27:01 Procrastination Has Led to Missed Opportunities for Residency
00:27:24 Passport-by-Investment Programs Are Too Expensive for Most People

Transcript

Automatically transcribed from the original recording; names and wording may contain errors.

[00:00] South of the border down Mexico way That's where I fell in love when the stars above came up to play and now that I wonder Hello there all you ex-pat wannabes. I'm Johnny Mueller and you're listening to the expat files living in Latin America The show that tells you just what it's like to live work play and or retire down here in Latin America It's a mix of the good the bad the ugly and the great and it's all right here. So let's get started So speaking of so you know why I started this rant with so because somehow in the last six months or so there I said it again. So huh it seems all kind of people doing interviews and Youtubers and average folks even super intelligent people are starting off their sentences and phrases with the word

[00:50] So check it out If you don't believe next time you hear an interviewer asking a question see how many times the respondent starts with the word. So So hey Johnny, how are those? Covid it cases coming along there in Latin America. Hmm. So I'm glad you asked that question. Actually, I'm not I'm just citing a common example of how so seems to be the new opening word flavor of the month or year I know you're thinking what's that got to do with anything Well, it just so happened that I was flipping through the lame Street media channels and I caught a press interview of that ugly little gnome that lying sack of Dr. Falsy a reporter asked him how long we have to continue wearing masks and he answered so Yes, we all must continue to wear masks two masks would even be better. So I'm thinking there's that word again

[01:40] So see how easy you could slip it into any conversation. Anyway, I'm thinking why are we wearing masks? Because technically we're protecting other people in case we have some virus bacteria or other issues like for example Rat breath which is what people exhume who don't floss and I'll tell you here in Latin America And I guess in most all the third world Latin America anyway is Western cultures bad breath capital of the world Just get into a crowded elevator and you'll see what I mean But really I gotta say I think it's Latino uber drivers that take the cake in the halitosis department and for me That's the only real solid reason I would wear a mask voluntarily to tolerate that wretched uber driver breath So am I being a little too harsh here? I did it again with that so word

[02:26] So the logic behind using a mask is supposed to be to protect other people mostly from what's coming out of your orifices I'm sure you've heard that over and over. Alright, so let's follow that line of logic We wear masks to protect others from anything dangerous that's coming out of our honkers and cake holes now biological extension as Reluctant as I am to admit it flatulence could very well carry some malevolent Organisms into the environment to not a very pleasant thought it's an issue No one's talking about yet, but what a booming business opportunity when dr Falsy and his big pharma cronies announced that we'll all have to start wearing n95 underwear It's a billion-dollar business whose time has come question is will you be wearing yours with or without a vent?

[03:16] So I think oops again with the so word By the way English and English lit majors will tell you a proper sentence never starts with the word So anyway, you've all heard that dr. Falsy has all kinds of investments in pharmaceutical companies and vaccine producers You've probably heard he's got a piece of dozens of vaccine patents. That's old news However, I think more full disclosure is needed to see if dr Falsy owns a stock in any of the big tidy whitey companies like fruit of the loom Hanes or jockey just to find out You know if he's got any other financial conflicts of interest like he does with big pharma So the jury's out on whether or not they're gonna mandate n95 underwear. We'll see just saying speaking of fake news Dr. Falsy big pharma vaccines and everything co-vitiate here's something that'll blow you away

[04:05] It's excerpts from an article that just came out last week entitled liquid gold false Covid vaccines emerge in guess where Latin America and I'll paraphrase here to cut out the boring parts It says in 2021 the kovat 19 vaccine is liquid gold All governments are beginning to roll out inoculation programs and as they do Criminal groups are taking advantage of the anxious interim offering a range of scams from faked or non-existent Vaccination appointment spots to fake vaccines themselves Then it says in early December 2020 Interpol issued a global alert warning of criminal activity around the falsification Theft and illegal advertising of Covid 19 flu and vaccines with the latest opportunistic criminal behavior on

[04:54] the Covid front Coming out of you may have guessed it Mexico Then it says while Mexico seems to be the early epicenter for criminal activity Regarding the Covid fake vaccines similar practices are starting to emerge in numerous countries including Colombia Ecuador Peru Brazil and Panama for example on January 8th just a few weeks ago It's been reported that Mexico's National Council of private security La Consejo national deseguridad privada CNSP has confirmed the presence of numerous laboratories set up by organized crime groups in Mexico to create fake Covid 19 vaccines so far. They've located such operations in Alaska

[05:40] Tamaluipas Chihuahua and in Mexico City, otherwise known as el districto federal federal district By the way, I have to say that 99% of Americans and Canadians They don't know Mexico City by its real name El districto federal the federal district in English everyone thinks Mexico City But when you're driving through Mexico, you won't see a sign anywhere that says Mexico City It says districto federal or DF. So if you're down make away be aware of that It's kind of the same problem though in reverse nearly all Latinos have When it comes to Washington DC They're totally confused by the fact that there's a Washington state and a Washington DC because on their own Latino news broadcast here in Latin

[06:26] America, Washington DC just like up in the States is referred to as Washington almost always skipping the DC part district of Columbia Columbia districto believe me. I've had that conversation a hundred times with various Latinos It's totally confusing to them Especially when they're watching a Hollywood movie and someone's driving through Washington a purely West Coast state consisting of hundreds of thousands of acres of gigantic pines mountains and rural roads a tremendous contrast to Washington DC a cesspool that's half ghetto and half dickhead politicians with no country roads or giant forests at all Oh, it's giant in some ways though Like a giant clogged toilet that hasn't been flushed in years and though you knew that already Latinos here in Latin America

[07:14] Anyway are totally confused. They're also confused but slightly less so about the state of New Mexico Some Latinos think New Mexico is part of Mexico, which seems logical enough if you've never been to the states By the way, some idiot gringos and expats think that Baja, California is part of California, but I digress as usual Oh, yeah, so then what criminal groups have the infrastructure and manpower and though to make convincing counterfeit and fake vaccines Who else but the major narco crime families such as familia, mi Juana the halasco cartel new generation in Spanish cartel Jalisco Nueva Henration That's the CJNG and the usual suspect big cartels the Sinaloa guys, etc Who began their new criminal enterprise just a few months ago by infiltrating supply chains?

[08:03] And stealing vaccines and route to local hospitals diluting the vaccines They've stolen already sort of stepping on it like cocaine or heroin turning one dose into four or five even ten doses and Duplicating the vials and labels to look exactly like the real thing Then it says when they succeed in stealing vaccines They distribute false vaccines under the guise of selling the stolen doses Then it says locals generally trust the Mexican cartels are providing Authentic vaccines because they hear reports all the time of vaccine trucks being hijacked So when the narcos in the neighborhood announced they've got some cheap vaccine people believe it's real that it You know fell off a truck not to mention Mexican cartels have played a role in providing pandemic assistance

[08:50] Giving food and shelter assistance to regular people in local communities So some people if not, most people trust cartels more than they trust the large-ass cops and they're thoroughly corrupt government Meaning that during the crisis communities have become more dependent on the local Cartel for aid than their own government, but it gets worse turns out on January 5th Mexico's Secretary of Health issued an alert warning of imposter what they call vaccine brigades Going door-to-door to collect residents personal information posing as members with uniforms of the state's Secretary of Health With the counterfeit brigades falsely registering residents to receive the vaccine in the future promising

[09:37] It'll be free courtesy of the government in exchange for a copy of their voter ID card As well as their sedula passport and personal ID information now a settler as well as a voter ID card Looks like a driver's license and it contains an individual's home address voter code personal information, etc, etc In fact everything a bad guy can use to apply for bank credit open a credit card or steal a person's identity completely But it gets worse. I said that already, right? Now bad guys are so sophisticated. They're putting up a fake Covid it websites get this after being notified by Pfizer bio and tech One of the companies manufacturing the Covid it vaccine

[10:22] Let me summarize this it says on January 5th Mexican authorities announced the suspension of a website Posing as the official Pfizer Mexico website the website seemingly completely official Pfizer MX comm with a very polished interface replete with official company logos listed a phone number to call to order the vaccine Appointment for yourself and now in a press conference Mexico's Undersecretary of Health Prevention and Promotion Wait a minute. Did I get that right Mexico's Undersecretary of Health Prevention and Promotion? Health prevention yeah sounds about right after all its government and third world government at that anyways Mexico's Undersecretary of Health Prevention. I love that Hugo Lopez got tell

[11:11] emphasized in a press conference that there's no Authorization to sell the vaccine anywhere if someone claims to be selling you a covid it vaccine on a website or anywhere else They are committing fraud and putting you at risk. He says meanwhile as the public panics believing every talking head they see on the fake news I added that by the way, then it says online scams promising vaccines and or reserve spots in line to get a vaccine are Multiplying quickly after all there's always a quick buck to be made when there's public uncertainty and panic meanwhile in Cancun Mexico's number one gringo and expat tourist destination Negative covid it test results are being sold to tourists on social media platforms without get this having to take any test at all

[12:00] Hmm very interesting It says in Cancun for example Canadian tourists in need of negative tests to return home are being charged a hundred bucks for forged results which are sent to them online within the hour and since there's no universal testing database and Thousands of different labs providing covid it test results It's impossible for airlines to check and see if the results are from a real lab or are forged now fake Covid it test results were first reported way back in November Where a similar scheme was uncovered in Paris France where fake negative tests were being sold to travelers at Charles de Gaulle Airport for 180 to 360 bucks a crack and thus there's a huge market for negative covid it results a real

[12:45] spectacular growth industry Especially since more and more countries are requiring international travelers to present that negative test or get refused entrance or end up in quarantine Bottom line the covid pandemic whether you believe it's real or not has already bred thousands of illicit economies though None, it says here potentially as harmful as the falsification of counterfeit covid it vaccines Hmm. So what do you think about that? Again with the so now as crazy dangerous and irresponsible as that sounds hypothetically. I'm saying hypothetically here suppose you were Absolutely a thousand percent against getting that vaccine. However, you love to travel especially internationally or Perhaps you have to travel for your job or it's an emergency

[13:32] Well, if you don't want to be injected with something that hasn't been proven and is rife with unknowns It's sort of comforting to know that this time at least the bad guys are working in your favor Thing is, you know, the vast majority of people listening to this show the expat files living in Latin America Absolutely don't want to take that vaccine. How about you? Now? I want to hear what you think about that So so so so so so so so send me an email at the expat files at gmail.com I promise no more talk about the so business thing just a pet peeve of mine, you know Meanwhile in even crazier Latin American covid it news just yesterday Ecuadorian police have shut down an alternative Medicine clinic in keto that administered thousands of fake covid it vaccines

[14:20] Turns out the senator was giving out shots of unknown substances for $15 each telling people it was a three dose Covid it vaccine there's according to keto Ecuador city security chief Cesar Diaz who said when interviewed yesterday they believe that the clinic had given up to 70,000 doses of the shot Meanwhile, it says beware Ecuador has only authorized the use of two vaccines against the covid it virus Those produced by Pfizer BioNTech and Oxford AstraZeneca With Ecuador's Health Ministry pledging to vaccinate all adults for free by the end of 2021 though Mass vaccination is not expected to begin before March as the country has ordered all the vaccines

[15:07] But it's not received them yet Oh and about the fraudulent and fake Covid you vaccine stuff Even the FBI has gotten into the act warning on their website that there are several emerging Vaccine related scam threats though if you ask me even the so-called legit vaccines are a scam But you didn't ask me right? Anyway, the FBI has posted on their website that there are offers to purchase priority access to the vaccine And if you get any phone calls soliciting personal information regarding an appointment It's a scam and scams have hit the UK National Health Service hard to saying in January Brits are receiving and have been receiving hundreds of thousands of fraudulent emails and text messages purporting to be from the NHS the National Health Care Service

[15:54] Demanding people's banking information so they can pay online before the shots can be given with some companies offering a pre Inoculation discount. Hey who doesn't love a deal even if it's fake hmm The plot thickens my question to you is are the phony fake vaccines any worse than the phony real vaccines Which is more dangerous? I wonder and now a subject that I've been meaning to talk about for a while that idiotic term Latinx I'm sure you're heard of it. You know the dictionary definition of Latinx is a gender neutral Neologism yep, neologism. Yeah, right. That's a word Maybe only one in a thousand people know the definition of and maybe one in a million Latinos anyway, according to the dictionary Latinx sometimes is used to refer to people of a Latin American cultural or ethnic identity with the X

[16:45] Replacing the or the a ending of a latino or latina as a gender neutral term use much on social media by Activists students and academics as well as SJW's and all who are woke the new term Latinx advocated for individuals of Spanish descent to promote greater Acceptance of binary and non-binary Hispanics replacing the age-old and disrespectful patriarchal term Latino the Oh at the end of Latino Designating masculine or patriarchal now, I'm sure you're wondering why I'm going into this Latinx business Why am I mentioning it seems so ridiculous that there's any controversy at all, huh? Because it seems every time I'm at a get-together where there's some college educated Latinos. They say Johnny what the

[17:34] Is going on with people up in the states the SJW's mostly Caucasians at that Relabeling our entire culture for us here They went and changed what we've been calling ourselves for centuries without even really giving us any input on it without even telling us It just suddenly appeared one day on social media and in liberal op-ed pieces So what's my take on it? Well for all you woke Latinx cry babies up there in the first world Obviously, and I can prove it a million ways Latin Americans down here have clearly not kept up with the woke times Another great example is Latinos and Latinas still worship Mary big time They've got statues all over the house and call her the mother of Jesus the mother of God But wait doesn't every woke person know she must be referred to as the parent of Jesus. Oh and shame shame

[18:26] Latinas in the household probably 99% of them still have traditional female roles worse yet They don't use the necessary woke pronouns and don't even know what to say when you call them on it because they don't know what woke is They're dumbfounded when you try to explain it to them Even all the college educated Latinos and Latinas that I know when you explain Latinx to them They really think it's a joke. They're waiting for the punchline, which never comes though some college kids down here in Latin America have heard about it because they're on social media 18 hours a day to and most all Latino and Latina college kids do take English and they love everything first world So they do sweep through and monitor English social media platforms, too Yet for all the Latinx crap that's been propagated on the internet Latin Americans down here educated ones to still

[19:16] refer to themselves and their culture as Latino and wouldn't have it any other way and as for the middle and lower middle classes that Are not college-educated. They don't have the faintest idea what Latinx is. Thank Buddha for lag time, huh? Meanwhile, all us gringos and expats are supposed to know by now that the term Latino is not woke at all It's macho patriarchal and unacceptable All because of the fact that the Oh at the end of Latino is a masculine suffix, you know It's all about the Oh now the big surprise is that according to every woke idiot up in the States Every single person here in Latin America is now Latinx, but they don't know it So then what can you expect if you make a trip down here to Latin America and start tossing around the Latinx term?

[20:03] Well, depending who you're using it with you might get the deer in the headlights Look, or they just might blurt out the word in Spanish. That's the equivalent of what? Which is going? Oh, yep If you don't know by now gone, yo is the most common dirty fill word in casual Spanish language In fact, you can hear Cardi B say it about a hundred times in every one of her infantile retarded songs Oops, my bad. My girlfriend says I must bite my tongue about my intense dislike of ragga tone and ragga tone So called artists god, that's an insult to real artists I'm supposed to bite my tongue at least for one particular event coming up in the next couple weeks believe it or not, my girlfriend just got invited to a house party at Cardi B's mother's house and

[20:49] I'm invited to not kid But I really shouldn't go because I don't think I can be on my best behavior in a crowd full of dyed in the wool Retarded regga than arrows though. It would be interesting to check it out would be good boots on the ground fodder for a show Don't you think well, I'll keep you posted on that development. Oh and one more thing about this latinx problem I keep hearing from educated Latinos. Mostly they say how come gringos and Latinos up in the states never consulted them When they decided they were no longer Latinos In fact, I recently tried to explain it all to a Latin lawyer and a few smart college educated Latinos Who had been back and forth to the states, you know Entitled Latin children of the rich. Yeah, I know a few they all told me to a person their image of the US has taken a dive

[21:35] Because the whole lives as kids they dreamed of living and going to university even working in the states and some of them have done But now they're wondering what happened up in the states and why everyone is so sensitive and easily hurt In fact, what am I Latino buddies who went to school up in the states? He's an advertising guy down here though. He is a child of the rich He's still a great guy and motivated the rich kids aren't all wimpy useless slugs You know who never cooked a meal or did a load of laundry in their lives though most do unfortunately fall into that category Anyway, my buddy Jorge get there. She owns about 200 billboards They're at practically every big city bus stop You know There's usually a little sitting area with a roof on it an open-air bus shelter at most big city bus stops and Jorge's company

[22:22] The one is daddy bought for him by the way He has a contract to rent out space for advertising on the outside and inside walls of those bus shelters So anyway, my buddy Jorge he graduated from University in the US about 10 years ago with a marketing degree He loved it back then when he was in college But now he says when he goes back to visit by the way, his English is perfect almost no accent at all He says Johnny. I don't get it. Why is practically everyone in the US who's under 40 years old? Just itching to be offended in some way Just itching to blast away on social media to get people canceled to get social justice brownie points Why is it they're always firing off angry tweets and feeling morally superior about it?

[23:08] He says I don't get why US college kids just can't get on with the business of life It's so different. He says that the college campuses here in Latin America There are no SJWs or woke people picketing Demanding safe spaces and trying to get professors fired just for telling truths and opinions They don't want to hear about he even said and you Johnny. I'm surprised you haven't been canceled yet You're certainly the farthest thing from woke. He said I don't get why you haven't been erased from your platforms So how did I respond? I said, it's easy to explain that remember He's an advertising and if an advertiser doesn't like what you're talking about They'll drop you and in my case, I've got no advertisers to piss off I guess that's why I've been able to hang around so long and for all you haters out there

[23:54] Yeah, I got some haters They send me nasty mail sometimes and they post negative comments about me on the internet and stuff All I've got to say is all you haters out there who usually begin by saying that I'm a Trump supporter Well, obviously you haven't listened to too many of my shows because I'm an equal opportunity Politician hater. I absolutely despise every one of them In fact, I absolutely believe there's no hope at all for the US or any first world country unless like expat Eddie says Someone somehow let off a small nuclear device while Congress was in full session that expat Eddie says would be a good start Hey who with a half a brain could argue with that and for all you guys and gals out there who are not well Along on your plan B. I feel sorry for you Especially probably the 70 to 80 percent of you who listen to this show

[24:43] Those of you who've been listening for years and years now who just kind of put everything off you like the idea You're all on board with a plan B, but you haven't done dick about it I do feel sorry for you because you know You have to buy a ticket to win the lottery mark my words and I've told you this plenty of times The US government is making it harder and harder for you to get your ass and your assets out of dodge The US is even screwing with Latin American and third world Residency and passport plans if any of you have applied for a residency lately, you'll know what I'm talking about They're changing the rules according to the way the US wants them change meaning they'll pull back on the free grants and money They hand out yearly to practically every third world country and politicians being the scumbags They are will not bite the hand that feeds them and since uncle Sam doesn't want the cows to leave the barn

[25:33] They make it harder to leave by forcing third world countries to create more and more hoops to jump through with their residency requirements and second passport plans So that's why if you applied for residency, for example in Guatemala five years ago You didn't even need any proof of income and actually the US made them phase that out So now you have to prove a monthly perpetual income pension social security rental income Whatever of I think it is now 1500 bucks a month Well, you know That's a big hoop to jump if you haven't got a recurring source of income like that since most people Make their income by working at a job in the States. Well, that doesn't count It's got to be a recurrent monthly source of income that arrives whether you work or not like a pension That's how it is with every Latin American residency program now and Guatemala was one of the last holdouts

[26:23] And well, we saw the writing on the wall years ago Some gringo's took advantage of that plan. Meanwhile, there were thousands of people who knew about that They wanted to apply but procrastinated and procrastinated and now you can't do it anymore You get the idea same thing happened with Paraguay's program used to be you could put 5,000 bucks in a bank account for five years get residency and after three years or so apply it for a passport and get it But now I'm getting reports that even if you have your residency and you've waited out the time It's almost impossible to move to the next stage and get the passport They've created so many new hoops to jump through it pretty much can't be done But had you have pulled the trigger four or five years ago, it was a no-brainer Now my prediction is if you don't get going on your permanent residency in some Latin country within the next year

[27:13] Too at the most you might as well forget about ever getting residency in a passport the cheap and easy way though There's always the expensive way being those few countries offering passport by investment Which will cost you well over a hundred grand and that budgets way out of range for 95% of the population You've been listening to the expat files living in Latin America If you need some help with your own plan be we can schedule a one-on-one phone or Skype consult Just send me an email the expat files at gmail.com And if you want to get on the waiting list for my next week-long expat insider seminar in Central America Where you're guaranteed to get a two to five year head start on your plan B Send me an email the expat files at gmail.com

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