#1067 – The Expat Files: Pandemic Critique, Vaccine Tourism, and Infrastructure Failures

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 Yep Let's start with talking about the covid it so-called crisis otherwise known as a Plantemic as it pertains to Latin America that is because that's what this show is all about the expat files living in Latin America Well, no matter what you've seen or heard and I'm sure you've seen and heard plenty

[00:47] And if you're smart and have been paying attention you've completely lost faith in that dickhead Dr. Falsy that goes for dog-faced Bill Gates the WHO the FDA and all those fascist pseudo medical Alphabet bureaucracies, so then who do you believe how about for starters the guy who invented mrna? vaccine technology who just this week came out on a number of Podcasts that Google Facebook Twitter and the lamestream media are trying to cancel by the way saying that the Vax that he invented is Way too dangerous for humans and no one should be taking it now. I hope you heard this right We're not talking about the usual suspect a-holes in the media spouting their opinion like Fauci or Gates or any bureaucratic parasite on Biden's team projectile vomiting choice little sound bites daily

[01:33] We're talking about a serious statement from the guy who invented and has the patent on the mrna vaccine technique Meaning the Pfizer and Moderna Polk and if you're interested in hearing exactly what this guy says and why No, one should ever take that vaccine. Send me an email the expat files at gmail.com And I'll send you the links to those podcasts. There's two of them in particular They just came out last week And I'm sure the medical industrial political complex would just love to disappear this guy So what are you supposed to do in lieu of taking a toxic Vax? Well, you've heard of Ivermectin, right? Well, he and a number of very very prominent MD's and virologists are now saying if they could just get half of the world To take a small dose of Ivermectin every week just once a week to within a couple of months The covid it virus will be completely eliminated from the face of the earth

[02:21] It'll die out because its replication number will fall below one that without using a single Vaccine dose, but you really have to hear the conversations for yourself. This is really amazing stuff again Just send me an email the expat files at gmail.com and further proof that being vaxxed is pure crap How about this news coming out of Chile the most highly vaccinated country in all of Latin America chilies capital, San Diego home of more than a third of the country's population is in complete lockdown Despite more than 60% of their population being fully vexed. Hmm. How'd that happen? So the millions of people living in San Diego, Chile cannot go out of the house unless it's an emergency situation Why because there's a huge increase in covid it cases. So I have to ask how could that happen? How could there be a huge rise in covid it cases plus of the population has been fully jabbed with at least 80% of the

[03:09] Entire country having at least one dose making it by far on a per capita basis the absolute Vaccination leader in all of the Americas and when Chile's government vaccine medical professionals were asked why why so many new cases? How is it possible? They stumble around in interviews saying things like well vaccines are not a hundred percent effective and all of this takes time And then you've got this guy. Dr. Cesar Cortez an emergency room physician and government spokesman at the University of Chile hospital Saying that he still thinks without Chile's advanced vaccination program. The situation he believed could be far worse Oh, you mean far worse than locking down your entire country not allowing anyone out of the house Hmm, I guess they don't call it the covid it plannedemic for nothing Oh and just one more comment all you guys and gals out there who have been vexed and I was pleased as punch about it

[03:58] I've personally run into gringo expats myself who are so happy they got the vax They're quick to flash that card and smile I've been vexed and I had no side effects maybe just a little headache or felt a little fatigued for a day But I'm okay. Yeah, you get that Alright, you know You guys make me laugh because you don't know the half of it according to these experts like the guy who invented the mRNA vaccine The secondary effects don't always show up in the first 24 hours. It's weeks months even years down the line Oh and about those pesky variance. You've been hearing so much about if you download those podcasts and pay attention to those Experts including like I said the guy who invented the vaccine turns out the people that are most affected by those so-called variants are people who have been Vax and by the way these experts are saying and you'll see that in these youtubes that a tiny dose of ivermectin once a week something

[04:48] Like 12 milligrams will protect people at near 100% efficacy against any and all variants But don't take my word for it send me an email and I'll send you those links and isn't it funny a country like Guatemala That's only about five percent vexed has no emergency or panicky situation at all The emergency rooms in the hospitals no more or less filled or utilized than they were before The Covidia thing started a year and a half ago and the country's only five percent Vexed think about that for a second Whereas Chile on complete lockdown is about 60 percent vexed with more than 80 percent of the entire population Having at least one jab meanwhile in the countries like Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, etc Where there are only about five to ten percent vexed there are thousands of panicky gringo and expats who've drank the Kool-Aid

[05:39] Listening to dr. Falsi gates and the lamestream media and are so dying to get vexed They want to get vexed so badly and take the u.s Version of the vax because of bad rumors on the Chinese and Russian ones that they're willing to pay for a trip to the States just to get poked. Oh, and it's not just brain-dead and or misinformed gringos and expats either It's wealthier Latinos who speak English and get their fake news from CNN español Gag me with a taco. It's part of that gringo advantage thing in this case. You could say gringo disadvantage They want the vex the gringos are getting not the ones that are coming here to Latin America by the truckload from China and Russia Those are for the poe folks and sweaty masses You know as for the gringos expats and rich Latinos They're all booking flights and getting on planes to get vexed in my jammy

[06:26] Yeah, you heard right flights from Latin America to Miami are jam-packed with gringos and wealthy Latinos Looking to get vexed with the potions that first world gringos are getting those Moderna and Pfizer jabs Johnson and Johnson too. In fact, my friend the self-proclaimed corrupt gringo expat Boston cop Bob He just came back from Miami after his emergency flight to get a jab So when I ran into him just a couple of days ago He flashed that card with a big feces eating grin saying he felt a little Irritation in the arm and a little crappy the next day, but everything's a okay It was worth the 1600 bucks or whatever it cost him to make that emergency flight to get that jab Oh and here's the scoop on gringos and expats and wealthy Latinos making that flight to Miami Turns out the airlines and the travel industry officials are saying that the number of flights to my jammy and points north

[07:16] from big cities in Latin America is up at least 150% since January 1st this year with the majority of people US travel industry people are saying for the purpose of getting a gringo Vax jab because you know in Latin America you can get the jab, but it's the Chinese or the Russian one In fact, according to Rodrigo Ramos president of the Association of tour operators in Ecuador saying the preferred Destination for the gringo jab is Miami But when flights are booked They'll suggest you divert to New York or New Jersey to get that jab by the way in the last few months that trip from Latin America to the states has been so popular tour operators are calling it the vaccine vacation They even promote it that way on anti social media sites So as a result of overwhelming demand a large number of Latin American tour operators have created vaccine one-stop tour

[08:05] Packages if you can believe that for example in a typical vaccine vacation tour package You'll spend three nights in Miami or New York and in that case You'll get the Johnson and Johnson co-vitiate Vax because it's a one-shot deal supposedly not the two jab as with the Pfizer or Moderna Where you come back 21 days later for the second one now according to a Miami travel agency spokesperson the airfare for the Johnson And Johnson one-shot including lodging transportation flight And the jab is around 1500 per person if you're going to Miami if you get diverted to New York or New Jersey It's 1800 bucks though the spokesperson said there's so much competition for the Vax package and being that for the past year and a half Travel agencies have been dying on the vine if you shop around you can get that Miami Vax package for as little as 1100 bucks

[08:52] Remember now we're talking about the Johnson and Johnson One-shot jab obviously wealthy Latinos prefer Miami to get that Vaccification because it's not necessary at all to be able to speak English in my jammy. There's a reason here in Latin America They call Miami the capital of Latin America, but you knew that already right now as it turns out about 20% Of wealthy Latinos and gringos and expats flying back for the Vax will stay three or four weeks long enough to take the Pfizer Or Moderna Vax those are mostly people who have family in the states and most people's preferences for the two-dose Pfizer shot since they've heard and it's all marketing PR and BS You know that the Pfizer shot is the most effective so there you have it There's a rush of gringos and expats living in Latin America and wealthy Latinos to pop in and out of the states for a Vax vacation

[09:41] Yes, the sheeple have spoken But like I said to my gringo expat friend ex corrupt Boston cop Bob when he proudly flashed his Pfizer Vax card I said Bob I'm happy you feel good now and you're not suffering any secondary effects But do be on the lookout for a change in your health status over the months and years to come because you know They haven't done the required three years of animal testing. We are the guinea pigs Then he said wait a minute. Wait a minute. What are you talking about? And I said nothing forget about it He said Johnny come on. You don't believe all that anti Vax crap. Do ya I said Bob. I just have two rules I follow two things number one the science the real science not government or Big Pharma Funded science and most importantly rule number two I follow the money which is why Big Pharma doesn't want anyone to hear about ivermectin

[10:29] It's only ten bucks a complete treatment cycle five days. It's ten bucks because it's off patent believe it or not Merck put it on the market thirty years ago And the two scientists that invented it for Merck got the Nobel Prize for it in 2015 But now anyone can make it without paying royalties because the patent has long since expired ivermectin was first synthesized in 1970 again, I repeat follow the money speaking of follow the money I just bought some ivermectin at the local drugstore for around eight bucks for a complete five-day treatment You know just to have on hand in case Though the saddest thing of all is that you won't be able to get it up in the states unless your family docks really Up on things which he probably ain't but down here in Latin America You can go to any pharmacy without a prescription and just say give me a blister pack of ivermectin

[11:16] Please and they'll hand it right over reason number six thousand four hundred and twenty six why it's really a good idea To have your plan be here in Latin America not changing gears I feel like talking about my jammy once again I'm sure you know the biggest news of the last week or so is the collapse of that Apartment building tower where a hundred or so people have died or are missing and of course right after that everyone living in a high-rise tower Especially in Miami are scared out of their wits seems like after that event everyone wants to have their building Inspected for flaws and deterioration. So then why am I bringing this up? Well because here in Latin America as I've mentioned many many times on this show the word maintenance Doesn't seem to exist in the Spanish language That's not to say that tens of thousands of buildings aren't built precisely to international codes hell I've driven over hundreds if not thousands of bridges down here that have been built

[12:03] 50 to 75 years ago and they're still holding up to the traffic and the load though No one knows how long in fact I've driven under many a bridge and have seen rust and cracks and deterioration of all kinds that it should have been repaired Years ago, but here in Latin America things generally don't get fixed until there's a catastrophic failure Especially when we're talking about infrastructure funded by government roads bridges government buildings trains and subways Oh, and I don't think since I've been down here 30 plus years now a month Hasn't gone by what I've not seen in the news somewhere or another a person getting hurt or even killed at a Latin American Amusement Park now, I'm not saying all the rides are unsafe Some of them are brand new though Of course, some are very old and rusted out and you don't have to wonder who's doing the maintenance No one and who's doing the inspections? No one

[12:48] So if you go to an amusement park and there are lots of them down here many just like amusement parks up in the states Six flags or not Sperry farm, etc Have been around for 50 years at the same location though Most amusement parks are of the traveling kind You know They set up shop and a vacant lot for a couple of weeks and they're gone and it seems to me those are the ones That are really dangerous because if someone gets hurt ends up in the hospital or even dies They're just gone the next day and even if you do get hurt fatally or otherwise You think those little fly-by-night amusement park outfits are carrying umbrella insurance? I can guarantee you they haven't even heard of it now speaking of infrastructure that's falling apart I can tell you from firsthand experience There are hundreds of very nicely built bridges in Central America that were built over 75 years ago by the United Fruit Company

[13:35] Hey, they had to get their bananas and pineapples out of the tropical jungle and to a deep water port somewhere To export this stuff. So that was part of the deal. The United Fruit Company came in Latin governments Give them all kind of land grants knowing they'd get some nice free very well-built roads and bridges out of it at no government cost In fact United Fruit Company overbuilt the roads and bridges because we are talking about the tropics and the rainy seasons are brutal So the metal the welds the fasteners, etc We're over designed by usually 300 percent Of course now 75 years later most of that stuff's just falling apart and when catastrophic events occur local governments Just get out the band-aids and patch them up. So if you think the US government doesn't do anything right and they don't well

[14:21] You ain't saying nothing yet till you move to Latin America You know when I get into a conversation with someone who sticks up for the US government I asked them to give me just one example Where a US government department or agency actually stayed on budget and did their job correctly and satisfactorily if you go through that exercise You find out most all government programs and projects are dismal failures, but you knew that already So we won't dwell on it now Just imagine for a moment how Latin American governments stack up in that regard Especially when Latino governments want to copy everything and anything the US government does what a bunch of shit for brains imbeciles, huh? And knowing the abysmal success rate of US government departments and their massive inefficiencies and overruns like the US Defense Department Department of Education Social Security FDA NASA FBI

[15:07] Homeland Security VA DEA etc etc all of them pretty much completely useless. It's hard to imagine, but it's true Latin American government officials are quick to admit their governments are shit But their goals and what they aspire to are even more idiotic and surreal They aspire to be like the bureaucrats in the US government US bureaucrats and those alphabet agencies are in fact They're role models those abysmal failures. We were talking about but compared to their Latin American agency counterparts US bureaucrats are superstars Yep in the land of the blind a one-eyed man is king which brings us to that May 3rd Collapse of a subway line in Mexico City that killed 23 and put a hundred in the hospital and now a couple of months later Investigators have determined surprise surprise

[15:53] It was caused by structural flaws and the use of substandard materials now Of course Mexico's president Manuel Lopez Obrador is trying to put a lid on it because one of his best friends Mexican billionaire Carlos fat boy slim Latin America's richest and some say second ugliest man with the first place trophy going to Pineapplepuss Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega anyway Carlos fat boy sim president Obrador's buddy He got the contract to build that line hmm By the way Carlos sim is also the owner of claro Latin America's IT and telephone giant many many gringles and expects Have a claro sim chip in their telephones could be you have one too So anyway now a couple of months after the May 3rd crash a Norwegian Auditing company was brought in and they've already found six catastrophic errors and deficiencies in the construction of that Metro

[16:43] Including missing bolts on girders and unfinished or poorly executed metal wells They also found deformations and fractures in support beams were shed But to be expected workers and conductors on the metro line submitted complaints and damage reports months even years earlier They were completely ignored. So what else is new by the way Metro line 12 as it's called was built and get this 2012 it's not 50 75 or even 25 years old. It's only nine years old and Typical of government who can't do or estimate anything, right? It cost seventy percent more than the original contract price And if you think it can't get any worse listen to this well, remember it was built in 2012 Well, just two short years later in 2014

[17:30] Operations on the line were suspended at over a dozen stations due to deteriorating Conditions along the track that after just two years of operation So then what does this all mean besides the fact that you shouldn't really trust anything that government does or finances It's just a wake-up call to the fact that governments need less power and control not more Unfortunately that never happens, but it's obvious in the first world. Anyway that people want more not less government But back to this metro thing, of course the vast majority of people who take metros in big cities Especially here in Latin America are the working-class people in the poor That's pretty much the 70 to 80 percent of the working population that do not own vehicles now personally I've taken lots of subways and metros all over the world and though this might seem strange to you

[18:17] But being an engineer I like to read the plaques and the dedications and logos when I'm in a metro station or going over a big bridge You know, there's always a plaque or a brass or stone obelisk or engraving that states the date It was built and the construction details the company etc And I have noticed that most of the metro stations throughout Latin America and the teleféricos That'd be cable cars Teleféricos are cable cars built here in Latin America have been contracted and completed by International well-known firms like for example last time I was in Caracas, Venezuela a couple of years ago I took their famous cable car from Caracas proper up to the top of the mountain nearby Now the average person might be thinking why in the hell would a first world person ever Trust a cable car in Venezuela

[19:04] Well, you know when I went to buy the ticket to get on it I read the history of the thing etched in a glass case in front of the ticket booth Turns out it was built by a famous swiss cable car company The same company that did the cable car for the rocket Gibraltar and countless ski resorts throughout the world So I had no doubt that the cable car system was up to first world four star standard Oh another thing when you contract the first class cable car company to build you one Just like when a hospital buys a CAT scan machine or high speed trains or elevator companies like otis You have to buy a maintenance service contract or they won't sell you the equipment or build your cable car line, whatever So when confronted with a cable car metro system, whatever i'm always on the lookout and i'm curious to see Who built it and how long ago it was completed obviously in the case of mexico city's metro system

[19:52] They contracted one of the local construction companies run by the president's buddy carlos fat boy slim. How'd that happen? Just a coincidence, right? Then again, everything you do in life has some risk every time you get in a car or a plane Your risk of injury or death vastly increases when you go up and down the stairs You multiply your chances of breaking a leg. So everything you do every move you makes a calculated risk Just like every time you eat a street taco your chances of meeting montazuma go up logarithmically, but damn it They taste so good, which brings us to this email from farmer friday He says hi johnny been listening to your show for six months now found you through my interest in bitcoin I live in rural western canada where it gets to 40 degrees celsius in the summer and 50 minus in the winter

[20:38] Johnny I have a neighbor who lives eight months of the year in honduras Anyway, my friend claims honduras is so dangerous. He really can't go outside I asked him why he doesn't travel to guadamala instead and he said that in the rural areas of guadamala It can be just as dangerous. He tells me he thinks nicaragua is the place to go I haven't heard you talk much about nicaragua. So I thought i'd ask Anyway, I fly a 70 year old airplane for checking crops and cows I'd sure like to do some flying if I was down in central america Just some 20 minute sightseeing trips would be perfect But my friend who lives eight months out of the year in honduras said i'd be likely shot down By the government or a drug cartel if I was to do any small plane flying there on that note I had a mexican mennonite working for me one year and he had a powered parachute down there in central america

[21:25] He would fly. I don't think he'd ever been shot at while in the air though So anyway, I was looking for your take on nicaragua and what you know about flying small airplanes in latin america Looking forward to every episode and I hope to come down to one of your seminars soon. Thanks, johnny Signed farmer friday. Well farmer friday. I gotta admire you for having that 70 year old airplane I suppose it's a classic and you keep it ship shape and original like baron von rictoffen with the goggles, right? Well, first of all farmer friday I think there's something not right about your friend in honduras first of all He says he thinks it's so very dangerous yet He continues to live there eight months out of the year. Does that not sound strange to you another thing? I could name a dozen cities and areas in honduras that are very safe

[22:12] I could live there myself especially around the area of tela Then there's copan on the border of guatemala with a fantastic mayan rune there The place is absolutely safe and partially in the altiplano, too Great place though. I wouldn't live in tagusigalpa the capital la seva or san pedrosula Though I wouldn't want to live in any big city in the us either However, just outside practically every big city in latin america. There are some very excellent and nice neighborhoods That's what's been happening The richer people in latin america are starting to move out of the congested cities and out to the local burps 20 or 30 minutes out of the city limits. Oh and think of this, you know, my good friend bitcoin dan Right now he's in the process of scouting and buying some land in honduras right on the coast He's looking at huge tracts of land kilometers square

[22:58] He's very serious about setting up his own what's called a startup city a sort of exclusive little town for free-thinking libertarians It'll be a city with its own constitution. In fact bitcoin dan has written a constitution. That's a hundred pages long That means of course he's dead serious about it and it's been in the works for some years now He's got government permission and the vice president of the countries on the board of directors of that project stay tuned for more on that I'll keep you posted So I just have to ask if honduras is such a dangerous place Why would some of the smartest minds in the world pick that country for their startup city plans? Now i've been all over honduras many times and I was never threatened or assaulted not even close though I was robbed right in my own house twice in my very good neighborhood back in chicago So farmer friday, it's all relative and I think there's something wrong with your friend's story or maybe even with your friend

[23:48] Oh and another thing in my 30 plus years here down in latin america I've known quite a few small plane owners and small plane pilots and none of them has ever told me he's been shot at Nor have I ever seen that reported in the news or in the media farmer friday That makes me question your buddy even more by the way I bet you can't guess the top three countries in the world as per the number of business jets and private airplanes registered So which countries have the most private business jets and small planes number one as you might imagine the usa number two you'll never guess brazil number three mexico we're talking about private jets, you know, like leer jets and such and privately owned prop planes Oh, and by the way, you'll never guess which country in the world has the most registered helicopters per capita

[24:34] Not total number, but the highest number divided by the population Guatemala surprising, huh? Go ahead look it up and when you're talking about the number of helicopters private jets and private planes registered So we're not talking about drug lords, right who prefer not to register their planes Anyway, guadamala is number two in the world for the most private jets helicopters and private planes registered So farmer friday statistics like that make me doubt the veracity if not sanity of your buddy If I were you i'd tune them out or get another friend Oh, and by the way, according to stats guadamala's military only has three helicopters that are active Meaning in decent enough condition to pass inspection and actually fly. Oh and farmer friday one more reason I think your friend's full of it. You're telling me he says he thinks nicaragua is the best place to live in latin america

[25:22] Well, all you got to do is go back in my archives, you know I've got something like 1060 shows up there You'll find many whole segments on nicaragua and why i've never recommended it as a plan b At least not in the last 12 years since I started doing the show though I've been there quite a few times myself and I do know a lot of gringos and expats who Relocated down there and most all of them have regretted it By the way, most of them relocated to san Juan del Sur the sleepy little beach town. That's now just full of gringos and tourists Luckily, it's far enough away from managua So that the dictatorial power and the human rights abuses of daniel ortega are not so apparent Old pineapple puss is the main reason I don't recommend the place First of all, he changed the constitution so he could get elected over and over again This will be his fourth term coming up and think about it the stuff. He does doesn't even happen in venezuela

[26:09] For example, not even venezuela's chaves or maduro have had the balls to jail every one of their opposition candidates before an election Ortega's also jailed a huge number of activists and journalists Ortega rounded up all his enemies recently all in a matter of days So basically he had those people kidnapped and then he had his security forces ransack the homes of all his opposition including Businessmen who were donating and supporting opposition candidates. He also closed down all the independent media outlets He's really turned nikorago into a full-fledged dictatorship Oh, and by the way, he's been accused in the international court at the hag of repeatedly raping his own stepdaughter Luckily when she became an adult she escaped went to the states and then to europe and filed charges against him But hey, you know, he's the president and presidents have diplomatic immunity even the despicable ones

[26:59] So then why aren't all the international organizations of the world pissed off at him? Well, they are but no one's going to do anything about it because it's a non-strategic country In other words, it's got no oil So bottom line as long as the guy lives there'll never be any free and fair elections And the human rights abuses will continue unabated. So farmer friday That's just a tiny taste of why I don't agree with your buddy at all About nikorago being the best place in latin america to relocate. In fact, I think your buddy's kind of touched in the head Though I could be wrong. Maybe it's me, but I doubt it You've been listening to the expat files living in latin america If you need some help with your own plan b 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

[27:49] 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 nos vamos