#1076 – The Expat Files: Privacy, Fake Vaccines, and Digital Currencies

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 as 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 You know, I read every email right and I answer a lot of them Some of them I can't answer because the questions are too Well general and nebulous like a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned a guy wrote in and said I'm 62 What country should I live in? Now a great many of you listeners like me really value their privacy try to stay way under the radar

[00:51] You know me I have almost no social media presence I'm not on Facebook Instagram twaddle any of that stuff. I've only been on one zoom call just as a spectator I never spoke nor put it in a comment I only went on zoom that one time because a friend of mine died. It was his wife's wish for the funeral It's amazing to to know that I'm not on social media at all. Yeah, I got millions of downloads How'd that happen? The thing is though? I get lots of emails from people who are really into privacy too In fact, some of you don't even have smartphones because you don't trust those either nothing wrong with that You know, but if we're gonna do a one-on-one consult, there's got to be a way to connect right now Of course, there are extremes in anything and I've got therefore some listeners who are into extreme privacy Some people refuse to have an internet connection at all

[01:37] I don't know how they listen to the show But they do obviously and some of these extreme privacy folks try to get in contact with me Which can be a problem For example, just lately I've gotten a couple emails from people who went down to their local office depot from a mailbox Etcetera to just to send me an email from there So they didn't have to do it from home or their own PC or device So I've gotten emails from people from office depot Mailboxes etc and some of those private mailbox outlets where you can send an anonymous email from there instead of sending it from your Own device problem is though when people send me those anonymous emails Who am I supposed to send my response back to like the one I got just this week from office depot Oh and the person's so into privacy They didn't even type it out they hand wrote this one on a piece of paper and then took a photo of it and sent it by email and

[02:25] This is handwritten. It says to Johnny the expect files at gmail.com. Hi Johnny. I love your programs Remember, this is handwritten and turned into a PDF document and sent from office depot It says could you please email to me as soon as possible that Catherine Austin fits document? You referred to on a show a couple of weeks ago Thanks so much and there's no name and in the send field it just has the generic office depot email address now I assume if you go into office depot and you're gonna send an email and you don't have your own email address gmail proton mail Whatever by the way, I just hate gmail or anything having to do with Google. They are the enemy, you know Yeah, yeah, I know I have a gmail account I opened it up 11 plus years ago when I started this show and I use it exclusively for things pertaining to this show

[03:10] I have of course start mail and a proton mail account which are totally anonymous if I want them to be but that's for my personal Stuff but you knew that already and you're probably doing the same thing At least I hope you are and of course I get emails from people all the time saying Johnny You gotta quit that gmail crap get rid of it get another one. Yeah, right I've got probably a hundred thousand plus emails that have gone through that account and if I dump the gmail account I'm gonna lose that history. So like it or not. I'm stuck with it. But again, it's only for the show anyway As far as anonymously sending me emails from places like mailbox Etc or office depot if you go there and don't want to use one of your own emails or don't have one It'll assign you one like for example six seven six four three at office depot calm The word office depot will be somewhere in the email address. Anyway regarding the email

[03:57] I just read coming from office depot. I replied to that email. Here's exactly what I said I said dear anonymous. I would be glad to send that info, but please be more specific I offer so much free stuff. I can't remember all of it nor can I remember what show I said it on Tell me please what was the theme in the subject matter and I'll send it off to you. Stay strong. Stay safe Johnny and guess what happened? I got a reply. Let me read it to you It says thank you for choosing office depot number six three eight nine Riverside, California We have received your email. Please note that this order placed via this email service requires a two dollar and fifty cent Minimum email purchase before taxes and discounts. There are no limits to the amount of emails you can send

[04:45] But there is a two dollar and fifty cent minimum for each email or each order Are you getting this in order for me to respond to the email earth through the office depot emailing service? I have to pay two dollars and fifty cents. You know how far you could stick that up your cool Oh, so in fact, she never got my response first. I have to pay to 250 so office depot You know where to stick that yeah, right the whole exercise here is to try to be anonymous, right? And I'm gonna give office depot my personal data my credit card numbers for two dollars and fifty cents and we're not even discussing here how Ridiculous it is to charge someone 250 to send a 25-word email office depot eat Mirda So our unfortunate emailer with all the proper intends to be anonymous will have to try to contact me in another way

[05:37] Once again anonymous emailer, I'd be glad to send you what you're asking for. Just don't make it so difficult, please All right. Let's jump right into the covid it stuff and man does it get dark and deep Speaking of email inquiries I'm picking one here out of a pile of emails that say pretty much the same thing it starts Hey Johnny I'm one of those guys that definitely does not want to get vexed yet the days of traveling without a Vax certificate of proof may be gone in the near future So Johnny, can you refer me to a doctor or someone that I can buy one of these from without having to get the toxic Cocktail Vax injection. I'm currently in the States But we flying into Guatemala City in the near future signed. Well, we'll keep him anonymous Now let me get one thing straight here. I am NOT the go-to guy for you to get a fake Vax card

[06:26] Oh, yeah I know people who have them where you can get them how much they cost etc etc I've even seen a number of them up front and personal But come on to ask me over the internet, especially in a Gmail when Gmail logs and files every word you say they sell Everything you put online to the highest bidder every alphabet agency has access to Google files to you know The name of this show is the expat files living in Latin America, right? So I'll tell you everything and anything you need to know about how expats live down here And so naturally I talk about fake Vax cards because gringles and expats are asking about it all the time. It's big business I know for a fact those cards are going for a hundred to three hundred bucks a crack But to ask me to do the referrals man, that's not the purpose of this show and I'm not gonna stick my neck out

[07:11] I'm just gonna tell you those hacks certainly exist I'm just a guy who tells you how gringles and expats live work play and or do business down here Oh, and I've seen the same question, you know regarding fake Covid at Vax cards discussed on gringo expat fake book groups, too Man, don't you know that everything you put on fake book Twitter Instagram any of those anti social media sites is Completely filed and tracked by every big brother agency most of us expats despise So if you're inquiring about how to get a fake Vax card on those idiotic fake book pages You don't think when traveling you're gonna be on some list or two or ten Oh, and by the way when people talk about fake Covid it vaccine card some are fakes, of course, but some are real I'd say the majority of the cards are real It's just that some local who is dying to get the Vax

[07:59] Took it instead of you or doctors nurses and clinics that have a stash of the real cards are selling them out the back Door without the jab, of course, you heard me talk about that on a previous show about I'd say four to six months ago How some people are able to go to their doc or a clinic here in Latin America Maybe even up in the states, but I doubt it in the states They'd come down on you like a hammer anyway down here It's been known to happen Someone goes into a clinic or sees a doc and says I'll pay for the Vax Just give me the card you can give that Vax to someone who really wants it now one particular gringo expat I know it did that but his Spanish was really good. You know, if you don't know any Spanish How you gonna pull that off because those nurses at those clinics unless you're on the gringo tourist trail They don't speak any English But here's the thing if you've had boots on the ground already and made some contacts or a network here in Latin America

[08:45] You'll easily be able to find someone to get your card if that's your intention Oh and another trick I've heard gringos use is to tell the nurse clinic or whatever You got Vax in the states with the Pfizer and you lost your card Don't have one now and all you're looking to do is get a duplicate card so you can travel with ease Yeah, it's a little white lie, but people are doing that. So how well does it work? Well, it depends on your powers of persuasion and or how short a cash to doctor clinic or nurses You're asking the favor of I'm not suggesting you do anything illegal I'm just answering a question that keeps coming up over and over and over again So in the end all you fence sitters out there who've never got boots on the ground if you're looking to get a fake Vax Card, I don't know how you're gonna do it The only way you're gonna be able to find a guy who knows a guy is if you've got some Latino friends

[09:30] Acquaintances and confidence here in Latin America that can lead you in that direction matter of fact It's not just certain gringos and expats who don't want to get Vax I'm finding large groups of Latinos especially Latinos who work in the healthcare field that are rejecting the idea of getting the Vax But they're gonna need a card too Especially if they work in the healthcare field just like up in the states They're making it mandatory for health care workers and nursing home workers, etc All right. Let's talk about some details regarding fake vaccine cards here in Latin America There's lots of data and reports coming out on that. So right now I'll condense various news articles coming out of various Central and South American Spanish publications again I'll try to cut out the boring spots. All right, here goes after peddling fake tests and vaccines for coronavirus

[10:16] Criminals are now selling counterfeit vaccination Certificates directly in Mexico City Allowing their customers to lie about their vaccine status and have no problems traveling abroad You can go right down to Mexico City's Plaza de Santo Domingo and find vendors in the neighborhood charging 500 to 600 pesos That's 25 to 30 bucks for fabricated documents This news comes out of one of Mexico's largest periodicals and news services el universal It goes on to say the discovery of these vendors was made less than a week after Mexican government announced They will attempt to certify VAX documents in a central database Then it says fabricated documents out of Central and South America have two purposes first unvaccinated people or those with the first dose

[11:02] Can use the fake certificates to gain entries in countries that require two doses Secondly, they can change the vaccine listed on their certificate for countries with specific requirements For example, the European Union only accepts travelers having received Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson vaccines By the way, did you know that Johnson & Johnson just got fined two billion dollars with a B for producing talcum powder that causes cancer They knew about it for years and never told anyone or changed the formula So then you're supposed to trust Johnson & Johnson to produce a safe and effective vaccine But I digress not too far though Anyway, it says the only four vaccines approved by the European medicine agency In other words to allow you to travel to the European Union again our Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson

[11:49] Oh and did you know Pfizer paid out billions in fines for lying and changing laboratory results on the tests on some of their own drugs? Yet you're supposed to trust that they're making a safe and effective vaccine? You're kidding me, right? Problem is most people in Mexico, Central and South America who've been VAXed have received the China-made Sinovac vaccine Or the Russian Sputnik VAX And there's really no history or data on those companies In fact, as for Mexico, some of the more expensive fake documents work so well They include a QR code that redirects to a fake website designed to look just like the Mexican government's Covidiet vaccination website According to cyber security expert Carlos Ramirez, he says that it's challenging But criminals can load each QR code with the proper data required by the Mexican government

[12:38] So when scanned comes up correctly, then it says fake vaccination certificate schemes go well beyond Mexico With Paraguay, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Venezuela reporting the appearance of many falsified certificates too But it's not only fake Covidiet vaccine cards Counterfeit negative PCR tests were first made available in January 2021 Turns out big Mexican newspaper El Pais discovered a scheme that sold negative tests at the Cancun International Airport directly Specifically to expats and foreign tourists who were returning home and didn't want to wait or risk a negative test Or the hours it took to get a result since most countries require a negative PCR test 72 hours or less before entering the country Turns out Mexico is one of the world's hot spots for producing phony vaccines

[13:27] In January 2021, Mexico's National Council of Privacy and Security, Consejo Nacional de Seguridad Privada reported the discovery of multiple laboratories making fake vaccines in perfect-looking counterfeit vials in the states of Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Chihuahua and Mexico City While in Venezuela, just a month ago, nearly 2,000 people were scammed into purchasing vials of water with some additives advertised as the Sputnik and Sinovac Covidiet vaccines for $100 to $450 each Meanwhile, it's becoming common knowledge among doctors in Mexico, Central America and South America that hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin can cure early Covidiet cases completely Though Latin governments, in line with first world government thinking, continue to seize boxes of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin

[14:20] saying, just like the standard line from the World Health Organization and Dr. Falsi, that those drugs are shown to be ineffective even though they're showing remarkable results worldwide Typical, huh? But you knew that already In fact, there's a quote here, get this, it says in Brazil government authorities seized 120 cases of hydroxychloroquine an anti-malarial drug touted by President Jar Bolsonaro as a treatment for the coronavirus Then the news article says, get this, and I'm sure you're used to this the drug has been shown to be ineffective which, of course, we all know now is total BS All it took was Trump to say that it works and the whole world said, no way If Trump says it's so, it's gotta be a lie Hey, I'm no Trump fan, I think every politician's a pathetic, lying, sociopathic, pusball

[15:11] But... I'll bet you Bitcoin, if Biden or Obama had said that hydroxychloroquine was a promising treatment for Covidiet the US government would be handing it out like candy Oh, did you know that the number one country in the world for the most per capita vaccines given per day is Ecuador? Now, you gotta wonder, who's paying for all the sweaty masses to get the vaccine? Well, guess what, throughout Latin America and the third world, governments are jabbing you for free And you know when things are free, people beat each other up to get in line But they're not really free For example, when a government contracts Russia, China, or Pfizer to get millions of doses of their Covidiet vax Latin governments, of course, are broke They just take out an emergency loan from the World Bank or IMF So the corrupt drug companies get their billions right up front

[16:00] And the third world countries that took out those loans? Well, they end up getting added to the debit side of the national debt balance sheet to be paid off with more loans and higher taxes How else? But the citizens won't feel the pain, except for that jab of those higher taxes until the crisis has subsided When someone, probably Dr. Dickhead Falsy, proclaims that herd immunity has been achieved That'll be some months or years down the line Because governments know it would be political suicide to raise taxes in the Covidiet lockdown climate where half the people are at home not working Which all in all is perfect timing to roll out those government digital currencies you've been hearing so much about Because you know when governments eliminate paper currency and you have to do everything with their virtual currency online They'll know every purchase you make and they'll take their taxes right out of your account

[16:48] as you make those purchases There'll be no off-the-books or untaxable gray market economy Because there'll be no physical cash around anymore to transact with Now, of course, I'm not talking about Bitcoin, Ethereum, or other cryptocurrencies which were created to bypass government currencies They're decentralized Government digital currencies are centralized and why governments hate decentralized cryptos, of course So, anyway, if you've been wondering how broke third world countries have been able to afford the billions of dollars necessary to buy all those faxes for the sweaty masses Well, it was just another big brother and big pharma Buy now, pay later, extortion scheme But you knew that already, right? Or did you? Speaking of fake news You can't believe anything from the lamestream media these days

[17:34] Take the news coming out of Guatemala this week You may have seen in the news that there are all kinds of protesters in the street with a president who's an MD himself getting hammered by the public because less than 2% of Guatemalans have been vexed Have you seen that news? Well, it's all completely fake People aren't protesting because they're not getting vexed They're protesting because the government just fired the top anti-corruption prosecutor A guy with a real success rate of rooting out government corruption So what'd they do? They fired him Typical, huh? And people have been taking to the street because they want that guy to continue rooting out corrupt bad guys Instead, the first world media has turned this story into a covidiot story It's complete fake news

[18:19] But how are you supposed to know that? It just seems so logical A country with less than 2% of the people vexed and people taken to the streets? Man, you just can't believe anything coming out of mainstream I guess it's more interesting or more newsworthy to create a fake covidiot story than the story of firing a government prosecutor who roots out high-level government corruption That story's boring, huh? Meanwhile, in Argentina a place I never recommend for a permanent Plan B destination and I never have They've got, you know, the highest percentage of people with European blood in all of Latin America In fact, most of them really believe they are European And I guess in a way they are because they've become the most woke country in Latin America Though neck and neck with Chile The proof? Get this Argentina's just unveiled a new national identity system for people who identify as non-binary

[19:08] Under the new law, Argentines have the right to identify themselves as gender-neutral or anything in between Whereas up till now, on passports and national documents of identity, DNI's residents have only been able to select male or female What a tragedy But now, anyone applying for a new Argentine ID document or passport can select X or anything else for their gender with Argentina being the first Latin American country to adopt this new system The president at a ceremony in Buenos Aires unveiled the new range of ID cards with the new format and delivered the first three of them with Argentina's Interior Ministry and the Ministry of Women and Gender Now, in his speech introducing those cards the president said, quote, The ideal will be when all of us are just who we are

[19:56] and no one cares about people's gender, unquote Hmm, yeah, I bet an X will give you a big leg up on that next job interview Hmm He also said Argentina's on the forefront joining a number of progressive countries who've already adopted this system including Canada, New Zealand, and India By the way, the president of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez is another one of those guys like Biden who never worked a real job in his life He went from being a law professor to politics Typical, huh? Now, if you're wondering why he's so hot on pushing the gender fluidity thing Hey, to each your zone, right? But here's what you didn't know The president's son, Estanislao Fernandez is an interior design student and professional drag queen If you don't believe me, look it up All right, now we have a report from a gringo off the grid

[20:42] in Nicaragua I mean, really, isn't that the goal of so many of us sex pats living off the grid? Anyway, he says, hi, Johnny Love listening to your podcast, very informative and I find myself nodding in agreement all the time Perhaps, unfortunately, I did my plan B and C some 12 years ago And yes, I picked Nicaragua and that overpriced Estancia in Argentina Talk about two pathetic governments Argentina, Nicaragua Well, as far as La Estancia it's not so overpriced anymore and Doug Casey, who was sort of a founder is pretty much gone along with all those original folks that came down thinking they would be hanging with Doug sipping wine and smoking cigars with him all day long Now, with the Argentine peso demolished it went from 34 last month

[21:29] to the current 66 gray market rate today Living expenses and dollars, anyway, are indeed cheap Caffeette Again, Doug Casey's previously chosen spot is indeed a very special little town with many good restaurants, hotels and tourist shops Not many gringo tourists, thankfully It's hard to spend more than 10 bucks at the best steak houses including dessert and plenty of great wine We are so far off the Buenos Aires beaten path that we don't even notice the politics and no one seems to care much Though we live most of the year in Nicaragua in a development called Gran Pacifica This is a little struggling, gated community which is nice because not many people are around Here, there are no towns nearby Even the recent unrest in Nicaragua had no effect on us Some of the locals we know were even sent to this area

[22:16] during the Contra Wars as even then, our area was safe because there's really nothing here Except an incredible ocean, great waves and oddly few surfers Though paradise for an old crappy surfer like I am We surf, trollfish in our little sailboat and share meals with neighbors There are no restaurants within a 45 minute drive So obviously it's not for everyone, I understand that But we love it Anyway, Johnny, I'd love to get your info on home solar units The Powerwall type units you talk about The Tesla Powerwall type clone units If you go to Alibaba, you'll see so many to choose from We have a huge propane tank that's buried We fill it once a year But our generator has been having issues and I'm considering switching to solar

[23:02] I have five manzanas outside our little development where I have a well and grow all kinds of edibles Mostly for me and the locals on our dirt road I figure with solar, our giant propane tank Well water and growing many of our own fruits and veggies We could last a long, long time here without any interference Then if worse comes to worse, we can escape in our little sailboat Oh, and along with the solar stuff could you provide some information on recommended stem cell hospitals and clinics? I've not seen a doctor myself in over 20 years but I would like to fix my bad hip that I've had since my 20s or at least see if stem cell injections could help with it Anyway, all the best and keep on doing what you do, Johnny Saludos, Andy Well, thanks for that, Andy Sounds like you're living way off the tourist trail

[23:48] Nothing wrong with that, especially since you've got some great hobbies like surfing, gardening, etc, etc Of course, I'll send you the stem cell stuff And as far as Alibaba and the Powerwall clones I've checked out many of them and one of them is my absolute favorite It's a company called Y-I-Y Yeah, the letters Y-I-Y They're a big solar energy and inverter company They've been doing solar batteries and inverters both residential and commercial for something like 20 years now I have a personal direct contact who speaks English You can get on WhatsApp with you Plus I can send you the priceless and complete documentation for practically all their units It's really well done and informative and you can go completely off the grid with one of their all-in-one units All you need are solar panels They come in various sizes And they arrive completely wired and self-contained

[24:34] I'll send you that And by the way, I don't make any money at all doing this stuff People ask me that all the time Do you get a cut? Do you get a commission? In a word? No! I could of course, but then it would be a conflict of interest, right? However, those companies know if I order stuff for myself or I go to a stem cell clinic, etc They better treat me right Oh, by the way, Andy put a title on that email His title is I want it all Good for you, Andy Believe me, if you're living right on the ocean You grow your own food You've gone completely solar Have your own well and your own sailboat You do seem to have it all Wait a minute, wait a minute Andy never mentioned the love and romance angle He never mentioned having a Selma Hayek or Sofia Vergara clone Hey, you heard him. He said he wanted it all Speaking of love and romance in Latin America

[25:21] or fake love and romance However you want to view it Today, we have a report of the relaxation of Covidiot rules coming out of Ecuador Just out this week They've announced a pilot plan to reopen the houses of Il Repute, the brothels You know, prostitution is legal in most Latin American countries But of course, the Covidiot lockdowns lack down the brothels too In fact, Expedit, he said that 6-foot social distancing rule certainly was the straw that broke the camel's back 6 feet, that makes intimacy impossible Except for maybe that genetically favored .001% Guys, you know who you are Anyway, here's the new brothel regs coming out of Ecuador They're called Planificación la Applacación de Plan Piloto in Bordelles I'll translate, it says Government institutions charged with public safety met with 5 Casas de Citas

[26:11] Those are translation dating houses In Los Zonas de Tolerancia How do you like that? They call the neighborhood these houses are in Tolerance Zones Aptly named, don't you think? Anyway, the Ecuador Public Safety Bureau met with 5 of those dating houses in the neighborhood called in English, the Tolerance Zone To initiate a plan to reopen the brothels which have been closed for most of the pandemic It goes on to say, last weekend the government announced a plan to reopen brothels that have submitted a biosecurity protocol Starting by opening at 30% capacity and prohibiting the sale of alcoholic drinks Good luck with that Then it says this test program will last for 30 days starting 48 hours after the publication of the resolution

[26:57] with the workers, of course, having to show negative COVID tests So it's a 30-day pilot program to reopen the brothels Hmm, I wonder, I wonder How many large-ass government officials will be checking it out? I mean, hey, they're the ones that have to decide whether they continue on with the program Hmm, I guess, when in doubt We could always fall back on that famous bumper sticker Namely, what would Jesus do? You see that t-shirt and bumper sticker all the time You think he'd be for social distancing of any kind? I don't think so He was a touchy feely, give us a hug, hands-on kind of guy Just saying