Episode Summary
In this episode of The Expat Files, Johnny Mueller explores a variety of topics that highlight the challenges and complexities faced by expats in Latin America. He begins by discussing the difficulties expats encounter in Uruguay regarding residency and citizenship, citing negative experiences from expats and an email from Oscar, who shares his friend's story of being denied citizenship due to insufficient documentation. He then shifts to a broader discussion about the state of prisons in Mexico, referencing a 2016 report by Mexico's National Commission on Human Rights that rated federal prisons on a scale from zero to ten. Johnny highlights the potential for expats to pay for better treatment in Mexican prisons and shares a story about a Colombian expat who found that being a gringo offered certain advantages in prison. He also touches on the infamous drug lord El Chapo Guzman's comments about the quality of Mexican prisons compared to the US, and briefly mentions a new fast-pass system for tourists at Panama's main airport.
The podcast segment then discusses the implementation of advanced biometric technology at Panama's airports, including passport chip scanning, fingerprint, facial, and iris recognition, which allows for rapid identification and processing of visitors within 50 seconds. Johnny Mueller critiques the system, suggesting it comes with a high cost and that the government workers at the airport are inefficient and unprofessional. He also mentions that Panama is a major hub for Latin American airlines, often requiring travelers to change planes there. The segment then shifts to a discussion about a political poll in Latin America, highlighting Hillary Clinton's strong support among US-based Latinos, while Donald Trump receives minimal support. Johnny humorously comments on the poll's findings, including the 20% of Latinos who were unfamiliar with the candidates and jokes about Ronald McDonald's unsettling presence in Latin American McDonald's locations.
In this segment, Johnny Mueller discusses the connection between the political support for Hillary Clinton among Latinos in the United States and the fact that a significant percentage of these individuals are undocumented. He highlights the irony that 70% of Latinos in the U.S. support Hillary Clinton, while many of them are technically illegal due to overstaying their visas. Johnny also touches on the financial incentives for Latin American countries to allow overstaying visitors, as they charge a daily fee for the privilege. He shares a personal anecdote about a gringo who overstayed his visa in Mexico and had to pay a substantial fine to regularize his status, illustrating the system's tolerance for such behavior. Finally, he promotes his upcoming expat seminar, emphasizing the need for a Plan B due to the perceived collapse of the U.S. immigration system.
In this segment, Johnny Mueller discusses the affordability of root canals in Latin America, particularly in Guatemala, compared to the United States. He shares a personal anecdote about his dentist, who referred him to a root canal specialist who works on a per-visit basis without a permanent office, allowing for significantly lower costs. Johnny also recounts an encounter with a dentist who is actually a wealthy landowner in Antigua Guatemala, who reveals that his family owns multiple valuable colonial properties. The dentist explains that his family's fortunes have declined due to the financial burden of maintaining these properties, and he is now managing them as part of his role as the son-in-law of a former wealthy landowner. The dentist also mentions that the current president of Guatemala, Álvaro Pérez, is expected to inspect the properties and potentially purchase them, as part of a larger scheme involving kickbacks and cash transactions. Johnny reflects on the systemic corruption and impunity in Latin American governments, noting that officials often engage in such practices as part of their perks.
In this segment, Johnny Mueller recounts a story about a Guatemalan president, Otto Perez, who was involved in a major corruption scandal. He describes the president's downfall, including his resignation, house arrest, and a trial for corruption. Johnny also mentions the involvement of the vice president and other officials, as well as the international media's speculation that the U.S. government set up Perez. He contrasts this with his own experience in a dentist office three years ago, where he was told about a similar situation. Johnny expresses skepticism about the U.S. government's involvement, citing historical examples of U.S. interference in Latin America. He concludes by discussing the legal and moral complexities of money and corruption, and invites listeners to check out his YouTube channel for more content.
Topics
Residency and citizenship challenges in Uruguay, Conditions in Mexican prisons, Expats' experiences in prison, Comparison of prison systems in Mexico and the US, Panama's fast-pass system for tourists, Biometric technology in Panama's airports, Critique of government efficiency and airport workers, Political poll on US-based Latino support for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Humorous commentary on Ronald McDonald's presence in Latin America, Immigration in the U.S., Undocumented Latinos, Overstaying visas
Chapters
00:00:00 Opening 00:00:34 Expats' Struggles with Residency in Uruguay 00:01:57 Conditions in Mexican Prisons 00:03:02 Expats' Advantages in Mexican Prisons 00:05:16 Comparison of Prison Systems in Mexico and the US 00:06:01 Panama's Fast-Pass System for Tourists 00:06:19 Biometric Technology at Panama's Airports 00:07:20 The High Cost of Advanced Technology 00:09:26 Political Poll on Latino Support for Hillary Clinton 00:12:34 Why Johnny is Bringing Up Latino Support for Hillary Clinton 00:12:50 The Connection Between Latino Immigration Status and Political Support 00:15:26 Why the U.S. Doesn't Reciprocate Latin American Visa Policies 00:18:03 Root Canals in Latin America are Cheaper than in the US 00:18:40 Root Canals in the US are Expensive 00:21:16 The President of Guatemala is Expected to Inspect the Properties 00:23:13 The Arrival of the President's Security Detail 00:23:49 The Resignation and Arrest of the President 00:24:46 Speculation About U.S. Involvement in the Scandal 00:25:47 The Connection Between Past and Present Scandals
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 I wonder Hello there all you expat 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 got quite a few emails on that show I did last week talking about Uruguay and all the problems expats are having trying to get temporary and permanent residency there turns out It's a delicate process and anywhere along the way once you've got your permanent or temporary residency
[00:46] They can and will find ways to cut you off So then all your efforts on your way to nationalization passport and citizenship will have been in vain In fact, none of the emails I got from people who'd visited Uruguay or have tried to get residency themselves there have been encouraging In fact, let's hear this email from Oscar says. Hey Johnny good show everything you said on Uruguay was spot-on In fact, a friend of mine and his wife lived there for three years bought a house and the whole nine yards Resided there full-time, but they were denied the citizenship request due to insufficient documentation Turns out they needed doctors records and other paperwork stuff like that. However, they said it was incomplete In fact, they even appealed and lost so fed up with the country
[01:31] They sold everything and moved to Chile and as far as I know still in Chile and happy keep on keeping on Johnny Exped Oscar. Okay, that said looking at the big Latin newspapers today. Here's something I'm sure ninety nine point nine nine percent of the world doesn't know because well This kind of stuff never makes it into the first world media according to an early 2016 report by Mexico's National Commission on Human Rights They've actually rated all the federal prisons in Mexico all 21 of them So for one did you know that they had 21 federal prisons in Mexico? I doubt they do tours like they do in Alcatraz Anyway, there's an actual environmental and human rights commission that rates them on a zero to ten with a rating
[02:17] Of zero a prison is considered lawless dangerous and chaotic where there is no respect for human rights or dignity of the prisoners In other words a lawless jungle. That's what it says here. I'm translating it So then why am I bringing this up? Is there a chance that gringos and expats could end up in a Mexican jail? well if they do it's all about the money and you can look up the prison ratings on the internet and Buy yourself an upgrade to a nicer place And if you have enough dough even buy your way out depending on what you're in for of course Oh, and by the way in a past show I told the story of a guy from Colombia that ended up in a Latin prison and he told me pretty much throughout Latin America except for maybe Mexico if you pay off the head honcho prisoner the guy that runs the place around 200 bucks a month you'll basically have the run of the place have all the privileges
[03:07] He does and be the guy's best friend and be protected 100% of the time Don't think it's all about the 200 bucks a month either of course to us That's a tiny amount really but very few Latins can pay up So if you have the bad bad luck to be there for 200 bucks a month, you'll be amongst the privileged few again It's not all about the money My Colombian friend happened to mention that in prison as well as on the outside Everyone wants to be friends with a gringo because they think you're a rich gringo Thus you are connected and will be able to pull strings for certain friends you made in prison when you get out Then my Colombian buddy said never never dissuade them of that fantasy Oh and earlier I did mention that in Mexico
[03:53] It's different there to get that kind of protection and privileges will cost you more like a thousand bucks a month not to mention in Mexico There's so many gringos that the gringo advantage has lost its luster, but you knew that already, right? So oddly enough your gringo advantage works wonders if you ever end up in prison, too Which I hope you never do, but that's not at all why I'm bringing up this unpleasant subject. It's like this right now I'm looking at a picture of el Chapo You know the famous narco traffic cante the guy you must have heard by now escaped prison through a mile-long Tunnel he paid to have dug by the way. He's the guy that's buddy buddy with Sean Penn. You've seen the photos I mean come on if there's anyone that deserves to be beat to a nub with a selfie stick
[04:39] It's that dickhead Sean Penn. I'm sure a lot of people would pay to see that anyway listen to this in an interview He gave last week Chapo Guzman says of prison number nine in the 21 federal prison system the one he spent most of his time in he says It's a terrible prison to be in it's got horrible facilities, and it's a shame He says that prisoners have to undergo such inhumane conditions chaos terrible food general corruption and lawlessness hmm Now note that prison number nine the one he was in was given a rating by the Mexican Human Rights Commission of a solid 6.6 on the 0 to 10 scale considered above average Then he goes on to say the US has infinitely better prison systems
[05:25] He says every US prison he or his friends have been in would be rated at least a nine point five to a ten on Wow good news sure glad to know that huh that explains everything why it's so much better for a Latin criminal to sneak into the US Then when he's jailed up in the states as Chapo Guzman points out. They're like country clubs compared to Mexican prisons Okay, now in other Latin news. I'm sure you've never heard before This is from Panama the article says and it's in Spanish, so I'll translate Panama immigration authorities At their main airport to come on have announced that last Friday the fast-pass system went into effect Regarding the processing of tourists and visitors to Panama through the airport it says thanks to state-of-the-art
[06:16] newly installed US scanning Technology visitors now only have to walk past a machine which will read their passport chips along with a fingerprint facial and iris scan And it says within 50 seconds of walking through you'll be identified and logged into the airport and country's immigration database It goes on to say that within the year the system will be installed and online at land borders and at the other airports Well aren't we all just pleased as punch about that so bottom line thanks to the US government and US technology which was donated to the cause Government press releases are lauding the program saying hooray hooray here in Panama We are no longer third world at least at our airports and border control points unlike airport immigration control in other Latin countries
[07:07] You'll no longer have to stand in the immigration line 30 minutes an hour even more nope not in Panama So they say now they can process you in 50 seconds But we all know that comes with a huge price tag So I guess we all should be chomping at the bit to go to Panama, huh? Oh, and by the way, it says the next Latin country line to install this equipment is give you one guess Costa Rica by the way last time was in Panama about six months ago I mentioned they already had some of that facial recognition and digital fingerprint stuff. Yep. That's right They did the photo and the fingerprint scan and I stood there watching as all the clueless gringles filed by Smiling politely even happy to have their photos taken to them, especially the under 30 crowd I guess it was just another selfie as for me nowadays. I'm dead set on not making Panama one of my destinations
[07:58] However, it's a huge hub for most of the big Latin American Airlines like Copa Taka, Mexicana and some of the European Airlines, too So often you just can't avoid changing planes in Panama So even if you're flying from a Latin American Airport to Europe, there's better than a 50-50 chance You're gonna change planes in Panama The good news however, is that when you're waiting to change planes, you'll be in the transit area So you won't have to go through immigration and get bent probe stamped poked stapled and mutilated by the fat ass government Airport slugs in Panama and believe me the Panama Airport has the biggest fattest government slugs I've ever seen and unlike in most of the rest of Latin America. They're not even polite or happy I figure because all day long they see these supposedly rich gringos flying through with all their cool little toys
[08:45] iPods designer clothes and $200 Nikes and hiking boots and they have that moment to pull that power move on you to screw with You and if they can they will I mean it really does seem like even in Panama that there's some sort of government Affirmative action program to hire people whose asses will only fit in a double wide John Deere tractor seat Come on, you know, it's the same at airports up in the States, too And if you think I'm being cruel you don't believe me and before you go charging me with the sin of look ism Go ahead size up some of your own TSA people you see at airports up in the States Seems like government workers around the world come out of the same baby Huey mold with a brain power to match God, can I go off on a rant or what? Sorry about that. Now, where were we? Oh, yeah looking at the Latin papers today
[09:33] We got one last thing here According to a well-read Latin political magazine called Latino decision is Latin decisions and I'll translate here It says that Hillary Clinton enjoys Wait a minute. She enjoys Yeah, that's the direct translation. All right. It says Hillary Clinton enjoys the most sympathy. Yeah, that's sympathy Boy of all US presidential candidates according to a poll of over 20,000 US based adult Latinos God until I read this I thought she only enjoyed Breathing fire and riding on a broomstick Jojo wrong a guy could be huh? However, that does beg the question if she wins. Will she be the wicked witch of the West wing? Anyway, this outfit Latino decision is reports that she enjoys
[10:24] 71% confidence and support from adult Latinos up in the States and Donald Trump according to this poll enjoys only 9% support and Sympathy from the adult Latin population up in the States So then what about the other approximately 20% of adult Latinos who were polled? Well, it turns out that 20% didn't know who the candidates were from bozo who by the way I definitely vote for if he was on the ballot as opposed to let's say Ronald McDonald Ronald McDonald now there's an enigma for you. I've always had this sneaky feeling. There's something wrong with that guy to me He's always looked kind of like a pervert sitting on that bench in the McDonald's parking lot By the way, you do have a Ronald McDonald statue sitting on a park bench and most big McDonald's up in the States
[11:15] Don't you I wouldn't know I haven't been back in a long long time But I can tell you nearly all the fairly big McDonald's here in Latin America Have a bench outside in the parking lot and old Ronald sitting there with that Bill Clinton half smile on his face You know what? I mean? Oh and by the way down here in Latin America Kids do not like sitting on that bench next to Ronald turns out They're actually just a little bit afraid of him kind of like a liquored up Santa or Chuckie And I'm not talking Chuckie cheese. In fact expat Eddie tells me and he'd know he's in the restaurant business He says that most of the young ladies that work at the counter at McDonald's are afraid of that Ronald McDonald statue So the fact is when you see old Ronald the perv sitting on that bench outside in the parking lot No one ever seems to be sitting there with him as if he had a nasty case of GMO BO
[12:05] Hmm GMO BO doesn't that conjure up a revolt an image make a nice t-shirt though, huh? But I digress man. Did I digress? Oh and by the way just to complete that thought You know all Latin kids know about Chuckie. You know that evil little doll Yes All the Chuckie movies have been translated into Spanish and have been running over and over again Even now talk about lag time, huh? Okay, but Johnny get back to the point. All right already So why am I bringing up this 70% support for Hillary with Latinos living up in the States? Well because coincidentally that pretty much is the breakdown of the number of illegals living in the United States right now Yep some studies say up to 70% of all Latins up in the states are there illegally if you include the estimated tens of millions who came on a real visa
[12:57] Whether a work visa student visa or tourist visa who decided hell with it. They're just gonna stay and now they're technically illegal So isn't that funny? 70% of Latins in the States enjoy Hillary Clinton. Hmm. You can bet bill never did while 70% of Latins in the States are technically illegal Coincidence or not by the way talking about being illegal because you've overstayed your visa a lot of gringos Especially backpackers do that down here in Latin America sometimes inadvertently However, Latin countries seem to like when you overstay because it's a big source of revenue and they charge by the day now It's not a lot of money anywhere from a dollar to two dollars a day depending on the country But believe me it can add up fact one guy
[13:44] I know a very smart libertarian slash anarchist type overstayed his visa in Mexico by get this six years Well, he told me he would have stayed there forever And if you stay there forever and never leave you don't have to pay the exit tax And he was fine with that Mexico is a big country He said lots to do many places to hang out so he really didn't care and wasn't thinking about it much at all until he met the love of his life a Beautiful young Mexican lady who just happened to get pregnant. Hmm. Yeah, I gotta wonder sometimes, huh? So being a solid upright gringo with good values He decided to make it legal basically a shotgun wedding without the shotgun But to make it legal he had to go down to immigration and the municipality and there they told him he had to get his Immigration status up the snuff and he had to pay the delinquent fine which turned out to be something close to 4,000 bucks
[14:35] But he did admit the Mexican government officials never treated him like some kind of a scoundrel or deadbeat In fact, they were quite nice because they know a gringo will always find a way to pony up now as for me many times I've overstayed my 90 days visa in various Latin countries And when you get to the airport to fly out or if you're going through a land border It just won't let you go through that immigration check without paying that dollar or two dollar a day fine And they'll write a little notation in your passport too makes you feel for a second like you've been kind of a bad boy Or girl, but don't let that worry you it never seems to count against you when you go back into that country At least not yet So you pay the fine at the airport or land border right at immigration They always take your money with a smile no one it seems ever gives you a hard look Why because people who overstay their visa are a huge source of income for that country which does beg the question
[15:26] Why doesn't the US reciprocate yet? I've never heard anyone with a half a brain up in the States mention that and you won't because we all know The system is too far gone. It's a runaway train heading for a cliff Which is why you need a plan B and you need it fast that said this is a good time to remind you about my expat Insider seminar coming up in July 2016 in short It's a six-day seminar to fast-track your plan B every day You'll get boots on the ground and you'll make the right connections and to sign up just go to WWW that the new expat comm click on Johnny's 2016 seminar link at the top of the page And you'll find all the info there and also on the top of the new expat website You'll find the link to John Galt's amazing pre and post seminar trips. So what's that all about?
[16:16] Well, if you're coming down for the seminar, you'll be a long way from Seattle, New York or Cleveland So naturally you'll want to fit as much as you can in and make the very best use of your time That said people coming down always asked me for my personal recommendations because remember I've been down here a long long time and I'm not gonna set you up with a regular old boring tour guide I've always felt that run-of-the-mill tourists packages are for clueless gringos and I wouldn't do that to you That's where John Galt comes in with him You'll see and do some amazing things that the average tourist or visitor just never get the chance to experience now to mention He's been an expat down here for three or four years now and is a wealth of information If you do take one or both of his trips, it'll be something that you'll be talking about for a long long time That's for sure
[17:01] Okay Now I'm gonna tell you a little story that I've been wanting to tell for three years and I could not tell it until now Not on the air. Anyway, why if I'd have told it sooner it could have been a little dangerous for me to open my mouth So here goes about three years ago. I was in Guatemala at my dentist office in Guatemala City By the way a guy who speaks 100% perfect English and got his oral surgery residency up in the States First world all the way. Anyway, I had to have one of those dreaded root canals I know I know some people don't believe them I don't really believe in them either, but you know what it's better than having a hole in your face and implants Well, I'm not ready for that yet And you know right now I'm in pretty good health But if things take a turn for the worse in the future those root canal teeth will be the first things to go
[17:47] I can assure you that however, it's not a good look for a gringo Let's just say I'm not yet willing to embrace the white trash culture not just yet So anyway, my dentist doesn't do root canals So he called in a root canal specialist and endodontist by the way Like I mentioned in a past show root canals are unbelievably cheap down here compared to up in the first world Endodontist can keep their costs way down because they don't have their own offices Not like up in the States thus zero overhead They just have a little briefcase and they go from dentist's office to dentist's office doing root canals That's one of the reasons they'll charge only around a hundred to two hundred dollars for a root canal when you're off the gringo tourist trail That is now for those of you up in the states who've been in that painful oral predicament
[18:33] You know what I'm talking about if you haven't don't say it can't happen to you if you live long enough It will be an eventuality Some of you already know that root canals up in the states will run a thousand to two thousand bucks even more That in itself should be enough to make you want to vote with your feet Anyway, it was around four in the afternoon and the root canal specialist came in and first thing he did was look at his watch And say, you know, I gotta get out of here at five o'clock So if we don't finish today, we'll just set another appointment now oddly enough as he was working about every five minutes He stopped to look at his watch and he'd even occasionally get up look out the window at the entrance to the building in the parking Lot now to me He seemed way too preoccupied with whatever was supposed to happen at five o'clock And finally I said man that appointment of yours must be pretty important and he says yeah
[19:18] You don't know how important it is then he crossed his fingers and said if this thing goes down I'll be the hero of the family and I said, what kind of a deal is it if you don't mind me asking now? Remember I'm with this guy for about an hour We're chit-chatting back and forth and I know there's something up So I'm pumping him suddenly for information the best I can that's when your gringo advantage kicks in by the way Especially with someone like him who speaks English but does not get a chance to practice it So he's babbling away in English telling me about this fantastically valuable real estate His family owns in Antigua Guatemala right in the high rent zone a couple of blocks from the Central Park He said his family's got three fantastic colonial houses worth over a million dollars apiece each on its own square block and he said they've been on the market a
[20:07] Long long time and finally they've got a bite a live one and he's gonna come here at five o'clock They're gonna go inspect those properties and hopefully the guy will buy one or more of them I said, you mean you've got three of those places and then he almost blushed He said wait a minute. Wait a minute. I'm not a rich guy if that's what you're thinking In fact, he said I came from a middle-class family and I had to work my way through school Then he said I got lucky and I married the daughter of a very wealthy landowner Only he said he's not so wealthy anymore. He said nowadays his father-in-law is pretty much out of it needs 24-7 care So by default the dentist told me he the son-in-law is now in charge of the property and estates a job He doesn't want because they're all losing money
[20:52] So as it turns out his family's fortunes aren't so fortunate anymore not like in the old days when his father-in-law was in good health and he said those three big colonial properties needed tons of maintenance and upkeep and around-the-clock staff Too much to maintain and they've been on the market for a while now and no takers That's when he dropped a bombshell and said, you know who's coming to see the property? auto Perez at that time the president of Guatemala a guy by the way Who at the time was making 80,000 bucks a year as president and before that was a general in the Guatemalan army making about 15,000 bucks a year then he dropped a bigger bombshell and said yeah, and if he likes it He said he'll pay cash and I said wait a minute. Wait a minute. How can he pay cash? Where'd he get the money?
[21:43] Then he said do you have to ask? Do you remember a couple of months ago when a big foreign company won the contract for the Port Authority? Now Guatemala's got both an Atlantic and a Pacific Coast and very busy ports Thousands of containers going in and out every month and for that contract the president got himself a multi-million dollar kickback in cash That's the way they do things down here. And I said really in cash. How is that possible? He said, oh, this is Latin America. It's done all the time And then he said, you know, he's got to spend that money somehow. He can't exactly put it into a bank That's traceable. So you either stick it in a big safe or you buy a lot of things for cash helicopters yachts Real-estate now, I've been down in Latin America long enough to know all that stuff's true
[22:28] But the question in my mind at the time was how did he know all that stuff? How do you know the details? I could only assume it was because he came from a very well-connected family and why was he telling me a guy? He'd just met partially I guess because it was that gringo advantage working for me, but deep down I know that there's so much impunity in all levels of government that it really doesn't matter If you talk about stuff like that, even if it is true because well, these guys are basically untouchable The truth is everyone who's a little on the ball down here in Latin America knows Presidents vice presidents congressman, etc They all get to skim or get a kickback when they hand out contracts just part of the perks of being a government official So anyway five o'clock rolls around he gets a phone call He goes to the window and he says they're here then I got up and looked out the window and sure enough
[23:18] Four cars three big black bulletproof SUVs for the bodyguards Of course and the president's car presumably the one with a little Guatemalan flag hanging off the aerial Then the specialist packed his bag and said wish me luck See you next week sure enough the next week's appointment rolled around and the subject of course came up He said we didn't do the deal. He decided to buy something else big disappointment. But what are you gonna do? Okay, so that was three years ago fast-forward to about a year ago That's when auto Perez the president of Guatemala was forced to resign and placed under beach house arrest Meanwhile his trial for corruption and illegal enrichment has been going on for a couple of months Now at the same time his vice president Rock Santa Baldetti
[24:05] Along with more than 50 other high-level Guatemalan officials including every single cabinet member were placed under beach house arrest, too That is the ones that they could find because there's still a dozen or so of these guys on the lam out of the country on Interpol's capture list though originally the president vice president and all these other crooks were put on trial for skimming import export taxes to the tune of 100 million dollars plus a year in fact when the cops searched the house of the Secretary to the vice president they found 5 million in cash in the living room sofa I know I know right now you might be thinking there's all kinds of corruption in Latin America big deal Here's the point There is a lot of articles floating around right now coming from the first world press saying that the US set this guy up
[24:53] Top of the government so Washington could have a more pliable regime You know all that clandestine crap the US is noted for doing in countries that aren't so friendly to them In fact ex-president Otto Perez is giving out interviews to the international press saying just that That it's all a sham and the US set him up and you know funny enough just a week ago I saw him on the stand cuz they're televising this crying crocodile tears Soiling his Armani suit in his $300 silk tie boo-hoo again swearing the US had set him up It was an Oscar-winning sociopathic performance. Let me tell you anyway Here's the kicker about a week ago the huge breaking news and all that media reported another Unrelated presidential corruption scandal you guessed it
[25:40] They got the goods on them on that 10 million dollar cash kickback for awarding that port contract some three years earlier Which is why now I can report what happened to me three years ago in the dentist office That said I felt it was time to tell that story now Especially in light of the fact that a lot of you guys and gals up there are sending me links to articles and blogs Saying that he's been set up by the US government. Yes, certainly I believe that the US is totally corrupt and involved in all kinds of unconstitutional dirty tricks Not just now But going back to the American Civil War and earlier even to Andrew Jackson's time when bankers and factions in the US Government tried to have them bumped off for vetoing the creation of a US federal bank So anyway in Guatemala and ex-president Otto Perez's case the guy really is a dirty rotten lying
[26:32] Pustulant sociopathic scumbag who by the way always shows up at church on Sunday for the photo op of course Yes, all these crooks cling to Jesus and spill crocodile tears when necessary all part of the act When by the way speaking of money and morality, what about honest good citizens that would accept money like that? Well, technically money is inert. It has no morality So you've got good people and despicable people both injecting and subtracting inert money in and out of the system Besides that what's legal in one country can be illegal in another for example a big international drug company gave Autoperez a million dollar home when he was in office in Latin countries That's a hundred percent legal which makes things really complicated. Okay, we're getting towards the end right now
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