The Expat Files - 12/23/11

-How to orient your own mind geographically when discussing various Latin countries. Remembering where they respectively on the isthmus or the South American continent can be quite confusing. Well, now there’s a neat way to get them straight!  

 

-A bit about those three oddball non-Latin countries smack dab in the middle of South America; Suriname, Guyana, and French Guiana

 

-More on business franchises down in LA (or should we say general scarcity of franchises) 

 

- What about US born Latins who come down as Expats? Does the legendary “Gringo Advantage” work for them too? Well, not quite…… 

 

-Fallen heroes; the unspoken re-socialization problems of illegals who get caught in the USA and deported back to their home Latin countries. What happens to them after having had a taste of North American living and those 1st World (relatively speaking) paychecks?   

 

-When Latin men cry;

Yup, they can sure turn on the crocodile tears. And when all else fails, that’s what happens when a Latin guy gets caught in the act of cheating on his girlfriend/wife. And she often falls for it- does she have a choice? And yes folks, as you’ve probably already figured out, if a 1st World guy is anywhere in the vicinity, the “Gringo Advantage” strikes again!     

 

-A very unusual, but definitive sign, that signals a Latin girl in love.

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