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The best lifestyle in the world for the price… This is the journal of The Southron, an American Emigrant from Florida who has spent the last decade living in the West Indies, former Yugoslavia and Costa Rica. He moved to Montevideo, Uruguay at the end of February 2006... |
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During the 27 months I was in Costa Rica I was cheated, scammed and lied to by so many people that it is hard to keep track. However, the misadventure that is foremost in my mind happened almost immediately after my arrival there. It was my first encounter with a real live cannibal.
One of the […]
This post is only useful for citizens and refugees from the USA (and the occupied Confederacy).
The big question is how do we keep our US$80,000 exclusion on earned income without running afoul of Uruguay’s new personal income tax. I wrote about that previously in Avoiding the US/UY tax trap…
As you may know, my “real […]
There has been a lot of confusion in immigrant circles about exactly how the new personal income tax will impact on their lives here in Uruguay. As a public service, our attorney, Jun Federico Fischer of LVM Abogados & Consultores has written the folowing extremely valuable article and given me permission to publish it. […]
Yesterday the temperature hit 18C (64F). It was bright and sunny and except for the bare branches on the tree in front of my office, one would have thought Spring was around the corner. With the exception of last Saturday’s rains, the weather has been pretty nice. These are “Los Veranillos de San Juan”, the […]
I posed that question to a cultural attaché in the Yankee Embassy this week. Her response was, “No, we have the Fourth of July instead”. At that point I could not resist asking her, “What day do you have between the 17th and the 19th?”
Today is Constitution Day which is a major national holiday here. […]
With the cost of medical care spiraling upwards in the US, I thought you might be interested in what my maternity ward stay cost me.
The Doctor charged US$300 for he and his team.
The Hospital charge me US$400 for the private room, the srugical suite and miscellaneous items.
The US made balloon for my stomach cost US$1700 […]
My hospital visits are always epic–in fact, any time I travel, I expect some comedic element to pop up.
In the morning of Thursday July 6th, at 0:dark:30, my entourage assembled for the procession to Hospital Militar. The Southron was accompanied by Borko, Santiago, and our newest assistant Oscar. I was wearing my usual very stylish […]
I received an email earlier today from the well-known travel author Lee Harrison, who is now living in Punta del Este. Lee is an authority on offshore life and is also a reader of this blog. He was kind enough to pass on the following very important information.
As of this past May, immigration […]
Today marks the 10th Fourth of July since I moved outside the United States. Over the years I have been questioned about that move and about my continued foreign residence.
It all started for business purposes. But over the years, I became more distant from the US—each time I returned it felt more and […]
Given a choice of writing this post or chewing glass, I would prefer the latter. Nevertheless, I can see no way to avoid my clear duty to de-recommend people I have done so much to promote in the past on these very pages.
With great sadness, I must announce that Miguel and Fatma Silva have […]
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