Bigger and even more important news!
Posted by The Southron on March 11th, 2007After months of waiting, the printed version of “The Southron’s Guide to Living in Uruguay” is finally available online at: http://www.lulu.com/content/579686.
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An Anniversary Remembered
Posted by The Southron on February 23rd, 2007In about two hours it will be exactly one year since I set foot on Uruguayan soil for the first time. I arrived at Carrasco International Airport with five suitcases, two wheelchairs and two dogs. I was exhausted from the trip which it started the previous morning in Costa Rica, and included a six hour [...]
The race between a snail and the glacier…
Posted by The Southron on February 9th, 2007After nearly 2 months of effort, our success in getting the Internet bandwidth that we need is so infinitesimal that I can hardly restrain myself from doing my imitation of a sailor who just hit his finger with a hammer. When compared to the improvements in our Internet, snails race across the garden wall, and [...]
The laws of physics must be regional!
Posted by The Southron on February 3rd, 2007I have come to law the conclusion that the laws of physics must operate differently in different parts of the world. When I lived in the West Indies it was an observable fact that gravity was heavier and friction greater, hence slowing down the pace at which everything operated. Here the laws of physics, specifically [...]
Avoiding the US/UY tax trap…
Posted by The Southron on November 3rd, 2006One of the members of the SociedadSouthron.net forum was shocked when he realized that the new Uruguay personal income tax, due the middle of next year, will create a tax conundrum for US persons: Uruguay will not levy income tax on any foreign “unearned income” such as dividends, pensions, annuities, and other income from investments, [...]
