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This is the journal of The Southron, an 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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The race between a snail and the glacier…

Posted by The Southron on February 9th, 2007

After 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, 2007

I 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 [...]

Avoiding the US/UY tax trap…

Posted by The Southron on November 3rd, 2006

One 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, however
the [...]


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