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How to become a Uruguayo land baron

Posted by The Southron on November 17th, 2006

One of our blog members has been kind enough to share this information and give me permission to publish it. For those of you who want to buy acreage, it is absolutely golden advice. If you really want to buy land in Uruguay, please consider all of the following:

Of Maz and Men…and women and children too…

Posted by The Southron on November 13th, 2006

The Sunday afternoon gathering at Old Maz is beginning to take on some of the aspects of the old frontier trading post that served as store, restaurant, bar, post office, meeting place, etc. 

Frankly, Scarlet, I don’t give a damn…

Posted by The Southron on November 11th, 2006

Rhett Butler’s famous demurrer seems to be the state of the Law here in Uruguay, at least insofar as it applies to fraud–at least on a one-to-one basis. No where has this been more clearly demonstrated than in the ongoing plight of the couple from the UK who had everything stolen minutes after moving into [...]

Really Rotten News

Posted by The Southron on November 4th, 2006

I just found out that the newest members of our community, a couple who only arrived from England today, have been burgled and they have had EVERYTHING stolen from their house while they were out buying initial supplies. Apparently the  thieves broke in and carried off their luggage, laptops–everything but their cats.

Casa dulce casa OR Fawlty Towers?

Posted by The Southron on October 30th, 2006

After 8 months the time has come to find a more permanent place for the Southron and company. This is NOT as easy as you may think. In addition to the usual parameters of price, safety, lack of vermin, water, electricity and phones, I have just a few added requirements:

Well, I done gone and done it…

Posted by The Southron on October 28th, 2006

It may not be a tough as giving birth, but it sure was a lot of work. The file was created on 22 July 2006, at 11:25:02. The last modification was made this morning (I hope). In just a few days less than 100, The Southron’s Guide to Living in Uruguay has been written.

A Scalawag is worse than a Carpetbagger — We need a BLACK LIST!

Posted by The Southron on October 5th, 2006

This blog has condemned International Living and others for engendering foreign carpet baggers and I stand by that denunciation. But it is also time to nip in the bud the few local Scalawags* who are preying on the expats who are trying to make a life here.

Pitiful, scandalous and just plain stupid…

Posted by The Southron on September 27th, 2006

PEOPLE ARE BEING SENT TO MONTEVIDEO FROM INTERNATIONAL LIVING’S “URUGUAY EXPERTS” (in BA of course) AND ARE EXPECTING TO FIND APARTMENTS ON THE RAMBLA FOR U$S20,000!

Real Estate Contacts for which you have been waiting…

Posted by The Southron on September 21st, 2006

Our provisional list of recommended real estate contacts.


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