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The Last Safe Haven You Haven’t Considered: Uruguay

by Doug Casey

We’ve traveled the world — over 130 countries between us. We’ve studied the laws, walked the streets, spoken with the locals, and tested the systems.

When it came to choosing a base for our own Plan B, the answer was clear: Uruguay.

Why?

• Political neutrality — it stays out of other nations’ quarrels.
• Solid property rights, low taxes, and no foreign exchange controls.
• A culture that values privacy and personal freedom.
• Residency that doesn’t require full-time presence.
• Safe streets, reliable infrastructure, and quality healthcare.

Plan B: Uruguay gives you the full picture. It opens the doors to trustworthy lawyers, bankers, and real estate professionals. This is about more than protecting your wealth. It’s about securing your independence. You’ll see real opportunities, from bolt-hole apartments to productive farmland.

En el pasado la ciudad ha sido rescatada por lideres que la aman genuinamente. Algunos están dispuestos a dar todo de si para salvarla, como lo hizo el alcalde Rudy Giuliani en su momento, quien la restauró, limpió y puso a funcionar exitosamente. Los refugios se abrieron a los indigentes y las cárceles a los delincuentes; las escuelas de arte para los grafiteros con talento, los centros de rehabilitación a los drogadictos y los hospitales a los enfermos mentales. Cada quien en su lugar.

Ahora el salvador de NYC podría ser Curtis Sliwa, newyorkino, que ha trabajado activamente por su ciudad toda una vida. Fundador de los Ángeles Guardianes, organización de voluntarios que aminoró el crimen en los cinco condados, y un apoyo notable para el departamento de policía. Sliwa conoce a NY al derecho y al revés.

New York es víctima de los políticos “demócratas” radicales, con tendencias socialistas, marxistas y globalistas que buscan el voto de una juventud adoctrinada y en la ilegalidad de una invasión migratoria que percibe a Nueva York como la Meca del dinero fácil.

The US has had a good, long run as a beacon of freedom for the entire world, but nothing lasts forever. Things started changing radically with the War Between the States, and the ascendancy of progressives like Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Then came FDR with his New Deal, and Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. And it's accelerated downhill from there.

The trend in the US is critically important. However, Western civilization is in decline throughout the world. And it's more than just a civilizational issue. There's a rot in ethics, philosophy, and even the makeup of the population. People of European descent are declining all over the world, especially in Europe itself, where the native population is dropping rapidly. Even in the United States, figures show that the white population dropped by 250,000 in the last year, while the populations of all other ethnic groups rose substantially.

Apart from the huge and obvious changes in technology, I think the US founders would find the country culturally unrecognizable. This trend is underscored by the presumptive election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York. He's young, affable, charismatic. His appeal is understandable relative to the corrupt and constipated alternatives. But he's also a Muslim communist who openly wants to overthrow what's left of American traditions in the largest and most important city in the country.

All things become corrupt and wind down over time. The Second Law of Thermodynamics affects political systems just as it does the physical world. Everything degrades and dissolves. Unfortunately, that includes the US Constitution. It's been interpreted, amended, and disregarded into a dead letter.

That's particularly true of the Bill of Rights, which is the most important part of the Constitution. And the most important part of the Bill of Rights is freedom of speech. All the other freedoms rest upon it. Because if you have a thought and you can't express it, you're as good as a slave. You can work and pay taxes, but if you say the wrong thing, you'll be punished. Best to restrict what you think and say to the weather, sports, and the condition of the roads. And be careful what you say about the weather…

31 July, Strasbourg – The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) will publish a report on its ad hoc visit to Spain in 2024. The purpose of the visit was to examine the treatment of persons held in police and prison establishments in the autonomous community of Catalonia. To this end, the CPT delegation visited five prison establishments, one juvenile educational centre, and the Terrasa Prison Hospital, with a special focus on prisoners accommodated in closed regime departments and the use of restraint measures. Further, the delegation visited seven police establishments.
Contact: Jaime Rodriguez, tel. +33 3 90 21 47 04

1 August, Strasbourg – The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) will publish a follow-up report, adopted during its June plenary meeting, evaluating Spain’s progress in implementing the 19 recommendations issued to the country in an evaluation report, in 2019, on the prevention of corruption and the promotion of integrity in top executive functions of the central government and law enforcement agencies (National Police and Civil Guard). GRECO and Spain
Contact: Jaime Rodriguez, tel. +33 6 89 99 50 42