Is Uruguay first world living at third world prices, as some of the less accurate newsletters will tell you?
Don’t believe it.

In some cases, you’re paying less than US prices, but remember that that’s cheap only to dollar holders. People who make the average Uruguay salary- about a quarter of what they’d earn in the US – aren’t going to find it cheap at all. In other cases (supermarket processed food, for example), you’re actually paying more than in the US. In the case of electronics or clothes, you’ll be paying considerably more.

To give you an idea, here’s a link to a site (in Spanish), where you can see uptodate prices.
It’s at the Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas –Sistema de Información de Precios al Consumidor

Eggs, as you can see, are expensive – equal to or higher than in the US. In a country of farms that’s a bit of a mystery to me. Chips, crackers, cereal and orange juice are also expensive.

However, if you go to the street stalls and buy vegetables, you’ll find them cheaper.

Services in general are cheaper. Which means what? I hate to tell you. It means that labor is overpaid in the US – relative to the world market, at least.