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Español Franco Macri, the father of Argentine President Mauricio Macri, presented a brief to federal judge Sebastián Casanello, in which he exonerated his son of responsibilities in the creation and operation of the offshore…
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EspañolBy Luis Guillermo Vélez Why can't tax evasion be a legitimate form of self defense? In some countries and circumstances, it is. Despite what politicians want us to believe, tax havens exist because some countries have been…
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By Cuban Journalists EspañolFurther developments in the Panama Papers reveal that officials of the Communist Party of Cuba used a Swiss lawyer to set up offshore companies to assist with their global businesses. Over 11 million…
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The Panama Papers leak, which detailed the dealings of numerous politicians, businessmen, and other high-ranking officials in offshore banking regimes has caused a worldwide media firestorm. Calls by institutions such as the…
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EspañolArgentina President Mauricio Macri said he would cooperate with investigations into his involvement with two offshore companies based in Panama and the Bahamas. "Sounds good to me," Macri said. "You should make all necessary…
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EspañolThe entire economy in Latin America and the Caribbean will suffer a 0.5 percent contraction in 2016, while Panama, a small Central American country, is the one that will grow the most as estimated by the International Monetary…
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EspañolEcuadorian President Rafael Correa has launched a smear campaign against journalists who participated in the Panama Papers investigation. On April 12, Rafael Correa published on his official Twitter account the names of…
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EspañolVenezuela’s National Press Workers Union (SNTP) announced on Tuesday, April 12, that journalist Ahiana Figueroa was fired from Últimas Noticias, a government-friendly newspaper, after she participated in the #PanamaPapers…
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EspañolThis week the "Panama Papers” are everywhere. They're a series of documents that reveal how politicians and celebrities from around the world are using tax havens. So far, this has raised two main debates: the first is the…
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EspañolThe global scandal about the "Panama Papers" requires reflection that goes beyond the superficial. So far, coverage has been limited to which famous personality can be found on the list of people that used offshore companies to…
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EspañolThe National Tax Administration of Peru (Sunat) and the National Police searched the Lima office of Mossack Fonseca — the company connected to the #PanamaPapers leak —  around noon earlier this week, according to Gestión. The…
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EspañolTax evasion has taken place long before the Panama Papers scandal. Modern scholars of the Roman Empire, in fact, have interpreted citizens' hoarding of silver coins — denarii — as an attempt to keep truly valuable currency away from…
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