tax havens

By Daniel J. Mitchell While my colleagues are stuck in the cold of Washington for inauguration week, I’m enjoying a few days in the Caribbean. More specifically, I’m sharing my views today on Trump and the global economy at the…
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By Yamila Feccia EspañolTax burden plays a significant role in the development of a country. This year, as a result of the stir caused by Panama Papers, tax shelters (or badly named tax havens) were challenged, along with the…
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EspañolImagine this scenario: You arrive home after a hard day's work, sit down, get off your feet a little while — and then you hear a knock at the door. It's a stranger, claiming to be your neighbor. Before you can say hello, he…
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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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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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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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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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