As IRS crusades against Americans hiding money offshore, Latin American tax cheats flock to U.S. banks

By Michael Hudson

U.S. and its banks called "biggest tax haven" in world

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"… f local laws all over the planet.” It sent private bankers undercover to Argentina, Venezuela and other destinations, helping to spawn thousands of shell com …"

"… ate banking, because if you think about it, I was committing fraud against Argentina as a whole through our activities here,” Arbizu, who fled to Argentina, …"

"… t Argentina as a whole through our activities here,” Arbizu, who fled to Argentina, told Bloomberg News in a 2009 interview.In Argentina, the case exploded i …"

"… Arbizu, who fled to Argentina, told Bloomberg News in a 2009 interview.In Argentina, the case exploded into a major scandal. One media outlet ran the headline …"

Unregulated FICO has key role in each American's access to credit

By Amy Biegelsen

New consumer agency examines opaque credit scoring process

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"… Privacy laws prevent companies from collecting personal data in France and Argentina, while a government agency compiles the information in some countries.FICO …"

George H.W. Bush — Revisited

By John Solomon

He’s 86 now, his eyebrows silver and his legs weakened by Parkinson’s-like symptoms. But as George Herbert Walker Bush approaches his twilig

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"… vice president — attending the inaugural celebration of Raúl Alfonsín, Argentina’s democratically elected president.Only a handful of top Reagan and Bush …"

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The Clinton top 100: Where are they now?

By M. Asif Ismail

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2003 — Two years after they left the federal government and one year after a ban that limited their lobbying activitie

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"… Department and undersecretary of State, also represented the government of Argentina. He lobbied the United States and multilateral organizations to give finan …"

Where journalists still get respect

By Gustavo Goritti

PANAMA CITY, July 21, 1999 — Investigative reporter Gustavo Gorriti, an ICIJ member and associate director of La Prensa in Panama, published

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"… tently rate the press almost as high as the Roman Catholic Church. In both Argentina and Peru, where journalists have a contentious relationship with the rulin …"

"… t and former leaders, like Alberto Fujimori of Peru, Carlos Saúl Menem of Argentina, Ernesto Samper of Colombia and Carlos Salinas de Gortari of Mexico.For mo …"

"… There are other forms of reprisal, too, like pseudo-legal prosecutions. In Argentina, President Menem not only has sued Horacio Verbitsky, a respected journali …"

When criticism becomes a crime

By Joel Simon

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, August 1, 2001 — Imagine you’ve just broken a story about how the president’s cronies, including members of the Sup

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"… ernational legal safeguards. Fearing the Commission would rule against it, Argentina agreed to repeal the law, and the conviction against Verbitsky was reverse …"

"… ion is generally defined as a criminal offense in every country, including Argentina. These laws make no allowance for inadvertent errors made while reporting …"

"… urnalists, lawyers and academics from throughout Latin America gathered in Argentina in June to discuss the problem. The Committee to Protect Journalists and t …"

"… gag” laws and pledged to repeal other laws that limit press freedom. In Argentina, Periodistas has put forward a proposal to decriminalize defamation in the …"

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Few prosecutions for unregistered foreign agents

By Nick Schwellenbach

The major roll-up of 11 Russian spies-cum-suburbanites involves the relatively rare use of the criminal code that requires agents of foreign

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"… businessman to remain silent about Venezuelan money that was funneled into Argentina to influence its presidential election.A searchable database of federal pr …"

A growing death toll in Mexico

By Ana Avila

Asbestos casualties mount amid weak enforcement and a powerful lobby

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"… used worldwide but is now banned or restricted by 52 countries, including Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Its use is forbidden in the European Union and limite …"

Will truth again be first casualty?

By Jacqueline Sharkey

"Well, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld said he had imposed no press restrictions. In fact, he said he hadn't really even considered the issue of

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"… cher government had strictly controlled the media during the 1982 war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands. The fact that the Pentagon was interested in th …"

Interpol's Red Notices used by some to pursue political dissenters, opponents

By Libby Lewis

Inadequate checks, balances raise human rights concerns

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"… dicial system. Those countries include Honduras, Albania, Russia, Belarus, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Ukraine, Vietnam, Paraguay, Tajikistan, Venezuela, …"

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