Argentina president, Brazil speaker linked to Panama Papers

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Various Latin American officials are among the world figures mentioned in the "Panama Papers" trove of leaked tax documents detailing suspect international financial dealings, reporters who analyzed the material found.

The documents from the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, which helped set up the offshore companies, were obtained from an anonymous source by German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung and shared with media worldwide by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

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At least 57 people already linked to Brazil's huge Petrobras corruption scandal opened offshore companies through Mossack Fonseca, local media reported.

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- ARGENTINA -

President Mauricio Macri, his father, and brother Mariano were on the board of directors of an offshore company registered in the Bahamas since 1998, the daily La Nacion reported. The company was in operation until 2009, two years into Macri's tenure as Buenos Aires mayor.

In a statement, the government said that Macri was never a stakeholder in the company, even though he was "circumstantially" its CEO.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/argentina-president-brazil-speaker-linked-to-panama-papers/article/461970

[Judi Lynn]

1. Interesting news on Eduardo Cunha, who has been leading the witch hunt against Brazil's President.

Topping the list is a company that reportedly belongs to Eduardo Cunha, the speaker of the lower house of Brazil's legislature and the man heading efforts to impeach President Dilma Rousseff.

While Cunha's name does not directly appear on the list, the Brazilian members of ICIJ looking at the leaked documents -- UOL, O Estado de Sao Paulo and Rede TV -- say that one of the companies is directly linked to Cunha.

In a statement, Cunha vehemently denied the allegation, and challenged anyone to show his links to any offshore company.

Separately, prosecutors last year charged Cunha with taking millions of dollars in bribes and hiding the money in Switzerland.

Great article, brings up people to watch for new information.

Thank you.

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2. Yes.

First Fat Tony dies, now this, 2016 may not be as bad as I thought.

This is going to go on for a while, like with Snowden's stuff.

My pleasure.