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Un escritor politeísta

Sorpresivamente, ayer murió Juan Forn (1959-2021). Elegimos recordarlo con esta serie de testimonios de editores, escritores, amigos y lectores.

21 de junio de 2021

Oh, you could study Shakespear and be quite elite, and you could charm the critics and have nothing to eat. Just slip on a a banana peel, the world’s at your feet, make ‘em laugh, make ‘em laugh, make ‘em laugh!

“This is my revolutionary costume.”

so what is it?

they are leaked documents that contain information from Panama based Mossack Fonseca, “a law firm that specializes in the creation of off shore accounts designed to hide wealth in tiny island tax havens”

this video sums up what is in the documents (tw: sex slavery, death)

which news outlets are reporting the information?

full list here

The Guardian has a series of very good explanations and in depth articles

Reddit is “doing their thing” and has a detailed live thread

the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung that first exposed the leak

wait, okay, so how is the data leak important?

mostly because it incriminates some of the world’s top politicians and key wealthy individuals as they engage in off-shore laundering, tax evasion, and other crimes (x) 

Vladimir Putin 

Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, prime minister of Iceland

the implications of his activities 

Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine 

a FIFA ethics committee member (inc. Lionel Messi) 

HRH Prince Salman, King of Saudi Arabia

numerous relatives and associates of political leaders 

and other very important people

are there any *insert notable Americans/Canadians/(citizens of your country)* involved?

as of now, only 149 documents have been released (publicly) out of 11.5 Million, so it’s guaranteed that more incriminating evidence will surface

“editor of Süddeutsche Zeitung responded to the lack of U.S. individuals in the documents, saying “Just wait for what is coming next"” (x)

other important links

glossary for offshore banking terms

the wikipedia page

shell companies explained, in “simple english”

a video explaining the potential illegality of offshore comapanies 

client announcement sent by Mossack Fonseca

video: so how does a person hide a billion dollars?

possibilities to what will happen in Panama

this is going to change the world as we know it.

“iceland’s prime minister walks out of interview over tax haven question”

the indian express: list of indians in the papers, including amitabh bachchan and aishwarya rai bachchan

tax authorities in australia and new zealand begin their investigation

best video I’ve found that explains everything in 1 minute

an interactive map of “the money trail” 

the twitter hashtag is #panamapapers and r/panamapapers on reddit