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How Panama’s revolving door helps shadowy industry defy reform

Panama’s leaders were defiant after the Panama Papers scandal broke open April 3 via hundreds of news stories circling the globe. President Juan Carlos Varela’s chief of staff, Álvaro Alemán, called the disclosures about suspect dealings inside the country’s offshore financial industry a “campaign against Panama.” “We will not allow Panama to be used as […]

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