Reflections

– About the evasion in Latin America
– About not coming from a rib but a uterus instead
– About the female tale on Genesis
About the evasion in Latin America

In 2010, the amount of private wealth invested in over 80 off-shore jurisdictions- where accounts are managed discretely and practically tax free-, fluctuates between 21 and 32 trillion dollars. From that total, around a third, which is between 7.3 and 9.3 trillion dollars, is presumed to come from 139 low or mid-income countries. Furthermore, 61% of that amount belongs to a group of only 10 countries, including Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina. It is mainly about financial profits accumulated since the 70’s by the private elites of these countries, and that they have not been registered in their countries of origin. Making a balance of assets and liabilities, the study shows that great part of the countries considered to be debtors would in fact be net lenders, if these resources had not been extracted from their financial system. The problem is these countries’ assets are in hands of a small number of rich individuals while debts fall upon ordinary people of these countries through their governments.

Tax Justice Network

About not coming from a rib but a uterus instead

 

I did not come from your rib, you came from my uterus

About the female tale on Genesis

If Eve had written Genesis, how would the first night of human love be? Eve would have begun by clearing out that she was not born from a rib, met no snakes, offered apples to no one, and that God never told her she would give birth in pain and nor that her husband would dominate her. That all those stories are nothing but mere lies Adam told the press.

Eduardo Galeano