Hillary Clinton Warns of Violence, Tax Dodgers in Latin America

Anthony Boadle
Reuters
May 11, 2011

Latin America has taken big strides in building democracy and expanding free trade but the rich don't pay enough in taxes and there is too much violence, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.

With the exception of Cuba, Latin America is enjoying an unprecedented period of democratic rule and strong economic growth, Clinton and other U.S. officials told a conference of the Council of the Americas business forum...

..."There are still too few people of means paying their fair share of taxes to their government in order to support services for those who will otherwise be mired in generational poverty," Clinton said. "And there is too much violence."

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