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We Should Focus on Taxes, Not Debt

By José Antonio Ocampo

Latin America can no longer postpone developing strong tax regimes.

Latin America is on its knees The COVID-19 crisis has dealt the final blow to a region already weakened by a half decade of sluggish growth, complex political crises and transitions, and a renewed increase in poverty and inequalities It is now the epicenter of the pandemic, with deaths set to substantially worsen in the coming weeks, as a reflection of the erratic policy decisions in the face of the epidemic adopted by some countries and the poor healthcare systems that several of them have  This scenario indicates a bleak future, but Latin America can return, of course, to the path...

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