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THE SOVEREIGN SOCIETY OFFSHORE A-LETTER
Your Link to Freedom, Privacy & Prosperity in the Offshore World
Wednesday, November 10, 2004 - Vol. 6 No. 216
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In This Issue:
* COMMENT: Best of Both Worlds!
* OFFSHORE: Panama & Bush. Headed North. Post Election Trauma. Gibraltar Stands Firm. Bermuda Good Sense.
* WEALTH: More U.S. Bank Bans. China, Jersey, Cuba. Gold Up!
* PRIVACY & RIGHTS: Ashcroft Resigns. Guantánamo Trial.
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Our dual guest Comment is by Rob Vrijhof and Marc Andre Sola, Sovereign Society Council of Experts members and leading Swiss investment and insurance experts, both based in Zurich.
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COMMENT: Best of Both Worlds!info@nmg-ifs.com
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* OFFSHORE *
THE PANAMA OF BUSH'S 2ND TERM
I wrote a lot abut Panama a few weeks ago during our Sovereign Society conference there; the consensus is that the new Torrijos government is going to support the financially lucrative offshore business sector;
that he is not likely to sell out to Washington's demands for a tax
information exchange treaty or OECD demands for taxes on foreigners.
The Panama News has an interesting review of what may lie ahead for
that nation's foreign policy. It suggests increased numbers of Americans will come to live in Panama, if only to escape the growing restrictions of the US government. Check it out here,
LINK: http://www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_10/issue_21/editorial.html
* Derek Sambrook, head of Trust Services in Panama, Sovereign Society Council of Experts member, gives us his latest views. LINK:
http://www.trustservices.net/Letter from Panama - Current Issue.htm
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NORTHERN EXPOSURE
OTTAWA, CANADA:
News from Ottawa; the number of US citizens visiting Canada's main
immigration web site is up six fold, as Americans flirt with the idea
of abandoning their homeland after President Bush's re-election.
LINK: http://washingtontimes.com/world/20041108-102127-6259r.htm
If you want to know about becoming a Canadian, I write all about it in
my new book on tax havens. Canada can be a way-station on the path to US expatriation and eventual tax freedom -- and it's legal. For more see:
LINK: http://www.agora-inc.com/reports/190STHOW/W190EB04/
* Kerry supporters seek mental therapy; post election trauma.
LINK: http://www.bocanews.com/index.php?src=news&prid=10127
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* The Chief Minister again makes it clear GIBRALTAR will not surrender
its sovereignty to SPAIN. Other than that, he's willing to talk.
LINK: http://www.panorama.gi/updates.htm#What
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THE VIEW FROM BERMUDA
HAMILTON: A portfolio manager at the Bank of Bermuda has a realistic
view of the US election outcome. Says he: 'Forget the election; economic
fundamentals matter most now,' and they're getting better. LINK:
http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041109/BUSINESS/111090079
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* WEALTH *
TODAY, AMERICA; TOMORROW, THE WORLD
That seems to be the policy of the US government as it pressures US
and foreign banks to follow Washington's orders. Now Union Bank
of California has cut off 450 RUSSIAN banks from its correspondent
banking system for vague reasons. This follows the recent US threat
against the NY division of Dutch ABN Amro. ABN cut off over 100
banks in Russia, eastern Europe and the Caribbean.
Keep in mind that these banks have not been charged with any crime
and they have no due process to contest this blacklisting. America is
a lot closer to a financial dictatorship than people realize. LINKS:
http://www.forbes.com/business/services/feeds/ap/2004/11/05/ap1636567.html
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/apbiz_story.asp?category=1310&slug=ABN Amro Probe
* Informal lenders in CHINA pose risks to banking system. LINK:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/09/business/worldbusiness/09yuan.html
* JERSEY's Standard Chartered bank cleans up its act.
LINK: http://www.thisisjersey.com/business/business6.html
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* The US dollar replaced by 'monopoly money' pesos in CUBA.
LINK: http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13607183
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* Gold heads for 16-year high. (We told you to buy!) LINK:
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2004110916370002282528&dt=20041109163700
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* PRIVACY & RIGHTS *
* US Attorney General Ashcroft resigns from cabinet.
LINK: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/3997987.stm
* US Judge halts war crime trial at Guantánamo.
LINK: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/09/politics/09gitmo.html
* EU lawyers protest possible violation of client privilege. LINK:
http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=112860&d=11&h=24&f=46
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