The memes that Chayanne’s appearance left in the Pandora Papers

After the names of those allegedly involved in the investigation of Pandora Papers, fans of Chayanne They warned that the famous singer was among those lists along with other artists such as Shakira.

As this is a scandal involving tax evasion and other far from legal monetary situations, Loyal fans of the singer have expressed disappointment and even disbelief in the news. But beyond being alarmed, they took the situation with humor and started flooding social networks like Twitter with various memes related to the situation.

“How could he not escape taxes, imagine how much maintenance he has to give?” Quips one user, mentioning that Many Mexican mothers admire Chayanne so much that they claim to have had a secret affair with him.

Internet users used comic book models to make fun of the situation, on the one hand it seemed laughable that the singers were being persecuted or their cases were more visible and on the other hand they expressed their sadness as they admire Chayanne and They never believed that at some point in his career he would be involved in such a scandal.

There were even those who pointed to the singer as “a hero” by making a conjecture that would justify his actions: “But was Chayanne evading taxes in Puerto Rico, a territory incorporated into the United States, so ? to make an act of rebellion against colonialism? Is he a HERO? “.

The Pandora Papers are a survey conducted by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ for its acronym in English) based on the Leak of Almost 12 million confidential documents of 14 law firms specializing in the creation of companies and trusts off the coast in tax havens, such as Panama, Belize and the British Virgin Islands, among others.

It should be noted that operations carried out through offshore companies are not necessarily illegal. Who manipulates them they break the law as soon as they hide their existence from the tax authorities of the country where they are registered as taxpayers and stop paying the corresponding taxes.

These are documents ranging from 1970 to 2018, given the date of the establishment of the company, but most of the associated files cover the period up to 2020.

In Mexico, some stand out political figures close to the heart of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). The names of these persons and of the offshore companies to which they have access have been revealed via spanish The country, which is part of the aforementioned media alliance.

As for Chayanne, we know that her name is one of the celebrities who they have chosen to use tax havens to encapsulate their assets. The Puerto Rican singer appeared on Pandora Papers as agent for Fentress International SA, a Panamanian company, according to an August 2001 document.

Around the same time as the serial to provoke by Telefé, Chayanne joined as a shareholder of this company off the coast. The power of attorney that appears among the documents of the leak led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) authorized him to represent and collect on behalf of this company anywhere in the world, as well as to request loans and enter into contracts until it was dissolved in 2013.

The files also include bank documents and proof of address related to Chayanne, planned for the creation of a company in Florida, Eloisa Investments LLC, via the Panamanian company OMC Group. Marina Elizabeth Figueroa, his wife, is the shareholder and director. Eloisa Investments owns an apartment valued at $ 500,000 at the Hilton Grand Hotel residences in Biscayne Bay, Miami.

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