billionaires

USA: Billionaires spent over one billion dollars on 2022 elections

Published on: May 17, 2023
16:31

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Americans for Tax Fairness on Monday released the group's latest report on "the threat posed to American democracy by billionaire political spenders," revealing that last year their collective congressional campaign contributions topped billion for the first time.

France: Billionaires make the planet burn

Published on: February 24, 2022
00:15

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Paris, Feb 24 (Prensa Latina) The French chapters of the environmental organizations Oxfam and Greenpeace warned on the impact on climate change on the richest people's actions with the suggestive phrase: "billionaires make the planet burn."

Oxfam calls for tax on billionaires to vaccinate the poor

Covid-19
Published on: January 17, 2022
09:46

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

London, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) Oxfam International on Monday has called for governments to impose a one-time 99 percent tax on the world's billionaires who got even richer during the Covid-19 pandemic to fund vaccination for the poor.

Pandemic boosts super-rich share of global wealth

Published on: January 4, 2022
17:13

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) In spite of the economic crisis fueled by the Covid-19 pandemic, the world´s richest people collectively earned trillion in 2021, according to local press.

US billionaires´ wealth rise over .1 trillion amid Covid-19 crisis

Published on: October 19, 2021
18:33

By: Prensa Latina

Washington, Oct 19 (Prensa Latina) Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Institute for Policy Studies has tracked explosive growth of US billionaire wealth that has grown ,1 trillion richer, one of the most disturbing signs of inequality, the inequality.org website warned.

US billionaires’ wealth increases in pandemic times

Published on: August 26, 2021
16:17

By: Prensa Latina

Washington, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) US billionaires increased their wealth by 1.8 trillion dollars in Covid-19 times, which evidences the flaws in the country's economic and fiscal systems, a report indicated on Thursday.

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