What Do Leaders in The
Americas Earn?
d States president,
George W. Bush, is
reported one of the best
paid leaders in the
Americas, with a monthly
salary of us$33.000
(us$400.000 yearly),
while the worst paid
leader is, or was, Fidel
Castro, who told some
time back French -
Hispanic reporter,
Ignacio Ramonet, that
his salary was us$30
monthly.
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, a monthly
salary of us$8.000. but
following taking office
in 2006, that money goes
to social programs.
The salary of the other
presidents in Latin
America is well kept
secret for the most
part, being difficult to
obtain as the government
of most Latin American
countries are not quick
to divulge salaries paid
to their leaders.
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