Panama is working hard to dispel the perception of it as a tax haven. Catherine Snowdon talks to Alberto Vallarino, the country's minister of economy and finance, Frank De Lima, its vice minister of economy and Luis Eduardo Ocando, an international tax partner at Ernst & Young and adviser to the government on the strategy and negotiation of tax treaties.
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