The Uruguayan president receives a gross salary of 20,956.95 dollars, while the lowest is that of the Bolivian president Luis Arce who receives a remuneration of 3,535.
A report by Bloomberg Línea compared the remuneration of Latin American presidents. Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou leads the list among 16 heads of state.
Lacalle currently receives a gross income of 864,739.08 Uruguayan pesos (US$20,956.95), although when discounts are applied, his net income is 449,633.90 Uruguayan pesos (US$10,896.87), according to information released by the Presidency of the Republic.
The Uruguayan president pays 115,912 pesos in Montepío, 46,364 for FONASA and 252,828 for personal income tax.
Alejandro Giammattei from Guatemala is the second best paid president with a gross salary of US$19,576,15 and the podium is completed by Gabriel Boric from Chile with US$10,896.87.
Then appear Ivan Duque from Colombia ($10,170.33), Manuel López Obrador from Mexico ($8,317), Carlos Alvarado Quesada from Costa Rica ($7,359.42), Laurentino Cortazo from Panama ($7,000), and Jair Bolsonaro from Brazil. (US$ 6,629.10), who also receives retirement income as a retired military officer for US$ 2,426.86.
Guillermo Lasso from Ecuador, who claims to donate his salary, receives a gross salary of US$6,446.25. Alberto Fernández from Argentina receives US$5,650.56 per month, Xiomara Castro from Honduras US$5,609.54, Mario Abdo Benitez from Paraguay US$5,532.42, Nayib Bukele from El Salvador US$5,181.72 and closing the list, Pedro Castillo from Peru with US$4,285 and Luis Arce from Bolivia with an income of US$3,535.
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