Editorial Standards
How Liberty Mundo researches, writes, sources, and reviews every article on this site. Plain language. Verifiable rules. Real consequences when we get something wrong.
Liberty Mundo writes about money, citizenship, and the law. People act on what we say. The standards below exist because of that.
Who writes for Liberty Mundo
Every article on libertymundo.com is written by, edited by, or reviewed by Richard Barr, founder of Liberty Mundo. Richard has more than 20 years’ experience in international finance, public-company leadership, and offshore structuring. He is the author of The Extradition Report and co-author of Second Passport Blueprint and Bulletproof Asset Protection.
For jurisdiction-specific or technical legal articles, we engage local counsel, licensed accountants, and licensed immigration agents to review drafts before publication. When that has happened, the article will say so on the page, name the reviewer, and link to their professional profile.
Our research methodology
Every numerical claim, every legal citation, every program detail, and every tax-rate reference in a Liberty Mundo article must be verified against a primary source before it is published. Training-data recall is not acceptable. Vague memory of “what the rules used to be” is not acceptable. The default rule is: if it can be cited, it will be cited.
For each country or jurisdiction we write about, our writers and editors complete a structured fact-verification pass before drafting begins. The pass covers tax system type, personal income and corporate tax rates, treatment of foreign-source income, capital gains, dividend withholding, residency requirements, government filing fees, processing timelines, citizenship paths, dual-citizenship rules, and program-specific requirements.
The verified facts are saved as a structured file before any prose is written. If a fact is not in that file, it does not appear in the article.
Source tiers
Every reference in a Liberty Mundo article comes from Tier 1 or Tier 2. Tier 3 sources may appear in our research notes, but never in our published reference lists.
Tier 1 · Always preferred
Official government immigration portals (.gov, .gob, .go), official tax authority bulletins, embassies and consulates, parliament gazettes, court rulings, and international organisations such as the OECD, the World Bank, and the IMF.
Tier 2 · Acceptable secondary verification
Big Four accounting firm country guides (PwC, Deloitte, KPMG, EY), reputable international law firms with country-specific practice areas, the Henley Passport Index for visa-free ranking data, and recognised international press for current-events context.
Tier 3 · Never cited
Competing immigration marketing sites, listicle “best places to retire” content farms, and any publisher that sells the same residency, citizenship, or banking services we write about. These sites may surface in search results, but they are not citable on this site.
Money, your life, your future. We treat the writing accordingly.
Citizenship, residency, tax planning, and asset protection sit squarely inside what Google calls “Your Money or Your Life” content. Decisions made on this page can change a family’s finances, immigration status, or legal exposure for a generation.
Every YMYL article on Liberty Mundo includes a visible author byline linked to a full biography, a published date, a last-updated date when the article has been revised, source citations to Tier 1 and Tier 2 references, and clear disclaimers when the article touches a topic that requires professional advice in your specific jurisdiction.
No article on this site constitutes legal, tax, or immigration advice. Articles are research and analysis. Acting on any of them should follow a private consultation with qualified counsel in your jurisdiction. We will say that explicitly in any article where it matters.
What we do not do
Editorial integrity is also defined by what is excluded. The following are absolute rules.
No reproduced facts from competitor sites. If we cannot find a primary source for a number, we either re-research the figure or hedge the claim (“approximately”, “as of early 2026”, “as reported by [primary source]”). Stating an unverified figure with false confidence is the single fastest way to mislead a reader, and we treat it as a fireable offence on any Liberty Mundo desk.
No closed programs cited as active. Citizenship-by-investment programs and residency programs change. Malta’s CBI was closed by the EU Court of Justice in April 2025 and formally ended in July 2025. Any article that mentions a CBI program will be reviewed for current status before publication and re-checked on every major update.
No US tax implications glossed over. US citizens are taxed by the IRS on worldwide income regardless of where they live. The Foreign Earned Income Exclusion applies only to earned income from employment or self-employment, not to pensions, Social Security, 401(k) withdrawals, or investment income. We will not write or edit an article that implies otherwise.
No paid placements disguised as articles. Liberty Mundo articles are independent editorial. If we ever publish sponsored or paid content, it will be clearly labelled, dated, and excluded from our editorial source lists.
No facial-recognition or doxxing assistance. We will not gather facial images of named individuals, will not write content designed to identify private people from photographs, and will decline any request that uses our research process to target an individual.
How we use AI
Honesty about tools matters. Here is exactly how AI fits into Liberty Mundo’s editorial process and what we never let it do.
What AI is allowed to do
Draft assistance, structural editing, source-list compilation, fact-check prompts, summary generation, and image production for hero illustrations. AI accelerates our research workflow.
What a human always does
Final fact verification against primary sources, every numerical claim, the byline review, the editorial sign-off, and any topic that involves a specific client situation. A human owns publication.
What AI never decides
Whether a CBI program is open, what a tax rate is, what a court ruled, or what advice fits a real reader. AI suggestions on those questions are treated as a draft, then verified or rejected.
Update and freshness policy
Tax law, immigration rules, and program eligibility shift constantly. Articles on Liberty Mundo carry both a published date and a last-updated date in the page meta and in the visible byline area. When an article is materially updated (a tax rate changes, a program closes, a court ruling overturns a position), we update the body copy, refresh the last-updated date, and publish a brief change note in the article footer.
Articles older than 12 months that have not been refreshed are flagged for review. Articles that no longer reflect current law are either updated, archived with a clear notice, or removed and 301-redirected to a current piece.
Comments and feedback
Liberty Mundo does not run open comment threads on articles. Open comments invite spam, abuse, and content moderation overhead that distracts from publishing. Readers who want to engage with the editorial team should reach us directly using the contact details below or report a specific factual error using the corrections page.
Disclosures
Liberty Mundo is the editorial arm of Liberty Mundo LLC, a global advisory firm. We earn our revenue from advisory engagements with private clients, not from advertising, affiliate commissions on residency or citizenship programs, or paid placements. When we write about a jurisdiction or program, our financial incentive is the same whether we recommend it or not. If that ever changes, we will disclose it in the article and on this page.