&gt;Her voice cracks and her eyes well up. She is in the process of relinquishing her American nationality. Soon she&#x27;ll visit the US embassy formally to renounce her citizenship, she says, under duress.<p>&gt;&quot;I&#x27;m very proud of being an American. It&#x27;s what I am when I look in the mirror.<p>&gt;&quot;If it weren&#x27;t for Fatca [the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act] and the decision by the bank, I&#x27;d never be doing this. Never ever. It&#x27;s just breaking me in half.&quot;<p>Caterwauling by the 1%.