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The Southern Bank: the struggle of the big ones against the small ones

Source: CHOIKE

After the launching of the Southern Bank in Buenos Aires the countries had to reach an agreement on the contribution that experts considered would be made in equal parts. Argentina, with the support of Brazil, said that this was unreasonable; that the contribution of the larger countries should be greater, and their power within the Bank should therefore also be greater. Naturally this distorts the idea of a democratic Bank with a board composed by seven equal associates in which each country would have a vote.

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