Banque du Sud

The Bank of the South (Banco del Sur, Banco do Sul, Bank van het Zuiden) or BancoSur is a monetary fund and lending organization established on 26 September 2009 by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela with promises of initial capital of US

20 billion. Argentina, Venezuela, and Brazil were to have each pledged

4 billion, and Uruguay, Ecuador, Paraguay and Bolivia were to have contributed smaller amounts. The intention of the bank was to lend money to nations in the Americas for the construction of social programs and infrastructure. Documents establishing the bank as an entity were signed in 2007, and the agreement between the countries was finalized in 2009, but as of 2016, the bank had not been capitalized. The ultimate goal of the Bank of the South is to include every state within the region of South America. It has been established because of disapproval of the protocol of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), in particular the enforcement of unrelated free market reforms on countries seeking emergency loans. It also represents an attempt to achieve regional independence and endogenous development. The program would lend money to any nation involved in the construction of approved programs, and without conditions traditionally attached to such loans, such as deregulation. The Bank is intended as an alternative to borrowing from the IMF and the World Bank. Hugo Chávez promised to withdraw from the IMF and encouraged other member states to do so as well. Latin America's dependence on the IMF fell dramatically between 2005 and 2008, with outstanding loans falling from 80% of the IMF's

81bn loan portfolio, to 1% of the IMF's

17bn of outstanding loans. Brazil and Argentina are also refusing to borrow from the IMF again. It is proposed that all member countries contribute fairly equal shares to the Bank's initial capital of fourteen billion Brazilian reais (seven billion US dollars) so that no member state will control a dominant share.

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Argentine

L’Argentine, en forme longue la République argentine (Argentina et República Argentina ), est un pays d’Amérique du Sud partageant ses frontières avec le Chili à l’ouest, la Bolivie et le Paraguay au nord, le Brésil et l’Uruguay au nord-est, et enfin l’océan Atlantique à l'est et au sud. Son territoire américain continental couvre une grande partie du Cône Sud. Le , lors de la révolution de Mai, le pays n'accepte plus d'être gouverné par un vice-roi (gouverneur) et crée un gouvernement local, qui jure allégeance au roi d'Espagne.

Marché commun du Sud

vignette|Les États membres et associés du Mercosur. vignette|Le siège du Mercosur à Montevideo. vignette|Chefs d'État des pays du Mercosur et des pays associés lors du sommet, à Córdoba le . Le Marché commun du Sud, couramment abrégé Mercosur (de l'espagnol Mercado Común del Sur) ou Mercosul (du portugais Mercado Comum do Sul), est une communauté économique qui regroupe plusieurs pays de l'Amérique du Sud. Il est composé de l'Argentine, du Brésil, du Paraguay, de l'Uruguay et du Venezuela (suspendu depuis ).