- published: 14 Jul 2013
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The Bank of the South (Spanish: Banco del Sur, Portuguese: Banco do Sul, Dutch: 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 an initial capital of US$20 billion. Argentina, Venezuela, and Brazil were to have each pledged $4 billion, while Uruguay, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Bolivia were to have contributed smaller amounts. The intention of the bank is to lend money to nations in the Americas for the construction of social programs and infrastructure.
The project has been endorsed by Nobel Prize winning, former World Bank economist Joseph Stiglitz, with him saying that "One of the advantages of having a Bank of the South is that it would reflect the perspectives of those in the south," and that "It is a good thing to have competition in most markets, including the market for development lending."
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.
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Things look cold for young John Morgan
We were dying all around him
Wise, the wise, our young John Morgan sing
Will we feed us all away?
We?re all heroes
We got giant steps behind us
Just twelve years old, just trying to be a boy
There?s not much time, just time to say, goodbye then
Take me away, I don?t need to be here too
Will we feed us all away?
We?re all heroes
We got giant steps behind us
Do you see giant steps behind me?
Our falling days won?t end this way
Our falling days won?t end this way
(Something?s wrong but I can?t see it)
Our falling days won?t end this way
(Something?s wrong but I can?t see it)
Our falling days won?t end this way
(Something?s wrong but I can?t see it)
But that was a long time ago
Yeah, that was a long time ago
That was a long time ago
Where we'd be when young John Morgan?s south
Will the sky come falling down on us?
Wipe out time, have we forgotten you?
Will we feed us all away?
We're all heroes
We got giant steps behind us