Bank of the South

Civil society analysis

Bank of the South, by Vince McElhinny, Bank Information Center, November 14, 2007. (Acrobat pdf, 519 KB)

• Southern Bank: An Alternative for development finance, May 14, 2007 (IFIs Choike website)
• The Bank of the South between Economics and Politics, May 15, 2007 (IFIs Choike website)
• Adios, World Bank, May 09, 2007 (TomPaine website)
• Chavez seeks to defuse Brazil rift on Ethanol, April 18, 2007 (Financial Times website)
• IDB Targets $3 billion in Private Sector Biofuel Projects, April 02, 2007 (IDB website)
• Venezuela Pullin out of IMF, World Bank, May 01, 2007 (Associated Press website)
• Bank of the South meets in Caracas, March 30, 2007 (Prensa Latina website)
• Venezuela's Banco del Sur: The end of the IMF in Latin America?, March 21, 2007 (Upside Down World website)

Press

• Bolvarian Finance: The IMF can sleep easy, The Economist, December 13, 2007. (Economist website)
• Why South America wants a new bank, by Lourdes Heredia, December 10, 2007. (BBC News website)
• Chavez, Allies Launch Bank of the South, by Bill Cormier, December 9, 2007. (Associated Press website)
• Bank of the South (Banco del Sur), Interview with Vince McElhinny, November 7, 2007 (Chicago Public Radio website)
• Chávez’s Plan for Development Bank Moves Ahead by Alexei Barrionuevo, October 21, 2007
• Bank of the South: Toward Financial Autonomy, by Raúl Zibechi, July 6, 2007 (IRC website)
• Hugo Chávez moves into banking, The Economist, May 10, 2007. (Economist website)