Do you know of this bank?...and look at the last link.
Explore that link, it'll open your eyes a bit further on how we got to ths point.

http://www.iadb.org/aboutus/I/members.c ... ge=English

The IDB was founded in 1959 as a partnership between 19 Latin American countries and the United States. The original member countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela and the United States.
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Today, the IDB is owned by 47 member states, of which 26 are borrowing members in Latin America and the Caribbean. Each member country's voting power is based on its subscription to the institution's Ordinary Capital (OC) resources.

To become a regional member, a country needs prior membership to the Organization of the American States. To become a non-regional member, a country needs to be a member of the International Monetary Fund. A second basic requirement in both cases is the subscription of shares of the Ordinary Capital and contribution to the Fund for Special Operations.


Agreement Establishing the IDB
Annual Report
Annual Meetings
Countries
Ownership
Eighth Replenishment
Fund for Special Operations
Institutional Strategy
Ordinary Capital
Voting Power


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How about this Organization?

http://www.summit-americas.org/summit.htm