ARGENTINA - CHINA Argentina joins Beijing’s Asian bank

Both government and opposition approve membership. Argentina is the third Latin American country to join the institution after Ecuador and Uruguay. Buenos Aires is under pressure to settle its debts with the International Monetary Fund. For a former lawmaker, Argentina is choosing to go along with dictatorships, like Perón did with Hitler.
Buenos Aires (Asia News) – Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies this week approved Argentina’s entry into the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) with only four votes against.
Growing tensions between the Kirchenist (left-leaning populist) government and opposition parties seemed to dissolve when 235 legislators from different political parties gave final approval to a law that was not examined in committee nor discussed by the full house.
The AIIB was created by China in opposition to the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, dominated by the United States and Japan.
Launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping to promote his Belt and Road …