Pequeno dinheiro, grandes problemas: como uma investigação sobre pequenas repúblicas latino-americanas moldou o mercado financeiro da dívida pública no século XIX
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América Latina, finanças, corrupção.Resumo
Em 1875 o Parlamento britânico instaurou um Comitê para investigar fraudes cometidas em empréstimos subscritos por bancos britânicos e franceses para as repúblicas de Honduras, Costa Rica, Santo Domingo e Paraguai em um montante de £12 milhões. Os relatórios do Comitê e a cobertura da imprensa especializada revelaram usuais práticas ilegais de bancos e diplomatas buscando induzir moratórias milionárias à custa dos investidores e dos orçamentos dos Estados envolvidos, enquanto os negociadores compravam luxuosos castelos no sul da França. Após as investigações essas práticas fraudulentas foram expostas ao público, transformando o mercado de empréstimos soberanos pelo resto do século XIX.
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