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Brazil, Mexico and Argentina also called for the OAS's rights entities to be "modernized," though other members states such as Costa Rica said any reform would have to preserve the commission's autonomous, international character. After a long debate, members agreed to tackle the reform "in six months or in the first quarter of 2013 at the latest." Several Latin American governments have bristled at what they call overreach by the commission, mainly for weighing in on disputes that are still being heard in domestic courts. They have called for changes at the commission and its sister organization, the Inter-American Court on Human Rights, widely seen as the most important bodies of the 35-member OAS. Ecuador's foreign minister, Ricardo Patino, said the commission is influenced by non-government organizations that are financed by private businesses keen to undermine "unfriendly" governments. "(Rights) organizations aren't there to act as prosecutors in democratic states. 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