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Judi Lynn

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Sat Sep 12, 2020, 05:35 PM Sep 2020

Trump Advisor Chosen to Head Inter-American Development Bank


Published 12 September 2020

Mauricio Claver-Carone's candidacy was publicly opposed by the Puebla Group and leftists across Latin America, including numerous former Presidents.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s adviser for Latin America, Mauricio Claver-Carone was elected this Saturday as president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in a virtual vote of the governors, in which he ran uncontested.

Claver-Carone will succeed Colombian Luis Alberto Moreno beginning October 1 for a period of five years to lead the Washington-based organization.

Claver-Carone is currently Deputy Assistant to the U.S. President and Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. National Security Council. He previously served as U.S. Representative to the International Monetary Fund and as Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Florida-born Claver-Carone will also be the first non-Latin American leader in the history of the IDB.

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The senior U.S. official of Cuban origin, who has been a strong proponent of the criminal U.S. blockade on Cuba, has played a key role in devising attacks on progressive governments of the region.

In April 2019, the Intercept reported that a secret IDB proposal would give $48 billion to boost Venezuela’s economy if a coup against democratically elected President Nicolas Maduro were to succeed.

More:
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/trump-advisor-chosen-to-head-inter-american-development-bank-20200912-0007.html
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