Trump-nominated IDB boss fired over affair with subordinate
The Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) decided on Monday to dismiss its president, Mauricio Claver-Carone, after a vote as a result of the love affair he had with a subordinate.
A source from the bank confirmed to Efe News Service that the governors of the Assembly – made up of ministers of Economy, Finance or directors of central banks of the 48 member countries of the IDB – decided unanimously that the American of Cuban origin should leave the institution.
The announcement has not been officially confirmed by the bank and, after doing so, a period of 45 days will be opened for countries to present their candidacies.
Since last Friday, the governors – who are the ones who approve the appointment and removal of the president – have been voting if they want Claver-Carone to leave office, for having broken the bank’s rules, which prohibit intimate relationships between superiors with people directly dependent on them.
So far, more than 90% of those summoned have voted, the source explained to Efe, a sufficient majority for the executive board to make their dismissal official in the next few hours. An American of Cuban origin, Claver-Carone was chosen to head the IDB in September 2020 at the proposal of then-US President Donald Trump, a decision that generated some controversy as he was the entity’s first non-Latin American president. The removal comes after an investigation carried out after an anonymous complaint, a case that was uncovered last week when an investigative agency presented a report to the members of the institution’s executive board.
The report was also presented to Claver-Carone himself, who continues to maintain his innocence and assures that there is no evidence to confirm the relationship.
As explained to Efe by a source who had access to the report – also leaked to some media outlets – the conclusions clearly show the president’s personal relationship with a worker, who received large salary increases in recent years.
