The different Ministers of Finance and Economy of the countries that make up the IDB, among them, Óscar Llamosas and Iván Haas from Paraguayare members of the Board of Governors, who were in charge of the IDB election process in three sessions held in Washington.
In the first, all the candidates presented their ideas and proposals. In the second and third, developed yesterday, the votes were made.
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With more than 80% of the votes, Ilam Goldfajn won. Minutes before, Argentina withdrew the candidacy of Cecilia Todesca, leaving only four options, including Nicolás Eyzaguirre from Chile, Gerardo Esquivel from Mexico and Gerard Johnson from Trinidad and Tobago.
The IDB is Paraguay’s largest partner in financing, with more than USD 2,500 million of the total public debt and around USD 1,428 million to be disbursed for financing already approved.
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Germán Rojas, resident representative of Paraguay to the IDB, also participated in the election process in Washington DC.
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