Latin America's most important financial institution is being led by a US citizen for the first time.
The nomination for president of the Inter-American Development Bank was pushed by the Trump administration.
The organisation is a leading source of development finance in the region, and its head has traditionally been from Latin America.

Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman from Chile's capital Santiago.

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