Me lo dijo, confuso, llorando, Alfredo Crespo su amigo del alma y partner: “se ha muerto, coño, se ha muerto”. Se refería a nuestro hermano Robert Alexis. Alfredo llevaba 20 años acompañándolo. Robert estaba ingresado en el hospital “Coral Gables”. Era médico. Buen médico. Padecía el Covid 19. Permitidme que utilice mi columna semanal para tocar un tema personal. Es una despedida.
Except for economic journals and newsletter the IDB ins not a frequent headliner. Contrary to the IMF that seems to attract the most controversial sentiments around the world and the World Bank that is identified with large watershed projects like the Aswan Dam, the IDB seems to be as boring an institution as the Bal des Petits Lits Blanc created by Baroness Seilliere in 1919. This is quite remarkable for an institution that according to its own press releases disburses on average $9.7 billion per year since 2008 in the form of loans and an average of $534 million per year in approved grants.
