Source: US News & World Report
“Chile on Tuesday said it was withdrawing its backing for the candidacy of former President Michelle Bachelet as Secretary-General of the United Nations, ahead of an election that will decide its leader for a five-year term starting in 2027. The withdrawal of Chile’s support comes weeks after the swearing in of President Jose Antonio Kast, marking the South American country’s sharpest shift to the right in decades. Kast has repeatedly criticized Bachelet’s presidency and said his leftist predecessor Gabriel Boric ‘made a mistake’ when he supported her nomination, alongside Brazil and Mexico, for the leadership of the U.N. Bachelet was considered a frontrunner for the race.” (03/24/26)