SANTIAGO, Chile: Chile’s new hard-right President Jose Antonio Kast on Tuesday withdrew Santiago’s support for former socialist president Michelle Bachelet as candidate for the post of UN secretary general.
Kast’s leftist predecessor Gabriel Boric had in February backed two-term president Bachelet’s attempt to become the first woman to head the United Nations, in a move also supported by leftist-led Brazil and Mexico.
A foreign ministry statement on Tuesday however said Santiago “has decided to withdraw Chile’s backing for ex-president Michelle Bachelet as candidate for the post of secretary general of the United Nations.”
