The Chilean government, headed by President José Antonio Kast, confirmed on Tuesday the withdrawal of official support for the candidacy of former communist president Michelle Bachelet to assume the General Secretariat of the United Nations, arguing that the application lacks viability in the current international scenario.
The decision was announced through a brief but categorical statement from the Foreign Ministry, in which it was stated that the electoral context, marked by the dispersion of Latin American candidates and differences with key actors in the process, made the success of the former president unlikely. As a result, the Executive decided not only to withdraw the sponsorship, but also to put an end to any diplomatic effort aimed at promoting its name abroad
.Since the ruling party, the measure was defended as a sign of pragmatism in foreign policy. Authorities stressed that the candidacy promoted during the administration of communist Gabriel Boric had not been constructed as a State policy, but rather as a limited initiative that failed to consolidate sufficient support either inside or outside the country. In this regard, Deputy Stephan Schubert questioned the origin of the nomination, stating that he did not have the necessary political consensus to sustain an aspiration of that
level.
Bachelet's application had been presented together with Brazil and Mexico, in an attempt to position a Latin American figure at the head of the international organization. However, the change of government in Chile also involved a review of diplomatic priorities, concluding that insisting on a candidacy without broad support could entail an unnecessary political cost
