Overview
- Outgoing President Gabriel Boric said Bachelet’s bid has been formally registered with the UN and will be presented jointly with Brazil and Mexico, and Bachelet publicly accepted.
- A joint communiqué from the three governments frames the bid as a push to strengthen multilateralism with experienced, internationally legitimate leadership.
- Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum publicly backed the nomination, with their ambassadors joining the announcement at La Moneda.
- President-elect José Antonio Kast declined to state whether his administration will continue Chile’s backing, saying he will speak after taking office on March 11.
- The 2026 selection is expected later this year with declared rivals including Rafael Grossi, Rebeca Grynspan, Alicia Bárcena and Mia Mottley, and no woman has ever led the UN while the last Latin American to serve was Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.