Overview
- Chile’s foreign ministry announced Tuesday it has revoked support for Michelle Bachelet, ordered embassies to halt promotion, and vowed to back no other candidate.
- Officials said a crowded Latin American field and differences with key players make her campaign inviable.
- Mexico and Brazil still support Bachelet, which keeps her candidacy active without Chile’s diplomatic push.
- The shift boosts the relative profile of other regional women mentioned as contenders, including Alicia Bárcena, María Fernanda Espinosa, and Mia Mottley.
- The race will intensify in the second half of 2026 as António Guterres’s term ends on December 31, in a year when many states favor a woman from Latin America for the post.