Tag: Michelle Bachelet

• Friday, May 15th 2026 - 13:27 UTC

  Chilean former president defends “people-centered” multilateralism in Montevideo against authoritarian projects

  

  Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, currently a candidate for the United Nations Secretary General, defended on Thursday in Montevideo the need for “a more representative, inclusive, and people-centered multilateralism” in the face of advancing “authoritarian projects” in the international order, during the keynote of the seminar “Geopolitics, Multilateralism, and Risks to Gender-Parity Democracy in the New International Order.” The event, organized by IDEA Internacional, is taking place at Uruguay's Legislative Palace as part of the Latin American Women in Politics Meeting, which brings together regional political leaders until Friday.

• Tuesday, March 24th 2026 - 21:33 UTC

  Chile withdraws support for Bachelet's candidacy for UN Secretary General

  

  The government of José Antonio Kast on Tuesday withdrew Chile's backing for former President Michelle Bachelet's bid to lead the United Nations, deeming her candidacy “unviable” in the current context.

• Wednesday, January 14th 2026 - 10:18 UTC

  Boric endorsing Bachelet for UN top post beyond his own term

  

  Chile’s outgoing President Gabriel Boric Font confirmed on Tuesday that his administration would formalize the candidacy of former President Michelle Bachelet for Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN).

• Wednesday, September 24th 2025 - 08:55 UTC

  Chile launches Bachelet's candidacy for UN top position

  

  During his message before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font officially nominated former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet as a candidate for the next UN Secretary-General.

• Monday, December 18th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  New attempt to reform Chile's Constitution fails

  

  Chile voted 55.45 % against the new Constitution and thus the one passed in the early 1980s under former dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte will remain in force, it was reported Sunday in Santiago.

• Monday, November 14th 2022 - 22:09 UTC

  Bachelet, Duhalde, Mujica and other Latin American leaders ask Maduro to restore Unasur

  

  A group of former South American presidents, foreign ministers, high-ranking officials, lawmakers, and intellectuals Monday sent a letter to Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro inviting him to join their initiative to relaunch the Union of South American Nations (Unasur for its Spanish name).

• Saturday, September 10th 2022 - 10:19 UTC

  Austrian lawyer to succeed Bachelet as UNHCHR

  

  Austrian lawyer Volker Türk has been appointed to succeed former two-time Chilean President Michelle Bachelet as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, it was announced.

• Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Bachelet's last report critical of China regarding Uighurs

  

  Former two-time Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Wednesday filed a report on China's “Crimes against humanity” on her last day as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) as she left her office to a standing ovation.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 19:22 UTC

  Russian attack leaves 25 Ukrainians dead; Moscow claims only troops were hit

  

  A Russian Iskander missile hit a military column at the Chaplino railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk region, killing over 200 Ukrainian troops bound for the Donbas region, according to Moscow sources, and destroying heavy military machinery, it was reported Thursday.

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 20:48 UTC

  Bachelet quits UN Human Rights post and returns to Chile

  

  Former two-time Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Monday delivered a speech she said was her last as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.