Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Michelle Bachelet, then-U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights and former President of Chile, attends the Ministerial Roundtable: 21st Century Global Investment Policy Making during the World Investment Forum 2018 at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Oct. 25, 2018.
(JNS) - Backed by Mexico and Brazil, Gabriel Boric, Chile's outgoing president, nominated former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, a harsh critic of the Jewish state, to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations.
Boric, who is also anti-Israel, made the announcement on Monday. José Antonio Kast, a right-wing politician who is set to assume the Chilean presidency next month, would be unlikely to nominate Bachelet, 74, for the role.
Bachelet, who was Brazil's president twice-from 2006-10 and 2014-18-was the first head of U.N. Women and served as U.N. high commissioner for human righ...
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