{"id":14016,"date":"2026-03-28T16:58:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/?p=14016"},"modified":"2026-03-28T16:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:58:27","slug":"lula-affirms-brazils-continued-support-for-bachelets-un-candidacy-alongside-mexico-she-has-all-the-credentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/?p=14016","title":{"rendered":"Lula Affirms Brazil\u2019s Continued Support for Bachelet\u2019s UN Candidacy Alongside Mexico: \u00abShe Has All the Credentials\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<p>El Ciudadano<\/p>\n<p>Original article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elciudadano.com\/actualidad\/lula-confirma-que-brasil-continuara-apoyando-junto-a-mexico-candidatura-de-bachelet-a-naciones-unidas-posee-todas-las-credenciales\/03\/28\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lula confirma que Brasil continuar\u00e1 apoyando junto a M\u00e9xico candidatura de Bachelet a Naciones Unidas: \u201cPosee todas las credenciales\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lula-y-sheinbaum-blindan-candidatura-de-bachelet-es-el-curriculum-ideal-para-la-onu\"><span id=\"lula-and-sheinbaum-strengthen-bachelets-candidacy-she-has-the-ideal-curriculum-for-the-un\"><strong>Lula and Sheinbaum Strengthen Bachelet&#8217;s Candidacy: &#8216;She Has the Ideal Curriculum for the UN&#8217;<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elciudadano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sheinbaum-Bachelet-Lula-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1149114 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elciudadano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sheinbaum-Bachelet-Lula-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The campaign of former Chilean President<strong> Michelle Bachelet for the UN Secretary-General<\/strong> maintains its momentum with strong backing from Brazil and Mexico, despite the recent withdrawal of support from Jos\u00e9 Antonio Kast&#8217;s government.<\/p>\n<p>In this context, statements from Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva and Mexican President<strong> Claudia Sheinbaum<\/strong> become central to the news, reaffirming their commitment to a candidacy aimed at electing the first Latin American woman to lead the international organization.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lula-da-silva-posee-todas-las-credenciales-para-ser-la-primera-mujer-latinoamericana-en-dirigir-la-organizacion\"><span id=\"lula-da-silva-she-has-all-the-credentials-to-be-the-first-latin-american-woman-to-lead-the-organization\"><strong>Lula da Silva: \u00abShe Has All the Credentials to Be the First Latin American Woman to Lead the Organization\u00bb<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elciudadano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lula-Bachelet.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1149115 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elciudadano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lula-Bachelet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"727\" height=\"524\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brazilian President<strong> Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva<\/strong>, in a social media post, firmly endorsed Bachelet\u2019s candidacy, emphasizing her exceptional background.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cBachelet has a solid track record and the ideal curriculum for the position, having served as her country&#8217;s president twice, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Executive Director of UN Women. She possesses all the credentials to be the first Latin American woman to lead the organization,\u201d the Brazilian leader emphasized, highlighting her profile for promoting peace and multilateralism.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">Brazil will continue to support, together with Mexico, Michelle Bachelet&#8217;s candidacy for the position of UN Secretary-General. Bachelet is highly qualified, with the best curriculum for the function, having been president of her country twice, High Commissioner of the UN for&#8230;\n<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lula (@LulaOficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LulaOficial\/status\/2037876635907531114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-presidenta-de-mexico-nosotros-vamos-a-seguir-apoyandola\"><span id=\"mexicos-president-we-will-continue-to-support-her\"><strong>Mexico&#8217;s President: \u00abWe Will Continue to Support Her\u00bb<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had previously reiterated her government&#8217;s support for Michelle Bachelet, explicitly distancing herself from the Chilean government\u2019s decision to withdraw backing. \u201cWe will continue to support her; it is not necessary to support a candidate from the country, and the reasons we support her remain valid,\u201d Sheinbaum stated during her press conference, also confirming that she would have a phone conversation with the candidate in the coming days.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elciudadano.com\/latinoamerica\/sheinbaum-mantiene-respaldo-a-bachelet-tras-portazo-de-kast-en-la-onu\/03\/26\/\">Read also \/ Claudia Sheinbaum Reaffirms Support for Michelle Bachelet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sheinbaum elaborated on the reasons supporting Mexican backing, highlighting Bachelet&#8217;s personal and political qualities beyond her nationality. \u201cShe is a woman who seeks peace in the world, who has a vision for building rights, advocating for the peaceful resolution of conflicts, and reconstructing the United Nations as an international conflict-resolution body,\u201d the president stated, defining Bachelet as \u201can ideal person to lead the United Nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Jos\u00e9 Antonio Kast&#8217;s government withdrew its support citing \u201cviability concerns\u201d and disagreements with key process actors, the simultaneous backing from Brazil and Mexico solidifies a strong regional support base for Bachelet. The candidacy, initially propelled by former president Gabriel Boric, remains active.<\/p>\n<p>La entrada <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elciudadano.com\/en\/lula-affirms-brazils-continued-support-for-bachelets-un-candidacy-alongside-mexico-she-has-all-the-credentials\/03\/28\/\">Lula Affirms Brazil&#8217;s Continued Support for Bachelet&#8217;s UN Candidacy Alongside Mexico: \u00abShe Has All the Credentials\u00bb<\/a> se public\u00f3 primero en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elciudadano.com\">El Ciudadano<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"El Ciudadano Original article: Lula confirma que Brasil continuar\u00e1 apoyando junto a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.elciudadano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sheinbaum-Bachelet-Lula-.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14016","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internacionales-2"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}