Costa Rica will be proposed by Rebecca Greenspan, who is currently head of the UN Service for Trade and Development (CNUCED) for the position of UN Secretary -General.

Foreign Minister Armedo Andre He announced the candidacy of former Vice President Costa Rica at a meeting of the Diplomatic Corps in San Jose. As he said, Grinspan has “most qualifications” and “its candidacy will bring the country to the top”.

Candidate for the post is also Chilean Michelle Bachelet.

As head of CNUCED in 2021, a 69 -year -old economist has faced many challenges for international trade, such as climate change and wars in the Gaza Strip and Ukraine. The trade war launched by US President Donald Trump has compiled its work this year.

Greenspan studied Economics at the University of Costa Rica and took a master from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. He has served in various government positions: he was Deputy Minister of Finance, Minister of Housing and Coordinating Minister of Finance and Social Affairs. From 1994 to 199 he was Vice -President in the Central Government Jose Maria Figuerere.

Its career in the United Nations is also noteworthy, where she held important positions in the Development Program and in 2010 she took over as Deputy Secretary General.

In September, Chile announced that the former president Michelle Bachelet74 years old, will be a candidate for the post. Her name is often heard between the dominant, along with that of Mexican Alicia Barsenawho was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Secretary General of the Financial Committee on Latin America and the Caribbean.

Antonio Guterres’ second term expires on December 31, 2026.

Since its founding in 1945, a female secretary -general has never been elected. Only one Latin American has taken over the head of the organization to date, Peruvian Javier Peres no Quetayar (1982-1991).