Guyana’s UN ambassador enters race for secretary-general

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana has nominated its ambassador to the United Nations to run for secretary-general of the global body, the president of the South American nation announced late Friday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of Portugal will step down at the end of the year from the post he has held since 2017, after two terms. Carolyn Rodrigues-Burkett has been Guyana’s representative to the UN since 2020. The Atlantic coastal nation tucked between Venezuela and Brazil has a population of fewer than one million people.

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