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Ecuador's Espinosa joins battle to lead United Nations

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FILE PHOTO: United Nations General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: United Nations General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo CARLO ALLEGRI Reuters

GENEVA - Antigua and Barbuda has nominated Ecuador's Maria Fernanda Espinosa as candidate to be the next United Nations Secretary-General, a U.N. official told Reuters on Tuesday.

Espinosa, a former diplomat and defence minister in Ecuador, held the role of President of the United Nations General Assembly from 2018-2019.

(Reporting by Emma Farge, editing by Kirsti Knolle)

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This story was originally published May 12, 2026 at 3:24 AM.

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