Michelle Bachelet

UN slams Hungary gov't over cruel and racist policies

Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto accused United Nations officials on September 19 of 鈥渟preading lies鈥 with their criticism of Budapest鈥檚 anti-migration policies.

The comments came just days after new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, and UN rights experts harshly criticised Hungary鈥檚 immigration policies.

Szijjarto told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that 鈥渋t was obvious鈥 the UN officials were 鈥渂iased pro-migration officials鈥.

New anti-systemic left biggest winner in Chile鈥檚 national elections

Since Chile鈥檚 return to democracy in 1990 after the fall of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship, the South American nation has maintained a largely stable and predictable political system. However, the stability of this post-Pinochet political set up has seemingly come to an end.

A clear expression of this was the results of the presidential and parliamentary elections held on November 19.