El argentino Rafael Grossi se someterá este martes a un fuerte escrutinio en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York sobre sus planes para ocupar el cargo de Secretario General de la ONU, al que se postula junto con otros tres candidatos, y ccontestará por tres horas preguntas de la audiencia, en un nuevo paso para la elección del reemplazante del portugués Antonio Guterres.

Diplomático de carrera de 65 años, Grossi tomó relieve global al asumir en 2019 la dirección de la Agencia Internacional de Energía Atómica, que es parte del sistema de las Naciones Unidas. Desde ese puesto se ocupó de cuestiones mundiales de alto perfil, como el programa nuclear de Irán o de los peligros relacionados con la central nuclear ucraniana de Zaporiyia, ocupada por las fuerzas rusas.

Grossi, que recientemente ha sido elegido por la revista Time como una de las 100 personalidades más influyentes del año, ttiene el aval del gobierno argentino para su candidatura.

Durante tres horas, el argentino expondrá el martes por la tarde y recibirá preguntas de representantes de los 193 miembros de la Asamblea General sobre sus planes para un eventual futuro mandato, que están basados en que la ONU retorne “a sus bases fundacionales: salvar a la humanidad del flagelo de la guerra”, como expresó en su carta de presentación.

Grossi compite con otros tres postulantes para el cargo: la ex presidenta de Chile Michelle Bachelet, que expondrá el martes por la mañana antes de Grossi; la jefa de comercio de la ONU, la costarricense Rebeca Grynspan, que hablará el miércoles por la mañana, y el último en presentarse será el expresidente de Senegal Macky Sall.

La elección del líder de la ONU implica un proceso largo que recién se concretará en el segundo semestre del año, sin fecha determinada, con su designación por parte de la Asamblea General, que incluye a todos los miembros.

Pero ellos deben elegir a recomendación del Consejo de Seguridad. Eso otorga a los cinco miembros permanentes del órgano más poderoso de la ONU —Estados Unidos, Rusia, China, Reino Unido y Francia— el papel decisivo y el poder de veto sobre la selección, ya que si el candidato no tiene el aval de todos los miembros del Consejo, su postulación no avanza a la Asamblea.

Grossi tiene buena relación con los miembros permanentes del Consejo. Más allá de las aptitudes para el cargo, el vínculo estrecho entre el presidente Donald Trump y Javier Milei contribuye a reforzar su candidatura.

El próximo secretario general deberá estar en sintonía con «los valores y los intereses estadounidenses», advirtió el embajador estadounidense ante la ONU, Mike Waltz.

En la elección de 2016 se presentaron 13 candidatos, entre ellos 7 mujeres, en medio de una intensa presión para que por primera vez eligieran a una secretaria al mando del organismo. Pero Guterres terminó siendo el elegido.

Ahora Bachelet y Grynspan aspiran a ser las pioneras, aunque la chilena ha perdido el apoyo de su propio gobierno cuando asumió el presidente derechista José Antonio Kast. Bachelet sigue con el impulso de Brasil y México.

El clima ahora es muy diferente al de hace 10 años. En aquel momento la ONU concretaba el pacto climático del Acuerdo de París para frenar el calentamiento global y la promoción de la Agenda 2030, un plan de desarrollo sostenible de 17 puntos para cerrar la brecha entre ricos y pobres.

Pero la llegada de Trump a la Casa Banca marcó un desprecio por el multilateralismo, mientras EE.UU. se alejaba de esos pactos globales, con fuertes divisiones en los países por el cambio de agenda. Mientras tanto, la ONU no ha podido frenar las guerras en Ucrania, Gaza e Irán, dejando al organismo sin influencia en los conflictos globales.

El planteo de Grossi busca precisamente rrecuperar el rol originario de la ONU como impulsora de soluciones a las guerras y se presenta como un “abridor de puertas entre países beligerantes”, hablando incluso con los países que lo han amenazado de muerte como Irán.

Por tradición, el cargo de secretario general rota por regiones. Guterres, ex primer ministro portugués, sucedió al excanciller surcoreano Ban Ki-moon y este siguió al ghanés Kofi Annan. Ahora debería ser el turno de América Latina, por lo que las chances de Bachelet, Grossi y Grynspan crecen. Desde la fundación de la ONU en 1945 el único secretario general latinoamericano fue el diplomático peruano Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1982-1991).

A Canadian woman was shot and killed Monday, and several others were injured, before a gunman took his own life at Mexico’s popular Teotihuacan pyramids. 

Mexican officials said that four people were wounded by gunfire and two others sustained injuries from falls. Among the injured were tourists from Colombia, Russia, and Canada, according to local government reports via The Associated Press.

A firearm, a bladed weapon, and live cartridges were found at the scene, Mexico’s Security Cabinet confirmed on social media.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote on social media that the shooting would be thoroughly investigated and that she was in contact with the Canadian Embassy.

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on Jan. 5, 2026. (Raquel Cunha/Reuters)

«What happened today in Teotihuacan deeply pains us,» she wrote. «I express my most sincere solidarity with the affected individuals and their families.»

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Sheinbaum said she has instructed the Security Cabinet to investigate the events and provide all necessary support to the victims.

People visit the Pyramid of the Sun in the pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacan near Mexico City, Mexico, on March 21, 2024, following the spring equinox. (Henry Romero/Reuters)

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«Personnel from the Secretariat of the Interior and the Secretariat of Culture are already heading to the site to provide assistance and accompaniment, along with local authorities,» she said. «I am closely following the situation, and we will continue to provide timely updates through the Security Cabinet.»

The pre-Hispanic city, located just outside Mexico City, was once one of the most significant cultural centers in Mesoamerica.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Canada’s foreign ministry for comment.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., long a progressive force in New England, traveled to Maine over the weekend to boost left-wing Senate candidate Graham Platner ahead of the state’s pivotal Democratic primary. 

«Graham is a combat veteran. He’s an oyster farmer, he is an organizer, and he is the person who is going to beat Susan Collins,» said Warren at his campaign rally on Saturday in Portland. 

At one point during the rally, Warren said Platner was her «kind of man,» recalling that she first noticed him in an interview where he argued the system was «rigged» after the 2008 financial crash as no bankers were jailed.

Warren is championing Platner as a «fighter» for Maine voters, drawing national attention to the candidate ahead of a showdown with two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, who has the backing of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. A series of controversies, however, trail Platner. 

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«Insiders who go along to get along are not going to hose the corruption out of Washington. We need Graham Platner to come in and get the corruption out of Washington,» said Warren from the rally.

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«There are people who realize that when the system is this broken, when there are this many billionaires who have this much control over our country, it is no longer time to make little change at the margins, it is time for big, structural change,» Warren added.

Maine’s Democratic primary is June 9, with Platner working to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November’s general election. 

Platner’s past controversies have been political fodder for the Mills campaign, including directing voters to his decade-old Reddit posts in which he appeared to place blame on sexual assault victims and defended Hamas military moves, among other messages from the 2013 and 2014 era. Platner also came under fire for having a chest tattoo recognized as a Nazi symbol, which he has since apologized for and covered.  

«For those of you who have read these things and been offended, have read these things and seen someone that you don’t recognize, I am deeply sorry,» Platner said in an apology video in 2025. 

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questions former executives of failed banks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill May 16, 2023, in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Warren, who is one of President Donald Trump’s most relentless critics, notably condemned Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth last year for his Christian tattoos, which include the Jerusalem Cross and the Latin phrase «Deus Vult,» which translates to «God wills it.» 

«We cannot have a Defense Secretary whose fellow service members feel concerned enough about to report as a potential insider threat,» Warren wrote in a lengthy letter to Hegseth in 2025 over her concerns with his tattoos. 

The Massachusetts Democrat has downplayed Platner’s past controversies since her endorsement of the Senate candidate. 

«Look, he has apologized for that, and he’s out there talking to the people of Maine every single day,» Warren told HuffPost when asked about Platner’s controversies. 

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Graham Platner, a U.S. Marine and Army veteran and oyster farmer, in August launched a Democratic run for the U.S. Senate in Maine. (Graham Platner)

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The race has amplified divisions within the Democrat Party, with left-wing lawmakers such as Warren and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders back Platner, while Schumer and Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have backed Mills for the Senate. 

Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, points to a covered tattoo that had previously been an image recognized as a Nazi symbol, during an interview on Wednesday in Portland, Me. (WGME via AP)

Platner, angling himself a Washington outsider, spoke Saturday about wealth being shifted to the «ruling class» through a system created by establishment politicians.

«The money went somewhere, and it wasn’t down here. It was stolen from us, stolen from us in a system that was built by establishment politicians like Susan Collins,» said Platner, as Democrats increasingly lean into slamming the Trump administration and GOP for its economic policies in the lead up to the midterms. 

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Fox News Digital reached out to the offices of Warren and Planter for comment on Monday. 

Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser and Bonny Chu contributed to this report.