UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FRONT-RUNNER PRAISED FIDEL CASTRO AND REPEATEDLY ATTACKED ISRAEL
Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett of Guyana, who has emerged as a leading candidate to become the next UN Secretary-General, previously praised Cuban dictator Fidel Castro as a “visionary, determined, revolutionary” figure behind Cuba’s “achievements and resilience.” She has also repeatedly accused Israel of “genocide” and “colonialist aspirations,” while arguing that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict did not begin on October 7. In 2024, she claimed Israel “first violently rejected the two-state solution” in 1948. The historical record cited here notes that Jewish leaders accepted the 1947 UN partition plan, while Arab leaders rejected it, followed by Israel’s declaration of independence and the invasion by neighboring Arab armies.
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