Ruling Coalition Parties Call Bachelet-Boric Declaration "Unfortunate and Petty"

The presidents of the governing UDI, RN, Evópoli and Republican parties issued a joint rebuke of Michelle Bachelet and Gabriel Boric's declaration against the Escudo de las Américas, calling it "desafortunada y mezquina" (unfortunate and petty) and questioning the two ex-presidents for weighing in on a sitting government's foreign-policy decision. The exchange escalated the Escudo de las Américas dispute into a broader clash over Chile's post-1990 foreign-policy consensus, with government officials framing the criticism as partisan overreach rather than a substantive sovereignty concern.