{
  "id": 15022826,
  "title": "Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, candidate to lead the United Nations: Not choosing a woman would send ‘a very bad message’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/carolyn-rodrigues-birkett-candidate-to-lead-the-united-nations-not",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T18:29:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais English",
    "slug": "el-pais-english",
    "url": "https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-10-16/carolyn-rodrigues-birkett-candidate-to-lead-the-united-nations-not-choosing-a-woman-would-send-a-very-bad-message.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A former minister of Guyana and that country’s ambassador to the United Nations, she stands out alongside Costa Rica’s Rebeca Grynspan as the frontrunners to succeed Antonio Guterres at the helm of an embattled organization struggling to remain relevant in today’s world",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}