SANTIAGO, March 29 – The U.S. embassy in Chile has apologised for an earlier tweet indicating it was bored or irritated by former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet’s bid to run in the November presidential polls, Xinhua news agency reported.
“Our apologies for the last tweet. An unauthorised user sent the message from this account,” the embassy said via its official Twitter account.
The offensive tweet was erased, but the apology was still there Thursday. The erased message read: — “Bachelet, Bachelet, Bachelet … Is there no other news?”
Bachelet, the first female to lead Chile from 2006 to 2010, was until recently head of the United Nations agency in charge of women’s affairs. She returned to Chile on Wednesday to seek a second term in the Nov 17 elections as candidate of the left-leaning opposition. Polls show she leads other potential candidates. Chile’s national media were abuzz with the election bid and the U.S. embassy’s reaction has caused more ripples through social networks.
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