Chile Interior Minister Carolina Toha Quits and Says She’ll Run for President

Chile Interior Minister Carolina Toha stepped down from her post and said she will run for president in this year’s election, marking the entry of an experienced center-left politician in the contest for head of state.

Toha presented her resignation to President Gabriel Boric on Tuesday. In separate remarks made late at night after the cabinet change ceremony, she told reporters it’s time for her generation to seek the nation’s top job.