Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Friday became the first Latin American leader and the third worldwide to reach the South Pole, thus consolidating his country's commitment to Antarctica.

Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Friday became the first Latin American leader and the third worldwide to reach the South Pole, thus consolidating his country's commitment to Antarctica.

Boric posted a video of himself in Antarctica to his X account on Saturday. - Gabriel Boric Font/X Boric called his trip to the South Pole an “honor” and a source of pride, TVN reported.

Archbishop Fernando Natalio Chomali Garib of Concepción has expressed his hope that Gabriel Boric Font, Chile’s president elect, “will recognise and value the religious soul of the Chilean people”.

Gabriel Boric Font/X via CNN Newsource Chile’s President Gabriel Boric displays his country's flag at the South Pole on Friday, a place where no other Latin American president has set foot ...