SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet made a colorful dig at Copa America referees on Tuesday, the day after two controversial offside calls foiled the national soccer team's chance to win after a thrilling comeback against the Mexican squad.
The topic of the press conference was not soccer, but a new law promoting foreign investments. Still, Bachelet snuck in a jab at the game officials, taking advantage of the similarities between the Spanish word for referee, "arbitro" and the word for arbitrary, "arbitrario".
"We are guaranteeing, for example, that there will be no arbitrary discrimination, which is a word that sits poorly with many Chileans today: arbitrary, which seems like the word referee," Bachelet said, eliciting laughter from the press.