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Chili: A Woman and Victim of Torture becomes Head of State
16/1/2006 The paediatrician and the leftist activist, Michelle Bachelet, who has been exposed to torture throughout the era of the dictator, Augustu Pinochet, and whose father was killed in one of the political prisons, has become the first female president in Chile, and the second female president in South America. According to preliminary results, Bachelet has won over her contester, the Right wing billionaire, B Sebastian Pinera, in the run offs held on 15 January 2006. This is the first time that woman takes presidency in Chile through popular elections. In addition, this is the first time in South America that a woman is elected president through popular voting. The former minister of health, minister of defence during Lagos's era, and mother of three children, Bachelet (54 years old), who was imprisoned and tortured during Pinochet's era, represents the centre left coalition (the democratic consultation). This coalition has been ruling the country continuously since the fall of Pinochet in 1990. Pinera (56 years old), represents the Coalition for Chile, which includes his right wing party, the renewal party, and the conservative independent democratic federation. Bachelet, who won first place in elections held on 11 September 2005 by 45.9%, calls for the establishment of a more just society and the preservation the correct economic policies that has reduced the rate of poverty by nearly half and helped the three left coalition governments to make Chile's economy the most prosperous in South America. Pinera, on the other hand, who said that the left has lost its connections with Chile, adopted thoughts that called for providing one million job opportunities through his experiences as a businessman. This in addition to fighting crime by spreading additional 12 thousand police officers in the streets of Chile in an attempt to deal with citizens' fears concerning crime. Source: Civil Dialogue Site |
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