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Bachelet and the Pope make friends
11:09 am By Maegan La Mala · Chile| Latin America| Politics| Religion · Comments Off
19 Oct 2007
Who says the left and the church can’t get along? Chilean president Michelle Bachelet is out to prove the opposite on a recent trip to the Vatican where it seems that she and Ratzi got on like a house on fire. The pope and the president chatted in Spanish and German, respectively, about the importance of the Catholic church in Chile, particularly its “positive contribution” to Chilean education and society.
Michelle Bachelet also presented the Pope with a message of gratitude from the Chilean people for its role during the time of the country’s military dictatorship. The president seemed quite grateful herself to the church:
I’m extraordinarily happy to have given, in the name of the Chilean people, the recognition that Chile has for the relevant role that the Catholic church played in our most difficult moments, when we lost our freedom,” she said.
Chile: Transport crisis leads to mass firings
1:58 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chile| Controversia| Politics · Comments Off
28 Mar 2007
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Chilean president Michelle Bachelet. In what is being referred to as the first real crisis of her presidency, Bachelet made the difficult decision to fire 4 of her ministers as a response to the mishandling of capital city Santiago’s new transportation integration system, TranSantiago. This, unfortunately, sets back Bachelet’s original plan to “change Chile” by having both genders equally represented in her cabinet, as some of the outgoing ministers are women. And just what has happened with TranSantiago? Well, a debacle that is so bad that it’s even had staunch Bachelet supporters calling for the ousting of ministers:
The Transantiago – a wholesale overhaul of Santiago’s antiquated transport system – began badly, leaving large areas of the city of 6 million, especially working-class neighborhoods, virtually without transportation. Protests broke out daily, with angry people blocking traffic and clashing with police.
Bachelet: Doctora Presidente to the rescue
6:05 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chile| Latin America| Politics| children · Comments Off
28 Feb 2007
I’m not sure if I’m just overly emotional today, but I was moved when I read on The Latin Americanist that Chilean president Michelle Bachelet rushed to the aid of a child who fainted during a speech she was delivering at a school:
An 8-year-old boy who collapsed after a speech by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet could not have picked a better leader to have nearby: a former pediatrician and mother of three.
Student unrest in Chile continues
6:45 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| Chile| Education| Politics · 1 Comment
5 Jun 2006
Unrest in Chile’s schools rages on after weeks of sit-ins and protests. The Latin Americanist rounds up a few stories about this ongoing saga on their site today. QuePasa reports on recent incidents which they say mark the “first crisis” of Bachelet’s presidency:
Faced with the first major crisis of her three-month old term, President Michelle Bachelet proposed amending Chile’s constitution to guarantee quality education.But as her proposal was made, police fired water cannons and tear gas on about 1,000 high school students and some adults at a barricade blocking public transport in downtown Santiago.
Leaders of the protests said more than one million students and their supporters would take part in the latest nationwide strike. They are demanding efforts by the government to close the gap between public
Bachelet is calling the protests
“…’unnecessary’ but said that by Tuesday “I will send to Congress a bill to reform the constitution, to confirm the right of all citizens to a quality education.”She added: “The students have made felt their demands, which I have described as just and legitimate, for a better quality education, and they did it peacefully.”
See some amazing photos about all of this on Flickr.
Via / Que Pasa and The Latin Americanist
Photo via JP’s Flickr page
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