Michelle Bachelet,
a Socialist, pediatrician, and former political prisoner and exile, was sworn in
on Saturday, March 11, 2006, as the first woman to be president of Chile. She is
a single mother of three, and the first woman to be elected to the presidency
based on her achievements in a professional and political career, not as a widow
succeeding her deceased husband in a vacated office.
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 "Biografía
de Michelle Bachelet" (La Nación - January 15, 2006)
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"La
vida de la primera Presidenta de Chile" (La
Nación - January 16, 2006) | |
| "Woman in the News; A Leader Making Peace With Chile's Past" (The New York Times - January 16, 2006) | |
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Presidencia
de la República official site | |
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Official presidential campaign site | |
| PBS Newshour - Interview transcript with video | |
| "The woman taking Chile's top job" (BBC News) | |
| "The unexpected travails of the woman who would be president" (The Economist) | |
| "Bachelet's citizens' democracy" (The Economist - March 10, 2006) | |
| "With a New Leader, Chile Seems to Shuck Its Strait Laces" (The New York Times - March 8, 2006) | |
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Online NewsHour: An Interveiw With Chile's New President-Elect ...
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