Monday, January 16, 2006

Chile elects its first female President !


This is so great. I was so happy to read this news this morning. wow wow wow - a woman and a socialist/activist/single mother and not from a political rich family. I gotta put it on the blog. I love good news.

SANTIAGO — Chileans exploded in joy on the streets of Santiago yesterday, celebrating a milestone for all of South America: the continent's first legitimately elected female president. Michelle Bachelet, a socialist and pediatrician imprisoned under General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, won 53.5 per cent of the vote, to 46.5 per cent for her rival, Sebastian Pinera, a conservative multimillionaire businessman....At last night's giant street party, supporters tooted horns, waved flags, blew whistles and chanted feminist slogans, joined by Chilean intelligentsia and local rock stars and artists, there to endorse the new darling of the left....While her victory consolidates a shift to the left in Latin America -- leftists have been elected in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay and Venezuela -- she is considered a free-market socialist who will follow the same line as Mr. Lagos.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060116.wxchile16/BNStory/International/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4087510.stm

I just realized that you can't click on these links - so if you want to key in Michelle Bachelet, chile, BBC and theglobeandmail in google you'll get the goods.

so good.

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