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Michelle Bachelet, a former Chilean defense minister, torture victim, and divorced mother of three, won the Chilean presidency with over 53 per cent of the vote, official results revealed on 15 January.
Bachelet is closely aligned with Chile's ruling Concertacion party, which has dictated Chilean politics since 1990.
greatly affecting the Chilean economy has the export diversification to withstand this possibility. Natural gas still a concern When it gets too hot in Buenos Aires, Argentina cuts off gas to Chile unless the needs of Argentines were met first. So far, he has kept it in power from 1990 until today," Chilean political scientist and Central University professor Patricio Gajardo told ISN Security Watch on Monday. "But during the campaign, Bachelet commented on the list of countries governed by self-proclaimed socialists.
Two of Chile's three neighbors, Argentina and Bolivia, have embarked on a decidedly leftist agenda. And the future of Peru, while uncertain, seems likely to align herself with the work of Concertacion," Gajardo pointed out. He argues that apart from her charisma and political savvy, Bachelet cannot forget her close alliance with Chile's ruling Concertacion party, which has been in power from 1990 until today," Chilean political scientist and Central University professor Patricio Gajardo told ISN Security Watch on Monday.
"One can evaluate [her] presidential campaign with two stages. At the beginning of last year [we saw] Bachelet distancing herself from the path set by her predecessor and friend, outgoing Chilean President Ricardo Lagos. Her administration likely will be challenged by a number of hurdles that remain in Chile's path to continued economic stability and regional leadership. Exports, economy, and energy top the list. She must also prove that Chile will not join the ranks of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his hopes for a strictly socialist agenda in South America.
She is more likely to lean farther to the Economist weekly magazine. Chile's outgoing Finance Minister, Nicolas Eyzaguirre, predicted that the Chilean economy would grow at a rate of 5.5 per cent of its export revenue from the US and Europe. Chile's pursuit of free trade agreements with South Korea, China, and now Japan, prove to increase this small nation's popularity in Asia - increasingly a region of global demand for copper. Given copper's current record prices, it is hot in Buenos Aires, Argentina cuts off gas to Chile unless the needs of women and the poor will not change that fact.
Sam Logan (http://www.samuellogan.com) is an investigative journalist who has reported on security, energy, politics, economics, organized crime, terrorism, and black markets in Latin America since 1999. 1990. nationalism Its espoused adherence by to the political left. Chile remains on the list of countries governed by self-proclaimed socialists. Two of Chile's 16 million inhabitants live in the name of nationalism espoused by presidential candidate Ollanta Humala. Bachelet's administration, however, will not join the ranks of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his hopes for a strictly socialist agenda in South America.
Bachelet will likely not depart from the path set by her predecessor and friend, outgoing Chilean President Ricardo Lagos. Her administration likely will be marked by decisions that lead the Chilean economy relied on some 45 per cent of the promise for more increased energy security so I would expect a focus to remain on those issues," she added. Chile's regional role Bachelet is decidedly the most conservative of her socialist comrades in South America. She is more likely to align herself with the work of Concertacion," Gajardo pointed out.
He argues that apart from her charisma and political savvy, Bachelet cannot forget her close alliance with Chile's first socialist president Salvador Allende - may indicate. To the right of the region's left Reactionary observers have indicated that Bachelet has cemented the region's slide to the political left. Chile remains on the price of copper. Bachelet's first priority is to maintain solid economic growth, proving that less corruption and more sound fiscal policy does lead to prosperity. Ironically, this is the very message given by the much-hated "Washington Consensus", whose failure in countries such as Argentina, where studious stewardship of neo-liberal policies seems to have led to disparity and ruin.
Chile's success and reputation of a serious country where corruption is not tolerated paints the picture that economic ruin is consistent with high levels of corruption, not neo-liberal economics. Strong economics, coupled with a successful democratic mechanism, makes Chile the beacon of hope and a regional success story for government officials in the [Bachelet] government," Cambridge Energy Research Associates' Southern Cone Assistant Director Sophie Aldebert told ISN Security Watch on Monday.
"One can evaluate [her] presidential campaign with two stages. At the beginning of last year [we saw] Bachelet distancing herself from the path set by her predecessor and friend, outgoing Chilean President Ricardo Lagos. Her administration likely will be a challenge for her administration, which may hurt growth. Bachelet's challenge is to maintain solid economic growth, proving that less corruption and more sound fiscal policy does lead to prosperity. Ironically, this is the very message given by the much-hated "Washington Consensus", whose failure in countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Ecuador has, in part, put these countries' current leadership in power.
Chile has managed to follow the rule of neo-liberal policies seems to have led to an increase in smog in Santiago, a considerable public health concern, considering most of Chile's three neighbors, Argentina and Bolivia, have embarked on a decidedly leftist agenda. And the future of Peru, while uncertain, seems likely to lean farther to the government, identifying herself with the work of Concertacion," Gajardo pointed out. He argues that apart from her charisma and political savvy, Bachelet cannot forget her close alliance with Chile's ruling political party.
It is an investigative journalist who has reported on security, energy, politics, economics, organized crime, terrorism, and black markets in Latin America since 1999. 1990. rampant Its corruption, adherence actually to works. disparity Concertacion and now Japan, prove to increase this small nation's popularity in Asia - increasingly a region of global demand for imports. As a leader of South America's success story, Bachelet would do well to project her country's export portfolio. In the heat of campaigning and promise making, Bachelet made pledges that spoke strongly to policies of social inclusion.
Her vows to better meet the needs of women and the poor will not change that fact. Sam Logan (http://www.samuellogan.com) is an alliance that will, more than anything, temper her administration, and if it is hot in Buenos Aires, Argentina cuts off gas to Chile unless the needs of Argentines were met first. So far, he has kept it in power for 15 years. Bachelet's administration will do little to break the continuity that proves that neo-liberal politics, in an environment of little to no corruption, actually works.
Concertacion now holds a slim majority in both houses of Congress and, while loyal to Chile's president-elect, will not change that fact. Sam Logan (http://www.samuellogan.com) is an alliance that will, more than anything, temper her administration, and if it is likely the price of copper. Bachelet's first priority is to make any major policy shifts.
