Re: [xmca] A bit of good news

From: Mike Cole (lchcmike@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jan 16 2006 - 09:06:29 PST


Very interesting David. I guess NPR had it wrong about difficulties with
Argentina over
access to natural gas... I was only guessing at the reasons.
mike

On 1/16/06, David Preiss <davidpreiss@puc.cl> wrote:
>
>
> Quite the contrary, Mike.
>
> Bachelet is closer to Kirshner's ethos than Lagos. Actually, his wife was
> here to congratulate her. Considering South America's tilt to the left
> Bachelet would make easier our dealings with the other South American
> countries. What is going opposite ways is USA and South America, in
> general.
> Although Bachelet is at the right of the whole trend of South America to
> the
> left, she is certainly more skeptical of USA's power than Lagos.
> Interestingly enough, there are no news yet of a phone call from Bush to
> congratulate her, although Chirac, Zapatero and many others have done so
> already. I wonder how far will the USA government go South America without
> risky and brutal interventions. Chile is not at risk. But Venezuela,
> Bolivia
> and weaker democracies are.
>
> Meanwhile, it was beautiful to see many women in downtown Santiago wearing
> presidential bands as a way to celebrate.
>
>
> David D. Preiss Ph.D.
> Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
> www.uc.cl/psicologia
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [xmca] A bit of good news
>
>
> Hi David
> Yes, I was thinking of your and your colleagues when the news of Bchelet's
> victory became known here in the US and her involvement in the
> anti-Pinochet
> movement made visible to Americans. On the other hand, the fact that
> Argentina has cut off natural gas supplies speaks to ongoing tensions in
> the
> area that I am sure must be of great concern to you, and to us all. A
> reflection of the differing political-economic paths that Argentina and
> Chile are taking? mike
>
> On 1/16/06, David Preiss <davidpreiss@puc.cl> wrote:
> >
> >
> > OK. t's true. The world is going to hell everywhere. But a bit of hope
> > is coming from the South:
> >
> > Ex-political prisoner elected Chile's first female president SANTIAGO,
> > Chile (AP) -- Michelle Bachelet's path to Chile's presidency has taken
> > her from a dictator's jail cell to exile in East Germany and back home
> > as a respected defense minister.
> > Her rise to power stunned many Chileans who thought a socialist single
> > mother jailed during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship stood little
> > chance in this conservative Catholic country where divorce is a touchy
> > issue.
> > Bachelet, the first woman to be elected president in Chile, won 53
> percent
> > of the vote in Sunday's runoff, compared with 46 percent for Sebastian
> > Pinera, a conservative wealthy businessman, according to official
> results.
> > Her victory extended the rule of the market-friendly, center-left
> > coalition
> > that has governed since the end Pinochet's 1973-90 rule.
> > "Who would have said, 10, 15 years ago -- that a woman would be elected
> > president!" Bachelet told thousands of supporters.
> > The elections underlined Latin America's tilt toward the left, though
> > Bachelet has promised to maintain the free-market policies that have
> made
> > Chile's economy one of the strongest in the region.
> > The 54-year-old pediatrician had expected resistance from Chile's
> > conservative military establishment -- and not only because of her
> family
> > background. "I was a woman, a divorcee, a socialist, an agnostic ... all
> > possible sins together," she said recently.
> > Bachelet's father was an air force general who was arrested and tortured
> > for
> > opposing the 1973 coup that brought Pinochet to power. Alberto Bachelet
> > died
> > in prison of a heart attack, probably caused by the torture, Bachelet
> > says.
> > A 22-year-old medical student at the time, Bachelet also was arrested,
> > along
> > with her mother. They were blindfolded, beaten and denied food for five
> > days
> > while their cellmates were raped -- an ordeal she doesn't want to talk
> > about
> > except to say she and her mother were "physically mistreated." She
> insists
> > she harbors no rancor because she has "a political understanding of why
> > those things happened."
> > They were later forced into five years in exile, first in Australia,
> then
> > communist East Germany, where Bachelet married a fellow Chilean exile.
> > They
> > later separated, and she had a third child from a new relationship.
> > Back in Chile, Bachelet worked underground with other leftist exiles,
> > quietly advancing in the Socialist Party. She became a well-known figure
> > in
> > the center-left coalition that has ruled since 1990.
> > Current President Ricardo Lagos, who was constitutionally barred from
> > seeking re-election, made her his health minister, then in 2002 named
> her
> > defense minister. She won praise for helping heal divisions between
> > civilians and military left over from the dictatorship.
> > Bachelet -- who was at the top of her class in a Chilean course on
> > military
> > studies -- became a popular figure among the admirals and generals. The
> > air
> > force presented her with a leather flight jacket with her name stamped
> on
> > it, and as defense minister she would often respond to an officer's
> > military
> > salute with a smile and a kiss on the cheek.
> > Lagos and Bachelet belong to the same Socialist Party as Salvador
> Allende,
> > whose leftist policies prompted Pinochet's bloody coup. But the party
> > allied
> > with other major left-center parties in 1990 to oust the right wing, and
> > their coalition has held while leading Chile into a free-trade pact with
> > the
> > United States, cutting inflation and fostering growth of about 6 percent
> a
> > year.
> > In spite of their different political backgrounds and ideologies, both
> > Bachelet and Pinera outlined similar goals. Both said they would fight
> to
> > lower the 8 percent unemployment rate, improve public health, housing
> and
> > education services and curb rising urban crime.
> > They also promised to reform Chile's 25-year-old private social security
> > systems to ensure better pensions for retirees, though neither has given
> > details of how.
> > Bachelet, the third woman in Latin America to be directly elected
> > president,
> > will be inaugurated March 11, joining the ranks of Latin American
> leaders
> > including leftists such as Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and newly elected Evo
> > Morales of Bolivia.
> > She indicated she would work with all the region's leaders. "Chavez,
> > Morales, they are presidents elected by their peoples. Chile must have
> > relationships with all of them."
> > The country for the most part accepted Bachelet's candidacy, although
> her
> > gender prompted questions she didn't like.
> > "You wouldn't be asking that question if I was a man," she told a
> Chilean
> > newspaper reporter who asked if she would marry again.
> > But she did answer: "The truth is that I haven't had the time to even
> > think
> > about that. My next four years will be dedicated to work."
> > Copyright 2006 The <http://edition.cnn.com/interactive_legal.html#AP>
> > Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be
> published,
> > broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
> > Ex-political prisoner elected Chile's first female president
> >
> >
> > Monday, January 16, 2006 Posted: 1350 GMT (2150 HKT)
> >
> >
> > chile.woman.ap.jpg
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> > .
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> > Michelle Bachelet, the Socialist presidential candidate, votes Sunday.
> >
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> > SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Michelle Bachelet's path to Chile's presidency
> has
> > taken her from a dictator's jail cell to exile in East Germany and back
> > home
> > as a respected defense minister.
> > Her rise to power stunned many Chileans who thought a socialist single
> > mother jailed during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship stood little
> > chance in this conservative Catholic country where divorce is a touchy
> > issue.
> > Bachelet, the first woman to be elected president in Chile, won 53
> percent
> > of the vote in Sunday's runoff, compared with 46 percent for Sebastian
> > Pinera, a conservative wealthy businessman, according to official
> results.
> > Her victory extended the rule of the market-friendly, center-left
> > coalition
> > that has governed since the end Pinochet's 1973-90 rule.
> > "Who would have said, 10, 15 years ago -- that a woman would be elected
> > president!" Bachelet told thousands of supporters.
> > The elections underlined Latin America's tilt toward the left, though
> > Bachelet has promised to maintain the free-market policies that have
> made
> > Chile's economy one of the strongest in the region.
> > The 54-year-old pediatrician had expected resistance from Chile's
> > conservative military establishment -- and not only because of her
> family
> > background. "I was a woman, a divorcee, a socialist, an agnostic ... all
> > possible sins together," she said recently.
> > Bachelet's father was an air force general who was arrested and tortured
> > for
> > opposing the 1973 coup that brought Pinochet to power. Alberto Bachelet
> > died
> > in prison of a heart attack, probably caused by the torture, Bachelet
> > says.
> > A 22-year-old medical student at the time, Bachelet also was arrested,
> > along
> > with her mother. They were blindfolded, beaten and denied food for five
> > days
> > while their cellmates were raped -- an ordeal she doesn't want to talk
> > about
> > except to say she and her mother were "physically mistreated." She
> insists
> > she harbors no rancor because she has "a political understanding of why
> > those things happened."
> > They were later forced into five years in exile, first in Australia,
> then
> > communist East Germany, where Bachelet married a fellow Chilean exile.
> > They
> > later separated, and she had a third child from a new relationship.
> > Back in Chile, Bachelet worked underground with other leftist exiles,
> > quietly advancing in the Socialist Party. She became a well-known figure
> > in
> > the center-left coalition that has ruled since 1990.
> > Current President Ricardo Lagos, who was constitutionally barred from
> > seeking re-election, made her his health minister, then in 2002 named
> her
> > defense minister. She won praise for helping heal divisions between
> > civilians and military left over from the dictatorship.
> > Bachelet -- who was at the top of her class in a Chilean course on
> > military
> > studies -- became a popular figure among the admirals and generals. The
> > air
> > force presented her with a leather flight jacket with her name stamped
> on
> > it, and as defense minister she would often respond to an officer's
> > military
> > salute with a smile and a kiss on the cheek.
> > Lagos and Bachelet belong to the same Socialist Party as Salvador
> Allende,
> > whose leftist policies prompted Pinochet's bloody coup. But the party
> > allied
> > with other major left-center parties in 1990 to oust the right wing, and
> > their coalition has held while leading Chile into a free-trade pact with
> > the
> > United States, cutting inflation and fostering growth of about 6 percent
> a
> > year.
> > In spite of their different political backgrounds and ideologies, both
> > Bachelet and Pinera outlined similar goals. Both said they would fight
> to
> > lower the 8 percent unemployment rate, improve public health, housing
> and
> > education services and curb rising urban crime.
> > They also promised to reform Chile's 25-year-old private social security
> > systems to ensure better pensions for retirees, though neither has given
> > details of how.
> > Bachelet, the third woman in Latin America to be directly elected
> > president,
> > will be inaugurated March 11, joining the ranks of Latin American
> leaders
> > including leftists such as Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and newly elected Evo
> > Morales of Bolivia.
> > She indicated she would work with all the region's leaders. "Chavez,
> > Morales, they are presidents elected by their peoples. Chile must have
> > relationships with all of them."
> > The country for the most part accepted Bachelet's candidacy, although
> her
> > gender prompted questions she didn't like.
> > "You wouldn't be asking that question if I was a man," she told a
> Chilean
> > newspaper reporter who asked if she would marry again.
> > But she did answer: "The truth is that I haven't had the time to even
> > think
> > about that. My next four years will be dedicated to work."
> > Copyright 2006 The <http://edition.cnn.com/interactive_legal.html#AP>
> > Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be
> published,
> > broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
> >
> > David D. Preiss Ph.D.
> > Pontificia Universidad Cat lica de Chile
> > www.uc.cl/psicologia
> >
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