Tag: Michelle Bachelet

Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 04:06 UTC
“Mercosur and Pacific Alliance are not contradictory competing blocks”

Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance are not contradictory competing blocks, and can advance towards a mutually beneficial convergence, said Chile's Economy minister Luis Felipe Cespedes during a trade and investment promotion seminar in Brazil.
Thursday, October 30th 2014 - 08:55 UTC
Bachelet welcomed by King Felipe VI at the start of her visit to Spain

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia on Wednesday welcomed Chilean President Michelle Bachelet at the start of her official visit to Spain, expected to center on economic cooperation.
Friday, September 12th 2014 - 06:40 UTC
Chile's military coup anniversary exposes a divided country

“In Chile there's no room, and there can be no room, for violence or fear,” President Michelle Bachelet said Thursday at a ceremony commemorating the 41st anniversary of the 1973 military coup and several days after a bomb blast injured 14 people in this capital. The 17-year military dictatorship remains controversial and a rift in Chilean society.
Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 08:40 UTC
Bachelet announces stimuli program for the foundering Chilean economy

President Michelle Bachelet presented on Monday a 500 million dollars emergency plan to try and rejuvenate Chile's slowing economy via investment promotion. She added that half of the anticipated funding will come from adjustments to the budget while the rest will come from greater structural income from a tax reform that Congress is expected to approve soon
Tuesday, July 1st 2014 - 08:16 UTC
Obama and 'second favorite Michelle' exchange praise at the White House

President Barack Obama and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet pledged to work together to strengthen the ties between both nations, including projects on energy, education and free trade. Obama met in the Oval Office on Monday with Bachelet, whom he called his second favorite Michelle.
Monday, June 30th 2014 - 02:44 UTC
Prince Harry ends his three-day visit to Chile

Britain's Prince Harry, on the last day of a three-day official visit to Chile, joked and played with handicapped children on Sunday. The prince, joined by Social Development Minister Maria Fernanda Villegas, was all smiles and appeared relaxed with the little ones at the Friends of Jesus children's facility.
Monday, June 30th 2014 - 02:40 UTC
Bachelet delays trip to Washington to receive national football team

Chilean president Michelle Bachelet welcomed the national football team at Government House on Sunday afternoon thus delaying for a few hours her trip to the United States where on Monday she is scheduled to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House.
Wednesday, June 25th 2014 - 06:28 UTC
Bachelet promises to buy and return disputed lands to Chile's tribes

President Michelle Bachelet announced a plan to buy and return disputed ancestral lands to Chile's indigenous communities as part of a strategy to better incorporate them into the country's political process and economic development.
Saturday, June 21st 2014 - 08:35 UTC
Bachelet proposes meeting of Mercosur and Pacific Alliance leaders

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Friday proposed a September gathering between officials and business leaders from Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance in hopes of creating a tie-up between the two Latin American trade groups.
Tuesday, June 10th 2014 - 22:41 UTC
Thousands of Chilean students take to the streets to protest education reform proposal

Thousands of Chilean students marched in the capital Santiago on Tuesday to protest what they see as an inadequate proposal for education reform put forward by center-left President Michelle Bachelet, who took office in March. The second major student demonstration in two months was joined by many high school and university instructors.