Tag: Michelle Bachelet

• Monday, May 25th 2015 - 06:25 UTC

  Bachelet underlines close economic and political ties of Chile with China

  

  Chile and China have enjoyed a positive and fruitful relationship and bilateral ties will further develop very strongly in the future, anticipated Chilean President Michelle Bachelet during an interview with Xinhua prior to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming visit

• Monday, May 25th 2015 - 06:20 UTC

  Li Keqiang in Chile pledges to lift strategic partnership to a new height

  

  Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Santiago on Sunday for an official visit to Chile, the first South American country with which China forged diplomatic ties (1970) and also the first Latin American nation with which China signed a free trade agreement.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2015 - 10:41 UTC

  In Chile when in difficulties turn right: former IMF deputy chief Finance minister

  

  In a move which has been interpreted as a right turn, economist Rodrigo Valdes was named as Chile's finance minister on Monday by President Michelle Bachelet, in a sweeping cabinet reshuffle in which four of her closest ministers were sacked or shifted into other roles. On Valdes' immediate to-do list is an upcoming 1.26 billion dollars international debt issue.

• Monday, May 11th 2015 - 09:15 UTC

  A bashed Bachelet expects to announce reshuffled cabinet this Monday

  

  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet plans to announce a reshuffling of her Cabinet this Monday in a bid to restore her public image, which has been badly tarnished by corruption scandals, including one involving her son.

• Monday, April 27th 2015 - 10:27 UTC

  Bachelet admits not acting quicker to address political scandals

  

  Chile's President Michelle Bachelet expressed regret for not having acted quicker and more aggressively to address a raft of political scandals that have alienated voters and dragged her popularity to an historic low

• Friday, April 24th 2015 - 07:15 UTC

  Chilean volcano third blast forecasted; ashes reach neighboring Argentine provinces

  

  Chile's Calbuco volcano erupted for the first time in over 42 years on Wednesday, creating a remarkable scene of smoke plumes and ash shooting into the sky. A second eruption Wednesday night blasted red-hot rocks skyward and produced an extraordinary display of volcanic lightning. Winds are pushing the ashes north and easr to several neighboring Argentine provinces.

• Monday, March 2nd 2015 - 00:56 UTC

  Bachelet visits 14-year-old girl who pled for euthanasia since she is suffering cystic fibrosis

  

  Chile’s president went to a hospital on Saturday to meet with a 14-year-old girl who shocked the country by going on YouTube to plead for the leader to let doctors euthanize her because she is tired of her struggle with cystic fibrosis. The government quickly said no after the video began spreading on social media Thursday.

• Saturday, February 14th 2015 - 06:41 UTC

  Chilean president's son resigns amid questions about family business

  

  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's son resigned Friday from an unpaid post in her administration amid questions about his wife's business affairs.

• Thursday, February 12th 2015 - 06:18 UTC

  Bachelet under fire because of her son's privileged access to funding for real estate speculation

  

  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is coming under fire with complaints her family got privileged access to a bank loan for a land deal. Chile’s Que Pasa magazine reported that a company half-owned by Bachelet’s daughter-in-law, Natalia Compagnon, received a 10 million dollars loan from Banco de Chile during the 2013 presidential campaign.

• Wednesday, January 28th 2015 - 07:47 UTC

  Relief for Bachelet: Chilean Congress passes ambitious education reform

  

  Chile's President Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday her government was preparing the second phase of an ambitious education reform, hours after Congress approved the first set of changes.