Tag: Michelle Bachelet

Monday, June 8th 2015 - 08:43 UTC
Political financing scandal KO for another Chilean minister

The political financing scandal cost the job of another Chilean minister on Sunday when Jorge Insunza, recently named as responsible for relations with the Congress was forced to resign.
Friday, June 5th 2015 - 03:28 UTC
FAO conference to recognize efforts in lowering hunger and elect Director General

Some 130 ministers, 12 heads of state or government, including presidents from Argentina and Chile, Cristina Fernandez and Michelle Bachelet, plus numerous other high-level government representatives will be converging on Rome this week for the 39th session of FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) governing Conference (6-13 June).
Wednesday, May 27th 2015 - 04:44 UTC
Merkel remains most powerful woman in the world; Brazil's Dilma, seventh

Angela Merkel has retained her place as the world's most powerful woman for the fifth year in a row, U.S. business magazine Forbes said on Tuesday. Merkel has made the list 10 times in the past 12 years, nine of them as number one. She was first elected in 2005 and won an historic third term in 2013.
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.