Tag: Michelle Bachelet

• Monday, November 18th 2013 - 17:51 UTC

  Two ladies in the runoff for Chile's presidency, but Pinochet's legacy is still around

  

  Two ladies and daughters of Air Force generals (but from opposite sides) will be disputing the run off on 15 December when the next Chilean president will be elected. Given the fact that on last Sunday's first round Socialist Michelle Bachelet was only three points short of a majority, and over twenty points ahead of conservative Evelyn Matthei there should be no doubts about who will be inaugurated at La Moneda next March 2014.

• Monday, November 18th 2013 - 06:00 UTC

  Chile election: Bachelet and Matthei go to second round

  

  Left-wing candidate Michelle Bachelet has won the first round of voting in Chile's presidential election.She took 47% of the votes, against 25% for her main rival, Evelyn Matthei, a former Labour minister in the centre-right government of Sebastian Pinera. A second round of voting will take place on 15 December.

• Friday, November 15th 2013 - 16:27 UTC

  The anonymous millions of dollars spent in Chilean campaign donations

  

  It will come as no surprise to Chileans that some of the country’s biggest companies — and richest families — have donated millions of dollars to presidential and parliamentary campaigns this election season. However, until an investigative report was published last week, people were only able to speculate on the matter, as a law passed in 2003 allows donors and donations to remain completely anonymous.

• Monday, November 11th 2013 - 12:44 UTC

  Despite Forbes/ JP Morgan, Bachelet guarantees continuation of 'Chilean economic miracle'

  

  On the brink of Chile's presidential elections, 17 November, US business magazine Forbes has published an article warning voters that electing Michelle Bachelet of the Socialist Party (PS) would put an end to the Chilean “economic miracle.”

• Wednesday, November 6th 2013 - 01:24 UTC

  Chilean presidential hopeful Matthei 'embarrassed' by the 'poll festival'

  

  Chile's ruling-party candidate Evelyn Matthei said she is “embarrassed” by the “poll festival” that shows opposition candidate Michelle Bachelet as the clear front-runner ahead of the country’s November 17 presidential election. Several polls have shown former president Bachelet could have enough votes to win in the first round of voting.

• Monday, October 28th 2013 - 05:23 UTC

  Candidate Bachelet announces constitutional reform, tax on the rich and more power to unions

  

  Chilean former president and opposition coalition New Majority candidate Michelle Bachelet presented her government's program which is based on a review of the constitution, education and tax reforms, legalizing same sex marriage, government managed pension funds and strengthening unions' bargaining power, among other issues.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2013 - 20:01 UTC

  Chilean leading presidential candidate comments trigger anti-terrorism law debate

  

  Chile’s controversial anti-terrorism law became a major talking point for presidential candidates as the country nears elections after front-runner Michelle Bachelet spoke out against the law’s application in a widely publicized arson case which resulted in two deaths.

• Saturday, October 19th 2013 - 17:28 UTC

  Chilean students warn presidential candidates education reform is pending

  

  In an anticipation of what is waiting for whoever wins next month’s presidential election in Chile, thousands of students again took to the streets to demand education reform as they have been doing for several years now.

• Sunday, October 13th 2013 - 11:51 UTC

  Chilean presidential election is between “Michelle Bachelet and I” says Evelyn Matthei

  

  Chilean presidential candidate for the ruling party Evelyn Matthei was the target of her competitors’ criticism during a televised debate in which she brushed aside hopefuls’ aspirations arguing that it was obvious that the race was between her and Michelle Bachelet, who did not participate.

• Monday, September 30th 2013 - 19:11 UTC

  Chilean military officers will be transferred to less luxurious jail despite suicide of an inmate

  

  Former president and opposition candidate Michelle Bachelet, as well as Evelyn Matthei, candidate of the conservative ruling coalition for the coming 17 November elections coincided in describing the death of retired general Odlanier Mena Salinas who killed himself as ‘tragic’.