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Michelle Bachelet

Type: Person

Name: Michelle Bachelet (Michelle Bachelet Jeria)

Title: President (Jan 16 -2006)

Organization: Government of Chile

Date of Birth: 29/09/1951

Place of Birth: Santiago, Chile

Nationality: Chile

Fact Sheet: Biography for Michelle Bachelet

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Chile’s ex-President Bachelet to be investigated for tsunami deaths

Amid claims the tragedy is being exploited for political purposes, court upholds lawyer’s request to include Michelle Bachelet in the ongoing 27/F investigation.Former president and current presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet is to be investigated ... [Published Santiago Times - May 18 2013]

Entities: Michelle Bachelet, Tsunami, Investigation, Chile

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Chilean Judge Upholds Manslaughter Charges Linked to 2010 Tsunami

SANTIAGO, Chile -- A judge dismissed an appeal to suspend involuntary manslaughter charges against four government officials accused of failing to issue a tsunami alert after the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile in 2010."This court believes ... [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 17 2013]

Entities: Tsunami, Manslaughter, Michelle Bachelet, Earthquake

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

'Women Should Initiate Peace Processes'

Otunba Basirat Nahibi is the Founder /President of Women Advancement for Economic and Leadership Empowerment in Africa (WAELE/ARCEFA), an organization in 46 African countries and all states of the federation including the FCT. In this interview, she speaks ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Affirmative Action, Michelle Bachelet, United Nations

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Osvaldo Andrade

Chile’s Concertación attempts alternative primaries amid criticism

Backlash after failing to meet electoral deadline for parliamentary primaries leads Concertación alliance to seek alternative elections.The Concertación’s coordinator, Osvaldo Andrade, proposed alternative parliamentary primaries Monday after the left-leaning ... [Published Santiago Times - May 16 2013]

Entities: Chile, Osvaldo Andrade, Michelle Bachelet

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Michelle Bachelet

Chilean Michelle Bachelet Bids for Presidency

Center-left coalition leader and former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet looks for a second Presidential term, focusing on themes of inequality, universal education, and tax reform. But have lessons been learned from the previous coalition terms? ... [Published Global Voices Online - May 13 2013]

Entities: Michelle Bachelet, Coalition, Tax Reform, Inequality

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Andres Velasco

50K Attend LGBT Rights March in Chile

A march for LGBT rights this weekend drew a huge crowd in Santiago over the weekend. The Washington Blade reports:An LGBT rights march in the Chilean capital on Saturday drew more than 50,000 people. Chilean folk singer Camila Moreno; presidential candidates ... [Published Gayapolis - May 13 2013]

Entities: LGBT, Chile, Santiago, Marco Enríquez-Ominami, Andres Velasco

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

United Nations

Ushafa Pottery Centre Suffers Neglect

Ushafa Pottery Centre, located about 40km from Abuja city centre, was established by the Late Maryam Babangida under her Better Life for Rural Women Project more than 20 years. The settlement also shot to the limelight when former US President Bill Clinton ... [Published Individual.com - May 13 2013]

Entities: Michelle Bachelet, Ibrahim Babangida, United Nations, Better Life Co Ltd

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Chile’s Bachelet reaches out to leftists

has echoed the demands of Communists and other leftists to win their support in her bid to return to the country’s presidencyAfter being more than two years in New York as the first executive director of UN Women, the United Nations' new agency for women ... [Published Press tv - May 07 2013]

Entities: Michelle Bachelet, Chile, University of Santiago, Communist Party

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 2 reports

Chile's Bachelet courts Communists for big reforms

SANTIAGO, Chile -- Communist and other leftists were considered enemies of the state during Chile's military dictatorship, a 17-year period that saw thousands of people killed and disappeared for their politics.But as this year's elections nears, former ... [Published Miami Herald - May 05 2013]

Entities: Michelle Bachelet, Chile, courts, Reformism

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 4 reports

Laurence Golborne Quits Chile Presidential Race Due To Financial Scandal

SANTIAGO, Chile -- A charismatic businessman seen by Chile's center-right government as its best hope for holding onto power was forced out of the race Monday by a financial scandal.Former public works minister Laurence Golborne is widely known for supervising ... [Published Huffington Post - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Chile, Pablo Longueira, Michelle Bachelet

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

Golborne quits presidential race

A charismatic businessman seen by Chile's centre-right government as its best hope for holding onto power has been forced out of the race by a financial scandal.Former public works minister Laurence Golborne is widely known for supervising the rescue ... [Published Belfast Telegraph - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Pablo Longueira, Chile, Inequality, University of Valparaíso, Copper

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 2 reports

Bolivia takes Chile to the International Court of Justice to reclaim sea outlet

Landlocked Bolivia sued neighboring Chile on Wednesday in the Hague before the International Court of Justice as it pressed a longstanding claim to recover land lost in a 19th century war and thus regain access to the sea.br / Chile quickly responded ... [Published Merco Press - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Bolivia, Chile, International Court of Justice

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Chile’s ex-President Bachelet to be investigate... [Published Santiago Times - May 18 2013]
Chilean Judge Upholds Manslaughter Charges Link... [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 17 2013]
'Women Should Initiate Peace Processes' [interv... [Published Zecco - May 17 2013]
'Women Should Initiate Peace Processes' [Published AllAfrica.com - May 17 2013]
Chile’s Concertación attempts alternative prima... [Published Santiago Times - May 16 2013]
Brazil has in vitro for gay couples; French hat... [Published Windy City Times - May 15 2013]
Women's Hands Are All Over Brazil's Booming Agr... [Published Brazzil Magazine - May 14 2013]
WNU #1176: Guatemalan Dictator Convicted—Who’s ... [Published Weekly News Update on the Americas - May 14 2013]
Chilean Michelle Bachelet Bids for Presidency [Published Global Voices Online - May 13 2013]
50K Attend LGBT Rights March in Chile [Published Gayapolis - May 13 2013]
Ushafa Pottery Centre Suffers Neglect [Published Individual.com - May 13 2013]
Nigeria: Ushafa Pottery Centre Suffers Neglect [Published AllAfrica.com - May 13 2013]
Empowerment of women: Implementation is crucial... [Published The Africa Report - May 10 2013]
Michelle Bachelet: Inequality in Chile [Published Upside Down World - May 09 2013]
NotiSur: Friday, May 10, 2013 [Published Latin America Data Base - May 09 2013]
Chile’s Banco Estado forced to pay US$12 millio... [Published Santiago Times - May 09 2013]
Egypt women angry after president's advisor say... [Published Masress.com - May 08 2013]
Chilean presidential candidate Allamand outline... [Published Santiago Times - May 08 2013]
Chilean students stick to demands, prepare to m... [Published Santiago Times - May 08 2013]
The Security of a Nation is its Women [Published AllAfrica.com - May 07 2013]
Q&A: The Security of a Nation Is Its Women [Published Inter Press Service - May 07 2013]
Global Leaders To Call For Action On Maternal &... [Published Bernama - May 07 2013]
Chile’s Bachelet reaches out to leftists [Published Press tv - May 07 2013]
The illusion of participation in Chile’s presid... [Published Santiago Times - May 06 2013]
FINANCIAL TIMES: Chile’s pressing problems [Published BDlive - May 06 2013]
Chile's Michelle Bachelet runs for president [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 05 2013]
Chile's Bachelet courts Communists for big reforms [Published Miami Herald - May 05 2013]
Chile's Bachelet courts Communists for big reforms [Published Eureka Times-Standard - May 05 2013]
Just one of Chile’s established parties holds p... [Published Santiago Times - May 03 2013]
In Chile, Scandal-Plagued Higher-Education Sect... [Published Chronicle of Higher Education - May 02 2013]

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WNU #1176: Guatemalan Dictator Convicted—Who’s ... [Published Weekly News Update on the Americas - May 14 2013] Weekly News Update on the AmericasIssue #1176, May 12, 2013 1. Guatemala: Ríos Montt Is Convicted--Who's Next? 2. Guatemala: State of Siege Against Mine Protesters Is Lifted 3. Brazil: Protesters Suspend Belo Monte Occupation 4. Haiti: Aristide to ...
Chilean Michelle Bachelet Bids for Presidency [Published Global Voices Online - May 13 2013] Center-left coalition leader and former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet looks for a second Presidential term, focusing on themes of inequality, universal education, and tax reform. But have lessons been learned from the previous coalition terms? ...
Golborne gone [Published Americas view - The Economist - May 01 2013] AS CHILE’S mining minister in 2010, Laurence Golborne presided over the remarkable rescue of 33 miners trapped underground in the Atacama Desert, in an operation that lasted 69 days. Mr Golborne’s campaign for the Chilean presidency lasted slightly ...
Beyer gets the boot [Published Americas view - The Economist - Apr 18 2013] HARALD BEYER is an unassuming kind of guy. Before becoming Chile’s education minister he worked for more than 20 years at Santiago’s Centre for Public Studies, a think-tank. He published papers on inequality, the labor market and, above all, education. ...
Chilean Student Movement is Revived [Published Global Voices Online - Apr 17 2013] With a massive protest at the national level, the student movement demanding free, quality education returned to the streets of Chile in full force. Using slogans like “and it’s going to fall, it’s going to fall, the education of Pinochet…and Bachelet,” ...

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Chile's Michelle Bachelet runs for president [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 05 2013]