Here is the entire article (no registration needed): http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011606G.shtmlLarry Rohter, New York Times wrote:Santiago, Chile - Michelle Bachelet, who was elected Sunday as president of this male-dominated, prosperous and deeply religious nation of 16 million, is a woman and an agnostic, a guitar-strumming child of the 60's, a former exile who spent part of her childhood in the United States, and a physician who has never before held elective office.
Running as a Socialist on a platform that promised "change with continuity" and showcased her warmth and affinity with ordinary people, Ms. Bachelet, a fair-haired, vibrant 54-year-old, won more than 53 percent of the vote, according to the official tally. She made few promises beyond "social inclusion" - vowing to better meet the needs of women and the poor - and preserving Chile's economy, the most dynamic in Latin America, and the country's close ties with the United States.
I can provide a bit of Chilean history later for the curious, but I don't have the time to be careful about it right now.
And here is an op-ed, also from the Times, that takes a slightly different angle, although I shudder to see people like Angela Merkel and Margaret Thatcher mentioned in the same context as Michelle Bachelet.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/opini ... l?emc=eta1