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Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (; born September 29, 1951) is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first female president of her country.
Read More at Wikipedia ›UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment Tuesday of Chile's former president Michelle Bachelet to head the U.
N. agency to promote women's equality, saying she will bring "dynamic global leadership" to the new post.Bachelet was tipped as a possible leader of the agency — to be known as "UN Women" — immediately after the General Assembly voted unanimously on July 2 to put four existing U.N. bodies dealing with the advancement of women under a single umbrella. But U.N. officials said she initially told them she wasn't interested because she wanted to remain active in Chilean politics after stepping down from the presidency in March with sky-high approval ratings.The secretary-general made no mention of what changed Bachelet's mind, but he said he took "special satisfaction" in announcing her appointment because the creation of "one powerful, dynamic and effective" women's entity "has been a top and very personal priority of mine.""I am confident that u...SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile is formally recognizing the government of Honduran President Porfirio Lobo a year after a coup ousted his predecessor.Chilean Foreign Mi...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico and Chile are formally recognizing the government of Honduran President Porfirio Lobo a year after his predecessor was ousted by a military...
SAN JOSE MINE, Chile (AP) — Just six months ago, one of the largest earthquakes in a century tore Chile apart, physically ripping the ground, triggering a deadly tsu...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Chile's former president Michelle Bachelet is the front-runner to head the new U.N. agency to promote women's equality, several U.N. officials ...
EXCLUSIVE : A month after the United Nations last summer announced the creation of a new, $500 million-a-year organization to promote equality for women in global af...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world's nations pledged more than $40 billion to battle needless deaths among poor mothers and their children, and President Barack Obama w...
A moderate leftist who gained renown as a human rights advocate consolidated what remained a narrow lead Monday over her pro-business rival. Whoever wins, Lima will ...
Research shows that investing in women is good business and some companies have taken significant steps to increase their female staff, especially at the top — but a...
NELSPRUIT, South Africa (AP) — Chile coach Marcelo Bielsa is looking to redeem himself at the World Cup after failing to take his native Argentina through the group ...
Murders on the rise against women in the region
Billionaire Sebastian Pinera won Chile's election on Sunday, becoming the nation's first democratically elected right-wing president in 52 years.The ruling coalition...
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Outside Santiago's Fine Arts Museum is a fallen cornice broken into chunks and strewn across marble steps. But inside, sculpture stands firmly...
Walter Ulises Pizarro Molina is registered to vote in Chile's presidential elections next year, although he disappeared after being arrested 35 years ago during the ...
Three-quarters of the Chilean areas hit by the devastating 2010 earthquake have been reconstructed, President Sebastian Pinera told congress Monday.The 8.8-magnitude...
Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is counting on the lavish dinners, cocktail parties and meetings of world leaders and wealthy executives as she travels to...
The strongest aftershock since Chile's devastating earthquake rocked the South American country Thursday as President Sebastian Pinera was sworn into office.The 6.9-...
Chile and the United States are working on a nuclear energy accord in advance of President Barack Obama's visit to the region in March, the U.S. Ambassador to Chile ...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and diplomats from many nations said Tuesday it's time for actions — not more word...
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Riding in a fake funeral procession with a hearse decorated with flower sprays and farewell messages, some 280 police officers slipped into th...
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