[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Chileans prepare to welcome first female president
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Chileans prepare to welcome first female president
By Jen Ross in Santiago, Chile
Published: 16 January 2006
In what's seen as a cultural breakthrough for the most conservative country in
Latin America, a female Socialist - promising to maintain the country's
free-market policies - is poised to become the next president of Chile.
"We're making history," saidMercedes Inostroza, on her way out of a Santiago
polling station. "I'm so happy to be electing our first female president.
She'll represent us, women."
A pediatrician turned politician, Michelle Bachelet is an atheist single mother
with three children by two different partners - which makes her an odd choice
in a macho and profoundly Catholic country.
She won the first round of voting on 11 December with 46 per cent, but was
forced into a runoff because she failed to win an outright majority. Sebastian
Piñera, candidate for the rightest alliance, was second with 25 per cent.
Her appointment as the country's first female defence minister, in 2002, was
also unusual, as she is a former political exile and the daughter of an Air
Force general who was tortured and died after opposing General Augusto
Pinochet's 1973 coup d'etat. But she was embraced by the Armed Forces, and is
seen as having shone in that portfolio.
"Her leadership style is more emotional, informal and participatory," said
supporter Paulette L'Huissier. "That's different for Chile, which is very
macho. What's happening here is super important, culturally."
In a country where only one-third of women work, abortion is illegal, and
divorce has only been legal for a year, Ms Bachelet appealed to women voters,
promising more services for domestic abuse victims, free child care for poor
working mothers, and a Cabinet with gender parity.
Still, her victory can't be attributed to the female vote, which tends to be
more conservative in Chile.
"I didn't give her my vote," said Isabela Soto. "Being a woman might seem
helpful; but she'll have to deal with businessmen and with other countries,
many of which aren't used to having women in political power, so it can also be
a disadvantage."
Ms Bachelet will be the fourth president from the ruling left-wing coalition,
La Concertacion, which has governed since Chile's return to democracy in 1990.
"[She] represents change with continuity," says David Altman, a political
science professor with the Catholic University of Chile. "She represents the
continuity of the social and economic policies of the Concertacion but [also]
represents a huge change in cultural terms, as a separated, secular female."
Ms Bachelet promised to follow in the footsteps of outgoing President Ricardo
Lagos, whose 66 per cent approval rating is among the highest in the region.
Ricardo Lagos Weber said his father had made progress, but Ms Bachelet focused
on what remains to be done in her campaign: "Inequality is a serious problem in
Chile, and there is a sense that we have a debt to society there," he said.
The final vote count dividing Bachelet and Piñera will be slim, likely similar
to the run-off election in January 2000, in which President Lagos squeaked in
by just 180,000 votes - a margin of only 51.3 per cent versus his opponent
Joaquin Lavin's 48.7 per cent.
In what's seen as a cultural breakthrough for the most conservative country in
Latin America, a female Socialist - promising to maintain the country's
free-market policies - is poised to become the next president of Chile.
"We're making history," saidMercedes Inostroza, on her way out of a Santiago
polling station. "I'm so happy to be electing our first female president.
She'll represent us, women."
A pediatrician turned politician, Michelle Bachelet is an atheist single mother
with three children by two different partners - which makes her an odd choice
in a macho and profoundly Catholic country.
She won the first round of voting on 11 December with 46 per cent, but was
forced into a runoff because she failed to win an outright majority. Sebastian
Piñera, candidate for the rightest alliance, was second with 25 per cent.
Her appointment as the country's first female defence minister, in 2002, was
also unusual, as she is a former political exile and the daughter of an Air
Force general who was tortured and died after opposing General Augusto
Pinochet's 1973 coup d'etat. But she was embraced by the Armed Forces, and is
seen as having shone in that portfolio.
"Her leadership style is more emotional, informal and participatory," said
supporter Paulette L'Huissier. "That's different for Chile, which is very
macho. What's happening here is super important, culturally."
In a country where only one-third of women work, abortion is illegal, and
divorce has only been legal for a year, Ms Bachelet appealed to women voters,
promising more services for domestic abuse victims, free child care for poor
working mothers, and a Cabinet with gender parity
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