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...among citizens. “What I mean is not that I am a pessimist, but we have a lot of things to do to consolidate a powerful democracy and make citizens feel a part of this democracy,” Bachelet said. Bachelet was blunt about the difficulties Chile has experienced in implementing democracy but looked at them as lessons in how to enact democratic policies more effectively in the future. “Let me be clear: Latin America’s democratic regimes are still afflicted by many shortcomings because institutions are not as strong as they...
...Bolivia Three-Way Standoff South American leaders held an emergency summit in Chile to discuss the antigovernment protests that erupted in Bolivia in early September, leaving at least 18 people dead and 100 wounded. Present was Bolivian President Evo Morales, who earlier had called the rebellion a U.S.-backed coup d'tat and expelled the U.S. ambassador. The U.S. called the claim baseless, throwing out its Bolivian ambassador in return. Venezuela's Hugo Chvez, claiming to have uncovered a U.S. plot against himself, removed his country's U.S. ambassador in solidarity with Bolivia--and prompted...
...force in light of Bolivia's recent history: In October 2003, 67 people were killed and more than 400 wounded when then-President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada sent the military out against demonstrators disrupting road traffic to protest against a plan to export natural gas to Chile. The violence forced Goni to resign and flee to the U.S., where he remains. Morales has far more political support than Goni, but the memory of military massacre still haunts Bolivian politics. Still, the pressure from his own support base may have prompted Morales to intervene in the wake of Porvenir...
...Surviving in waters infested with sharks is something we're not used to.' RAMIRO ARISPE, Bolivian naval captain, on joining a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti. Bolivia lost its coast during an 1879-84 war with Chile; its navy is landlocked...
...Commission brought together an international team of academics, politicians and medical experts from around the world, including two former heads of state (a president of Chile and a prime minister of Mozambique), as well as two former directors of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and, for good measure, an economics Nobel laureate, the Harvard-based Amartya Sen. The team of commissioners combed through health data from around the world, and based on that evidence, drew up recommendations to narrow the inequalities of circumstance and opportunity that affect health. The suggestions are broad, only semi-concrete policies that...