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...economics may be pretty conventional, but in the social sphere, Chile's agnostic, no-longer-married-mother President Michele Bachelet is revolutionizing this traditionally conservative Catholic country. The government is tackling the problem of teenage pregnancy by handing out morning-after pills to 14-year olds without their parents' permission. A bill to allow terminally ill patients to choose a "merciful death" was recently introduced to the legislature, and there is growing momentum behind calls for a civil-union law that would extend the legal benefits of marriage to gay and unwed heterosexual couples. The legal system is struggling under...
...liberals counter that the social changes being challenged from the right are products not of any government agenda, but simply of the increased personal freedom brought to Chile by economic growth and globalization. Eugenio Tironi, an influential sociologist, sees it, perhaps ironically, as the outcome of Pinochet's own economic liberalization policies. As prosperity grew, the society first rid itself of the General's authoritarian rule, and then began to tackle some of the conservative shackles on personal freedom. Chilean society itself had become more liberal, he says. "What conservative society would dare elect as president a woman, a leftist...
...study abroad destinations last academic year were France, Spain, and Chile, according to a report issued...
...while in Cuba, opportunities for more critical research and writing will remain upon return to Harvard.Harvard’s new presence in Cuba comes on the heel of DRCLAS’s prodigious efforts in expanding study abroad opportunities for undergraduates, which currently include programs in Argentina and Chile. Harvard-administered study abroad programs have the added benefit of attracting students who might be otherwise suspicious of a program’s rigor. DRCLAS, along with the Office of International Programs, should continue to expand its own study abroad programs. We hope that Harvard’s program...
...with a kick-off event in Mumbai featuring several CEOs of top Indian companies. The South Asia edition joins HBR versions printed in China, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Poland, Russia, Spain, and Taiwan—as well as Spanish- and Portuguese-language Latin American publications based in Chile. Although less than 5 percent of the Indian population—which totals nearly 1.1 billion—speaks English fluently, HBS South Asia will be published in English, making it the first international edition in the same language as the review’s flagship. The launch of the new edition comes...