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...public administration at the Kennedy School, who attended the lotteried event. A former surgeon, pediatrician, and epidemiologist, Bachelet served as Chile’s minister of health and minister of defense before being elected president. While a medical school student, Bachelet served as a member of the Socialist Youth in Chile and was captured and tortured in 1975 during the rule of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. During the question-and-answer session, Bachelet responded to a question about how her government compares to those of other Latin American countries, specifically Venezuela. While she said that all the governments share common...
...public’s constant demand for information, he added. “People are more informed than ever,” Castellanos said. “The role of gatekeeper of information has changed.” Castellanos emphasized the important role that youth would play in changing the face of politics, noting that “government is going to look a lot more like Facebook and eBay in the future.” “Undergrads are going to build the post-industrial politics,” he said in an interview after the event, adding...
...then there is reconnecting with one’s younger self. For many LGBT people, youth was not a happy time but instead one filled with loneliness, confusion, and self-doubt. Having fought very hard to put the shame and pain of those years behind them, LGBT adults often have no desire to revisit those days. Why voluntarily go back to a time in one’s life that is remembered as so painful...
...Julius Malema, the vociferous new president of the ANC Youth League, railed against Mbeki, calling him a "dictator," and predicting that he would be removed over the weekend. But for all the venom of his supporters, Zuma himself was not among those calling for Mbeki's head. Instead, he had called for Mbeki to serve out the remainder of his term, in order to ensure a smooth political transition. Zuma told his party that it would be a waste of energy to "beat a dead snake," and instead appealed to them to focus on healing internal divisions. Malema's response...
...enthusiastic. "Patriotism is very important for me," says one, who gave his name as Geza, a 24-year-old law student. "It is the basis for tackling all other issues." Geza worries that "we are losing our national sovereignty." Of Strache he says: "He speaks to us, the youth. He is not afraid to talk about sensitive issues and he doesn't throw sand in our eyes." Karl, a pensioner in his 70s, complains that "the Blacks (the conservative People's Party) are kapitalistische Schweine. And the Reds (Social Democrats) are just the same. Strache is a super man." Maybe...