This makes me happy: according to the Guardian, Chilean presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet looks likely to become the first female head of state in Latin America. On top of being female, she is also a lefty and sounds tops.
"I am a woman, a socialist, separated and agnostic - all the sins together."Latin American politics having been getting really interesting lately with Bolivian President Evo Morales joining Chavez in rejecting the old (failed) Washington Consensus model of development. Along with Brazil's Lula, they are really starting to fundamentally change the Latin American political scene. With the election of a women, things would get even more interesting (and I would get even more jealous).
I love this quote from a guy on the streets of Santiago, Chile:
"She is going to take the reins of this country as if it were a big house. She is going to manage us well," said Juan Ángel Gaete, a real estate broker in Santiago who said only a woman was capable of solving Chile's problems. "Look at us men, we do one thing at a time, while the mom is cooking, talking on the phone, feeding the children and listening to the radio!"
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