Michelle bachelet biography resumen de don
•
Chile President Michelle Bachelet steps up quake rescue
Some people broke into supermarkets to grab food and water
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has announced emergency measures to deal with the destruction caused bygd Saturday's massive earthquake.
The 8.8 magnitude quake - one of the most powerful recorded - devastated huvud parts of the country, killing more than 700 people.
Troops are being deployed to help with rescue efforts and prevent looting.
A curfew fryst vatten in force in some areas. Basic supplies are to be distributed as rescuers reach worst-hit areas.
By Gideon Long, BBC News, Santiago There's almost no doubt that the death toll will rise over the next few days. There are still whole areas of the south of Chile which haven't really been fully explored, and nobody has a klar idea of how bad the damage is there, and how many people have died. I get the sense that the government is totally overwhelmed at the moment by the magnitude of t • Chilean candidate defies stereotypeYet, Michelle Bachelet is far ahead of the candidates of a split right-wing opposition going into Sunday’s presidential election. Although her poll figures have slipped in the past days and she may fail to get the 50% needed to avoid a runoff vote, Chileans have found her unconventional resume, which blends recent history with her own painful story, appealing. Bachelet, 54, is the candidate for the centre-left Concertacion, the coalition of leftist and centrist parties that has governed Chile for 16 years, since democracy returned. “I am just a Chilean woman, no more and no less than millions of other Chileans,” Bachelet is fond of saying. “I work, I take care of my home and I drop my daughter off at school. But I’m also a Chilean that feels a calling to fight for justice and for public service.” Indefatigable • Michelle Bachelet Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (b. 1951) is politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010 —the first woman president in the Chile ‘s history. Bachelet was appointed as the head of United Nations Women by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on September 14, 2010. She took up the post on September 19, 2010.
Early Life and EducationBorn in Santiago, Bachelet moved often during her childhood due to the military career of her father, Force Brigadier General Alberto Bachelet Martínez. After completing high school, she entered medical school at the University of Chile in 1970, after obtaining one of the highest national scores in the university admission test. Medical CareerIn February 1979 Bachelet returned to Santiago, but her medical school credits from the GDR were not transferred, forcing her to resume her studies from where she had left off before fleeing the country. She graduated as an M.D. in 1982 |