Progressive Change in Latin America: The Chilean Path

Michelle Bachelet, the president of Chile from 2006 to February 2010 and South America's first woman president elected in her own right, discusses the changes in Latin America. [7/2010] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 19245]

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• Michelle Bachelet
• Chile
• Latin America

[dolliemonteleone]

something special here…



[hdvm1961]

@hdvm1961 It's difficult to explain something like that in just a couple of lines, that's why I've sent a letter to UC Berkeley with a list of checking points to make a good review about the issues mentioned here. I really think Bachelet's Government was in the wrong direction

[hdvm1961]

Yes, I was running at the University when they were finishing the program but it doesn't matter. Anyway she lies. Public Policies at Chile has changed during the Governmnet of General Augusto Pinochet and after that, Chile has been running over clear rules with no radical changes. I think Berkelely had a erroneus vision about Bachelet's Government

[metalorg]

@hdvm1961 I think you are misusing the comment board. Please try to be more concise.

[hdvm1961]

@hurtao007 So are you in the Marxist Bachelet's military ?

[hdvm1961]

@hdvm1961 Actually in Chile 26 % of the fiscal income came from the V.A.T. being at Chile 19 % and it came from the same bread the people use to buy.

[hdvm1961]

@hdvm1961 Instead what we have seen here is a populist government during the last 4 years (more populist than Lago's government) which has tried to make hard changes to the chilean Public Policy but they cannot, because those policies have made improvements in the quality of life of all Chileans so it doesn´t make sense to do changes.

[hdvm1961]

@hdvm1961 The issue is that so far distant to give benefits to the people in poverty, the proposals made during Bachelet Goverment has been using their own money (V.A.T.) to pay the hard increase in the Goverment Expenses to finance large wages from new hirings, and not creating new policies to to increase the growth of the Geografical Domestic Product.

[hdvm1961]

@hdvm1961 For this Country Bachelet's arriving to the government has been sad and with no responsibility mainly in the field of economics. I really think Bachelet's presentation is currently representing a vision ( almost supernatural) of the socialist party but in none sense what she had to show as an former President of Chile.

[hdvm1961]

@hdvm1961 We Right wingers respect your interest to hear about Chile in the field of Latinamerican Studies but I feel It's necessary for you to have an entire comprehension of this country to have a different point of view and in this sense I can recommend you to make a Panel with Hernan Buchi, Cristian Larroulet or Carlos Caceres (M.A. Economics Berkeley) to really understand what has been changed and what not.