15 posts tagged Michelle Bachelet
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Activists want pets rescued from volcano
http://www.petsguidestore.com/ pet-supply/ activists-want-pets-rescued-from-volc…Help is on the way for hundreds of household pets left behind in the wake of a volcano eruption in southern Chile, an animal welfare group said Saturday. The Coalition for Ethical Control of Urban Fauna, which has been critical of the government’s attention to stranded animals, said the Emergency Bureau offered to carry food to pets in Chaiten, a town 6 miles from the volcano of the same name.
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Activists Require Pets in Chile Be Rescued
http://www.petsguidestore.com/ pet-pictures/ activists-require-pets-in-chile-be-…Although the population near the erupting Chaiten volcano in southern Chile has been evacuated, the pets were left behind. The Coalition for Ethical Control of Urban Fauna didn’t accept the situation and requested that the pets be rescued as well.
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Chile: Bachelet’s popularity creeps up
http://ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ chile-bachelets-popularity-creeps…The popularity of Chilean president Michelle Bachelet has steadily increased over the past few months according to rent poll numbers. The poll conducted by Chile’s CERC showed that 50% of respondents approved of Bachelet’s mandate compared to 46% in a December CERC poll.
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a little primer
http://the-morrighan.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 04/ little-primer.htmlon latin american friends and foes (p.s. you can tell who the friends are not by their morality or good deeds or care for their countries but by their right leanings. doesn't matter if they are evil, vile, drug dealing, killing and torturing dictators AS LONG AS THEY ARE RIGHT-WING) It's U.S.
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”The pill” banned from Chilean health plans
http://ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 04/ pill-banned-from-chilean-health-p…Chile's constitutional court barred a government program which distributed the “morning-after” pill free to women and girls as young as 14. The tribunal voted 5-4 against the program after a group of opposition legislators compared giving away the pill to abortion, a procedure which is illegal in Chile.
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Chile's New "Indio" Policy
http://ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 04/ chiles-new-indio-policy.htmlMichelle Bachelet's administration in Chile has been widely criticized for how it has dealt with indigenous issues. In what can be interpreted as political damage control, earlier this week the Presidenta of Chile announced a new policy for indigenous people.
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Daily Headlines: February 8, 2008
http://ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 02/ daily-headlines-february-8-2008.h…* Former Mexican Foreign Secretary Jorge Castaneda rejected reports that he was a Cuban spy in the 1970s. * A recent poll showed that Chilean president Michelle Bachelet’s popularity has gone down to 43%. * Thousand of protestors marched in Cuzco, Peru against a proposal that would make it easier to construct near ancient cultural sites.
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The Femicide of the President
http://jorgegarreton.blogspot.com/ 2007/ 12/ femicide-of-president.htmlThe Femicide of the President The election of President Michelle Bachelet in 2006 ushered in a new era in the conduct of politics. In a highly centralized, strongly presidential country used to authoritarian presidents, Bachelet has altered the way politics is conducted, giving rise to major
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Chile: Bachelet Doing So-So
http://interestedamerican.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 02/ chile-bachelet-doing-so-so.htm…Do you approve or disapprove of Michelle Bachelet’s performance as president? Jan. 2008 Dec. 2007 Nov. 2007 Approve 43.0% 45.1% 38.2% Disapprove 38.6% 39.2% 44.2% Source: Adimark Gfk Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,025 Chilean adults, conducted from Jan.
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Chile Shuffles its Cabinet
http://ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 01/ chile-shuffles-its-cabinet.htmlIn what is actually not that uncommon, Chilean Presidenta Michelle Bachelet fired and replaced five ministers in her cabinet. The five positions were economy, mining, public works, agriculture and planning ministers. A new interior minister was also named after a surprise resignation last week.