Laila Weir

Laila Weir is a freelance journalist currently based in Chile.

Bachelet's Big Win

January 17, 2006

Michelle Bachelet's election as Chile's first female president represents many things for her fellow citizens: the certainty of political continuity, the possibility of change and a commitment to the past.

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